THE word of God is His perfect message to men. If that be spurned He has nothing more to say to them until they meet Him in judgment. Wherever that word is proclaimed it puts those who hear it in the place of responsibility, such as they never knew before. The light shines from the word. If they refuse its testimony they prove that they love darkness rather than light. That word contains all that is necessary to show the way of life. It reveals Christ. This was true of the Old Testament. Moses and the prophets all spake of Him. But in the New Testament we have the full-orbed revelation of Him who has come in grace to seek and to save the lost. He who believes finds deliverance. He who turns away will perish in his sins.
“What will it profit, when life here is o’er,
Though great worldly wisdom I gain.
If, seeking knowledge, I utterly fail
The wisdom of God to obtain?
What will it profit, when life here is o’er,
Though gathering riches and fame,
If, gaining the world, I lose my own soul.
And in Heav’n unknown is my name?
What will it profit, when life here is o’er
Though earth’s farthest corners I see,
If, going my way, and doing my will
I miss what His love planned for me?”
—Grace E. Troy,