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WHAT TIME IS IT ?
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A man in a certain town used to call the telephone operator every morning at about the same hour to ask for the correct time. One day the operator asked him why he did so.
“It’s like this,” the man replied, “I want to be very careful to get the exact time, because I am the one who blows the company’s whistle at noon.” “My”, exclaimed the operator, “I always set our clock by your whistle!” Like millions who are going around in the same confused circle in this world because they have no true standard on which to base their beliefs and values. The result is uncertainty, pride, fear, confusion, destruction and waste. Isaiah 59:14b says, “… for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.” God had again and again hoisted a standard through the centuries for mankind signifying His rallying point where His truth, protection and blessing were found. Isaiah 49:22 “Thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people..”. The Lord Jesus has maintained a standard for mankind and will keep it hoisted.
The Standard is not man-made plans or opinions but the very Words of the LORD – the Bible! John 5:39-40, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” John 10:35b, “.. the scripture cannot be broken.” Psalm 100:5 “For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.” Psalm 117:2 “For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.”
Trust the never changing Standard, the Bible, given and preserved without error. It is kept by the omnipotent, never changing LORD. He has promised to have the Scriptures for all generations. It just so happens He has never failed to keep a promise. “Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.” 1 Kings 8:56
“For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea. For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us. 2Corinthians 1:19-20 “In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began.” Titus 1:2