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To be near unto God - pagina 52

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came

to

know

and there;"

nwself,"

or, ''I

was converted then

"Then and

there I gave myself to Christ;" "In this wa}' or in that I found my Savior." And in whatever way it was expressed, it always meant the narrative of personal religious experience. Every form of expression has its own value. It can scarcely be denied, however, that the older way of saying, 'T have come to know the Lord," is in nowise less accurate, profound and fervent than the later ones. Jesus himself declared "And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee (John 17:3). and in saying this he confirmed the complaint of Hosea (4:1) that "there is no knowledge of God in the land." It must be granted, however, that with the lapse of time the sa5'ing, "I have learned to know the or,

:

Lord," has not proved satisfactory, because

come

to

mean

intellectual

edge of God, apart from

its

it

has

and doctrinal knowlmystical background.

this knowledge of God has more than one significance. He who knows nothing of the Divine

For

Being, attributes and works, can not be said to But neither can he be said to has not learned to worship him in his Holy Trinity. In connection with this, moreover, the saj'ing of our Redeemer should never be lost from sight: "No man knoweth the Father, save the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him (Matth. 11:27). This revelation must include, without doubt, the light that shines forth upon us from the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But as readily as this is granted, it is maintained with equal emphasis, that this does not constitute the whole knowledge of God. True knowledge of

know the Lord. know him, who

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Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918

Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's

To be near unto God - pagina 52

Bekijk de hele uitgave van dinsdag 1 januari 1918

Abraham Kuyper Collection | 620 Pagina's