It Is Living and Eternal sermon

Men write many good books, but they pass away. Not so many even

survive the generation that produced them. Their readers become fewer and

fewer. God gave us a book that will never pass away. "Heaven and earth shall

pass away, but my words shall not pass away." (Matt. 24:35.) "But the word

of the Lord endureth for ever." (1 Pet. 1:25.) When this old world is wrapped

in flames, the Bible will survive. All other things are passing away. Death and

decay are written upon everything. Death is on our track. It will soon catch up

with us. The word of God will not die. "For the word of God is quick, and

powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing

asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of

the thoughts and intents of the heart." (Heb. 4:12.) A book that will endure

forever certainly should demand our most careful study.