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YOU CAN HAVE A HAPPY FUTURE

A WARM embrace from someone you love.Hearty laughter a good meals with dear friends.The pleasure of watching your children play and grow.Moments like these are bright spots in life. For many,however,life seems to present one serious problem after another.If that has been your experience, then take heart.

It is God's will that you enjoy lasting happiness under the best conditions in wonderful surroundings.This is no mere dream,for God actually offers you the key to such a happy future. That key is Knowledge.

I am talking about a special kind of knowledge that is far greater then human wisdom. It is the very knowledge of God.(Proverbs 2:5) Nearly 2,000 years ago a Bible writer said:"Every house is constructed by someone, but he that constructed all things is God". (Hebrews 3:4) Think of the knowledge that the Maker of all things must posses! think about this I will give more lessons later.

The bible says that God counts and names all the stars. What a staggering thought, since there are hundreds of billions of stars in our own galaxy.and astronomers say that there are about a hundred billion other galaxies!(Psalms 147:4) God also knows all about us, so who else could provide better answers to life's important questions?(Matthew 10:30)

Picture two men trying to fix their cars. Frustrated, one man throws down his tools.The other calmly corrects the problem,turns the ignition key,and smiles as the engine starts up and runs smoothly. You would not have a hard time guessing who had a manual from the manufacturer. Does it not make sense that God would provide instructions to guide us in life?As you may know the Bible claims to be just that--a book of instruction and guidance from our Creator, designed to impart the knowledge of God---Timothy 3:16.

If the Bible's claim is true,think of what treasures of knowledge that book must contain! At Proverb's:1-5 it urges us to seek wisdom,to dig for it as we would for a hidden treasure--not in the soil of human thinking,but in God's own Word.If we search there, we will "find the very knowledge of God". Since God understands our limitations and needs, he gives us instructions that will help us to lead peaceful, happy lives. (Psalm 103:14;Isaiah 48:17) Furthermore, the knowledge of God offers us exciting good news.

The Book That Reveals The Knowledge of God

It Is only reasonable that our loving Creator would provide a book of instruction and guidance for mankind. And do you not agree that humans need guidance? More than 2,500 years ago , a prophet and historian wrote" It does not belong to man who is walking even to direct his step." (Jeremiah 10:23) Today, the truthfulness of that statement is more evident than ever. Thus, historian William H McNeil notes: "The human adventure on the face of this planet has been an almost uninterrupted series of crisis and disruptions of society's established order." The Bible fills all our needs for wise direction. True many are over whelmed when they first look through the Bible. It is a big book, and some portions of it are not easy to understand. But if you were to take a legal document outlining what you had to do in order to receive valuable in hesitance would you not take the time to study it carefully? If you found certain parts of the document hard to understand, likely you would get help of someone experienced in such matters Why not approach the Bible in the same manner.(acts. 7:11) More is at stake here the a material inheritance. As we learn in the previous chapter, the knowledge of God can lead to everlasting life. Let us examine the book that reveals the knowledge of God. We first will give a brief overview of the Bible. then we will discuss reasons why many people believe that it is the inspired Word of God. The Bible contains 66 Books in two sections, often called the Old Testament and the New Testament.Thirty-nine Bible Books were written mainly in Hebrew and 27 in Greek. The Hebrew Scriptures, consisting of Genesis through Malachi,cover creation as well as the first 3500 years of human history. Examining this part of the Bible, we learn about God's dealings with the Israelites---from their birth as a nation in the 16th century B.C.E. on into the 5th century B.C.E.The Greek Scriptures containing the books of Matthew through Revelation, focus on the teachings and activities of Jesus Christ and his disciples during the first century C.E. more to follow: