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December 13

Psalm 119:118-114   I hate those who are double-minded, But I
love Thy law.  Thou art my hiding place and my shield; I wait
for Thy word.

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The Holy Scriptures surpass in efficaciousness all the arts and
all the sciences of the philosophers and jurists; these, though
good and necessary to life here below, are useless and have no
effect as to what concerns the life eternal.  The Bible should
be regarded with wholly different eyes from those with which we
view other productions.  He who completely renounces himself,
and does not rely on mere human reason, will make good progress
in the Scriptures; but the world does not comprehend them, out
of sheer ignorance.  Can he who does not understand God's Word
understand God's works?  We have a picture of the world and
God's Church, which shows how things work. The ungodly Cain was
a great lord in the world, while Abel, that upright and pious
man, was an outcast, subject and oppressed.  But before God the
case was quite contrary: Cain was rejected of God, Abel accepted
and received as God's beloved child, Ishmael's was also a fair
name, "hearer of God," while Isaac's was nothing.  Esau's name
means "actor," "the man that shall do the work," Jacob's was
nothing.  The name Absalom signifies "the father of peace."  The
ungodly always bear such fair and glorious colors in this world,
while in truth and deed they are mockers, scoffers and rebels
against the Word of God.  But by that Word, God be praised, we
are able to discern and know all such; therefore let us hold the
Bible in precious esteem, and diligently read it.

How precious is the Book divine,
By inspiration given;
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.

---
Cuda.
aka Pastor Robin Fish

Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and do not lean on your own understanding.  
In all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will make your paths straight.  
Proverbs 3:5-6

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