By loving the Bible we behold Christ, and by beholding Christ we take hold of power for all outlets of the Christian life. Newton wrote of this biblical empowering of Christians: The word of God dwells richly in them, is a preservative from error, a light to their feet, and a spring of strength and consolation. By treasuring up the doctrines, precepts, promises, examples, and exhortations of Scripture, in their minds, and daily comparing themselves with the rule by which they walk, they grow into an habitual frame of spiritual wisdom, and acquire a gracious taste, which enables them to judge
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