DAY 248 Read Ezekiel 44 through 46.
Today's reading: After completing the description of the temple, the Lord gave instructions for restoring a righteous nation. It would be well for us to consider the general principles involved.
Memory gem: "They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean" (Ezekiel 44:23).
Thought for today:
According to a famous story, England awoke one day and found that the Bible was gone; not only the book itself, but every quotation from it and every reference to it. Every bit of its influence was gone; all trace of its power was wiped out. Every echo of its music, every picture in art, every act or production of the mind and heart of man, every influence of the Bible, was gone. Great literature could hardly be understood--Shakespeare was practically unreadable, Ruskin looked like a moth-eaten tapestry, and everyday speech stammered and faltered. A change passed over everything. Life became vulgar and hectic. All restraints were thrown off; instincts ran wild; life became not so much tragic, as tedious, trivial, and frivolous.
Well," you say, "that's just a terrible dream." True--but something like that has really happened, friends, not only in England, but in America, in Australia, in every part of the world. It is not that the Bible is not in existence, not available. It is that it is unknown. Few people read it, compared with a hundred years ago. They not only do not read it, but they do not often hear it read. Many have no idea of how to read it or of what it means.
So we read today a whole generous, charming, intelligent, troubled generation without the Bible. People are trying everything else. Many ancient philosophers have been resurrected, and people are trying them. They try psychology, psychiatry, and many other things that may contain much good, but not the real answer demanded by the human heart. Many try sedative pills and pick-me-up pills. They try various exercises, diets, hypnosis, and so on and on. Why not try the Bible?
Listen, friend, you might be missing the best thing that could come to you. Don't risk it. Open God's Book and read it for yourself. Read all of it.
Today's reading: After completing the description of the temple, the Lord gave instructions for restoring a righteous nation. It would be well for us to consider the general principles involved.
Memory gem: "They shall teach my people the difference between the holy and profane, and cause them to discern between the unclean and the clean" (Ezekiel 44:23).
Thought for today:
According to a famous story, England awoke one day and found that the Bible was gone; not only the book itself, but every quotation from it and every reference to it. Every bit of its influence was gone; all trace of its power was wiped out. Every echo of its music, every picture in art, every act or production of the mind and heart of man, every influence of the Bible, was gone. Great literature could hardly be understood--Shakespeare was practically unreadable, Ruskin looked like a moth-eaten tapestry, and everyday speech stammered and faltered. A change passed over everything. Life became vulgar and hectic. All restraints were thrown off; instincts ran wild; life became not so much tragic, as tedious, trivial, and frivolous.
Well," you say, "that's just a terrible dream." True--but something like that has really happened, friends, not only in England, but in America, in Australia, in every part of the world. It is not that the Bible is not in existence, not available. It is that it is unknown. Few people read it, compared with a hundred years ago. They not only do not read it, but they do not often hear it read. Many have no idea of how to read it or of what it means.
So we read today a whole generous, charming, intelligent, troubled generation without the Bible. People are trying everything else. Many ancient philosophers have been resurrected, and people are trying them. They try psychology, psychiatry, and many other things that may contain much good, but not the real answer demanded by the human heart. Many try sedative pills and pick-me-up pills. They try various exercises, diets, hypnosis, and so on and on. Why not try the Bible?
Listen, friend, you might be missing the best thing that could come to you. Don't risk it. Open God's Book and read it for yourself. Read all of it.
RSS Feed
