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Professor Albert Einstein, considered to have the
keenest mathematical mind the world has ever known
HILE the great mass of the people do no
hard, serious thinking, but allow their minds
to become sluggish and shallow, there is
another class who are veritable mind
worshipers. They even set their minds
above God. They discount the teachings
of the Bible. They tell us the story of creation has
been proved by scientific minds to be untrue. They
say man has not fallen but rather is continually
rising into a higher state of being. They deny the
virgin birth of Christ, and declare Him to be only a
good man rather than the God-man. The miracles
of the Bible are called simply fairy tales. They say
the writers of the Bible were inspired only as Shake-
speare or any other writer. The Bible, instead of
being God's book, they say, is the best book that
men at that time could write about God.
At a recent ministerial meeting the writer listened
to a review of a book dealing with the question of the
inspiration of the Bible. The passages emphasized
were all those that belittled the Bible to the level of
human fancies. For example, the author claimed
that the prophets used the phrase ‘Thus saith the
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Lord,” not because God spoke to or
through them, but because they
meditated until they convinced them-
selves that their own thoughts were
the voice of God. In this he ignored
that the prophets spoke often what
they did not themselves understand,
and predicted events that have been
coming to pass ever since.
Thus it becomes easy, according
to this author, to believe that the
prophets were inspired if we believe
all people are inspired. “If you bring
all into one class then the doctrine
of inspiration becomes credible.”
Back of this can be seen the motive
that has actuated men from the be-
ginning, to exalt self at the expense
of the Divine; to refuse allegiance to
any power outside of the human mind.
TRAITCROUS FRIENDS
HE Bible has always had its
enemies. It has withstood the
attacks of a countless number of its
foes, but today it is being assailed by
those who pretend to be its friends.
Rank infidelity is masquerading un-
der the disguise of the ministry of
God.
The Lord has said, “The time will
come when they will not endure sound doctrine;
but after their own lusts shall they heap to them-
selves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall
turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be
turned unto fables.” 2 Timothy 4:3, 4. Again our
Saviour, as with prophetic eye He discerned the
apostasy of the last days, said: *‘ Nevertheless when
the Son of Man cometh, shall He find faith on the
earth?” Luke 18:8.
The Bible claims that it came into existence not
as the product of great minds but rather, “holy
men of God spake as they were moved by the
Holy Ghost.” 2 Peter 1: 21.
Good, sound thinking is not to be stifled. God
wants men to think, but always the thoughts of men
should be guided and kept balanced on the side of
truth by bringing every thought to the test of the
Bible. Jesus declared concerning the word of God,
“Thy word is truth.” John 17: 17.
The Bible is more than the best thoughts of the
deepest thinkers and the smartest men. If that is
all it is, as many today are claiming, then why do not
some of the smart men today write another book like
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