The New Testament writers did not invent a doctrine of Scripture they inherited it.

Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeare’s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture. We are dealing with God’s thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.

Jesus is hungry but feeds others; He grows weary but offers others rest; He is the King Messiah but pays tribute; He is called the devil but casts out demons; He dies the death of a sinner but comes to save His people from their sins; He is sold for thirty pieces of silver but gives His life a ransom for many; He will not turn stones to bread for Himself but gives His own body as bread for people.

The aim is never to become a master of the Word, but to be mastered by it.

We are dealing with God's thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly.

Do you wish to see God's love? Look at the cross. Do you wish to see God's wrath? Look at the cross.

The place where God has supremely destroyed all human arrogance and pretension is the cross.