Bible Picture Book. Old Testament (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ...from us. God enable us to use them rightly now while we have them. 19. U Then came to him his mother and his brethren, and could not come at him for the press. 20. And it was told him by certain which said, Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. What respect and love His friends must have felt for the Lord Jesus I How much they must have desired His company and grieved when He left home to preach the Gospel They could not understand His mission, but would fain have kept Him with them instead of letting Him preach the kingdom of God. We should desire to see Him and love to dwell on His words, but also copy Him in putting God's work first of all. 21. And he answered and said unto them, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. Jesus does not despise His mother or His brethren, but declares that the closest tie of all is a common faith and obedience. All who believe in God and Christ and serve one heavenly Master should be dear to each other. No strife should come between them. 1' they hope to live together in heaven, they must live in love now together on earth. Lord, make us feel this hearty goodwill towards all our brethren. 22. II Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto tliem, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. And they launched forth. The present life is a passage from one side to the other of a narrow but troubled sea. We are on our voyage now and shall soon have reached the farther shore. Let us only take care to be sailing in company with Christ and with good people, then we may sail on boldly, and meet danger calmly, trusting in Him. 23. But as they sailed he fell asleep: and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; ...