"So on the first day of the seventh month Ezra the priest brought the Law before
the assembly, which was made up of men and women and all who were able to
understand. He read it aloud from daybreak till noon as he faced the square
before the Water Gate in the presence of the men, women and others who could
understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law." -
Nehemiah 8:2-3
Vsevolod Lytkin from Siberia has a wonderful testimony on how studying the Bible
brought him to Christ. His parents were atheistic university professors at a
local university who raised their son to "think for himself". During his teen
years, he struggled with many spiritual questions. When the communists told him
there was no god, he reasoned that their might be a God and so began a search
for reading material where he might find the answers.
The only books of religion available at his local library were atheistic, but
they often quoted verses from the Bible to mock or refute them. His greatest
discovery was a set of encyclopedia on atheism. Vsevolod went though each volume
of the encyclopedia and hand copied each Bible verse. It was not very long
before he began to pray to God and Vsevolod asked the Lord to forgive his sins.
Today, Vsevolod Lytkin is a Lutheran pastor with the Siberian Christian Mission
in Novosibirsk, Siberia. His church is the parent church that has established 14
smaller churches throughout Siberia.
Are you hungry for the Word of God? Today in prayer, spend some time thanking
Christ for His Word and then take some extra moments to study your Bible.
"We have done almost everything that is possible with these Hebrew and Greek
writings. We have overlaid them, clause by clause, with exhaustive commentaries;
we have translated them, revised the translations, and quarreled over the
revisions...There is yet one thing left to do with the Bible: simply read it" -
Richard Moulton
God's Word: "I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in great
riches. I meditate on your precepts and consider your ways. I delight in your
decrees; I will not neglect your word." - Psalm 119:14-16
By Peter Kennedy, Copyright 2005, Devotional E-Mail DEVOTIONS IN EZRA, NEHEMIAH,
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