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Spurgeon’s words still true 130 years laterScientific thought is supposed to bethe way for finding out God andthe old Scripture is out of date whichsays,” Incline your ear, and comeunto Me: hear, and your soul shalllive.” Plain truth is, in this wonderfulcentury, of small account — mencrave to be mystified by their owncogitations. Many glory in being toointellectual to receive anything asabsolute certainty — they are not atall inclined to submit to the authorityof a positive Revelation! God’s Wordis not accepted by them as final, butthey judge it and believe what theylike of it.This is madness! I speak tothose who believe in the Scripturesand I say if, indeed, there isa Revelation, it becomes us to besilent before it and accept it withoutdispute! The Lord knows what isbetter than we can ever know and if50 years ago...in the Baptist Bible TribuneHe has been pleased to speak plainlyand solemnly His Word, it is oursto believe what He says because Hesays it! It may be all very well toprove that such-and-such a Revelationof God is consistent with reason,consistent with analogy, consistentwith a thousand things — but theattitude which needs such argumentis a spirit of rebellion against God! Ifthere is a Revelation, every part of itis of authority and must be believed.Human thought is not the arbiter ofTruth, but the Infallible Word is theend of all strife.It is not ours to say what theTruth of God must be, or what wethink it should be, or what we wouldlike it to be — but reverently to sitdown with open ears and willing heartto receive what God has spoken. Ifan astronomer were to refuse to examinethe stars and teach an astronomyinvented inhis own brain,he would bean idiot! Andthose whotreat theologyin thesame fashionarenot muchbetter!“Surely,”says one,“we ought to modifyour beliefs by public opinion andthe current of thought.” I say, “NO,”a thousand times! The IncorruptibleWord of God lives and abides foreverand is incapable of modification! Tomodify is to adulterate, nullify andrender it of no effect, so that itbecomes another gospel and, indeed,no Gospel.The thought of tampering withthe revealed Truth of God is viciousand ought not to be tolerated by anyChristian for a second! The Gospelof Jesus Christ is not a thing whichis to be molded according to thefashion of the period — it is “JesusChrist the same yesterday, today, andforever.” Whether the Greek philosophyrules or is exploded. Whethersome more modern theory blazes upor smolders down is small concernof ours, for we are set to preach theone unvarying Gospel of Jesus Christsent down with the Holy Spirit fromHeaven!Source: Charles Spurgeon, Forts Demolished andPrisoners Taken (Sermon #1473 on the Web atwww.spurgeongems.org)Call me!70% of couples whoboth own a cell phonecontact each otheronce a day or moreto say hello or chat;54% of couples whohave one or no cell phones dothis at least once a day.Source: Pew/Internet and American Life Project, NetworkedFamilies, Oct. 2008.Baptist Bible Tribune [ February 2009 ] 9