Bible Readings for the Home Circle Part 6

2. How are the oracles of G.o.d described?

"This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received _the lively oracles_ to give unto us." Acts 7:38.

3. What did Christ declare His words to be?

"It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are _spirit_, and they are _life_." John 6:63.

4. What was Peter's testimony concerning Christ's words?

"Then Simon Peter answered Him, Lord, to whom shall we go? _Thou hast the words of eternal life._" Verse 68.

5. What did Christ declare His Father's commandment to be?

"And I know that His commandment is _life everlasting_." John 12:50.

6. What lesson was intended by feeding the children of Israel with the manna?

"And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; _that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live_." Deut.

8:3.

7. What interpretation did Jesus give to this lesson?

"Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but My Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. _For the bread of G.o.d is He which cometh down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world._" John 6:32, 33.

8. In further explanation of the meaning of this lesson, what did Jesus declare Himself to be?

"And Jesus said unto them, _I am the bread of life_: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst." Verse 35.

9. What benefit is derived from eating this bread of life?

"As the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father: _so he that eateth Me, even he shall live by Me_. This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: _he that eateth of this bread shall live forever_." Verses 57, 58.

10. What instance is recorded of one who fed upon the true manna?

"_Thy words were found, and I did eat them_; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name, O Lord G.o.d of hosts." Jer. 15:16.

11. What name is applied to Jesus as the revelation of the thought of G.o.d in the flesh?

"In the beginning was _the Word_, and the Word was with G.o.d, and the Word was G.o.d." John 1:1. "And He was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and His name is called _The Word of G.o.d_." Rev. 19:13.

12. What was in the Word?

"In Him was _life_; and the life was the light of men." John 1:4.

13. What is Jesus therefore also called?

"That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of _the Word of life_." 1 John 1:1.

14. Why did the Jews fail to find life in the Scriptures?

"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of Me. And _ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life_." John 5:39, 40.

15. What const.i.tutes a part of Christian experience?

"And have _tasted the good word of G.o.d_, and the powers of the world to come." Heb. 6:5. See answer to question 10.

16. In a.s.signing him his life-work, what instruction did Jesus give to Peter?

"Jesus saith unto him, _Feed My sheep_." John 21:17.

17. What apostolic injunction indicates the way in which this instruction is to be obeyed?

"I charge thee therefore before G.o.d, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; _Preach the word_; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine." 2 Tim. 4:1, 2.

18. How are we instructed to pray for both physical and spiritual nourishment?

"Give us this day our daily bread." Matt. 6:11.

NOTE.-When "the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us," the thought of G.o.d was revealed in human flesh. When holy men of G.o.d "spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost," the thought of G.o.d was revealed in human language. The union of the divine and the human in the manifestation of G.o.d's thought in the flesh is declared to be "the mystery of G.o.dliness;" and there is the same mystery in the union of the divine thought and human language. The two revelations of G.o.d, in human flesh and in human speech, are both called the _Word of G.o.d_, and both are the _Word of life_. He who fails to find Christ thus in the Scriptures will not be able to feed upon the Word as the life-giving Word.

Like wandering sheep o'er mountains cold, Since all have gone astray; To life and peace within the fold, How may I find the way?

To Christ the Way, the Truth, the Life, I come, no more to roam; He'll guide me to my Father's house, To my eternal home.

Christ In All The Bible

[Ill.u.s.tration.]

On The Way To Emmaus. "He expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning Himself." Luke 24:27.

1. Of whom did Christ say the Scriptures testify?

"Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and _they are they which testify of Me_." John 5:39.

NOTE.-"Search the Old Testament Scriptures: for they are they that testify of Christ. To find Him in them is the true and legitimate end of their study. To be able to interpret them as He interpreted them is the best result of all Biblical learning."-_Dean Alford._

2. Of whom did Moses and the prophets write?

"Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found Him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, _Jesus of Nazareth_, the son of Joseph." John 1:45.