Character of God Revealed in Christ
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above all the power of Satan, that His sustaining arm will support all
who trust in Him.
Said Jesus: “The Father Himself loveth you.” If our faith is fixed
upon God, through Christ, it will prove “as an anchor of the soul,
both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil;
whither the Forerunner is for us entered.” It is true that disappoint-
ments will come; tribulation we must expect; but we are to commit
everything, great and small, to God. He does not become perplexed by
the multiplicity of our grievances nor overpowered by the weight of
our burdens. His watchcare extends to every household and encircles
every individual; He is concerned in all our business and our sorrows.
He marks every tear; He is touched with the feeling of our infirmities.
All the afflictions and trials that befall us here are permitted, to work
out His purposes of love toward us, “that we might be partakers of His
holiness” and thus become participants in that fullness of joy which is
found in His presence.
“The God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which
believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the
image of God, should shine unto them.” But the Bible in strongest
terms sets before us the importance of obtaining a knowledge of God.
Says Peter: “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the
knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord.” “His divine power hath
given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through
the knowledge of Him that hath called us to glory and virtue.” And the
Scripture bids us: “Acquaint now thyself with Him, and be at peace.”
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God has commanded us, “Be ye holy; for I am holy;” and an
inspired apostle declares that without holiness “no man shall see the
Lord.” Holiness is agreement with God. By sin the image of God in
man has been marred and well-nigh obliterated; it is the work of the
gospel to restore that which has been lost; and we are to cooperate
with the divine agency in this work. And how can we come into
harmony with God, how shall we receive His likeness, unless we
obtain a knowledge of Him? It is this knowledge that Christ came into
the world to reveal unto us.
The meager views which so many have had of the exalted character
and office of Christ have narrowed their religious experience and have
greatly hindered their progress in the divine life. Personal religion
among us as a people is at a low ebb. There is much form, much