"Oh taste and see that the Lord is good." Psalm 34:8
An old proverb goes: "The proof of the pudding is in the eating thereof." This is in perfect harmony with the teaching of the Scripture. Only those who have personally experienced the new birth and have received Jesus Christ as personal Lord and Savior can talk with any authority about the reality of redemption. To all others the Gospel and the preaching of the cross is foolishness (1 Corinthians 1:18).
The natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he receive them until spiritually enlightened. Most the critics of the Bible have never read the Bible once, and yet they set themselves up as judges of things about which they know nothing.
An infidel was lecturing one day on the unreasonableness of salvation just by believing on Jesus. He then invited anyone with a question to come to the platform. Immediately a man, who before his conversion had been a notorious drunkard in the town, stepped up. Without asking a question he coolly and quietly peeled an orange and slowly began to eat it. The exasperated infidel lecturer thundered out, "Man, stop your acting foolish and tell me your question!" The man finished his orange and looking him straight in the eye said, "Tell me, was this orange sweet or sour?" "How should I know?" said the infidel. "I never tasted it." "Then stop criticizing the Gospel until you too have tasted it. I have tasted it and know that it is the power of God which is able to transform a Hell-bound drunkard into a saint." And pointing to his town's folk he concluded, "And those can testify what it has done for me. Don't find fault with something you never tasted. Meeting adjourned!"
"Bread For Each Day"
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