George H. Guthrie - Reading Gods Story: A Chronological Daily Bible

Reading Gods Story

A Chronological Daily Bible

Copyright 2011 by Holman Bible Publishers

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Holman Christian Standard Bible

Copyright 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2009

by Holman Bible Publishers.

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Hardcover 978-1-4336-0112-5

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What do you understand it takes for a person to go to Heaven?

Consider how the Bible answers this question: Its a matter of FAITH:

F is for FORGIVENESS

We cannot have eternal life and heaven without Gods forgiveness. Read Ephesians 1:7a.

A is for AVAILABLE

Forgiveness is available. It is

• Available for all. Read John 3:16.
• But not automatic. Read Matthew 7:21a.

I is for IMPOSSIBLE

It is impossible for God to allow sin into heaven.

• Because of who He is:
  God is loving and just.
  His judgment is
  against sin. Read James 2:13a.
• Because of who we are:
  Every person
  is a sinner. Read Romans 3:23.

But how can a sinful person enter heaven, when God allows no sin?

T is for TURN

Turn means to repent.

• Turn from something
  sin and self. Read Luke 13:3b.
• Turn to Someone;
  trust Christ only. Read Romans 10:9.

H is for HEAVEN

Heaven is eternal life.

• Here Read John 10:10b.
• Hereafter Read John 14:3.

How can a person have Gods forgiveness, heaven and eternal life, and Jesus as personal Savior and Lord? By trusting in Christ and asking Him for forgiveness. Take the step of faith described by another meaning of FAITH: F orsaking A ll I T rust H im.

Prayer:

Lord Jesus, I know I am a sinner and have displeased You in many ways. I believe You died for my sin and only through faith in Your death and resurrection can I be forgiven.

I want to turn from my sin and ask You to come into my life as my Savior and Lord. From this day on, I will follow You by living a life that pleases You. Thank You, Lord Jesus for saving me. Amen.

After you have received Jesus Christ into your life, tell a Christian friend about this important decision you have made. Follow Christ in believers baptism and church membership. Grow in your faith and enjoy new friends in Christ by becoming part of His church. There, youll find others who will love and support you.

The Bible is Gods revelation to man. It is the only book that gives us accurate information about God, mans need, and Gods provision for that need. It provides us with guidance for life and tells us how to receive eternal life. The Bible can do these things because it is Gods inspired Word, inerrant in the original manuscripts.

The Bible describes Gods dealings with the ancient Jewish people and the early Christian church. It tells us about the great gift of Gods Son, Jesus Christ, who fulfilled Jewish prophecies of the Messiah. It tells us about the salvation He accomplished through His death on the cross, His triumph over death in the resurrection, and His promised return to earth. It is the only book that gives us reliable information about the future, about what will happen to us when we die, and about where history is headed.

Bible translation is both a science and an art. It is a bridge that brings Gods Word from the ancient world to the world today. In dependence on God to accomplish this sacred task, Holman Bible Publishers presents the Holman Christian Standard Bible, a new English translation of Gods Word.

Textual base of the HCSB

The textual base for the New Testament [NT] is the Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece , 27th edition, and the United Bible Societies Greek New Testament , 4th corrected edition. The text for the Old Testament [OT] is the Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia, 5th edition.

Where there are significant differences among Hebrew [Hb] and Aramaic [Aram] manuscripts of the OT or among Greek [Gk] manuscripts of the NT, the translators have followed what they believe is the original reading. The HCSB uses traditional verse divisions found in most Protestant Bibles.

Goals of this translation

The goals of this translation are:

• to provide English-speaking people across the world with an accurate, readable Bible in contemporary English
• to equip serious Bible students with an accurate translation for personal study, private devotions, and memorization
• to give those who love Gods Word a text that has numerous reader helps, is visually attractive on the page, and is appealing when heard
• to affirm the authority of Scripture as Gods Word and to champion its absolute truth against social or cultural agendas that would compromise its accuracy
• to continue making improvements to the translation in each printing

The name, Holman Christian Standard Bible, captures these goals: Holman Bible Publishers presents a new Bible translation, for Christian and English-speaking communities, which will be a standard in Bible translations for years to come.

Why is there a need for another English translation of the Bible?

There are several good reasons why Holman Bible publishers invested its resources in a modern language translation of the Bible:

1. Each generation needs a fresh translation of the Bible in its own language.

The Bible is the worlds most important book, confronting each individual and each culture with issues that affect life, both now and forever. Since each new generation must be introduced to Gods Word in its own language, there will always be a need for new translations such as the HCSB. The majority of Bible translations on the market today are revisions of translations from previous generations. The HCSB is a new translation for todays generation.

2. English, one of the worlds greatest languages, is rapidly changing, and Bible translations must keep in step with those changes.

English is the first truly global language in history. It is the language of education, business, medicine, travel, research, and the Internet. More than 1.3 billion people around the world speak or read English as a primary or secondary language. The HCSB seeks to serve many of those people with a translation they can easily use and understand.