The Key To Peace | Page 2

of the Bible, have obeyed it, and I have found
a deep, sweet peace in my soul. By obeying it, I found contact with
God which makes me know it is true. Your great-grandfather (Fred
Pruitt) preached from it, lived by it, and saw many others saved from
their sins, who lived and died by it, with victory over sin and the devil.
Oh, yes, it does bring joy to a person and fulfills that deep longing in
every person for peace and satisfaction in this life!
In studying the Bible, we find a Unity of Thought which makes us
know that One Mind inspired the writing and arrangement of all the
books. Truly it is THE WORD OF GOD! It is different from any other
book in the world. It is a divine book and not just a human book. We
reject, with abhorrence, that it is like other books. The Bible is an
account of God's efforts to reveal Himself to mankind. It is a record of
His dealings with man and His revealed will concerning him. The Bible
is for instruction and guidance in all the ways of life. From all the facts
that the Apostle Paul gathered he said, "All Scripture is given by
inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for
correction, for instruction in righteousness." II Tim. 3:16. Thus we find
it to be true.
The special messengers of God, by whom the Bible has been written,
were given the power of performing miracles, by which their
inspiration was attested and their messages made authoritative; but the

"more sure word of PROPHECY" (2nd Peter 1:19) furnished the
greatest external proof of its inspiration. To this, more than to anything
else, Christ and the apostles made their constant appeal. Matthew,
narrating the deeds of the Saviour, gives us the standing phrase, "that it
might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets" while Peter
affirms, in words unmistakable, that the "holy men of God spake as
they were moved by the Holy Ghost." II Peter 1:21.
Christ is the center and heart of the whole Bible. The Old Bible or
Testament is an account of a Nation. The New Testament is an account
of a Man, who is Jesus Christ. The Old Testament foretold Christ's
coming and founded and nurtured a nation by God to bring Christ into
the world. There is no book like the Bible.
The poet has said,
"O precious Bible! burning words from heaven, We'll ever cherish thee
in our heart, Sweet is the counsel by thy pages given' On life's dark
ocean, our only chart. O precious volume! only in thy pages We read
the duty of all our race; Only thy sunbeams, shining through the ages,
Reveal the wonders of saving grace."
Oh, my grandson, it is a glorious thing to understand what God requires
of us and to live by it! To accept Christ as our Saviour, Lord, and
Master, to strive sincerely and devotedly to follow in the path that He
has mapped out for us in this life, is the most wonderful, the most
reasonable, and the most satisfactory way to live. It means peace in our
hearts, peace of mind, contentment, happiness, hope, and an assurance
of a life beyond the grave that shall never end. What a glorious plan
God has made for all who will love and serve Him with all of their
hearts!
Oh, how sad to see so many go through life and face death without a
hope of living in heaven with God forever in the end of time! How can
anyone be so ignorant or be filled with such a lack of wisdom! It is
beyond me. We all have to die, which is a proven fact. What then! Why
try to get around it? It seems that every person should open his heart
and mind to the Word of God and accept Christ with an open mind and
consider it the greatest privilege in this world to live for Christ, the
Creator of all mankind. We should be like Job of old who said, "I have
esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food." Job
23:12.

Many times we read in the New Testament that "it came to pass." The
prophecies in the Old Testament were fulfilled. Read the 53rd chapter
of Isaiah and he describes Christ's crucifixion and atonement work with
such accuracy of detail that the inspiration of the prophet is assured. He
wrote this 712 years before Christ was born. He only had from the
prophets before him the fact that God had told them that God was
going to send a Messiah. So only God could inspire Him to write in
such detail about his sufferings and death. Oh, there