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s'ate-ent that Cod msni'es-s himself
through history and providence VIC
Tor Hugo said Waterloo vas Cod
By thai D. meant that God showed his
hard Ia that Eres; var and TUNED The
stream o. civilization into another
channel The history % an nations is
abzndaltly rsplere with marked inter-
fe-snces OF God Promotion eoneth
neither ron he east nor from TIE
vest j. Is God who set,etl W one
nation. and pu-te,h down another.
The snowledEe q God ,ha: comes
70 Is from these sources however. is
not su&cieu; 20 fully ssusfy he hu-
mar heart Nature tells Us o. God.
buf does not a1equa-ely describe him
% Is We uiEtt infer from the d
aloe uauifestat5ons IN history and
providence rha. God Is a Eres, force
Of power. but such a definition q God
~ no means satisfies humanity We
need zone ofhe- and deeper vision O.
God We need 20 know something
about his person. nature ard attn
butes his relations with his Creatures
shat things are pleasing ard what dis
pleasing 10 him. What are lis ethical.
moral and spiritual standaEds TO
these questions not nature. nor his
tory. Dor yet providence affords 81
answer Nature uay shoS The head
and wisdom q God and providence
and history tie hand and power o,
God but Ne need a revelation such as
We have in The Bible 20 reveal 20 IS
tie heart and tie grace Of orr God.
Sometimes -Le Bible il compared
with other sacred books-Bibles o;
other religions 10 Koran. the Vedss.
&c There can - 10 zeal comparison
Tie Bible Is n0- 70 b. put OF TIE sane
plane as ttese books None o. them
claims for Itself what the Bible claims
for irselt nor did any . Of their au-
tho-s claim fo- himself Eha. Jesus
Cnrst. and tie Inspired writer's o. the
Bible claim for themselves The
Christian uust be yery careful II The
natter % comparing his Bible with
other sacred books. Such comparison
= attended With grave danger. There
Is practically 10 difference. 50 far as
The disastrous e-ects o. such conpzr-
sous are concerned. whether you drag
tie Bible down 70 the level q these
other books. Or LIT these other books
Up 70 - level o. TIE Bible The eject
Is Tie sane you rob the Bible Of IFS
UNIQUE character and authority. Let
- b. careful n his matter.
The Bible II lot only the book o.,
Goc il Is also the book from God. A.
least this e The Eay in which il gives
is oSn account OF is origin AL
Scripture Is given b. inspiration Of
God, that Is 70 say. is Cod
oreathec e Timothy 3lsJ Again.
il : Peter ! ze2f. We read Knoxirx
this first. thar 10 prophecy o. the
Scripture is % any private ~interpreta.
uon COR origin. for il seems clear that
i Is 20 the sOuroe rather than 70 the
exposition Of tie Scripture that ref.
erence is here made. For the
prophecy zane not in old tine By the
viii q man: but holy men OF God
spake as they were moved by the Holy
Ghost" Here are some very clear and
definite statements concerning the
source o. the Scripture. Il IS this
"God-bresthec element that dineren,
fiafes this book from all other writings
The Bible is quite often referred q
nowadays as splendid literature
Well, the Bible is that. but il Is more
than that-it Is Scripture. Literature
is the letter, Scripture is the let,er
imbreathed by the holy spirit. Just a:
n The creation OF man We learn thai
man became q living soul when thai
frame Of dust. as il lay on the ground
became inbreathed by the spirit o.
life from God. Man is dust inbreathet
BY Deity; and II you take the spirit
Of Efe from man. he returns 10 dust
So is it with the Bible; it is the let
ter, but II is the letter inbresthed b,
Gods spirit that makes that letteI
Scripture. And when you rob the Bibl.
Of its inspiration you have nothing bu.
mere literature left-you have n,
Scripture.
The message OF the Bible Is 4 relizi
I message. Its aim and purpose il
TO bring mar. who has been estrangeS
from God by resson Of sin. back 10 N.
God from whom he has been estrauged
The Scriptures. which are given BY IN
~spiration Of God. are for the man O
God. that he NAY be instructed 4,
righteousness mark you. in righteous
ness. not in science. or art, or poetry
or history. important as those hin
are IN themselves