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Summarized Bible: Complete Summary of the New Testament
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Word, it is a dangerous symptom. Remember what the Israelites said in the wilderness, "Our soul loatheth this light bread." Light bread, indeed. It was angels' food. If it was good enough for the angels, it ought to have been good enough for the Israelites. We remember the food of the Egyptianscucumbers, melons, garlic, etc. Many people prefer novels or newspapers to the Biblemembers of the church too. They have no appetite. To make any progress in Bible study, you must love the Bible. Unless you put your heart into the work, it is drudgery, and it never succeeds. The highest success is the spirit in which you do your work. God never says, "Well done, thou good and successful servant," but "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Cultivate your appetite. A strong spiritual appetite is the greatest spiritual safeguard. "How sweet are Thy words unto my mouth, yea sweeter than honey to my lips." Unflagging Industry Fourth condition: Unflagging industry, hard work. "In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge." Men don't find golden nuggets lying around loose on the surface of the earth. They have to look for them, and the deeper they dig and the harder they work, the more precious treasure do they find. There are no rewards for laziness. There is no truth to be discovered save by the hardest work. Every chapter, every passage, every verse is a great mine, of which we only scratch the outer surface. The Word is infinite and inexhaustible. But this is the greatest need of allhard work. The chief attraction of heaven lies suggested in the activities of the cherubim they rest not day nor night. They work 24 hours a day. Isn't that delightful? The time we sleep is wasted. We are unconscious. What a small sum of our time remains to do anything! One-third o...
This is an OCR edition with typos.
Excerpt from book:
Word, it is a dangerous symptom. Remember what the Israelites said in the wilderness, "Our soul loatheth this light bread." Light bread, indeed. It was angels' food. If it was good enough for the angels, it ought to have been good enough for the Israelites. We remember the food of the Egyptianscucumbers, melons, garlic, etc. Many people prefer novels or newspapers to the Biblemembers of the church too. They have no appetite. To make any progress in Bible study, you must love the Bible. Unless you put your heart into the work, it is drudgery, and it never succeeds. The highest success is the spirit in which you do your work. God never says, "Well done, thou good and successful servant," but "Well done, thou good and faithful servant." Cultivate your appetite. A strong spiritual appetite is the greatest spiritual safeguard. "How sweet are Thy words unto my mouth, yea sweeter than honey to my lips." Unflagging Industry Fourth condition: Unflagging industry, hard work. "In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and of knowledge." Men don't find golden nuggets lying around loose on the surface of the earth. They have to look for them, and the deeper they dig and the harder they work, the more precious treasure do they find. There are no rewards for laziness. There is no truth to be discovered save by the hardest work. Every chapter, every passage, every verse is a great mine, of which we only scratch the outer surface. The Word is infinite and inexhaustible. But this is the greatest need of allhard work. The chief attraction of heaven lies suggested in the activities of the cherubim they rest not day nor night. They work 24 hours a day. Isn't that delightful? The time we sleep is wasted. We are unconscious. What a small sum of our time remains to do anything! One-third o...
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