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OUR DAILY BREAD                    Wednesday, July 13, 1994
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READ:  1 Corinthians 1:18-25

                     "THE TRUTH ABOUT TRUTH"

               ...always learning and never able
                to come to the knowledge of the truth.

                           - 2 Timothy 3:7

When Harvard University was founded, its motto was Veritas
Christo et Ecclesiae  - "Truth for Christ and the Church."
Its crest showed three books, one face down to symbolize the
limitation of human knowledge.  But in recent decades that
book has been turned face up to represent the unlimited
capacity of the human mind.  And the motto has been changed
to Veritas - "Truth."

The pursuit of knowledge is praise-worthy, yet learning can
quickly lead to pride and a refusal to acknowledge any lim-
its on our mental abilities.  When this happens, biblical
truth is ignored.

What, then, is the truth about truth?  A wise king wrote
centuries ago, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of
knowledge" (Prov. 1:7).  We must recognize the relationship
between God and truth.  Without the help of God's Spirit and
the instruction of God's Word, man will be ever "learning
and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth" (2
Tim. 3:7).  When we acknowledge and obey His truth, however,
we will be set free from spiritual ignorance and error (John
8:32, 17:17).  That's why we must be diligent in studying
the Bible (2 Tim. 2:15).  It is the only book that tells us
the truth about truth.


Author:  Vernon C. Grounds

        Holy Bible, Book divine,
        Precious treasure, thou are mine,
        Mine to tell me whence I came,
        Mine to teach me what I am.

                        - Burton

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
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To know Christ the Living Word,
   study the written Word.

THE BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:  Isaiah 19-21


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