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How to Gain Knowledge, April 14
Growing in Wisdom and Knowledge
If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for
understanding; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her
as for hid treasures; then shalt thou understand the fear of the
Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Proverbs 2:3-5
Let none think that there is no more knowledge for them to gain.
The depth of human intellect may be measured; the works of human
authors may be mastered; but the highest, deepest, broadest flight of the
imagination cannot find out God. There is infinity beyond all that we
can comprehend. We have seen only the glimmering of divine glory and
of the infinitude of knowledge and wisdom; we have, as it were, been
working on the surface of the mine, when rich, golden ore is beneath
the surface, to reward the one who will dig for it. The shaft must be
sunk deeper and yet deeper in the mine, and the result will be glorious
treasure. Through a correct faith divine knowledge will become human
knowledge.
No one can search the Scriptures in the Spirit of Christ without
being rewarded. When a man is willing to be instructed as a little child,
when he submits wholly to Christ, he will find the truth in His Word.
If men would be obedient, they would understand the plan of God’s
government. The heavenly world would open its treasures of grace and
glory for exploration. Human beings would be altogether different from
what they are now; for by exploring the mines of truth, men would be
ennobled. The mystery of redemption, the incarnation of Christ, His
atoning sacrifice, would not be, as they are now, vague in our minds.
They would be, not only better understood, but altogether more highly
appreciated....
The experimental knowledge of God and of Christ transforms man
into the image of God. It gives man the mastery of himself, bringing
every impulse and passion ... under the control of the higher powers of
the mind. It makes its possessor a son of God and an heir of heaven. It
brings him into communion with the mind of the Infinite and opens to
him the rich treasures of the universe.
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