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True Education
uplifting humanity—the power of God “who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Corinthians 15:57
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People who grasp this thought have before them an infinite field
for study. They have the key that will unlock to them the whole
treasure house of God’s Word.
The science of redemption is the science of all sciences, the
science that is the study of angels and all the intelligences of the
unfallen worlds. It is the science that engages the attention of our
Lord and Savior, the science that will be the study of God’s redeemed
throughout endless ages. This is the highest study in which it is
possible for mortals to engage. It will quicken the mind and uplift
the soul as no other study can.
The creative energy that called the worlds into existence is in
the Word of God. This word imparts power; it begets life. Every
command is a promise; accepted by the will and received into the
soul, it brings with it the life of the Infinite One. It transforms the
nature and recreates the soul in the image of God.
Feed Upon the Word
The mind, the soul, is built up by that on which it feeds, and it
rests with us to determine what it shall be fed. It is within the power
of everyone to choose the topics that shall occupy the thoughts and
shape the character. Of every human being privileged with access
to the Scriptures, God says, “Call to Me, and I will answer you,
and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know.”
Jeremiah 33:3
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With the Word of God in their hands, human beings may have
such companionship as they choose. In its pages they may interface
with the best and most noble of the human race, and may listen to the
voice of the Eternal. As they study and meditate on the themes into
which “the angels desire to look” (
1 Peter 1:12
), they may have angel
companionship. They may follow the steps of the heavenly Teacher,
and listen to His words as He taught on mountain and plain and sea.
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Living as in the atmosphere of heaven, they may impart hope to
others and longings for holiness. They may themselves come closer
and still closer into fellowship with the Unseen, drawing nearer and
nearer the threshold of the eternal world, until the portals shall open