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God Gives All Things That Pertain to Life and Godliness Through the Power of Love ㅡ

 “Grace and peace be multiplied to you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord,

 According as his divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that has called us to glory and virtue:”

 (2 Peter 1:2~3)

 The Bible in strongest terms sets before us the importance of obtaining a knowledge of God.

And the Scripture bids us: “Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace.”

God has commanded us, “Ye shall be holy; for I the Lord your God am holy”; and an inspired apostle declares that without holiness “no man shall see the Lord.” Holiness is agreement with God.

By sin the image of God in man has been marred and well-nigh obliterated; it is the work of the gospel to restore that which has been lost; and we are to cooperate with the divine agency in this work.

And how can we come into harmony with God, how shall we receive His likeness, unless we obtain a knowledge of Him?

It is this knowledge that Christ came into the world to reveal unto us.

We must search the Scriptures diligently, prayerfully; our understanding must be quickened by the Holy Spirit, and our hearts must be uplifted to God in faith and hope and continual praise.

 (Lift Him Up 279)

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