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Who May Know God?, January 3
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the
Almighty unto perfection?
Job 11:7
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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....
Eternal life is the reward that will be given to all who obey the two
great principles of God’s law—love to God and love to man. The first
four commandments define and enjoin love to God; the last six, love to
our fellow men. Obedience to these commands is the only evidence man
can give that he possesses a genuine, saving knowledge of God. Love for
God is demonstrated by love for those for whom Christ has died. While
enshrouded in the pillar of cloud, Christ gave directions regarding this
love. Distinctly and clearly He laid down the principles of heaven as rules
that His chosen people were to observe in their dealings one with another.
These principles Christ lived out in His life of humanity. In His teaching
He presented the motives that should govern the lives of His followers....
Those who partake of God’s love through a reception of the truth will
give evidence of this by making earnest, self-sacrificing efforts to give the
message of God’s love to others. Thus they become laborers together with
Christ. Love for God and for one another unites them to Christ by golden
links. Their life is bound up with His life in sanctified, elevated union....
This union causes rich currents of Christ’s love to flow continually into the
heart, and then flow forth again in love for others.
The qualities that it is essential for all to possess in order to know God
are those that mark the completeness of Christ’s character—His love, His
patience, His unselfishness. These attributes are cultivated by doing kind
actions with a kindly heart
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The Youth’s Instructor, March 22, 1900
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