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  RECEIVING LIFE THROUGH THE BOOK OF LIFE
  by A.W. Tozer
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Summary: The Bible is a supreme gift that deserves our attention, study,
and devotion.

Topics: "The Importance of Scripture", "Investing in God's Word"
Scripture References: 2 Timothy 3:16

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A.W. Tozer emphasizes the unparalleled significance of the Holy Bible,
asserting that true education is incomplete without familiarity with its
teachings. He cites notable figures like President Woodrow Wilson and
Sir Walter Scott, who recognized the Bible as the ultimate source of
wisdom, especially in times of crisis. Tozer encourages believers to
invest in multiple copies of the Bible for study and devotion,
highlighting that time spent in its pages is never wasted. He advocates
for the Bible as the supreme gift to share with others, suggesting that
its words can profoundly impact those who hear them.

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Volumes could be written in praise of the Holy Bible without using one
word too many. President Woodrow Wilson once said that the Bible is a
book of such importance that no one unacquainted with it can be said to
be an educated man, and one who is familiar with it can be said to be
uneducated. Sir Walter Scott, when he was dying, called for ?the book.?
A servant inquired which of his thousands of volumes he meant, and the
great man replied, ?The Bible, of course. For a dying man there can be
no other book.? Even the skeptic, George Bernard Shaw, during the last
years of his life, kept a Bible near him and never traveled without
carrying a copy along with him.

We should all have several Bibles: a well-bound reference Bible for
study and a large-print, plain-text Bible for devotional reading. That
many at least. And if we can afford it (and we can if we will cut down
somewhere else), we should have a good modern translation or two. There
are dozens of them. Their chief value is to stimulate interest by
affording a change of style and to throw sidelights upon the test of the
familiar King James Version.

Money invested in Bibles is money well spent. Time spent in reading the
Bible is not likely to be time wasted. The Bible is the supreme gift for
friends and loved ones. Words spoken in favor of the Bible are good
words and, if they should fall upon the right ears, might prove to be
?apples of gold in pictures of silver.?

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