Breaking the Bible

I heard of a man that broke the Bible

To get his daily word,

Whether true or not I do not know

But I find it most absurd.

Breaking the Bible is not like Moses

Who broke the Ten Commandments,

Back then he was angry, shockingly angry

When he saw the people’s bent.

Breaking the Bible is allowing the book

To fall open at whatever page,

By this, this man would get his word

I trust you have passed that stage.

 

Matthew 27:5

One day he did but was quite amazed

At the page the Bible opened,

“And Judas went out and hang himself.”

At this, he was frightfully uncertain.

 

Luke 10:37

“Not that!” he said and tried again

But a second surprise was in store,

“Go thou and do likewise!” The word had said,

So he decided to try once more.

 

John 13:27

“That thou doest, do quickly!”

Was the third instruction sent,

Well you guessed right, this too he refused

And decided on a final attempt.

 

Revelation 1:3

It had worked before on the very first try

Maybe this fourth time would be it,

“The time is at hand,” is the instruction he saw

And with that he decided to quit.

A word to you Bible breakers out there

It is time that you also quit,

For as you can see, as this man found out.

This is a dangerous habit.

It is best, I suggest, to study a word

And keep it within context,

You’ll learn a lot more from this approach

And it is considerably less complex.

Breaking the Bible, like you have seen,

Is never a good thing to do,

Unless of course, you are breaking the word,

Which is a completely different view.

Stewart Russell © October 2019