See Us In The Bible

Ecclesiastes 1: 9

What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun.

As we go through life, we see behavior that we are surprised by. We really shouldn't be surprised at anything. It is like old news. See what you think.

It isn't hard for a skeptic to say that people in general are not very bright and that most people refuse to acknowledge the truth. It seems that many people have an aversion to doing what is right, or what seems too difficult for them. They may even be afraid of what others will think.

Since the beginning of written history, history  keeps repeating itself. In 1948 Winston Churchill addressed the House of Commons. He paraphrased a quote from George Santayana, a well-known philosopher at the time. “Those  who fail to learn from history, are condemned to repeat it”. If you question this idea, just examine the last 100 years or so. There is no way to dispute it. 

Just imagine this. If you took a look at failures in the past, you could avoid the tragedies that followed those failures. That goes for individuals, groups and governments all over the world. So how come people as a whole, we just don't get it. By the grace of God we can, if we follow Him.

A couple of perfect examples. France was involved in a war in Vietnam for years, and finally left with no victory. Why did the US do the same thing? Russia spent ten years in Afghanistan, and could not win. Why did we not learn from that debacle?  We have been there twice as long with the same result. Yes my friends, history is full of blunders that no one learned from.

2 Timothy 3: 26-27, All scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

It  all boils down to this. Most of us have looked at characters in The Bible that made mistakes,  and we probably said to ourselves, how could that be. In some cases some of these people lived with Jesus as apostles and disciples, while others saw Him in their day-to-day life. Would we be any different?

The Bible is full of truths that lead to a wonderful life with Jesus. The apostles had Jesus for a short time, we have Him our whole lives if we wake up to the truth in the Bible. Turn your life over to the Holy Spirit to guide you in the right answers, and listen and do what He guides you to do.

I don't want to belabor the point, but I just have one more comment. Pick up the history of any country that you would like, study its history and see what their mistakes were. Did they learn from it?  Better yet, did we? God bless you and your family. Praise The Lord!

Remember Jesus loves you.

Prayer of Salvation.

Lord Jesus, please forgive all of my sins and come into my heart as my personal savior. I want to serve only you. 

Praise the Lord!

Amen