Plagiarism

Plagiarism used to be rampant in college when I was a student.  Copying another’s work was easy and common.  The profs invested much time and energy ferreting out offenders.  But like Whack-a-mole, one is smacked but another one pops up.  But, that was before the days of Google.  Just highlight a section of a research paper, copy, and paste in Google, and suddenly the true originator of the thought pops up on the screen, and the plagiarizer is exposed.  But there is one type of plagiarism that is acceptable - or even encouraged.  That is plagiarizing the Bible.  God’s Word hidden in the hearts of His people are powerful words.  “Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.” Jeremiah 5:14  Do not be afraid to read God’s Word, to learn God’s Word, and to use God’s Word, because it is living and powerful, and able to change the hearts of men.  Hey, it will change you … if you let it.