Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
every day. We rush to the railway station, get our ticket, and
are presently being whirled through the country at express
speed. It seems wonderful that we should have such confidence
—another word that gives the essence of faith—in railway companies.
Yet this great faith is exercised every day.
Oliver.
Lancelot
308. There are those who belittle faith, and say if one's
conduct is correct, it matters little what he believes. This is
illogical. Some of you may be lawyers. When a man becomes
your client and entrusts you with a case, you insist that he
should put implicit trust in you as a person and put you in
possession of all the facts without reservation. He must make
a clean breast of it. He must exercise the fullest confidence in
you. It makes all the difference in the world whether or not
he exercises faith in you as an advocate. So with Christ, your
Saviour and Advocate. He is to be received with absolute faith.
He reveals Himself as Intercessor. Believe it. He is the
Resurrection and the Life. Believe it. He is your Judge, and
promises that if you truly trust Him you "may have boldness
in that day." Believe it, and it shall be well with you. God
is just, but the Justifier of all them who put themselves in the
hands of Jesus. Hearty confidence will lead to right and resolute
action. C. O. Brown.
309. Faith in Christ Indispensable.—Not long ago a man
said to me, "I cannot believe." "Whom?" I asked. He stammered,
and said again, "I cannot believe." I said, "Whom?"
"Well," he said, "I can't believe." "Whom?" I asked again. At
last he said, "I cannot believe myself." "Well, you don't need to.
You do not need to put any confidence in yourself. The less
you believe in yourself, the better. But if you tell me you can't
believe God, that is another thing, and I would like to ask you
why!"—D. L. Moody.
310. Paul never said, "I know what I believe," but, "I know
whom I believe." C. R. Scoville.
311. "This saying, 'I will not believe unless I see,' is a great
sin. God has chosen to save men, not by sight, but by faith : not
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