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the impression that these were super
men and almost Incapable of wrong.
doing. But we know that they were
men Of like passions with us, however
unlike us they appear On the pages of
the histories. But when the Holy
spirit wrote history. though 1t be the
history Of David, He told us all the
truth and the man David stands be-
fore us as he really was. While the
oipie contains the only wholly reliable
alstory IN oil the world, It's object is
not merely to record tory, but to set
OeIore the reader the person of Jesus
Christ
Ihe only true philosophy is found
recorded on the pages Of the Bible. All
ue phllosophies of the world unable
70 rise higher than their source, can
nave no fuller message than "Man,
know thyself." But because Of inner
eht INABILITY, man alone can never
Know himself nor come to the knowl-
edge which tells him whence he came
or whittier he goes he continues on his
way like ship without rudder or pilot.
knowing neither the port from whence
he sailed nor the harbor to which he is
pound, and the reason for his being up
on the sea Of life at all remains an uu-
solved enigma to him.
But the philosophy which comes
nom the Bible begins by saying, Man,
Know God," and then graclously pro.
ceeds to reveal God to man. In that
rsvelation man may know both the
| God who speaks and himself besides.
Hut willie the Bible contains the only
tiYa philosophy in the world It's object
is not to give man mere philosophy,
out to bring to man the knowledge of
600 as revealed fully in the supreme
subject Of Scripture. Jesus Christ.
Again. the only true moral code In
the world Is found within the Bible.
Like the philosophers Of the world, the
moral codes formed by man rise no
higher than himself, and have in view
mans relation to man only; they do
not deal with mans relation to God.
But the moral code Of the Bible begins
with mans relation to God, followed by
mans relation to man. The first and
great commandment Is. "Thou shalt
love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart" and the second is like unto It.,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as tiny.
self' (Matt. 22 :37-39). But while It con.
tains tho only complete moral code In
the world, Its subject Is not that mere.
ly. but Is Jesus Christ.
Without Christ the Bible would
never have been written. He is the
hey which unIocks all It's mysteries :
the Light that reveals all its hidden ex-
celiencies. The Bible Is like the tenn.
PIE OF which the Psalmist says, "Every
whit speaks Of His glory" (Psalms
Z9:V. Jesus said: "Ye search the
Scriptures for In them ye think W
nave eternal life, and they are they
which testify OF me- John b:99)
HAD ye believed Moses ye would have
DeieVed me. for he wrote Of me" (John
o:ao). And beginning at Moses and all
the prophets He expounded unto them
IN all the Scriptures the things con.
cernlRg Himself" (Luke "a :27). "AlI
things must be fulfilled which were
written In the law Of Moses and In the
prophets and in the Psa Inns CONCERNING
Me- uuke "a :44).
When holy men Of God wrote as
they were moved upon by the HOLY
Spirit" q Peter l :2U they wrote OF
Jesus Christ. From the beginning n
the end Of the Book. through the his.
tories and the prophecies, the poetry
ana the Psalms. the one radiant objec,
presented to our view In type. symbol
ceremony and prediction Is the Lord
jesus Christ. He is the supreme sub.
1ect Of all the Scriptures, and we read
our Bibles to little profit If we fnil to
find Him there as we study Its pages
But finding Him, we will come to know
the truth that God would have us learn
for our comfort and profit, and for orr
growth In grace and spiritual power
AS we read the Bible, depending uDo,,
the Holy Spirit to take of the things
or Christ and show them unto us fJohn
lo:l4) we will come to know. in ever
Increasing blessing md delIeht tbs
LORD Jesus Christ as our savior
Friend and Lord. AS lie is the sunrem,
subject Of the Bible to know Hin
should be the supreme object OF ou,
Bible study. "