A Dull Jade

"He that comes to Christ cannot, it is true, always get on as fast as he would. Poor coming soul, thou art like the man that would ride full gallop whose horse will hardly trot. Now the desire of his mind is not to be judged of by the slow pace of the dull jade he rides on, but by the hitching and kicking and spurring as he sits on his back. Thy flesh is like this dull jade, it will not gallop after Christ, it will be backward though thy soul and heaven lie at stake." -John Bunyan-

5.21.2010

Bible Knowledge

I am reading through Isaiah and am struck with how many passages I'm familiar with from my NT Bible knowledge. That is, I am reading the OT and being reminded of the NT passage which quotes it. This is not a problem per se. However, the author(s) seem to understand it working the other way around primarily--the NT evoking the OT in the minds of its readers, not the OT evoking the NT's use of the OT in the mind of its readers. We Christians who do not know our OT well are an odd bunch.

A Dull Jade

5.21.2010

Bible Knowledge

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