It pleased the Lord
    for the sake of his righteousness
    to make his law great and glorious.

Honour

Obey

Love

Your

Bible

It

Brings

Life

Everlasting

That’s what my beloved Pastor, George Tett, told me when I was just a wee boy. He sat me next to him on a wooden pew at the back of the Atherton Mission Hall, and taught me this acrostic, pointing out the letters ‘HOLY BIBLE’ on the spine. I’m sure he could not have imagined that a 60-odd year old man would still remember this wonderful, personal sermon decades later.

But I do recall his words; and not only his words. But also his own evident love for God’s Book. Even more, His love for its Author (and for the people of God). Such love outlives and outlasts a life, and still ‘preaches’ long after the person’s departure.

(Just a note to say that from next Monday, God-willing, we will start to work through Luke 1, and spend time in this great chapter until the end of the Christmas season. I hope to pick up at Isaiah 43 in the new year).