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The Ministry of Healing
should be made familiar with the name and the life of Jesus. Their
first lessons should teach them that God is their Father. Their first
training should be that of loving obedience. Reverently and tenderly
let the word of God be read and repeated to them in portions suited
to their comprehension and adapted to awaken their interest. And,
above all, let them learn of His love revealed in Christ, and its great
lesson:
“If God so loved us, we ought also to love one another.”
1 John
4:11
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Let the youth make the word of God the food of mind and soul.
Let the cross of Christ be made the science of all education, the
center of all teaching and all study. Let it be brought into the daily
experience in practical life. So will the Saviour become to the youth
a daily companion and friend. Every thought will be brought into
captivity to the obedience of Christ. With the apostle Paul they will
be able to say:
“God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord
Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the
world.”
Galatians 6:14
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“Thy testimonies also are my delight.”
Psalms
119:24
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Thus through faith they come to know God by an experimental
knowledge. They have proved for themselves the reality of His word,
the truth of His promises. They have tasted, and they know that the
Lord is good.
The beloved John had a knowledge gained through his own
experience. He could testify:
“That which was from the beginning, which we have heard,
which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon,
and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (for the life was
manifested, and we have seen it, and bear witness, and show unto
you that eternal life, which was with the Father, and was manifested
unto us;) that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you,
that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship
is with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.”
1 John 1:1-3
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