Galatians 4:24-25 Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which engenders to bondage, which is Agar.… I. IT TEACHES US WHAT TO EXPECT IN GOD'S WORD. 1. That Word is full of God, but — 2. It is full of man. 3. While, therefore, it is the medium of Divine thought, that thought is not expressed as by a flash of lightning, but through various minds and characters. II. THIS MAKES OUR STUDY OF REVELATION THE MORE DIFFICULT AND RESPONSIBLE. 1. "The wayfaring man, though a fool, shall not err" in its general import; but a man will grievously err if he thinks he may read it like a fool — superficially, carelessly. 2. Each writer and book has its own peculiarities, which demand discrimination for profitable study. III. THE MAIN PRINCIPLE OF THE BIBLE IS "THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY," The Old Testament must be studied in the light of the New. 1. In its predictions of Christ. 2. In its analogies of spiritual life. (Dean Vaughan.) Parallel Verses KJV: Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. |
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