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Christ’s Object Lessons
“The depth saith, It is not in me;
And the sea saith, It is not with me.
It can not be gotten for gold,
Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
It can not be valued with the gold of Ophir,
With the precious onyx, or the sapphire.
The gold and the crystal can not equal it;
And the exchange of it shall not be for jewels of fine
gold.
No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls,
For the price of wisdom is above rubies.”
Job 28:14-18
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This is the treasure that is found in the Scriptures. The Bible is
God’s great lesson book, His great educator. The foundation of all true
science is contained in the Bible. Every branch of knowledge may be
found by searching the word of God. And above all else it contains
the science of all sciences, the science of salvation. The Bible is the
mine of the unsearchable riches of Christ.
The true higher education is gained by studying and obeying the
word of God. But when God’s word is laid aside for books that do not
lead to God and the kingdom of heaven, the education acquired is a
perversion of the name.
There are wonderful truths in nature. The earth, the sea, and the
sky are full of truth. They are our teachers. Nature utters her voice
in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth. But fallen man will
not understand. Sin has obscured his vision, and he cannot of himself
interpret nature without placing it above God. Correct lessons cannot
impress the minds of those who reject the word of God. The teaching
of nature is by them so perverted that it turns the mind away from the
Creator.
By many, man’s wisdom is thought to be higher than the wisdom
of the divine Teacher, and God’s lesson book is looked upon as old-
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fashioned, stale, and uninteresting. But by those who have been
vivified by the Holy Spirit it is not so regarded. They see the priceless
treasure, and would sell all to buy the field that contains it. Instead