The Entrance of the Word
“Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing
by the Word of God” (Romans 10:17).
A poor man who had been deprived of a Bible all his life, because of the cost, was at last given the opportunity to secure one.
He read it daily with growing interest until one evening he said to his wife, “Let us read a chapter or so together, aloud every night.”
This they did. In about a week, during the reading session, the man suddenly stopped, and said, “Wife, if this Book is true, then we are wrong.”
A couple of evenings passed by when again the man stopped reading and said, “My dear, if this Book is true, then we’re lost.”
Now deeply anxious, he continued reading. By and by he stopped again, but this time his face lit up with joy and he exclaimed, “My good wife, if this Book is true, then we are saved.” He had experienced the truth of the verse, “The entrance of Thy words giveth light” (Psalm 119:130).
