And they shall teach no more
every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: for
they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith
the Lord. (Jeremiah 31:34)
Truly, whatever else we do not know, we know the Lord.
This day is this promise true in our experience, and it is not a little one.
The least believer among us knows God in Christ Jesus. Not as fully as we
desire; but yet truly and really we know the Lord. We not only know doctrines
about Him, but we know Him. He is our Father and our Friend. We are acquainted
with Him personally. We can say, "My Lord, and my God." We are on
terms of close fellowship with God, and many a happy season do we spend in His
holy company. We are no more strangers to our God, but the secret of the Lord
is with us.
This is more than nature could have taught us. Flesh and blood
has not revealed God to us. Christ Jesus had made known the Father to our
hearts. If, then, the Lord has made us know Himself, is not this the fountain
of all saving knowledge? To know God is eternal life. So soon as we come to
acquaintance with God we have the evidence of being quickened into newness of
life. O my soul, rejoice in this knowledge, and bless thy God all this day!
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