Sanctify them in the
truth; your word is truth. John
17:17
The Bible is, among other things, a book of
revealed truth. That is, certain facts are revealed that could not be
discovered by the most brilliant mind. These facts are of such a nature as to
be past finding out.
These are facts that were hidden behind a
veil, and until certain men who spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost took
away that veil no mortal man could know them.
The lifting of the veil of unknowing from
undiscoverable things we call divine revelation.
What is generally overlooked among
humankind is that truth as set forth in the Christian Scriptures is a moral
thing; it is not addressed to the intellect only, but to the will also. It
addresses itself to the total man, and its obligations cannot be discharged by
grasping it mentally.
Truth engages the citadel of the human
heart and is not satisfied until it has conquered everything there. The will
must come forth and surrender its sword. It must stand at attention to receive
orders, and those orders it must joyfully obey. Short of this any knowledge of
Christian truth is inadequate and unavailing.
Bible exposition without moral application
raises no opposition. It is only when the hearer is made to understand that
truth is in conflict with his heart that resistance sets in. As long as people
can hear orthodox truth divorced from life they will attend and support
churches and institutions without objection!
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