Caviling at Scripture

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Aug 5, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 30.

Caviling at Scripture

It is easy to cavil or find fault. It does not require a great mind. Men that have never read through, not to say studied, a single book of the Bible catch upon some text that does not agree with their worldly opinions, or which they do not understand, and then find fault, and raise captious objections, or question its truth, thinking perhaps that it is a sign of a great mind. Not so; it is a sign of a small mind. As well might one who knows nothing of mathematics cavil at a rule in cube root, mensuration, or trigonometry. Knowledge in the word of God is progressive. There are simple rules revealing God's will to man, and man's duty to God. These can be understood by all, the ignorant and learned. He who follows what he knows to be right, will have more light revealed to him, and will have no desire to cavil. "If any man will do his [God's] will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God." John 7:17. This is an infallible test if we do God's will from the heart, and it can be done in no other way.