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Testimonies for the Church Volume 8
A Personal Knowledge of Christ
“Every word of God is pure: He is a shield unto them that put their
trust in Him. Add thou not unto His words, lest He reprove thee, and
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thou be found a liar.”
Proverbs 30:5, 6
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We are not doing the will of God when we speculate upon things
that He has seen fit to withhold from us. The question for us to study is:
“What is truth, the truth for this time, which is to be cherished, loved,
honored, and obeyed?” The devotees of science have been defeated
and disheartened in their efforts to find out God. What they need to
inquire at this time is: “What is the truth that will enable us to win the
salvation of our souls?”
Christ revealed God to His disciples in a way that performed in
their hearts a special work, such as He has long been urging us to
allow Him to do in our hearts. There are many who, in dwelling too
largely upon theory, have lost sight of the living power of the Saviour’s
example. They have lost sight of Him as the humble, self-denying
worker. What they need is to behold Jesus. Daily we need the fresh
revealing of His presence. We need to follow more closely His example
of self-renunciation and sacrifice.
We need the experience that Paul had when he wrote: “I am cruci-
fied with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me:
and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son
of God, who loved me, and gave Himself for me.”
Galatians 2:20
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The knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ expressed in character
is an exaltation above everything else that is esteemed on earth or in
heaven. It is the very highest education. It is the key that opens the
portals of the heavenly city. This knowledge it is God’s purpose that
all who put on Christ shall possess.
To our ministers, physicians, teachers, and all others engaged in
any line of service for the Master, I have a message to bear. The Lord
bids you to come up higher, to reach a holier standard. You must have
an experience much deeper than you have yet even thought of having.
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Many who are already members of God’s great family know little of
what it means to behold His glory and to be changed from glory to
glory. Many of you have a twilight perception of Christ’s excellence,
and your souls thrill with joy. You long for a fuller, deeper sense of
the Saviour’s love. You are unsatisfied. But do not despair. Give to