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12:14
. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet
appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear,
we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is. And every man
that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure.”
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John 3:2, 3
.
This all-important knowledge should be kept before our children
and youth, not in an arbitrary, dictatorial manner, but as a divine
disclosure, as instruction of the highest value, essential for their
present peace in this world of turmoil and strife, and as a preparation
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for the future eternal life in the kingdom of God. Then place the
Holy Word in their hands. Encourage them to search its pages. They
will find there treasures of inestimable value. And in receiving Christ
as the bread of life they have the pledge of eternal life.
Christ’s sayings are pure gold without one particle of dross.
When those who have received the false interpretation of the word
search the Scriptures with determined effort to know what is truth,
the Holy Spirit opens the eyes of their understanding, and the word
is to them a new revelation. Their hearts are quickened with a new
and living faith, and they behold wondrous things out of His law.
The teachings of Christ have a breadth and meaning to them that
they have never before understood.
The youth are in need of educators who will keep the principles
of the word of God ever before them. If teachers will make Bible
precepts their textbook, they will have greater influence over the
youth. They will be learners, having a living connection with God.
They will endeavor to inculcate ideas and principles that will lead to
a fuller knowledge of God, an earnest, growing faith in the blood of
Christ, and in the power and efficiency of His grace to keep them
from falling. They will constantly seek to build up the strongholds
of a healthy, well-balanced Christian experience, that their students
may be qualified for usefulness.
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