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With Eyes Of Faith, April 17
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what
is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance
in the saints.
Ephesians 1:18
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The highest qualification of the mind will not, cannot, supply the place of
true simplicity, of genuine piety. The Bible may be studied as a branch of human
science would be; but its beauty, the evidence of its power to save the soul that
believes, is a lesson that is never thus learned. If the practice of the Word is not
brought into the life, then the sword of the Spirit has not wounded the natural
heart. It has been shielded in poetic fancy. Sentimentalism has so wrapped it about
that the heart has not sufficiently felt the keenness of its edge, piercing and cutting
away the sinful shrines where self is worshipped....
The eyes of the understanding must be enlightened, and the heart and mind
brought into harmony with God, who is truth. He who beholds Jesus with the eye
of faith sees no glory in himself, for the glory of the Redeemer is reflected into
the mind and heart. The atonement of His blood is realized, and the taking away
of sin stirs the heart with gratitude.
Being justified by Christ, the receiver of truth is constrained to make an entire
surrender to God, and is admitted into the school of Christ, that he may learn of
Him who is meek and lowly of heart. A knowledge of the love of God is shed
abroad in his heart. He exclaims, Oh, what love! What condescension! Grasping
the rich promises by faith, he becomes a partaker of the divine nature. His heart
being emptied of self, the waters of life flow in; the glory of the Lord shines
forth. Perpetually looking unto Jesus, the human is assimilated by the divine. The
believer is changed into His likeness.... The human character is changed into the
divine.
Christ looks upon His people in their purity and perfection as the reward
of all His sufferings, His humiliation, and His love, and the supplement of His
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glory—Christ the great center, from whom radiates all glory.
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