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Christ’s Object Lessons
that your cherished opinions are not in harmony with the truth, do
not misinterpret the truth in order to suit your own belief, but accept
the light given. Open mind and heart that you may behold wondrous
things out of God’s word.
Faith in Christ as the world’s Redeemer calls for an acknowledg-
ment of the enlightened intellect controlled by a heart that can discern
and appreciate the heavenly treasure. This faith is inseparable from
repentance and transformation of character. To have faith means to
find and accept the gospel treasure, with all the obligations which it
imposes.
“Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
. He may conjecture and imagine, but without the eye of faith
he cannot see the treasure. Christ gave His life to secure for us this
inestimable treasure; but without regeneration through faith in His
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blood, there is no remission of sins, no treasure for any perishing soul.
We need the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit in order to discern
the truths in God’s word. The lovely things of the natural world are
not seen until the sun, dispelling the darkness, floods them with its
light. So the treasures in the word of God are not appreciated until
they are revealed by the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness.
The Holy Spirit, sent from heaven by the benevolence of infinite
love, takes the things of God and reveals them to every soul that has
an implicit faith in Christ. By His power the vital truths upon which
the salvation of the soul depends are impressed upon the mind, and the
way of life is made so plain that none need err therein. As we study
the Scriptures, we should pray for the light of God’s Holy Spirit to
shine upon the word, that we may see and appreciate its treasures.
Reward of Searching
Let none think that there is no more knowledge for them to gain.
The depth of human intellect may be measured; the works of human
authors may be mastered; but the highest, deepest, broadest flight of
the imagination cannot find out God. There is infinity beyond all that
we can comprehend. We have seen only the glimmering of divine
glory and of the infinitude of knowledge and wisdom; we have, as it
were, been working on the surface of the mine, when rich golden ore
is beneath the surface, to reward the one who will dig for it. The shaft