A Self-Exhortation
Jun 2nd, 2008 by davidmw
2 Timothy 4:13
When you come bring the cloak which I left at Troas with Carpus, and the books, especially the parchments.
…How rebuked they are by the apostle! He is inspired, and yet he wants books! He has been preaching for at least thirty years , and he still wants books! He had seen the Lord, and yet he wants books! He had had a wider experience than most men, and yet he wants books! He had been caught up into the third heaven, and had heard things which it was unlawful for a man to utter, yet he wants books! He had written the major part of the New Testament, and yet he wants books! The apostle says to Timothy and so he says to every preacher, “Give thyself unto reading.” C. H. Spurgeon
