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True Education
Bible would not bear the unmistakable evidences of divinity. The
greatness of its themes should inspire faith in it as the Word of God.
The Bible unfolds truth with a simplicity and an adaptation to
the needs and longings of the human heart that has astonished and
charmed the most highly cultivated minds, while to the humble and
uncultured it also makes plain the way of life. “Whoever walks the
road, although a fool, shall not go astray.”
Isaiah 35:8
. The more we
search the Bible, the deeper is our conviction that it is the Word of
the living God, and human reason bows before the majesty of divine
revelation.
God intends that to the earnest seeker the truths of His Word
shall be ever unfolding. While “the secret things belong to the Lord
our God,” “those things which are revealed belong to us and to our
children.”
Deuteronomy 29:29
. The idea that certain portions of
the Bible cannot be understood has led to neglect of some of its
most important truths. The fact needs to be emphasized, and often
repeated, that the mysteries of the Bible are not such because God
has endeavored to conceal truth, but because our own weakness or
ignorance makes us incapable of understanding or appropriating
truth. The limitation is not in His purpose but in our capacity. Of
those very portions of Scripture often passed by as impossible to
be understood, God desires us to understand as much as our minds
are capable of receiving. “All Scripture is given by inspiration of
God,” that we may be “thoroughly equipped for every good work.”
2 Timothy 3:16, 17
.
It is impossible for any human mind to exhaust even one truth
or promise of the Bible. One person catches the glory from one
point of view, another from another point, yet we can discern only
gleamings. The full radiance is beyond our vision.
Study of the Bible Gives New Power
As we contemplate the great things of God’s Word, its breadth
and depth pass our knowledge. It stretches out before us as a bound-
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less, shoreless sea.
Such study has vitalizing power. The mind and heart acquire
new strength, new life. This experience is the highest evidence of
the divine authorship of the Bible. We receive God’s Word as food