Chapter 9—The Treasure with Which to Store the
Mind
Jesus beheld the human race, ignorant, apostate from God, standing
under the penalty of the broken law; and he came to bring deliverance,
to offer a complete pardon, signed by the Majesty of heaven. If man
will accept this pardon, he may be saved; if he rejects it, he will be
lost. The wisdom of God alone can unfold the mysteries of the plan
of salvation. The wisdom of men may or may not be valuable, as
experience shall prove, but the wisdom of God is indispensable; and
yet many who profess to be wise are willingly ignorant of the things
that pertain to eternal life. Miss what you may in the line of human
attainments, but you must have faith in the pardon brought to you at
infinite cost, or all of wisdom attained in earth, will perish with you.
Were the Sun of Righteousness to withdraw his beams of light from
the world, we should be left in the darkness of eternal night. Jesus
spake as never man spake. He poured out to men the whole treasure of
heaven in wisdom and knowledge. He is the light that lighteth every
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man who cometh into the world. Every phase of truth was evident
to him. He did not come to utter uncertain sentiments and opinions;
but only to speak truth established upon eternal principles. Then why
take the unstable words of men as exalted wisdom, when a greater
and certain wisdom is at your command? Men take the writings
of scientists, falsely so-called, and seek to make their deductions
harmonize with the statements of the Bible. But where there is no
agreement, there can be no harmony. Christ declares, “No man can
serve two masters.” [
Matthew 6:24
.] Their interests are sure to clash.
Again and again men have attempted to put the Bible and the writings
of men upon a common basis; but the attempt has proved a failure; for
we cannot serve God and mammon.
We are in the world, but we are not to be of the world. Jesus
entreats that those for whom he died, may not lose their eternal reward
by lavishing their affections on the things of this perishing earth, and so
cheat themselves out of unending happiness. An enlightened judgment
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