Chapter 295—Feasting on his Word
And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the word of his
grace, which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance
among all them which are sanctified.
Acts 20:32
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The great and essential knowledge is the knowledge of God and His
Word.... There should be a daily increasing of spiritual understanding; and
the Christian will grow in grace, just in proportion as he depends upon
and appreciates the teaching of the Word of God, and habituates himself to
meditate upon divine things.
In giving us the privilege of studying His Word, the Lord has set before
us a rich banquet. Many are the benefits derived from feasting on His Word,
which is represented by Him as His flesh and blood, His spirit and life.
By partaking of this Word our spiritual strength is increased; we grow in
grace and in the knowledge of the truth. Habits of self-control are formed
and strengthened. The infirmities of childhood—fretfulness, willfulness,
selfishness, hasty words, passionate acts—disappear, and in their place are
developed the graces of Christian manhood and womanhood.
The Lord, in His great mercy, has revealed to us in the Scriptures the
rules of holy living....
He has inspired holy men to record, for our benefit, instruction concerning
the dangers that beset the path, and how to escape them. Those who
obey His injunction to search the Scriptures will not be ignorant of these
things. Amid the perils of the last days, every member of the church should
understand the reasons of his hope and faith—reasons which are not difficult
of comprehension. There is enough to occupy the mind, if we would grow in
grace and in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Whenever the people of God are growing in grace, they will be constantly
obtaining a clearer understanding of His Word. They will discern new light
and beauty in its sacred truths. This has been true in the history of the church
in all ages, and thus it will continue to the end.
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