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In which—Thy wondrous word! Man’s path through varied ages Is given us to record— Of failure, ruin, sorrow, The story still we find; God’s love but brings the morrow Of evil in mankind. In these days when the word of God is so called in question, it is blessed to think how a single verse of scripture was sufficient for Christ for authority, and sufficient for the devil, who had not a word to say.
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I do not care for novel interpretations of scripture, cream lies on the surface.
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But, oh, how is the word its own proof, and how has it its own power, though surely nothing but the Spirit of God can give it that power in us. But in walking with God alone can we draw out its sweetness and feed upon it. I believe that the Spirit of God is a positive teacher in this respect, and may give, if He sees good, developed thoughts of its contents, but if rivers are to flow out we must drink for ourselves as thirsty for it.
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Let us now stop and ask ourselves, What has my mind been occupied with to day? What has it been running after? Could you say, “The word of Christ has dwelt in me richly”? Now, perhaps, we have been occupied with politics, perhaps with the town talk, or with something of our own, Has the word of our own heart, the work of our own mind, filled up the greater part of our day? That is not Christ.
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There is nothing more dangerous than the handling of the word apart from the Spirit … I know of nothing that more separates from God than truth spoken out of communion with God; there is uncommon danger in it.
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God reveals not His things “to the wise and prudent,” but unto “babes.” It is not the strength of man’s mind judging about “the things of God” that gets the blessing from Him; it is the spirit of the babe desiring “the sincere milk of the word.” … The strongest mind must come to the word of God as the new born babe.
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There is not a single word in the book of God which cannot feed our souls.
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Study the Bible … with prayer. Seek the Lord there, and not knowledge—that will come too; but the heart is well directed in seeking the Lord.
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I think … you have studied too much, and read the Bible too little. I always find that I have to be on my guard on this point. It is the teaching of God, and not the labour of man, that makes us enter into the thoughts and the purposes of God in the Bible … I do not think that any one will believe that I do not wish it should be much read, but I do wish it should be read with God.
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There is one Man who knows the truth, because He is the truth, who is satisfied with the written word, and that is the Lord. There is no craft of Satan that the word of God is not sufficient to meet.
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When
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fleeting life shall be over that only shall abide
which has been
produced by the word. Pilgrim Portions - Meditations for the Day of Rest - Selected from the
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