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Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
A Divine Teacher
We need a divine Teacher. In order that the world might not remain
in darkness, in eternal spiritual night, God met us in Jesus Christ.
Christ is “the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into
the world.”
John 1:9
. “The light of the knowledge of the glory of God”
is revealed “in the face of Jesus Christ.”
2 Corinthians 4:6
. The light
of Christ, illuminating our understanding, and shining upon the face of
nature, enables us still to read the lesson of God’s love in His created
works.
Nature Testifies Of God
The things of nature upon which we look today give us but a faint
conception of Eden’s beauty and glory. Yet much that is beautiful
remains. Nature testifies that One infinite in power, great in goodness,
mercy, and love, created the earth and filled it with life and gladness.
Even in their blighted state all things reveal the handiwork of the
great Master Artist. Though sin has marred the form and beauty of
the things of nature, though on them may be seen traces of the work
of the prince of the power of the air, yet they still speak of God. In
the briers, the thistles, the thorns, the tares, we may read the law of
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condemnation; but from the beauty of natural things, and from their
wonderful adaptation to our needs and our happiness, we may learn
that God still loves us, that His mercy is yet manifested to the world.
“The heavens declare the glory of God;
And the firmament showeth His handiwork.
Day unto day uttereth speech,
And night unto night showeth knowledge.
There is no speech nor language,
Where their voice is not heard.”
Psalm 19:1-3
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Man’s Failure to Interpret Nature
Apart from Christ we are still incapable of interpreting rightly the
language of nature. The most difficult and humiliating lesson that