This thinking for one’s self independently of God and His revelation is not merely an evil, but a sin. Nay, it is a sin of more than common darkness – it is so audacious, so contemptuous towards God. It places man on a level with God or at least sets Divine truth and human opinion on the same footing. It strips the former of all innate authority, while it gives to the latter an authority to which it has no claim!… There can be no authority save that which is infallible and Divine, that is, God speaking to us directly in His Word.

Topics: The Bible & the Word of God, Wisdom & Understanding, Humility & Pride

Horatius Bonar

Horatius Bonar (1808–1889) war ein schottischer presbyterianischer Pastor und Mitbegründer der Free Church of Scotland, der in Kelso und Edinburgh wirkte. Bekannt als produktiver Liederdichter und theologischer Autor, betonte er die stellvertretende Sühne Christi und geriet durch die Einführung von Kirchenliedern sowie seine Unterstützung für Dwight L. Moody in innerkirchliche Debatten. Heutigen Bibellesern begegnet er vor allem durch seine geistlichen Lieder sowie seelsorgerliche Schriften zur Rechtfertigung allein aus Gnade und zum Trost im Leiden.

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