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Truth Strengthens the Understanding
The word of God, regarded and studied as it should be, will give
light and knowledge. Its perusal will strengthen the understand-
ing. By contact with the purest, most lofty truths, the mind will be
enlarged, the taste refined.
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We are dependent on the Bible for a knowledge of the early
history of our world, of the creation of man, and of his fall. Remove
the word of God, and what can we expect than to be left to fables
and conjectures, and to that enfeebling of the intellect which is the
sure result of entertaining error. We need the authentic history of
the origin of the earth, of the fall of the covering cherub, and of the
introduction of sin into our world. Without the Bible, we should be
bewildered by false theories. The mind would be subjected to the
tyranny of superstition and falsehood. But having in our possession
an authentic history of the beginning of our world, we need not
hamper ourselves with human conjectures and unreliable theories.
Wherever Christians are, they may hold communion with God.
And they may enjoy the intelligence of sanctified science. Their
minds may be strengthened even as Daniel’s was. God gave him
“knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom.”
Mental Effect of Receiving Error
The mind in which error has once taken possession can never
expand freely to truth, even after investigation. The old theories will
claim recognition. The understanding of things that are true and
elevated and sanctifying will be confused. Superstitious ideas will
enter the mind, to mingle with the true, and these ideas are always
debasing in their influence. Christian knowledge bears its own stamp
of unmeasured superiority in all that concerns the preparation for the
future, immortal life. It distinguishes the Bible reader and believer,
who has been receiving the precious treasures of truth, from the
skeptic and the believer in pagan philosophy.
Cleave to the word, “It is written.” Cast out of the mind the
dangerous, obtrusive theories which, if entertained, will hold the
mind in bondage so that the man shall not become a new creature
in Christ. The mind must be constantly restrained and guarded. It