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28th
January 2012
Christ in
all the Bible
The
power of Christ, the crucified Saviour, to give
eternal life, should be presented to the people.
We should show them that the Old Testaments
is as verily the gospel in type and shadows
as the New Testament is in its unfolding power.
The New Testament does not present a new religion
to be superseded by the New. The New Testament
is only the advancement and unfolding of the
Old. Abel was a believer in Christ, and was
as verily saved by His power as was Peter or
Paul. Enoch was a representative of Christ as
surely as was the beloved disciple John. Enoch
walked with God, and he was not, for God took
him. To him was committed the message of the
second coming of Christ. “And En9och also,
the seventh form Adam, prophesied of these ,saying,
Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousands of
His saints, to execute judgment upon all.”
Jude 14, 15. The message preached by Enoch and
his translation to heaven were a convincing
argument to all who lived in his time. These
things were an argument that Methuselah and
Noah could use with power to show that the righteous
could be translated.
That God who walked with Enoch was our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ. He was the light of
the world then just as He is now. Those who
lived then were not without teachers to instruct
them in the path of life; for Noah and Enoch
were Christians. The gospel is given in precept
in Leviticus. Implicit obedience is required
now, as then.
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How
essential it is that we understand the importance
of this word!
The question is asked: what is the cause of
death in the church? The answer is: we allow
our minds to be drawn away from the word. If
the word of God were eaten as the food for the
soul, if it were treated with respect and deference,
there would be no necessity for the many and
repeated testimonies that are borne. The simple
declarations of Scripture would be received
and acted upon.
Its living princples are as the leaves of the
tree of life for the healing of the nations.
The word for the living God is not merely written,
but spoken. The bible is God’s voice speaking
to us, just as surely as though we could hear
it with our ears. If we realized this, with
what awe would we open God’s word, and
with what earnestness would we search its precepts!
The reading and contemplations of the Scriptures
would be regarded as an audience with the Infinite
One.
When Satan presses his suggestions upon our
minds, we may , if we cherish a “Thus
saith the Lord,” be drawn into the secret
pavilion of the Most High.
Many fail of imitating our holy Pattern because
they study so little the definite features of
that character. So many are full of busy plans,
always active; and there is not time or place
for the Precious Jesus to be a close, dear companion.
They do not refer every thought and action to
Him, inquiring: “Is this the way of the
Lord?” if they did they would walk with
God, as did Enoch
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