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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Ill THE RELATION OF THE HUMAN, HISTORICAL, ETC., ELEMENTS TO THE DIVINE Ihe Bible is the Word of God?Pascal's statement in regard to it?The relation which the human, historical, and progressive elements of the Bible have to the fact that it is the Word of God?God's acts have priority, not only in time, but also in causality?He prepared a nation for the coming of the Deliverer: I. By creating through the law the feeling of the need of a Saviour; 2. By showing through the types, etc.. the way of expiation and of approach to God; 3. By pre-figuring Christ by living men and also by things, as the brazen serpent--A drama, not a monologue?Israel responds either in faith or unbelief?Long pauses in direct miraculous interference ? The historical books from Joshua to Chronicles called by Jews the Former Prophets?In the histories there is shown the very heart of man, the inner motives?Absolute judgment pronounced on men?Wickedness described, not to attract, but, in its naked hideousness, to repel?The Bible written by men for men?Their individuality and circumstances clearly seen?The Scripture shows us the humanity of the writers, in the very act of their being inspired and receiving the Word of God from above?The books of Moses plainly the foundation of the Psalms, etc. ? The prophets found on those before them ? The growth of the Bible ? Christ's double relation to the Scriptures. I CONTINUE my subject this morning?Scripture is the Word of God. In my last address I spoke to you chiefly of Scripture as a divine revelation. Revelation descends from above. It speaks to us out of the fulness of divine omniscience. It reveals to us spiritual and heavenly realities. It unveils to us a world which we never could have discovered by our own research. Here there is not a steep and labori...
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