"Enter ye in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few are they that find it...Not every one that saith unto me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by thy name, and by thy name cast out demons, and by thy name do many mighty works?' And then will I profess unto them, 'I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity' (Matthew 7:13-14, 21-23).
Job points out a fact about uncleanness, "Who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? not one" (Job 14:4). You cannot make something clean by using something unclean. For the same reason you cannot create righteousness from something that is sinful. Oh that people would learn that you cannot improve a relationship by telling a lie! Paul pointed out this fallacy as well, "and why not (as we are slanderously reported, and as some affirm that we say), Let us do evil, that good may come? whose condemnation is just" (Romans 3:8).
We live in a world which is subject to changes. Every moment changes are taking place. What we see now disappears the next moment. Those who are in high places today are unceremoniously removed from there tomorrow. But in this transitory world, there remains one thing immovable. That is the Holy Bible, which we possess. But to our own shame and sorrow, we see almost everywhere an increasing tendency to belittle this priceless treasure: the Bible.
