John 5:31-40 If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.… The Bible means the book, the book of books. Scriptures mean writings, the marks them out from all others. Search means hunt, dig. Why search? Because — I. THEY ARE THE WORD OF GOD. When you are. absent from home you write to your parents, and although they do not see you they know from your handwriting, signature, and expressions that it is yours. God takes strange methods sometimes to convince men that the Bible comes from Him. A young man, an infidel, had to carry a large sum of money through a forest. He lost his way, and was benighted. He came to a cottage and obtained shelter. The owner was a rough-looking man, which made him afraid for his treasure. So he resolved to stay up all night and guard it. By and by the man reached down the Bible, upon which a load was taken from the traveller's mind. He knew he was safe in the house of a Bible reader. This led him to be a Christian. II. THEY MAKE KNOWN A SAVIOUR. A pious widow had a large family, all of whom became followers of the Saviour but one, a wild lad who went to sea. His mother gave him a Testament, and wrote his name and her own on the back. The ship was lost, and years passed by without any tidings. Eventually a sailor begged at the widow's door, and gave an account of his life. He had been shipwrecked, and with another had been cast on a desert island. His companion read day after day in a little book his mother had given him. "He wept a good deal over his sins, and gave himself up to the Saviour and soon afterwards died, and gave me the book." The book was produced, and it was the very one the widow had given to her boy. III. THEY TEACH US HOW TO LIVE. 1. As ever in the sight of God. "Thou God seest me." 2. To be obedient and useful. IV. THEY SHOW US THE WAY TO HEAVEN. (E. Woods.) Parallel Verses KJV: If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. |
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