Christ Referred To The Old Testament
CHRIST REFERRED TO THE OLD TESTAMENT
"If the Old Testament Scriptures are not true, do you think Christ would have so often referred to them, and said, 'The Scriptures must be fulfilled,' and, if He could use the Old Testament, let us use it. May God deliver us from the one-sided Christian who reads only the New Testament and talks against the Old.
"It is a great thing to study the Bible. I once heard Dr. Pierson say there are four things necessary in studying the Bible Admit, submit, commit and transmit.
"First: Admit its truth.
"Second: Submit to its teachings.
"Third: Commit it to memory, and
"Fourth: Transmit to someone else.
"And, if we are to study the Bible, there are three books which I think every Christian ought to have. First is a Bible with large print; the second, a Cruden's Concordance; the third, a topical text book; and if we have these three books, anyone of us might become successful students of this old book.
"Dr. Pierson also says, whenever we read any portion of the Bible we ought to remember the five P's:
"Place where written.
"Person by whom written.
"People to whom written.
"Purpose for which written.
"Period at which written.
"Let me indicate some suggestions:
1st. Always carry a Bible with you.
2nd. Mark it.
3rd. Set apart a portion of each day to study it.
4th. Ask God to open your eyes to its truth.
5th. Believe that God wrote this word to you, and act accordingly.
6th. Commit some portion of the Bible to memory each day.
7th. Do not be satisfied with simply reading a chapter daily; study the meaning of at least one verse in it.
"But remember this, that the Bible is every whit inspired. God has said it, and God always speaks the truth. 'Heaven and earth shall pass away, but My Word shall not pass away.