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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 20, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 92, No. 4.

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Bible Study and Communion With God

By M. E. Kern

The world was separated from God because of sin. Jesus is the ladder which again unites earth with heaven. Through the plan of salvation, communion is again established between man and God. God speaks to man through nature, in his providences, by his Spirit, and through the written Word. Man speaks to God in meditation and prayer.
The Bible is God's message to us, in our own tongue. In it we hear God speaking to our hearts. By this Word we are begotten, and by it we live and grow. Therefore, to maintain an abiding communion with God, we need to read and study the Bible daily. “And remembering that in the divine Word God really speaks to his people, it is obvious that the more that Word is read and meditated upon, the oftener is the divine voice heard, the more readily does the believer respond thereunto, and speak to or commune with the Lord. Hence, therefore, the duty, the necessity, the privilege of searching the Scriptures in order to abiding communion with God.”
“Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee,” Isa. 26:3. Daily reading of the Bible will enable us to do this. As we feed upon his Word, we shall understand better the greatness of his love toward us, and have more of his grace and wisdom. As we habitually study and meditate upon the Bible, we shall be admitted, as it were, into the very audience chamber of the King; we shall understand more fully his plans and purposes for the world and for ourselves individually; and shall be able to serve him more acceptably.
Gladstone, the great English statesman, said, “My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revelation.” This is truly the world's only hope. It is our only hope, individually. And he who would be a channel for God's blessing to the world must make the Bible his constant and prayerful study, that it may permeate his life and dominate his thoughts.
If you have not already done so, join the Bible Year Circle, and read the Bible through during 1916.
M. E. Kern.