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| IN your NdludDlt EdttE 1OI al dEIiCIt
regarding the different opinions of the
Bible9
We hear ministers of the different
denominations say that they we're call
ed of God to preach His gospel, and al
the same time disagree on the Scrip
lures and condemn each other.
Before the entrance of sin Adam en-
joyed open communion with bis Max
er, but since man separated himself
from God by transgressiOns, the hu-
man race has been cut off from this
high privilege. By the plan of re-
5emption. however, way has been
opened whereby the inhabitants of the
earth may still have connection with
heaven. God has communicated with
men by His Spirit and divine light
has been impaired to the world by rev
Citations to his chosen servants Holy
men of God spake as they were moved
| by the Holy Ghost(2 Pet. t9:1) Dur
| ing the first twenty-five hundred years
of human history there was no writ
! ten revelation Those who had been
! taught of God communicated their
| kno " ledge to Others, aud it was hand
Ell down from father to son through
successive generations The prepare
tiou of tn" written Word began in the
time of Moses Inspired revelations
were then emboIied in an inspire
book
Tbis work continued during the long
period OF sixteen hundred years, from
Moses. the historian of creation, and
the law, to John, the recorder of the
mot sublime truths of toe gospel.
The Bible points to God as its author
yet was written by human hands, and
in the varied style of its different
books it PRESENTS the charal teristics of
the several writers. Tue truth reveal
ed are all given by inspiration of God
e Tim. 3:16) yet they are EXPRESSED
in the words of men. The Infinite
One, by his Holy Spirit, has shed
light into the minds and hearts of his
servants. He has given creams and
visions, symbols and figures, and those
to whom the truths we've thus reveal
ed have themselves embodied the
thought in human language,
The Ten Commandments we're spok-
en- by God Himself and were written
by His own Hand They are OF divine
and not human composition, but the
Bible with its Godgiven truths ex-
pressed in the language of men pre-
sents union of the divine and the hui
man. Such a union existed in the ma
ture of Christ, who was the Son of
God and the Son of Man Thus it is
true of the Bible, as it was Of Christ
that the "Word was made flesh and
dwelt among us. John liza Writ
ten in different ages by men who diff
fered widely in rank and occupation,
and in mental and spiritual endow-
ment, the Books of the Bible present a
wide contrast in style as well as di'
versity in the nature of the subject |
unfolded Different forms of express
ion are employed by different writers,
often the same truth Is more striking
ly presented by one than by another,
and as several writers present sub
ject under varied aspects and rela- |
tions, there may appear to the super
fetal, careless or prejudiced reader to /
be discrepancy or contradiction. where
the thoughtful, reverent student, with
clearer insight, discerns the underly-
ing harmony, as presented through
different individuals Tue truth is
brought out in its varied aspects. One
man is more strongly impressed with
one phase of a subject He grasps
those points that harmonize with Ills
or with his power of per-
ception, and appreciation. Another
seizes upon different phase and each,
under the guidance of the Holy Spirit,
presents what is most forciably i'm
pressed upon his own MIMI differ
9nt aspect of the truth in each, but a
perfect harmony through all, and the
truths thus revealed unite to form a
perfect whole, adapted to meet the
wants of men in all circumstances and
of life. God has been
pleased to communicate His truth to
the world by human agencies, and He
by his Holy Spirit, qualified
men anu enabled them to DO this work.
He guided the mind in the selection of
what to speak and what to write. The
treasure was entrusted to earthen YES
,els, yet it is noue the less from heav-
IN. The testimony is conveyed
through the imperfect expression of
human language, yet it is the testi-
mony of God, and the obedient, be-
ieving child of God beholds in it the
glory of divine power, full of grace
and truth.
In his Word God has committed to
men the knowledge necessary for sal
walton. The Holy Scriptures are to be
accepted on an authoritative, infalli-
BILE revelation of His will. There are
the standard of character, the revealer
Of doctrines and the test of expert
ence. Every Scripture inspired of
God is also profitable for teaching, for
for correction, for instruction,
" hich is in Righteousness, that the
man of God may be complete, furnish
sd completely unto every good work
Tim. 3:16, H. Yet the fact that
God has revealed his will to men
through his Word, has not rendered
needless the continual presence and
guiding of the Holy Spirit. On the
contrary. the Spirit was promised by
our Savior to open the Word to His
servants. to illuminate and apply its
teachings, and since it was the spirit
If God that inspired the Bible, it is
impossible that the teaching of the
Spirit should ever be contrary to that
If the Word The Spirit was not Civ
IN nor can it it ever be bestowed to
the Bible, for the Scriptures
states the Word of God is
he standard by which all teachings
md experience must be tested, SAYS
he Apostle John. believe not every
Ipirt, but try the spirits, whether
hey are of God, because many false
PROPHETS are gone out into the world. y
4 Iohn III and Taaiah ,iaplaras TO |