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True Knowledge of God
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shadow of death,
To guide our feet into the way of peace.”
Luke 1:78, 79.
The Glory of the Cross
The revelation of God’s love to man centers in the cross. Its full
significance tongue cannot utter, pen cannot portray, the mind of
man cannot comprehend. Looking upon the cross of Calvary, we can
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only say, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”
John 3:16
.
Christ crucified for our sins, Christ risen from the dead, Christ
ascended on high, is the science of salvation that we are to learn and
to teach.
It Was Christ
“Who, existing in the form of God, counted not the being on
an equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself,
taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men; and
being found in fashion as a man, He humbled Himself, becoming
obedient even unto death, yea, the death of the cross.”
Philippians
2:6-8
, A.R.V.
“It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even
at the right hand of God.” “Wherefore He is able also to save them
to the uttermost that come unto God by Him, seeing He ever liveth
to make intercession for them.”
Romans 8:34
;
Hebrews 7:25
.
“We have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling
of our infirmities; but One that hath been in all points tempted like
as we are, yet without sin.”
Hebrews 4:15
, A.R.V.
It is through the gift of Christ that we receive every blessing.
Through that gift there comes to us day by day the unfailing flow
of Jehovah’s goodness. Every flower, with its delicate tints and its
fragrance, is given for our enjoyment through that one Gift. The
sun and the moon were made by Him. There is not a star which
beautifies the heavens that He did not make. Every drop of rain that