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I continue to be amazed at the number of people who don't own a bible concordance.
If there are a billion bibles in a billion homes, then there should be a billion concordances to go hand in hand with each
bible.
It was brought home to me again as I came across a program on TV called, "Ask Your Pastor."
Each day, a panel of four to six pastors of various denominations and from a variety of locations across the U.S., answer
questions either called in or written or Emailed to the program. And most of the questions people ask, could be looked
up in the bible by themselves in minutes, simply by taking a word from their question, and looking it up in that concordance.
I've mentioned this at other times, but I'll repeat...of course words like "and" or
"the" aren't listed, but any descriptive word will be found, if you'll just look it up in a complete concordance.
"Strong's" concordance is only one of many at any good book store.
For example,
let's say you remember something about the fingers of a man's hand, writing on a wall and scaring a king. How
to find it? Let's say you take the word "fingers." Look it up. I admit that you have to have
a little common sense, as the concordance will probably say "DA 5:5, and then will say "and in the same hour came
forth "f" of a..." You have to realize that the "DA 5:5" stands for the book of Daniel,
chapter five and verse five, and the partial sentence that has an "f" in it will stand for the word "fingers"
that you're looking for. If you can't find the book of Daniel, get it from your bible's table of contents.
If that sounds complicated, practice a little on easier verses, like the 23rd Psalm, "The Lord is
my shepherd, etc..." look up the word "shepherd" and you'll find the concordance will
say Ps 23:1, and the sentence will say, "The Lord is my "s," I shall not want." With a complete
concordance, there won't be many things you can not look up. I read the bible a lot, and I'd still be lost without
a concordance. And a paperback shouldn't cost more than ten dollars or so.
Folks, if you
care anything at all about your soul, you'll care about your bible, and if the Bible is your guide, a concordance is your
roadmap. Don't be without one.
If you want wisdom and knowledge, study the bible
is you never get to any other source.
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