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The Evidence of Experience, January 10
O taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the man that
trusteth in him.
Psalm 34:8
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There is an evidence that is open to all—the most highly educated,
and the most illiterate—the evidence of experience. God invites us to
prove for ourselves the reality of His Word, the truth of His promises.
He bids us “taste and see that the Lord is good.” Instead of depending
upon the word of another, we are to taste for ourselves.... And as we
draw near to Jesus, and rejoice in the fullness of His love, our doubt and
darkness will disappear in the light of His presence.
The Christian knows in whom he has believed. He does not only
read the Bible; he experiences the power of its teaching. He has not
only heard of Christ’s righteousness; he has opened the windows of the
soul to the light of the Sun of Righteousness.
Every one who has passed from death unto life is able to “set to his
seal that God is true.”
John 3:33
. He can testify, “I needed help, and I
found it in Jesus. Every want was supplied, the hunger of my soul was
satisfied; and now the Bible is to me the revelation of Jesus Christ. Do
you ask why I believe in Jesus?—Because He is to me a divine Saviour.
Why do I believe the Bible?—Because I have found it to be the voice of
God to my soul.” We may have the witness in ourselves that the Bible is
true, that Christ is the Son of God. We know that we are not following
cunningly devised fables.
Let the youth make the Word of God the food of mind and soul....
Thus through faith they will come to know God by an experimental
knowledge. They have proved for themselves the reality of His Word,
the truth of His promises. They have tasted, and they know that the Lord
is good.... It is our privilege to reach higher and still higher for clearer
revealings of the character of God.... In His light shall we see light, until
mind and heart and soul are transformed into the image of His holiness.
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