“The people that know their God shall be strong.” Daniel 11:32
To know God is the highest and best form of knowledge. Knowledge strengthens faith. Knowledge strengthens love. Knowledge paints the portrait of Jesus and when we see that portrait, then we love Him. We cannot love a Christ whom we do not know. The more we know Him, the more we love Him. Knowledge strengthens hope. How can we hope for a thing if we do not know of its existence? Hope may be the telescope, but till we receive instruction, our ignorance stands in the front of the glass, and we can see nothing whatever; knowledge removes the interposing object, and when we look through the bright optic glass we discern the glory to be revealed and anticipate it with joyous confidence.
There is not one single grace of the Christian which, under God, will not be fostered and brought to perfection by holy knowledge. How important, then, is it that we should grow not only in grace, but in the “knowledge” of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
(Taken from Spurgeon’s, Morning and Evening, August 4th, Morning.)
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