DAY 129 Read Psalm 1, 2; 9; 10; 12 through 15; 18.
Today's reading: We break into the historical sequence to read some of the psalms that cannot be positively related to specific incidents.
Memory gem: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful" (Psalm 1:1).
Thought for today:
One day in Glasgow Green in Scotland a man stood up after hearing a preacher give a gospel message at an open-air meeting, and said: "I don't believe what this man has said. I don't believe in hell or heaven--I don't believe in the judgment or in the devil or in God, because I have never seen one of them."
Just then another member of the crowd stood forth and said: "Friends, you say there is a river running not far from this place, the River Clyde. There is no such thing. It's not true. It's all a delusion. You tell me there are trees and grass growing near where I stand, and that there are people standing near me--but it can't be true. There are no such things. I have never seen one of them. I was born blind. No one but a blind man can talk as I have." Then, turning toward the unbeliever, he said, "The more you talk, the more you expose your ignorance, because you are spiritually blind and cannot see."
When a man does not love God supremely, he is really saying that God is not supreme. He is giving aid and comfort to the unbeliever, blind to God's works, the evidence of His existence. The breaking of the greatest command by professed followers of the Lord is one of the saddest sights on earth and brings reproach on the cause of Christ among out-and-out unbelievers.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Psalm 2:12. "Kiss the Son"--do homage to the Son.
Psalm 18:26. "Froward ''--crooked or perverse.
Today's reading: We break into the historical sequence to read some of the psalms that cannot be positively related to specific incidents.
Memory gem: "Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful" (Psalm 1:1).
Thought for today:
One day in Glasgow Green in Scotland a man stood up after hearing a preacher give a gospel message at an open-air meeting, and said: "I don't believe what this man has said. I don't believe in hell or heaven--I don't believe in the judgment or in the devil or in God, because I have never seen one of them."
Just then another member of the crowd stood forth and said: "Friends, you say there is a river running not far from this place, the River Clyde. There is no such thing. It's not true. It's all a delusion. You tell me there are trees and grass growing near where I stand, and that there are people standing near me--but it can't be true. There are no such things. I have never seen one of them. I was born blind. No one but a blind man can talk as I have." Then, turning toward the unbeliever, he said, "The more you talk, the more you expose your ignorance, because you are spiritually blind and cannot see."
When a man does not love God supremely, he is really saying that God is not supreme. He is giving aid and comfort to the unbeliever, blind to God's works, the evidence of His existence. The breaking of the greatest command by professed followers of the Lord is one of the saddest sights on earth and brings reproach on the cause of Christ among out-and-out unbelievers.
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Difficult or obscure words:
Psalm 2:12. "Kiss the Son"--do homage to the Son.
Psalm 18:26. "Froward ''--crooked or perverse.
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