Thought for the Day 23 November 2009

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Categorised as Thought of the Day and published Monday, November 23rd, 2009
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When a passage of Scripture, descriptive of God’s dealings with man, is obscure or perplexing, it is as well to ask ourselves whether this may not be owing to some insensibility, in ourselves or in our age, to certain peculiarities of the Divine law or government therein involved. Thus, to those who do not understand the nature and history of religious truth, our Lord’s assertion about sending a sword on earth is an obscurity. To those who consider sin a light evil, the doctrine of eternal punishment is a difficulty.

From the sermon ‘Obedience without Love, as instanced in the Character of Balaam’ (1837) Click here for the full text (leaves site)