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The Source of Wisdom, May 10
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: a good
understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise
endureth for ever.
Psalm 111:10
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It is a great thing to be wise toward God. The fear of the Lord is the
beginning of wisdom. This is heart education, and is of more importance
than the education gained merely from books. It is well and essential to
obtain a knowledge of the world in which we live, but if we leave eternity
out of our reckoning, we shall make a failure from which we can never
recover. It will be as the knowledge gained by eating of the fruit of the
forbidden tree....
What can the most learned in book lore know aright without a knowl-
edge of the Word of God? Without the education found in the Bible,
how shall we reach the next world, where we shall enter the presence of
God and see His face? Nothing of this world’s wisdom, the knowledge
gained from books, presents a true and sure foundation upon which we
can build for eternity. Nothing but the bread that comes down from heaven
satisfies spiritual hunger. “For the bread of God is he which cometh down
from heaven, and giveth life unto the world.” ... The words that I speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are life” (
John 6:33, 63
).... As we eat
the words of Christ we are eating the bread of life, which gives spiritual
vitality.
The Word of the only true God is infallible. Infinite wisdom, holiness,
power, and love are blended in pointing us to the standard by which
God measures character. God’s Word so plainly defines the laws of His
kingdom that none need to walk in darkness. His law is the transcript of
His character. It is the standard that all must reach if they would enter the
kingdom of God. No one need walk in uncertainty.... The law of God is
not abolished. It will live through the eternal ages. By Christ’s death it
was magnified, and sin was exposed in its true light.
What a salvation is revealed in the covenant by which God promised
to be our Father, His only-begotten Son our Redeemer, and the Holy Spirit
our Comforter, Counselor, and Sanctifier! Upon no lower ground than
this is it safe for us to place our feet.
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