Pleasure & Profit in Bible StudyMoody, Dwight Lyman
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Pleasure & Profit in Bible Study
Moody, Dwight Lyman
Bible -- Study and teaching
People are constantly saying: We want something new; some new doctrine,
some new idea. Depend upon it, my friends, if you get tired of the Word
of God, and it becomes wearisome to you, you are out of communion with
Him.
When I was in Baltimore last, my window looked out on an Episcopal
Church. The stained-glass windows were dull and uninviting by day, but
when the lights shone through at night, how beautiful they were! So when
the Holy Spirit touches the eyes of your understanding and you see
Christ shining through the pages of the Bible, it becomes a new book to
you.
A young lady once took up a novel to read, but found it dull and
uninteresting. Some months afterwards, she was introduced to the author
and in the course of time became his wife. She then found that there was
something in the book, and her opinion of it changed. The change was not
in the book, but in herself. She had come to know and love the writer.
Some Christians read the Bible as a duty, if they read it at all; but as
soon as a man or woman sees Christ as the chiefest among ten thousand,
the Bible becomes the revelation of the Father's love and becomes a
never-ending charm. A gentleman asked another, "Do you often read the
Bible?" "No," was the answer, "I frankly admit I do not love God." "No
more did I." the first replied, "but God loved me."
A great many people seem to think that the Bible is out of date, that it
is an old book, and they think it has passed its day. They say it was
very good for the dark ages, and that there is some very good history in
it, but it was not intended for the present time; we are living in a
very enlightened age and men can get on very well without the old book;
we have outgrown it. Now you might just as well say that the sun, which
has shone so long, is now so old that it is out of date, and that
whenever a man builds a house he need not put any windows in it, because
we have a newer light and a better light; we have gaslight and electric
light. These are something new; and I would advise people, if they think
the Bible is too old and worn out, when they build houses, not to put
windows in them, but just to light them with electric light; that is
something new and that is what they are anxious for.
EVERY CASE MET.
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