“Jesus answered, ‘I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”
John 14:6
Scottish Presbyterian minister Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889:
“Would you learn the way to God? Go to Bethlehem. See yon infant; He is God, the Word made flesh. He is ‘the Way.’… Would you learn the vanity of earth? Go to yon manger where the Lord of glory lies. That is reality; all else is hollow…. Would you have a safeguard against worldliness and sin and error and the snares of the last days? Choose and keep the young Child’s companionship.
“Wherever you go, be like Joseph and Mary when they fled into Egypt: Take the young Child with you. Is it into the world’s business? Take the young Child with you. Is it into its philosophy and literature? Take the young Child with you. Is it into its relaxations and amusements? Take the young Child with you….
“Would you learn to be humble? Go to Bethlehem. There the highest is the lowest; the eternal Word a Babe; … the Creator of the universe sleeps in a woman’s arms…. ‘Be not proud,’ says yon Bethlehem manger. ‘Be clothed with humility,’ say the swaddling bands of yon helpless Child.”
“Would you learn the way to God? Go to Bethlehem. See yon infant; He is God, the Word made flesh. He is ‘the Way.’… Would you learn the vanity of earth? Go to yon manger where the Lord of glory lies. That is reality; all else is hollow…. Would you have a safeguard against worldliness and sin and error and the snares of the last days? Choose and keep the young Child’s companionship.
“Wherever you go, be like Joseph and Mary when they fled into Egypt: Take the young Child with you. Is it into the world’s business? Take the young Child with you. Is it into its philosophy and literature? Take the young Child with you. Is it into its relaxations and amusements? Take the young Child with you….
“Would you learn to be humble? Go to Bethlehem. There the highest is the lowest; the eternal Word a Babe; … the Creator of the universe sleeps in a woman’s arms…. ‘Be not proud,’ says yon Bethlehem manger. ‘Be clothed with humility,’ say the swaddling bands of yon helpless Child.”
Scripture Focus
John 15:1-5
Insight
“Good Christian, fear: for sinners here/ the silent Word is pleading.” (William C. Dix, 1861)
Bible In A Year
- Malachi 1-4
- Proverbs 31
- Revelation 20-22