Another indispensable help in Christian life is the bible. In prayer, we talk to God; in the Bible, God speaks to us. The first disciples heard the words of divine truth as they dropped directly from the lips of the great Teacher. They could bring their questions right to him, and he would answer them. They could ask him what he wanted them to do, and he would tell them. When they were in sorrow, the words of comfort fell, warm and tender, from the very lips of the Son of God into their sad hearts. One of his friends sat at his feet and listened reverently and lovingly to his instructions; another leaned his head on the Lord’s bosom and whispered his confidential questions and received answers; an inquirer came by night to him and had a long talk with him about the way to be saved.
Those were wonderful days when God himself was on this earth in human form, speaking in the tones of actual human speech the words of life, and answering men’s questions with his own lips. We cannot any more hear the divine voice as men heard it then. Yet God still speaks. We can still bring our questions, and he will answer them. We can still sit at the Teacher’s feet and hear his words. We can still rest our head on his bosom in our sorrow and listen to his assurances of love. We can still ask him how to be saved, and get a plain, clear answer. God speaks to men in his written word.
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