God Said it First
It is truly amazing to realize how much impact the Bible has had on our language and the things we say. Whenever I hear someone âknowinglyâ expound on how uninspired and useless Godâs written word is to people today I find their ignorance appalling. Why? Because of the sheer number of words and phrases that only exist in our English language because of God and His word! Recently a publication by members of the Lordâs church included a short article entitled, âQuoting the Bible and Didnât Know It.â Their point was that many words and phrases originate with the Bible and people commonly quote them without realizing where they come from. The fact is this list is just a âdrop in the bucketâ (Isa.40:15) and it ought to cause Godâs people to see âthe handwriting on the wallâ (Dan.5). After all, there is ânothing new under the sunâ (Eccl.1:9) and we should all certainly be aware of the fact that without God, âwoe is meâ (Isa.6:5)! Several years back a couple of language specialists wrote a book on the many words and phrases coined by Shakespeare that we still use today.
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