Chapter 1—The Inspiration of the Prophetic Writers
The Inspiration of the Word of God
This is a time when the question with all propriety may be asked,
“When the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?” (
Luke
18:8
).
Spiritual darkness has covered the earth and gross darkness the
people. There are in many churches skepticism and infidelity in the
interpretation of the Scriptures. Many, very many, are questioning the
verity and truth of the Scriptures. Human reasoning and the imaginings
of the human heart are undermining the inspiration of the Word of
God, and that which should be received as granted, is surrounded with
a cloud of mysticism. Nothing stands out in clear and distinct lines,
upon rock bottom. This is one of the marked signs of the last days.
This Holy Book has withstood the assaults of Satan, who has
united with evil men to make everything of divine character shrouded
in clouds and darkness. But the Lord has preserved this Holy Book by
His own miraculous power in its present shape—a chart or guidebook
to the human family to show them the way to heaven.
But the oracles of God have been so manifestly neglected that there
are but few in our world, even of those who profess to explain it to
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others, who have the divine knowledge of the Scriptures. There are
learned men who have a college education, but these shepherds do not
feed the flock of God. They do not consider that the excellencies of
the Scriptures will be continually unfolding their hidden treasures as
precious jewels are discovered by digging for them.
There are men who strive to be original, who are wise above
what is written; therefore, their wisdom is foolishness. They discover
wonderful things in advance, ideas which reveal that they are far
behind in the comprehension of the divine will and purposes of God.
In seeking to make plain or to unravel mysteries hid from ages from
mortal man, they are like a man floundering about in the mud, unable
to extricate himself and yet telling others how to get out of the muddy
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