In our Bible passage in Romans today:
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
—Romans 15:4
John Piper says that there are three three truths from Romans 15:4
- All the Scriptures are for our instruction.
- All the Scriptures are intended by God to give steadfastness and encouragement.
- All the Scriptures have this goal: to sustain our hope.
Benjamin Warfield, the great Princeton teacher, was told one time by an unsympathetic saint of his day (in 1911): “Ten minutes on your knees will give you a truer knowledge of God than ten hours over your books.” Warfield’s response was beautiful. He said, “What! [More] than ten hours over your books, on your knees?”
Another Princeton saint, Philip Lindsay, used to make the same point by saying to his…
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