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A Fuller, March 9
Knowledge of God This is life eternal, that they might know thee the
only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 17:3
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Only by knowing God here can we prepare to meet Him at His coming....
But many of those who profess to believe in Christ do not know God. They
have only a surface religion. They do not love God; they do not study His
character; therefore they do not know how to trust, how to look and live.
They do not know what restful love is, or what it means to walk by faith....
They fail of understanding that it is their duty to receive, in order that they
may enrich others.
The world by wisdom knows not God. Many have talked eloquently
about Him, but their reasoning brings men no nearer to Him, because they
themselves are not in vital connection with Him. Professing themselves to
be wise, they become fools. Their knowledge of God is imperfect.
We cannot by searching find out God, but He has revealed Himself in
His Son, who is the brightness of the Father’s glory and the express image
of His person. If we desire a knowledge of God we must be Christlike....
Living a pure life through faith in Christ as a personal Saviour will bring to
the believer a clearer, higher conception of God.
Christ is a perfect revelation of God. “No man hath seen God at any
time,” He says; “the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father,
he hath declared him.” Only by knowing Christ can we know God. And as
we behold Him, we shall be changed into His image, prepared to meet Him
at His coming....
Now is the time to prepare for the coming of our Lord. Readiness to
meet Him cannot be attained in a moment’s time. Preparatory to that solemn
scene there must be vigilant waiting and watching, combined with earnest
work. So God’s children glorify Him. Amid the busy scenes of life their
voices will be heard speaking words of encouragement, hope, and faith. All
they have and are is consecrated to the Master’s service. Thus they prepare
to meet their Lord; and when He comes, they will say, with joy, “This is
our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us.... We will be glad
and rejoice in his salvation.”
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