FOR MANY YEARS I have looked up words in The Collins Concise Dictionary without reading the “Guide to the Use of the Dictionary.”
“Increased guidance on good usage,” I read only recently on the front cover of the Dictionary and that made me look up the front pages of the book, where I not only found the “Guide to the Use of the Dictionary,” but also the “Pronunciation Key”.
Thinking about that reminded me of another book, namely THE BOOK OF BOOKS, the Bible.
FOR A LONG TIME I have been acquainted with the Bible, without knowing the author of the Bible. How much reading of the Word of God I did during that time I cannot tell.
The author of the Bible is the Holy Spirit.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the cardinal theme of the Bible. The Lord Jesus Christ is also the key to understanding the Scriptures.
I believe that for people who don’t know the author of the Word of God, who don’t know the third Person of the Trinity, Scripture is just like any other book on the book shelf.
But for people who know the Holy Spirit, who are born again, the Bible is alive. Hallelujah!
As yet I am still looking up words in The Collins Concise Dictionary without having read the “Guide to the Use of the Dictionary,” but I rejoice that I don’t read the Scriptures any longer without knowing the author of the Bible, the Holy Spirit, who guides every believer into all truth.
