Jeremiah 17:10 “I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.” ***** Christ the Redeemer! There is no other. “There is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” All the types and symbols of the Savior teach you this. There was one ark in the flood – but one; and all perished save those who sailed in it. There was one altar in the temple – but one; and no sacrifices were accepted but those offered there – “the altar,” as the Bible says, that “sanctified the gift.” There was one way through the depths of the Red Sea – but one; and only where the water, held back by the hand of God, stood up in crystals walls, was a passage opened for those that were ready to perish. And even so, there is but “one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;” therefore, “The only Redeemer of God’s elect is the Lord Jesus Christ.” --Thomas Guthrie *-*-*-***-*-*-*-* The Golden Key! The Golden Thread! Jesus is the one great theme both of the Old Testament and the New. The whole Bible is designed to testify of Christ, “Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me.!”
In Christ the Messiah, in Jesus the Savior, in the Son of God the Redeemer, all the truths of the Bible center.
To Him all the types and shadows point! Of Him all the prophecies give witness! While all the glory of the Scriptures, from Genesis to Revelation, culminates at the cross of Christ. The Bible would be an inexplicable mystery apart from Christ, who unfolds and explains it all. He is the one, the golden Key, which unlocks the divine treasury of revelation!
Until He is seen, the Bible is in a sense, a great conundrum. But when He is found, it is a glorious revelation; every mystery opened, every enigma explained, every discrepancy harmonized, and every truth and page, sentence and word, quickened with a life and glowing with a light flowing down from the throne of the Eternal God.
Christ is the substance of the Gospel. All....its divine doctrines, its holy precepts, its gracious instructions, its precious promises, its glorious hopes, meet, center, and fill up their entire compass in Jesus.
He is the Alpha and the Omega of the Bible, from the first verse in Genesis to the last verse in Revelation.
Oh, study the Scriptures of truth with a view of learning Christ. Do not study the Bible as a mere history.
Do not read it as a mere poem. Do not search it as a book of science. It is all that, but infinitely more.
The Bible is the Book of Jesus! It is a Revelation of Christ!
Christ is the golden thread which runs through the whole! The Old Testament predicts the New; and the New fulfills the Old; and so both unite in testifying, “Truly, this is the Son of God!”
Blessed Lord Jesus! I will read and study and dig into the Scriptures to find and learn more of You!
You, Immanuel, are the fragrance of this divine box of precious ointment.
You are the beauteous gem sparkling in this divine cabinet.
You are the Tree of life planted in the center of this divine garden.
You are the Ocean whose stream quickens and nourishes all who draw water out of this divine well of salvation.
The Bible is all about You! --Octavius Winslow *-*-*-*-*-*-*-**-* Longing for Home “And Mephibosheth said unto the King, yea, let him (Ziba) take all, forasmuch as my Lord the king is come again in peace unto his own house.” (2 Sam. 19:30)
I suppose as we grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, this attitude should be seen and experienced in every believer. As we move along in our pilgrimage upon this earth, towards our promised rest this heart felt love regarding ‘our King’ is of utmost importance to us. We really have little concern for the things of this world and its grip upon us is less and less, that’s not to say that the old man is and will always find pleasure here, but the inward man, the one renewed daily in His word and by His grace, says the same words as our brother Mephibosheth! Let them take all; all the land, all the money, all the STUFF that is only weighting us down (especially in these United States); for we must have and must cherish HIM. We become only concerned that our king has come in peace, i.e. given us peace, that peace that passes all understanding. Peace from the curse of the law, from all legal aspects of modern religion, and the peace of God purchased for us in the blood and righteousness of King Jesus. His own house, that is, the house that has been purged and totally swept clean by the one who is stronger than all our foes (including ourselves). Oh, I truly love these little bits of ‘honey out of the rock’-- it does my soul good and sets, once again, my eyes upon the ‘King in whose law I delight’. Let us this day, brethren, sing the notes of highest praise to the one who is unchallenged upon His throne. --Drew Dietz *-*-*-*-*-*-*-* READING SCHEDULE FOR THIS WEEK:
24- 1 Chronicles 22-24 John 8:28-59 25- 1 Chronicles 25-27 John 9:1-23 26- 1 Chronicles 28-29 John 9:24-41 27- 2 Chronicles 1-3 John 10:1-23 28- 1 Chronicles 4-6 John 10:24-42 29- 1 Chronicles 7-9 John 11:1-29 30- 1 Chronicles 10-12 John 11:30-57 *- *-*-* -***- *-*-* -*-** *-*-* *-*-* -***- *-**- *-*-* -*-*- *
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