The Truth About God And The Bible
By Robert Roberts
Chapter 8: "The Lord Alone Exalted."
We have no parallel in any human writing to the constant exaltation
of God as the great object of all arrangements and operations.
"This people," for instance, we read, referring to the Jews, "have
I formed for myself: they shall show forth all my praise." Again
consider this (1 Cor. 1:26): "For ye see your calling, brethren,
how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble are called; but God hath chosen the foolish things
of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things which are mighty; and
base things of the world and things which are despised hath God
chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things
that are; THAT NO FLESH SHOULD GLORY IN HIS PRESENCE."
This is not a sentiment native to man. Man always chooses the
powerful, the great, the rich, the mighty, the noble, for the
accomplishment of any schemes he may conceive, as we see in all
other religions throughout the whole world in every country and
in every age. It is an absolutely universal characteristic of
man to glory in man and to boast in his own or somebody else's
wisdom, riches, glory and might. The Bible runs directly counter
to human feelings and sentiments in this matter throughout its
entire contents. This would be inexplicable on the hypothesis
of a human production; but if the Bible be the reflex of divine
views communicated by the Spirit of God to the writers, there
is an explanation, instant and entirely satisfactory.
