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Christ Came to Reveal God, November 5
Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty
unto perfection?
Job 11:7
.
Christ has revealed God. Let those who desire to know God study the work
and teaching of Christ. To those who receive Him and believe on Him, He gives
power to become the sons of God. He says, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of
me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For
my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (
Matthew 11:28-30
)....
Human talent and human conjecture have tried by searching to find out God.
Many have trodden this pathway. The highest intellect may tax itself until it is
wearied out in conjectures regarding God, but the effort will be fruitless, and the
fact will remain that man by searching cannot find out God. This problem has not
been given us to solve. All that man needs to know and can know of God has been
revealed in the life and character of His Son, the Great Teacher. As we learn more
and more of what man is, of what we ourselves are in God’s sight, we shall fear
and tremble before Him.
To those who would represent every man as born a king; to those who would
make no distinction between the converted and the unconverted; to those who
are losing their appreciation of their need of Christ as their Saviour, I would say,
“Think of yourselves as you have been during the period of your existence! Would
it be pleasant or agreeable for you to contemplate feature after feature of your
lifework, in the sight of Him who knows every thought of man, and before whose
eyes all man’s doings are as an open book?”
I call upon all who are engaged in the service of God to place themselves fully
on Christ’s side. There are dangers on the right hand and on the left. Our greatest
danger will come from men who have lifted up their souls unto vanity, who have
not heeded the words of warning and reproof sent them by God. As such men
choose their own will and way, the tempter, clothed in angel robes, is close beside
them, ready to unite his influence with theirs. He opens to them delusions of a
most attractive character, which they present to the people of God. Some of those
who listen to them will be deceived, and will work in dangerous lines.
The Lord calls. Will men and women hear His voice? He gives the warning.
Will they heed it? Will they listen to the last message of mercy to a fallen world?
Will they accept Christ’s yoke, and learn from Him His meekness and lowliness?—
Letter 240, November 5, 1903
. “To Medical Students and Nurses,” written during
the pantheism crisis.
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