[Songs in the Night - July 28]
The words that I speak unto you, they are Spirit, and they are life. John 6:63
OUR text shows that however dark and parabolic
were our Lord's teachings, nevertheless, rightly understood,
his message is one that is spiritually helpful
and life-giving to those who can and do understand
it.
It is this quality of the Lord's message which
makes the religion of the Bible different from that of
all the heathen.
It is a message of life as well as a
message of holiness.
It is a message of forgiveness as
well as a message of condemnation.
It is a message
of love as well as a message of justice.
His wonderful
words of life—they are charming, beautiful,
forceful!
We may read them over year after year
and we see still more beauty in them, still deeper significance,
and that in proportion to our own growth in
grace, our growth in knowledge, and in the Spirit of
our Master. Z'10-219 R4644:6 (Hymn 49)