We must open our Bibles every morning with this prayer – “Give us, this day, our daily bread.” – Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892), from a sermon on Deuteronomy 8.3 preached on November 10, 1861.
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The Written Word of God
There is no doubt that revelation is historically oriented or time-related, in that it is communicated in a particular language (Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek) and in the context of certain events and situations and peoples. And some forms in which revelation is set certainly reflect similarities to be found in the cultural milieu. The Mosaic Law, for example, is not without some formal similarities to the Code of Hammurabi; the covenant form is not without some formal similarities to ancient peace treaties; Solomon’s temple is not without some formal similarities to other ancient temples. That does not, however, demonstrate historical derivation and dependence, let alone similarity of meaning and purpose. It would be difficult to imagine what the human species would be like if, as evidence that man is truly a special creation of God, he must have no anatomical similarities to the animals. The fact that the forms of divine revelation reflect some similarities to other existing forms of communication hardly supplies a basis for questioning their legitimacy.
From: God, Revelation, and Authority: Volume IV: God Who Speaks and Shows: Fifteen Theses, Part Three by Carl F. H. Henry (Waco: Word Books, Publisher, 1979), p. 60.
