Evening, January 18
Go To Morning Reading
“He expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning
himself.”
Luke 24:27
The two disciples on the road to Emmaus had a most profitable journey.
Their companion and teacher was the best of tutors ; the interpreter one of a thousand, in whom are hid all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge. The Lord Jesus condescended to become a preacher
of the gospel, and he was not ashamed to exercise his calling before
an audience of two persons, neither does he now refuse to become the
teacher of even one. Let us court the company of so excellent an Instructor,
for till he is made unto us wisdom we shall never be wise unto salvation.
This unrivalled tutor used as his class-book the best of books . Although able to reveal fresh truth, he preferred to expound the
old. He knew by his omniscience what was the most instructive way
of teaching, and by turning at once to Moses and the prophets, he
showed us that the surest road to wisdom is not speculation, reasoning,
or reading human books, but meditation upon the Word of God. The readiest
way to be spiritually rich in heavenly knowledge is to dig in this
mine of diamonds, to gather pearls from this heavenly sea. When Jesus
himself sought to enrich others, he wrought in the quarry of Holy
Scripture.
The favoured pair were led to consider the best of subjects , for Jesus spake of Jesus, and expounded the things concerning himself.
Here the diamond cut the diamond, and what could be more admirable?
The Master of the House unlocked his own doors, conducted the guests
to his table, and placed his own dainties upon it. He who hid the
treasure in the field himself guided the searchers to it. Our Lord
would naturally discourse upon the sweetest of topics, and he could
find none sweeter than his own person and work: with an eye to these
we should always search the Word. O for grace to study the Bible with
Jesus as both our teacher and our lesson!