H. A. Ironside told of a godly man named Andrew Frazer, who had come to southern California to recover from a serious illness. Though this Irishman was quite weak, he opened his worn Bible and began expounding the truths of Gods Word in a way that Ironside had never heard before. So moved by Frazers words was Ironside, that his curiosity drove him to ask, Where did you learn these things? Did you learn them in some college or seminary? The sickly man said, My dear young man, I learned these things on my knees on the mud floor of a little sod cottage in the north of Ireland. There, with my open Bible before me, I used to kneel for hours at a time and ask the Spirit of God to reveal Christ to my soul and to open the Word to my heart. He taught me more on my knees on that mud floor than I ever could have learned in all the seminaries or colleges in the world. To spend time in the Word of God yields a much richer understanding of the deep things of theology than to spend time in a classroom. For the person denied a formal education in Bible and theology there is no shame if we spend time at the feet of Jesus. From early in the morning, throughout the day, and into the evening hours the great scholars of the Word become so because of time spent in Gods Book and on their knees. Each of us has the same opportunity to do that. Lets take that opportunity today.
Posted on: Mon, 26 May 2014 04:38:30 +0000
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