Sweet And Sour!
"Then I took the little book out of the angel’s hand
and ate it, and it was as sweet as honey in my
mouth. But when I had eaten it, my
stomach
became bitter."
Revelation 10: 10
It happens in most families’ experience. A toddler
consumes way more candy than a parent allows.
And the aftermath results in a sour stomach or
worse.
In the apostle John’s vision in Revelation, the angel
that held a scroll told John to consume the scroll—
but with a warning: It would be sweet to the taste
but sour to the
stomach.
While the Word of God is always sweet to the taste,
its contents can sometimes be troubling. Such would
be the contents of the scroll John would consume, for
it foretold trouble and suffering that would come upon
the
earth.
But whether the subject is blessing or trouble, all of the
Word of God must be consumed and applied. We are to
preach not only the parts of the Bible that are sweet to
the taste but also the parts that trouble the soul.
Imitate the Berean Christians. They searched
the Scriptures daily to glean their truths and
apply them to their lives (Acts 17:11).
Any part of the Bible can only be
properly explained in
reference
to the whole Bible.
F. F. Bruce
