Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

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BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
of this, forty of the students, without his knowledge, met in a
grove secretly, and signed a covenant to forsake idolatry—for
the religion of their teacher. And some of them are now
preaching the gospel in their native land.
"Be noble; and the nobleness that lies
In other men, sleeping, but never dead,
Will rise in majesty to meet thine own."
103. "That man must have been in the army, or in a military
school," Mr. Moody said to a friend once. "Yes," he said;
"how did you know?" "By the way he walks." In that way
one can test character.
CHRIST
104. No view of Christ should be held which conflicts with
Biblical statements. The Scriptures contain teaching regarding
Christ so profound that its meaning is undiscoverable to human
intellect. Yet men should accept all God says, in faith. All
around us are mysteries which the brainiest scientists fail to
explain. Is it to be wondered that, in religion, all is not easily
comprehended? We must admit the truths of God's word even
though, at times, much is inexplicable to the finite mind.
"Great is the mystery of godliness." God was manifest in
the flesh (1 Tim. 3 : 16). Emmanuel: God with us (Matt. 1 : 23).
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God. All things were made by him : and
without him was not anything made that was made" (John 1
1-3). "In him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily"
(Col. 1:9).
Christ is the centre of the Christian faith. Christianity is
not based upon theories, but upon the person of its Founder,
who is the embodiment of the highest and the best which
humanity craves for. His life on earth was a perfect example
of His own teaching. Of no other religious leader can this be
said. "In Him, no inconsistency of practise neutralised the consistency
of His doctrine. The one was as perfect as the other
was pure." His character was stainless, His teaching infallible,
and adapted to every land and age.
Amongst the sons of men He stands alone, in unshared and
unsharable sovereignty. In Him is the pre-eminence (Col. 1: 18).
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