Indestructible!

At the end of the week, I finished reading a fictional book based on a submarine that was reckoned to be close to indestructible!  Of course, there is no man-made object, of which I am aware, that is truly so.  However, there is something that I know is, in reality, indestructible - the written Word of God: the Bible!

When all other volumes have perished in the coming renovation of this planet - "... the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a loud noise, and the elements will be dissolved with fire, and the earth and the works that are upon it will be burned up." (II Peter 3:10) - God's Word, alone, will be preserved: "For ever, YHWH, Thy word is firmly fixed in the heavens." (Ps 119:89). 

In his book "The Divine Origin of the Bible", Dr. R.A.Torrey, the American evangelist, and pastor, writes: "The omnipotence of the Bible against all man's attacks is one of the many proofs of its divine origin. It is not only the most intensely loved Book in the world, but it is also the most bitterly hated. When men discovered that it condemned sin, laid human pride in the dust, and demanded renunciation of worldliness and the self-life, they rebelled against it.  Their resistance has been determined, relentless, and even violent. All attempts to assign the Scriptures to oblivion, however, have failed. Celsus tried with the brilliance of his genius; Porphyry assailed it with the depths and subtlety of his philosophy; and Lucian attacked it with the keenness of his satire - all were equally unsuccessful. Diocletian, the ruler of the world's mightiest empire, exerted all the power of Rome against the Bible. He issued edicts that every scrap of it should be burned, but his scheme failed. Then he commanded that all who possessed it should be put to death but, again, his plan did not work. For nineteen centuries every device of destruction that human philosophy, science, and reason could bring to bear has been arrayed against the Scriptures; yet the Bible stands absolutely unshaken today."  

Those words were published more than a century ago - but they remain true! Almighty God has made His written Word to be indestructible!

Wise man (and women, and young people!) will heed its teachings; the foolish will, one day, regret their continued rebellion against it.  It is God's Word - penned by men, but inspired by Him.  As such, it shall live forever!  It is the only material object that is eternal.  Jesus said: "Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away." (Mark 13:31).  

Do you know this Word? Do you read it on a daily basis? It is food for the spirit, and will show you the way of salvation!