<p><span class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold">For Reading and Meditation:</span><br><span class="italic">     <span class="scriptRef" ref="joh+10:1-18">John 10:1-18</span></span></p><p>I said yesterday that I subscribe to the supervisal inspiration of the Bible. I believe God led the minds and hearts of the writers of Scripture to go to the right sources for information, to come up with the required data, and in the process protected them from exposure to error, deceit, or imposture. He supervised them in their research, in their reporting, and when He spoke directly to them He was there also to make sure that they received clearly the message He wanted to convey. Ian Macpherson puts this truth most powerfully in his book The Faith Once Delivered when he says: "As in the mystery of the Incarnation, God linked Himself to humanity, so in the mystery of the inspiration of Holy Scripture, God made use of human channels, yet He never surrendered His Divine authorship or permitted the Book to become the word of man rather than the word of God." Another writer, H. O. Mackey, put it like this: "Who built St. Paul's Cathedral? So many masons, carpenters, iron-workers, carvers, painters - and then there was Wren. He was not a mason, or a carpenter ... and never laid a stone. What did he do? He did it all. He planned it, inspired it with his thought." Mackey does not intend to dishonor the workmen who toiled hard and long, but simply to make the point that in the final analysis St. Paul's Cathedral is Sir Christopher Wren's masterpiece. Who wrote the Bible? Moses, David, Isaiah, Jeremiah, John, Peter, Paul, and many others. But whose book is it really? It is God's. </p><p class="center-it italic bold mlr40 mtb20">O God, it is the entrance of Your Word that brings light and the neglect of Your Word that brings darkness. Help me to expose myself more and more to that light, so that I may walk through life with a sure and steady tread. In Jesus' Name. Amen.</p><div class="tl-lightgrey mt20 pt20 flexbox-row-wrap jc-around"><div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">AdditionalVerses</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="re+22:12-21">Revelation 22:12-21</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="de+4:2">Deuteronomy 4:2</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="de+12:32">Deuteronomy 12:32</span></li><li><span class="scriptRef" ref="pr+30:5-6">Proverbs 30:5-6</span></li></ul></div>

<div><div class="fs-17 fg-mustard bold center-it">Questions to Consider</div><ul style="margin-top:0px"><li>What was the conclusion of the writer of Proverbs?</li><li>What was John's warning?</li></ul></div></div>

Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.

Every Day Light with Selwyn Hughes

"... and the Scripture cannot be broken ..." (v. 35) 

<p>Your word is very pure; therefore Your servant loves it. § The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes. § Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.<br><br>Your word I have hidden in my heart, that I might not sin against You … I will meditate on Your precepts, and contemplate Your ways. § Brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things. § As newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby.<br><br>We are not, as so many, peddling the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as from God, we speak in the sight of God in Christ. § Nor handling the word of God deceitfully.</p>

Daily Light on the Daily Path or Daily Light is a Christian daily devotional scripture reading published by Bagster & Sons about 1875. It has been reprinted continually since then. It consists of brief groupings of scripture passages which speak to prominent Biblical themes—two themes (morning and evening) for each day of the year. It appends no commentary, but simply allows scripture to speak for itself.

Evening Daily Light

 The words of the Lord are pure words. 

<p><span class="bible-text "> <sup class="verse-num poetry-line">5 </sup><poetry>“Every word of God is flawless;  <br/><indent>he is a shield   to those who take refuge in him.</indent><br/></poetry> </span></p>

“Every word of God is flawless;<cr>1</cr> <br/><indent>he is a shield<cr>2</cr>  to those who take refuge in him.</indent><br/>

Proverbs 30:5

 5 “Every word of God is flawless;   he is a shield   to those who take refuge in him. 

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 “Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him. 

<p><span class="bible-text "><poetry>“Every word of God is flawless;  <br/><indent>he is a shield   to those who take refuge in him.</indent><br/></poetry> </span></p>

 “Every word of God is flawless;   he is a shield   to those who take refuge in him. 

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Proverbs 30:5 NIV

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