BIBLE--THE FOUNDATION OF FAITH
They said to one another, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"--Luke 24:32
Unless we stand on the elevated platform of eternal truth, we shall be swept away by the tide of delusive error that is sweeping over the world. Satan is coming down with great power to work miracles, and unless we are abiding in Christ, we shall be deceived. God's people are not the only ones who will have miracle-working power in the last days. Satan and his agencies will work "with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish." [2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10.]
It is not miracle-working power by which our faith is substantiated. We must rely upon the power of God. We must stand upon His platform of eternal truth. His Word, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith. Unless we plant our feet upon this foundation, unless we substantiate our faith "by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" [Matthew 4:4], we shall be deceived by Satan when he comes in glory, claiming to be Christ. (Manuscript 168, July 14, 1902)
In the days of Christ the rabbis put a forced, mystical construction upon many portions of Scripture. Because the plain teaching of God's word condemned their practices, they tried to destroy its force. The same thing is done today. The word of God is made to appear mysterious and obscure in order to excuse transgression of His law.
Christ rebuked these practices in His day. He taught that the word of God was to be understood by all. He pointed to the Scriptures as of unquestioned authority, and we should do the same. The Bible is to be presented as the word of the infinite God, as the end of all controversy and the foundation of all faith. (Christ's Object Lessons, 39-40)
REFLECTION: We are to be in the world but not of the world. The world or worldliness is not to be in us. When a boat is in the water everything is good, but when the water gets in the boat, there is a problem.
They said to one another, "Did not our hearts burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"--Luke 24:32
Unless we stand on the elevated platform of eternal truth, we shall be swept away by the tide of delusive error that is sweeping over the world. Satan is coming down with great power to work miracles, and unless we are abiding in Christ, we shall be deceived. God's people are not the only ones who will have miracle-working power in the last days. Satan and his agencies will work "with all power and signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish." [2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10.]
It is not miracle-working power by which our faith is substantiated. We must rely upon the power of God. We must stand upon His platform of eternal truth. His Word, the Bible, is the foundation of our faith. Unless we plant our feet upon this foundation, unless we substantiate our faith "by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" [Matthew 4:4], we shall be deceived by Satan when he comes in glory, claiming to be Christ. (Manuscript 168, July 14, 1902)
In the days of Christ the rabbis put a forced, mystical construction upon many portions of Scripture. Because the plain teaching of God's word condemned their practices, they tried to destroy its force. The same thing is done today. The word of God is made to appear mysterious and obscure in order to excuse transgression of His law.
Christ rebuked these practices in His day. He taught that the word of God was to be understood by all. He pointed to the Scriptures as of unquestioned authority, and we should do the same. The Bible is to be presented as the word of the infinite God, as the end of all controversy and the foundation of all faith. (Christ's Object Lessons, 39-40)
REFLECTION: We are to be in the world but not of the world. The world or worldliness is not to be in us. When a boat is in the water everything is good, but when the water gets in the boat, there is a problem.
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