March 29

Consult your guide book

“For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning; that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope” (Rom. 15:4).
“For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light” (Prov. 6:23).

If you want to hold the truth fast, and not let it slip, you must read, and read, and reread the Bible. You must constantly refresh your mind with its truths, just as the diligent student constantly refreshes his mind by reviewing his textbooks, just as the lawyer who wishes to succeed constantly studies his law books, or the doctor his medical works.
John Wesley, in his old age, after having read, and read, and reread the Bible all his life, said of himself: “I am homo unius libri”—a man of one book. The truth will surely slip, if you do not refresh your mind by constantly reading and meditating on the Bible.
The Bible is God’s recipe book for making holy people. You must follow the recipe exactly, if you want to be a holy, Christlike person.

The Bible is God’s guidebook to show men and women the way to Heaven. You must pay strict attention to its directions, and follow them accurately, if you are ever to get there.
The Bible is God’s doctor’s book, to show people how to get rid of soul-sickness. You must diligently consider its diagnosis of soul-diseases, and its methods of cure, if you want soul-health.
—Samuel Logan Brengle.

When the Word of God is neglected, the inevitable consequence is—confusion in the Church, collapse in the home and chaos in the land.

Is there a guide to show that path?
The Bible:—he alone who hath
The Bible, need not stray;
Yet he who hath, and will not give
That heavenly Guide to all that live,
Himself shall lose the way.
—James Montgomery.

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