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Opening The Mysteries Of Redemption, May 16
Then opened he their understanding, that they might understand the
scriptures.
Luke 24:45
.
The Lord wants every one of us to have a deeper, richer experience in the
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He desires that we shall grow in
knowledge—not earthward, but heaven-ward, upward to Christ our living Head.
How high, how great, is this knowledge to be? To the full stature of men and
women in Christ Jesus. We cannot grow too much, we cannot gather up too many
of the precious rays of light that God sends us....
We know falsehoods are coming in like a swift current, and that is just the
reason why we want every ray of light that God has for us, that we may be able to
stand amid the perils of the last days....
O how Christ longs to open before us the mysteries of redemption! He longed
to do this for His disciples when He was among them on earth, but they were not
far enough advanced in spiritual knowledge to comprehend His words. He had
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to say to them, “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them
now” (
John 16:12
). O how much better could they have borne the terrible ordeal
through which they had to pass at His trial and crucifixion if they had advanced
and been able to bear the instruction of Christ! Shall we not let Jesus open our
understanding? ...
We are on the borders of the eternal world, and we must have a testimony with
which all heaven shall be in harmony.
The Lord is coming, and we must be ready! Every moment I want His grace—I
want the robe of Christ’s righteousness. We must humble our souls before God
as never before, come low to the foot of the cross, and He will put a word in our
mouths to speak for Him, even praise unto our God. He will teach us a strain
from the song of the angels, even thanksgiving to our heavenly Father. We can do
nothing of ourselves, but God wants to touch our lips with a living coal from off
the altar. He wants to sanctify our tongues—to sanctify our whole being.
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