A man of God

Recently, many of us around the county and probably in certain parts of the world, were brought to remembrance of the 100^th birthday of a man named Victor Paul Wierwille. Dr. Wierwille, as we knew him, became interested in the Scriptures at an early age, and by the time he got into young adulthood, had dedicated his life to learning a working knowledge of God and His wonderful Word, and then teaching it to others.

As time went on, his Biblical study took on the theme of, ‘Power For Abundant Living,’ inspired by John 10:9,10. Over the years, primarily, from 1969 – 1983, many thousands of people of all ages, came to be inspired and blessed by the refreshing and loving approach to the Scriptures that Dr. Wierwille presented.

We were and still are encouraged to work the Bible ourselves and to make it our own, as directed in 11 Timothy 2:15 ‘ Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth.’ (KJV).

I learned that God loves me and wants the best for me: 1 John 4:7,8 (KJV). That was very new to me as I hadn’t been raised in a Church that taught that. I found that for the first time in my life, I enjoyed being around people who loved God and who wanted to learn to work the Scriptures for themselves.

As time has gone on, over the past forty- two years, I have developed a great appreciation for the things of God and what my lord and saviour, Jesus Christ, went through to help us (me) get to this point.

Ephesians 6:10 tells us ‘to… be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might.’ Without someone to show this to me and to open it up to me, I never would have learned that I could be strong in the Lord. What a great comfort that is!

God has given us His Word, and not to be a prop:, but to be taken seriously so that we can learn to love Him and to give Him our attention and to learn to receive His love. 1 John 4:7,8

I understand the principle of teaching one’s self: but we all need our teachers and instructors, expecially so when it comes to spiritual matters.   I am very thankful for the life of Victor Paul Wierwille, who rose up a long time ago and made the commitment to learn God’s Word so that he could teach it to others.

I am also very thankful for the men and women who have risen up over the years and in our day and time to teach God’s Word and to stay faithful to the Family of God and to the Household of God. Maybe today! So, until then, I will continue to have FunGlimpses! Thanks for reading!