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Christ’s Object Lessons
a humble way, and tells what he knows, while seeking diligently for
further knowledge, will find the whole heavenly treasure awaiting his
demand. The more he seeks to impart light, the more light he will
receive. The more one tries to explain the word of God to others,
with a love for souls, the plainer it becomes to himself. The more we
use our knowledge and exercise our powers, the more knowledge and
power we shall have.
Every effort made for Christ will react in blessing upon ourselves.
If we use our means for His glory, He will give us more. As we seek
to win others to Christ, bearing the burden of souls in our prayers, our
own hearts will throb with the quickening influence of God’s grace; our
own affections will glow with more divine fervor; our whole Christian
life will be more of a reality, more earnest, more prayerful.
The value of man is estimated in heaven according to the capacity
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of the heart to know God. This knowledge is the spring from which
flows all power. God created man that every faculty might be the
faculty of the divine mind; and He is ever seeking to bring the human
mind into association with the divine. He offers us the privilege of
co-operation with Christ in revealing His grace to the world, that we
may receive increased knowledge of heavenly things.
Looking unto Jesus we obtain brighter and more distinct views
of God, and by beholding we become changed. Goodness, love for
our fellow men, becomes our natural instinct. We develop a character
which is the counterpart of the divine character. Growing into His
likeness, we enlarge our capacity for knowing God. More and more we
enter into fellowship with the heavenly world, and we have continually
increasing power to receive the riches of the knowledge and wisdom
of eternity.
The One Talent
The man who received the one talent “went and digged in the earth,
and hid his lord’s money.”
It was the one with the smallest gift who left his talent unimproved.
In this is given a warning to all who feel that the smallness of their
endowments excuses them from service for Christ. If they could do
some great thing, how gladly would they undertake it; but because
they can serve only in little things, they think themselves justified in