The Bible is composed of 66 books. Thirty-nine are in the Old Testament, and twenty-seven are in the New Testament. Though 40 different men composed it over a period of 1600 years, it has a unified message throughout.

The message of the Bible can be summed up by three great truths:
1. God formed us. He breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul. He made us in His image. When He beheld his creation He said, “it is very good.”
2. Sin deformed us. From the very first sin, man was forever changed. Once in close fellowship with God, now many lives are lived in open rebellion to God. Many will take no knowledge of him at all.
3. Christ transforms us. Jesus’ death on the cross is the remedy for sin. He died so that we would not have to. Those who are in Christ are “new creatures,” transformed from within, to lead a life of godliness.
Such are all of us: formed, deformed, but possibly transformed.