Evening Reading for March 3 John 5:39-47 Suggested further reading: Isaiah 53 Let us observe in these verses the honour that Christ puts upon the Scriptures. He refers to them in concluding his list of evidences as the great witnesses to him. `Search the Scriptures, he says, `they are they which testify of me. The `Scriptures of which our Lord speaks are, of course, the Old Testament. And his words show the important truth which too many are apt to overlook — that every part of our Bibles is meant to teach us about Christ. Christ is not merely in the Gospels and epistles. Christ is to be found directly and indirectly in the Law, the Psalms and the Prophets. In the promises to Adam, Abraham, Moses and David, in the types and emblems of the ceremonial law, in the predictions of Isaiah and the other prophets, Jesus, the Messiah, is everywhere to be found in the Old Testament. How is it that men see these things so little? The answer is plain. They do not `search the Scriptures. They do not dig into that wondrous mine of wisdom and knowledge and seek to become acquainted with its contents. Simple, regular reading of our Bibles is the grand secret of establishment in the faith. Ignorance of the Scriptures is the root of all error. What a plain duty it is to read the Scriptures! Men have no right to expect spiritual light if they neglect the great treasury of all light. If even of the Old Testament our Lord said, `Search ... it testifies of me, how much more is it a duty to search the whole Bible! And now what will men believe, if they do not believe the divine mission of Christ? Great indeed is the obstinacy of infidelity. A cloud of witnesses testify that Jesus was the Son of God. To talk of wanting evidence is childish folly. The plain truth is that the chief seat of unbelief is the heart. Many do not wish to believe and therefore remain unbelievers. For meditation: The Scriptures make us wise unto salvation — they teach about Christ — but only faith in Christ saves (2 Tim. 3:15).
Posted on: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 17:32:51 +0000
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