2 Tim. iii. 16; 2 Pet. i. 21. It is the Book of the Lord. The Bible
is a collection of the records of Divine revelations made at various
times, but bearing on its great design. The inducement to read a book
often depends on the author. We believe him to be endowed with
literary skill, or an authority on the subject of the book. And if
God is, in some way, through the various writers, the Author of the
Book, the authorship is an important reason for reading it (H. E. I.
522, 523). Consider who and what He is, and the solemn relations in
which He stands to us (H. E. I. 561). Its subjects will be worthy of
Him and important to us. It will be authoritative. From the
uncertainties of human thought we find in the Lord's Book a safe
resting-place.