I have been yearning to
do this write-up for some time now due to observations I have made in Church
amongst Christians, but the inspiration has not been strong. On the 11th of
Marc, 2014, during a family devotion at dawn, we had to read a text from
lamentation. While opening the Bible, one family member asked me: “where is
Lamentation”. After Jeremiah I answered.
So I paused the
devotion and asked a general question: “why don't people turn to the table of
content when a Scripture is mentioned and they can't locate it?”. I got the
most obvious answer; “people will think you are not spiritual and don't know
the Bible”. I was excited, my thoughts have been confirmed. O! So it's about
what people will think?
Erroneously, for many
who grew up in church, we have been brought up and conditioned to believe that
your ability to know the chronological arrangement of the books of the Bible
indicates your spirituality and knowledge of the Bible. Remember the Bible
drills? We are forced to memorize the books of the Bible and the exact order
they appear. This, it looks has produced a false sense of spirituality amongst
adults. Have you noticed how in church you see people frantically trying to
locate a Scripture a speaker has mentioned without success?
Maybe, you have not
just noticed; it actually might have happened to you. It does happen to me
sometimes; but me I don't waste time at all. I go straight for the Table of
Content. Easy! No endless, frantic flipping through the pages of the Bible to
locate a text. There's a reason for the table of content in every book,
including the Bible. It's meant to help the reader easily navigate the pages of
the book. If The Table Of Content is of no use to you, then maybe you should
tear it from your Bible. Drastic measure right? You see, you are no less
spiritual for referring to the table of content, neither are you more spiritual
for not referring to the Table of Content. Please if in doubt, turn to The
Table of Content.
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