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Antiquated or Outdated?

Is the Bible outdated or antiquated? You've heard the arguments. At first they sound plausible, but look more carefully. Things aren't that much different.

Is the Bible Outdated or Antiquated?

Times have changed since Jesus walked the paths of Galilee. How could his message be relevant in a modern, technological society? The Bible is outdated! You’ve heard the arguments before. At first these assertions sound plausible, but look more carefully. Is the Bible outdated?

Things aren’t that much different.

Sure, we’ve made enormous technological advances, but people are still the same, and we still have the same problems.

From an Egyptian letter dated 256 B.C., someone wrote:
“I am in difficulty both summer and winter about my salary.”
Cicero, an astute Roman statesman (106-46 B.C.) observed:
“The first of June and nothing done by the Senate.”
Socrates (470-399 B.C.) complained:
“Athletics have become professionalized.”
And, one of the most interesting comments of all was made by Emperor Diocletian when he wrote:
“Who has not seen with his own eyes the present spirit which forces up the price of commodities to such a degree that human language cannot find words to express the transaction?”

The Bible is a book about men, not machines.

The Bible is a message from God to man. It addresses the one problem that has plagued every generation since Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit. That problem is SIN! Science and technology cannot solve it. But, Jesus offers a solution. He was “made to be sin for us, who knew no sin, that we might be made the righteousness of God in him” (2 Corinthians 5:21). The world may have changed since Jesus traveled the roads of Palestine, but people are still the same.

As we enter a new age of technology in the 21st century, man must still confront the “age-old” problem of sin. The only solution will still be Jesus. He is “the same yesterday, and today, and forever” (Hebrews 13:8).

Some may ask, “If the Bible is still relevant, why is there so much sin in the world, and why does it seem that religion has failed?” The answer is quite simple. The solution to a problem will only work when it is followed. The message of Christ is ignored by millions. Many of the major denominations make no effort to be governed by the Bible and its authority. They have succumbed to the pressures of compromise, but God’s word is uncompromising.