"Seek ye out of The Book of The LORD, and read" -Isaiah 34:16
An
aged saint was critically ill. When a dear friend came to visit him,
the child of God said, “Read to me out of the book.” His friend
asked, “Which book do you mean?” “There
is only one true and faithful book, the Word of God,”
the dying man said. He
was absolutely right. There is but one book that deserves to be
called the
book. Let each of us devote our lives to the book of books, the Holy
Scripture. This is the book to live by and the book to die by. This
is the book of HISTORY, HIS–STORY, the story of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
It
tells of His glorious person, His life of perfection, His successful,
justice-satisfying death on the cross to put away the sins of His
people, His resurrection, His righteousness freely imputed to all of
His people, His ascension back to heaven, His enthronement, His
ongoing intercessory work, His continual providential rule over all
creation and His second advent when He will come to judge the quick
and the dead according to the standard of righteousness [ACTS
17:31].
Read the book of God to be wise unto salvation, believe its gospel to
be rescued from sin and shame, and rest fully on its promises to the
people of God in order to live a life of peaceful contentment.
-Gospel
report by preacher Jim Byrd
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