Evening, January 18
Charles Spurgeon · Morning and Evening: Daily Readings
Luke 24:27
"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!