“Jeder Ruf Christi fuhrt in den Tod” (every call of Christ leads to death) – Bonhoeffer (modern trans. “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die”)
Spiritual Light
Jonathan Edwards distinguishes so clearly in his little sermon “The Reality of Spiritual Light” between real enlightenment for the believer and (any) light that might be given to the unbeliever. He says,
“In this spiritual light…(there is) a true sense of the divine and superlative excellency of the things of religion; a real sense of the excellency of God and Jesus Christ, and of the work of redemption, and the ways and works of God revealed in the Gospel. There is a divine and superlative glory in these things; an excellency that is of a vastly higher kind and more sublime nature, than in other things…He that is spiritually enlightened truly apprehends and sees it or has a sense of it. He does not merely rationally believe that God is glorious, but he has a sense of the gloriousness of God in his heart. There is not only a rational belief that God is holy, but there is a sense of the loveliness of God’s holiness.”
(Works, Vol. 2, p. 14)
Such a sense can only come as a result of the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit. The reality of it is sweet indeed.
How To Praise Now
“Heaven is unwearied praise – Earth would be heaven begun if our whole hearts were wholly tuned to praise.”
Henry Law (Vol. I, p. 39)
Christ Supreme To Us
The Lord Jesus Christ is the great unifying theme of the Word of God, not because He is a word among many, but because He is the only Word. Thus, He is supreme to us.
Take Up & Read
As Augustine heard the words: “Tolle Lege” (Take up and read), let us do the same.
JC Ryle says: “He (or she) that desires to read the Bible with profit, must first ask the Lord Jesus to open the eyes of their understanding by the Holy Spirit. Human commentaries are useful in their way. The help of good and learned men is not to be despised. But there is no commentary to be compared with the teaching of Christ. A humble and prayerful spirit will find a thousand things in the Bible that the proud self-conceited student will utterly fail to discern.”
So – Tolle Lege!
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