I WRITE UNTO YOU, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name’s sake.
I WRITE UNTO YOU, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I WRITE UNTO YOU, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I WRITE UNTO YOU, little children, because ye have known the Father.
1 John 1:12,13
Suppose you grew up as an orphan in an orphanage and you never knew who your real parents were. In fact, you had always thought the people running the orphanage didn’t know, too. And then one day, you are called and told, “Here is a letter your parents left for you. They asked us to give it to you whenever we felt you were mature enough to appreciate it!”
Would you be interested in reading such a letter? I bet you really, really would!
Well, you’re no orphan, but the Bible is God, your Father writing to you. His expectation is that you will take its message just as seriously as you would take a personal audience with Him in which He literally speaks to you.
When you think about this deeply, you will have an ever increasing desire for the message of the pages of this book. You will be able to say with David, “… I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold.” You will always approach your copy of the Bible with more excitement and interest, than our hypothetical orphan would open his letter.
– jide lawal
