THE DEPTHS OF THE BIBLE

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 16, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 36.

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THE DEPTHS OF THE BIBLE.

"I AM glad there is a depth in the Bible I know nothing about," says Mr. Moody; "that there is a height there I cannot climb to if I should live to be as old as Methuselah; I venture to say if I should live for ages on earth I would only have touched its surface. I pity the man who knows all the Bible, for it is a pretty good sign he doesn't know himself.
"A man came to me with what he thought was a very difficult passage, and he said:—
" 'Mr. Moody, how do you explain it?'
"I said, 'I don't explain it.'"
" 'But how do you interpret it?'
" 'I don't interpret it.'"
" 'Well, how do you understand it?'
" 'I don't understand it.'"
" 'But what do you do with it?'
" 'I don't do anything with it.'"
" 'You don't believe it?'"
" 'Yes, I believe it. There are lots of things that I believe that I do not understand. In John 3 Christ says to Nicodemus, 'If you do not understand earthly things, how can you understand heavenly things?' About my own body I do not understand. I don't understand nature; it is filled with wonderful things I don't comprehend. Then why should I expect to know everything spiritual?'"—Selected.