b'Double Birthday:Celebrating Birth and RebirthElvin ZhangIn 2017, I came to CBCWLA andwere destroyed. The Bible exists attended Children Sunday schoolbecause scribes made manuscripts as well as Children Fellowship.from the original books. The incred-Theres one verse from the Bibleibly meticulous process of copying that I memorized during the chil- the manuscripts ensured that they drens gatherings and still remem- are accurate word for word. The bers. That verse is John 3:16 Formanuscripts are no different from God so loved the world, He gavethe original text. His one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish butThe Bible tells us that everyone on have eternal life. earth is a sinner except the one and only Jesus Christ. I admit that I am The Bible is not the words of peo- a sinner and that Jesus died on the ple. It is the word of God. He wrotecross for our sins. I came to faith in the Bible through different peopleJesus as my Lord and Savior when over a span of 1500 years. It is mag- I began to read the Bible more and nificent how God had people fromgot closer to God. After praying the diverse backgrounds and from dif- sinners prayer, I was really thank-ferent time periods write a cohesiveful to be able to ask for forgiveness. collection of 66 books with over oneThe prayer made me feel better; my thousand pages! Because the Biblepast sins have been pardoned. After is inspired by God, it is power- receiving Jesus Christ as my Lord ful and relevant to each and everyand Savior, I felt more refreshed and one of us. The original books ofmore protected than before. Instead the Bible do not exist because theyof feeling alone, I felt God is next 74'