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====8. SUBMISSION TO GOD'S WORD==== 
<p> &quot;Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus.&quot;<br><br>
        &quot;Jesus    said unto him: It is written!&quot; — Matthew    4:7.<br><br>
        We cannot fail to be struck, in the course of the    Saviour's public teaching, with His&nbsp;<em>constant appeal to the word of    God</em>. While, at times, He utters, in His own name, the authoritative    behest, &quot;Truly, truly,&nbsp;<em>I</em>&nbsp;say unto you,&quot; He often    thus introduces some mighty work, or gives intimation of some impending event    in His own momentous life, &quot;These things must come to pass, that<em> the    Scriptures be fulfilled, which says . . .&quot;&nbsp;</em>He commands His    people to &quot;search the Scriptures;&quot; but He sets the example, by<em> searching&nbsp;</em>and&nbsp;<em>submitting&nbsp;</em>to them Himself. Whether    He drives the money-changers from their sacrilegious traffic in the temple,    or foils his great adversary on the mount of temptation — he does so with the    same weapon,&nbsp;<em>&quot;It is written!&quot;&nbsp;</em>When He rises from    the grave, the theme of His first discourse is one impressive tribute to the    value and authority of the same sacred oracles. The disciples on the road to    Emmaus listen to nothing but&nbsp;<em>a Bible lesson.&nbsp;</em>&quot;He    expounded unto them in all&nbsp;<em>the Scriptures —&nbsp;</em>the things    concerning Himself.&quot;<br><br>
        How momentous the instruction herein conveyed!    The necessity of the absolute subjection of the mind to God's written Word —    making churches, creeds, ministers, books, religious opinions — all    subordinate and subservient to Scripture; rebuking the philosophy, falsely so    called, that would distort the plain statements of Revelation, and lay    their&nbsp;<em>proud Reason&nbsp;</em>in the dust.<br><br>
        If an infallible Redeemer, &quot;a law to    Himself,&quot; was submissive in all respects to the&nbsp;<em>&quot;written&nbsp;</em>law,&quot;    — shall fallible man refuse to sit with the teachableness of a little child,    and listen to the Divine message? There may be, there&nbsp;<em>is,&nbsp;</em>in    the Bible, what Reason staggers at: &quot;we have nothing to draw with, and    the well is deep.&quot; But,&nbsp;<em>&quot;Thus says the Lord,&quot;&nbsp;</em>is    enough. Faith does not first ask what the bread is made of — but&nbsp;<em>eats&nbsp;</em>it.    It does not analyze the components of the living stream — but with joy draws    the water from &quot;the wells of salvation.&quot;<br><br>
        Reader! take that Word as &quot;the lamp to your    feet, and the light to your path.&quot; In days when&nbsp;<em>false    lights&nbsp;</em>are hung out, there is the more need of keeping the eye    steadily fixed on the unerring beacon. Make the Bible the&nbsp;<em>arbiter&nbsp;</em>in    all difficulties — the ultimate court of appeal. Like Mary,    &quot;sit at the feet of Jesus,&quot;    willing only to learn of Him. How many perplexities it would save you! how    many fatal steps in life it would prevent — how many tears! &quot;It is a    great matter,&quot; says the noblest of modern Christian philosophers,    &quot;when the mind dwells on any passage of Scripture, just to think how    true it is.&quot;&nbsp;<em>(Chalmer's Life).</em><br><br>
        In every dubious question, when the foot is    trembling on debatable ground, knowing not whether to advance or recede, make    this the final criterion, &quot;What says the Scripture?&quot; The world may    remonstrate — erring friends may disapprove — Satan may tempt — ingenious    arguments may explain away; but, with our finger on the revealed page, let    the words of our Great Example be ever a divine formula for our guidance —    &quot;This commandment I have received from my Father!&quot;<br><br>
        &quot;Arm yourselves likewise with the same    mind.&quot;</p>
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