Things
New and Old
Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
When our Lord had finished His familiar
discourse on “the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven,” He said:
“THEREFORE, EVERY SCRIBE WHICH IS INSTRUCTED
UNTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS LIKE A MAN THAT IS AN HOUSEHOLDER, WHO BRINGS
FORTH OUT OF HIS TREASURE THINGS NEW AND OLD” (Matt. 13:52).
A new era had just dawned in the world’s
history. A new message was being proclaimed. John the Baptist had begun to cry:
“Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!” and the Lord Jesus and the
twelve had taken up the same message.
Some listened eagerly, others turned away —
among them many of the scribes, the Bible teachers of the day. They did not
welcome any new teaching. Yet Christ’s message of the kingdom in no way
conflicted with the Old Testament Scriptures. Indeed, it was based on the Old
Testament and confirmed by it. This is why our Lord reminded His hearers that
the right kind of scribe would bring forth out of the treasure-house of
Scripture, things both new and old.
How this lesson is needed today! Some cast
away precious treasures out of the Bible, contending that they are old and out
of date. Others, while clinging tenaciously to old truths, reject new light.
While mere professors of religion too often cast aside old truths with the
complaint that they are outworn, true possessors often reject new light simply
because it is new. They vie with each other to be orthodox instead of vying to
find more light from the unfathomable Word of
God.
Is it possible that we have drained the Well
of Scripture dry? Are there no more precious stones in that exhaustless Mine?
Have any of us received all the light that shines from the Holy Bible?
Then, cost what it may, let us keep digging
into the Scriptures, that as we minister to others we may bring forth out of
the divine Treasure-house things both new and old.
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Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
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