‘How I love Your Temple , Almighty Lord! How I want to be there! I long to be in the Lord’s Temple .
With my whole being I sing for joy to the living God’(Psalm 84:1-2).
This is much more than paying lip-service to the Lord. This is real.
Worshipping the Lord meant everything to the Psalmist: ‘I long for You, O
God. I thirst for You, the living God; when can I go and worship in
Your presence’(Psalm 42:1-2). He found great joy in worshipping the
Lord: ‘Let Your light and Your truth guide me... to the place where You
dwell. Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and my
delight...’(Psalm 43:4). He worshipped God with his whole heart: ‘O God,
You are my God, and I long for You. My whole being desires You... my
soul is thirsty for You’(Psalm 63:1). This is real worship, joyful
worship, heartfetlt worship. May God help us to worship Him like that!
E J Young argues that one’s doctrine of Scripture is derived from either experience or Scripture, either natural man or supernatural God. Young does speak of the human character of Scripture. It does, however, seem that the supernatural-natural dichotomy underlies his doctrine of Scripture. He turns to the Bible “to discover what it has to say of itself” (p. 40). It is questionable, however, whether his view is not grounded in a notion which tends to set divine and human activity over against each other. Young rejects a mechanical theory (p. 65). It does, however, appear that his own view is really no more than a modification of this view. His interpretation of the working of the Spirit in the inspiration of Scripture is not directly identifiable with mechanical dictation (pp. 79-80). It does seem, however, that there is a tendency to move in that direction. * Here are some statements from Young. - “Without Him (God) there could have been no Bible. Without man th...
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