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NASB | Jeremiah 18:15 'For My people have forgotten Me, They burn incense to worthless gods And they have stumbled from their ways, From the ancient paths, To walk in bypaths, Not on a highway, |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Jeremiah 18:15 'Yet My people have forgotten Me; They burn incense to worthless gods, They have stumbled from their ways From the ancient roads, To walk in pathways, Not on a highway, |
Subject: Learning from History |
Bible Note: "Christians's should learn from history. The real trouble with the world is that it cannot think straightly. But the Christian should, and it is therefore his duty to learn in this way. My argument is that it is always essential for us to supplement our reading of theology with the reading of church history. Or if you prefer it, that we should at any rate take our theology in a historical manner. If we do not, we shall be in danger of becoming abstract, theoretical and academic in our view of truth; and, failing, to relate it to the practicalities of life and daily living, we shall soon be in trouble. How many of us who are in the ministry went into a church with theoretical ideas, not aware at all of the the practical problems and difficulties? But we soon had to learn that what seemed so plain and clear in theory could not be done in practice, because of the state and condition of the people. Now it seems to me that if we are careful to learn the lessons of history and to supplement our reading of theology by that, we shall already be prepared, and we shall avoid many of the pitfalls into which we shall inevitably fall if we do not do this." --Martin Lloyd Jones, from "Puritan Papers" volume 5 |
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