DIVINE WORDS

DIVINE WORDS

The Lord Jesus spoke from heaven to Paul in the language that is called Hebrew. There is a meaning in that; it was suited to his past; he should have His thoughts in that language out of heaven. The Spirit employs language to suit us, but selects His own words, and sets them in order, “That which was written was upright, even words of truth”, Ecclesiastes 12: 10.

Nothing can veil the beauty of the Scriptures — they nourish the soul and regulate the mind. “The words of the wise are as goads”. They are not smooth words that never touch the conscience. Where the Holy Spirit has His place, as He has in measure, thank God, there is a form of words that affects the conscience — “and as nails fastened”. They are words that are unalterable: you can rest in them; you can hang your thoughts on them; they convey the mind of God unalterably. They are “given from one shepherd”. It was the Shepherd’s heart that had devised them, in order that the saints might be held together in the unity of the Spirit. Woe be to him who would have it otherwise, who has not a shepherd’s heart! The one Shepherd has the one flock before Him.