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The Ministry of Healing
“Through Thy precepts I get understanding:
Therefore I hate every false way.”
“Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever;
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.”
Psalm 92:4; 36:5-7; 36:7-9,
A.R.V.; Psalm 119:1, 2, 9, 30,
A.R.V., margin; 119:11, 45,
18, 24, 72, 97, 129, 54, 140,
160, 175, 165-167, 130,
98-100, 104, 111, A.R.V.
Clearer Revealings of God
It is our privilege to reach higher and still higher for clearer
revealings of the character of God. When Moses prayed, “I beseech
Thee, show me Thy glory,” the Lord did not rebuke him, but He
granted his prayer. God declared to His servant, “I will make all My
goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord
before thee.”
Exodus 33:18, 19
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It is sin that darkens our minds and dims our perceptions. As sin
is purged from our hearts, the light of the knowledge of the glory of
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God in the face of Jesus Christ, illuminating His word and reflected
from the face of nature, more and more fully will declare Him
“merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness
and truth.”
Exodus 34:6
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In His light shall we see light, until mind and heart and soul are
transformed into the image of His holiness.
For those who thus lay hold of the divine assurances of God’s
word, there are wonderful possibilities. Before them lie vast fields
of truth, vast resources of power. Glorious things are to be revealed.
Privileges and duties which they do not even suspect to be in the
Bible will be made manifest. All who walk in the path of humble
obedience, fulfilling His purpose, will know more and more of the
oracles of God.
Let the student take the Bible as his guide and stand firm for
principle, and he may aspire to any height of attainment. All the
philosophies of human nature have led to confusion and shame when