How Scripture Saved me from Sin

“It stands: ‘Is not my Word like as a Fire? saith The LORD’ [Jer. 23:29]—that as does the fire purge filthiness, so do God’s lawful Words.”

—B’rachot 22a

Before I began believing in Jesus, I was an ugly soul———really bad and sinful, sickly natured. I was cursed a number of times; but was only affected due to my mind’s stupidity and degeneracy. In ’23, then, I dropped-out off university less than a month into studies, devolving into a madness, then locked in a psych-ward. Upon my release, I was yet in a bad situation, and would blaspheme Jehovah much. My thoughts, and words, were very corrupt, and—very nauseatingly—obscene; I would be attributing to Jehovah, and to the “body” of his existence, all kinds of ugly, distasteful, mad, and coarsely passions.

By the works of Grace, I was led to be healed with a meticulous scripture study regime. I, thanks to God’s mercy, was led to recognize the New Testament—The “Sincere Milk” (1 Pet. 2:2)—and its beautiful workings upon many a heart.

To this day, every time I open a Bible—the KJV, Masoretic Text, Delitzsch NT, etc.—my eyes lighten-up. There is such a “strange” beauty, a peculiarly-homely halo to God’s Word. It is a dry and soft light, that envelops, and—most sweetly—pervades. Flesh is a snow that burns with the Word’s dry and simple salt.

(For all these reasons, I’ve decided to dedicate my life for the spreading of God’s Word. Other aims are elaborating and elucidating the Bible’s implications, and evangelizing Jewry. This blog is a part of these goals.)