The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-04-27
Sunday. April 28.

Golden Text-Oh how love !
! thv law! it is my meditation oil
| the way. Psalm 1897.
Through Moses came the com
mand to Israel first to love the
Lord supremely and then not only
to obey him with a whole heart
but also to teach and transmit
his word accurately (Deut. ga
To Joshua came the command
to keep the Book of the Law IN
his mouth and mind so that he
might observe it to the last de-
tail and have good success (Josh.
is o.. The great religious re-
formation of Judah under Josiah
was started by Hilkiah's finding
in the house of Jehovah the long
lost Book of the Law q Kings
%: 500.
To a great assembly in Jeru-
salem Ezra and his associates
read and explained the Book OF
the Law of Moses. and the peoI,
pie were glad because they had
understood the words that were
declared unto them" (Neh. 8: l.
81. A worthy tribute to the
Word of God was penned by Da-
vid in a passage of great beauty
and force psalm 10: 7-l4).
The two disciples on the way
to Emmaus listened with burning
hearts as the risen Lord opened
to them the Scriptures concern
ing himself (Luke 24:25-32).
The Bereans were more noble
than the Thessalonians because
thew received the Word with
readiness of mind. examining the
Scriptures daily. whether the SER
mons of Paul were true (Acts
17:10-12).
Paul wrote to Timothy, his son
in the gospel, as model in the
knowledge and use of the Bible
q Tim. BALD.
The letter to the Hebrews opens
with the assertion that the high
est and final revelation of God
has been given through his Son
who is greater than the prophets
and the angels Hebrews 1:l-4).
APPRECIATION OF THE
SCRIPTURES psalm 19)
David's Tribute to the Bible
showed great appreciation Of the
Holy Scriptures.
Notice (1 the six names he
gives the Bible: Law, referring to
the great body of truth; testi-
mony, referring to the divine dec
laration as to who and what God
| is: statutes. embodying spe.ific
duty: commandments, govern the
regulations of life as a whole;
fear. inspiring an adequate mo-
tive: judgments, insuring correct
discrimination and decisions.
Notice (2) the seven traits of
the Bible here recorded: Perfect,
sure, right, pure, clean, true and
righteous.
Notice 81 the six claims he
makes for it: Soul-restorins, wise
making, heart-reioicing, eye-er-
Tightening, age-enduring, right
Judging.
Notice (4) the six aspirations
regarding the Bible: Desire, that
we may win its gold and taste its
honey: warning, that we may be
kept from the path of danger
and error: reward. that we may
realize the fruit of obedience
discernment. that we may be
cleansed from secret faults
guardianship. that we may he
kept from under the dominion of
wilful sin: conservation, that
mouth and heart may be accept
able unto God.
APPLICATION OF THE
SCRIPTURES e Timothy 81
a. He knew the Scriptures,
having studied them from child
hood under the tuition of godly
parents in a Bible-loving home,
He accepted their truth and thus
became wise unto salvation by
believing in Christ. He continued
| in their study and practice with
full assurance of their truth and
with the impress of early teach
ers upon him.
(2) His doctrine of inspiration
was sound. He believed all the
Bible. He accepted it as inspired
of God. He found it profitable
, for teaching the receptive, re
proving the hayward, correcting
the mistaken, and developing al
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