Author: Administrador

Probably the most widespread and persistent problem to be found among Christians is the problem of retarded spiritual progress. Why, after years of Christian profession, do so many persons find themselves no farther along than when they first believed?… The causes of retarded growth are many. It would not be accurate to ascribe the trouble … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: NEGLECTED; KNOWLEDGE OF GOD: CONTINUOUS PURSUIT”

I want deliberately to encourage this mighty longing after God. The lack of it has brought us to our present low estate. The stiff and wooden quality about our religious lives is a result of our lack of holy desire. Complacency is a deadly foe of all spiritual growth. Acute desire must be present or … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: NEGLECTED; LONGING FOR GOD; SPIRITUAL GROWTH; COMPLACENCY”

Come near to the holy men and women of the past and you will soon feel the heat of their desire after God. They mourned for Him, they prayed and wrestled and sought for Him day and night, in season and out, and when they had found Him the finding was all the sweeter for … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: CONTINUOUS PURSUIT; LONGING FOR GOD”

Among Christians of all ages and of varying shades of doctrinal emphasis there has been fairly full agreement on one thing: They all believed that it was important that the Christian with serious spiritual aspirations should learn to meditate long and often on God. Let a Christian insist upon rising above the poor average of … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: CONTINUOUS PURSUIT; MEDITATION”

God always acts like Himself, wherever He may be and whatever He may be doing; in Him there is neither variableness nor shadow of turning. Yet His infinitude places Him so far above our knowing that a lifetime spent in cultivating the knowledge of Him leaves as much yet to learn as if we had … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: DIVINE ENCOUNTER; WONDER”

I am convinced that the dearth of great saints in these times even among those who truly believe in Christ is due at least in part to our unwillingness to give sufficient time to the cultivation of the knowledge of God. We of the nervous West are victims of the philosophy of activism tragically misunderstood. … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: NEGLECTED; BUSYNESS”

Oh, my friend, we are just beginning. God’s personality is so infinitely rich and manifold that it will take 1,000 years of close search and intimate communion to know even the outer edges of the glorious nature of God. When we talk about communion with God and fellowship with the Holy Spirit, we are talking … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: CONTINUOUS PURSUIT; COMMUNION WITH GOD”

Rarely does God send His judgment dramatically. I have wondered if we might learn our lessons of humility and obedience more quickly if God were to resist a man as one soldier to another, with the clash of sword and the letting of blood? But it does not work that way. When God resists a … Continue reading “JUDGMENT
OF GOD: PRESENT; SPIRITUAL DECLINE”

.… Acquaint thyself with God. To regain her lost power the Church must see heaven opened and have a transforming vision of God. But the God we must see is not the utilitarian God who is having such a run of popularity today, whose chief claim to men’s attention is His ability to bring them … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: CHURCH’S NEED”

A great Christian of nearly 300 years ago, Nicholas Herman of Lorraine said that in his early Christian life he determined to cut through the tangle of religious means and “nourish his heart on high thoughts of God.” I have always treasured that expression. A cultivation of God through prayer, humble soul-searching and avid feasting … Continue reading “KNOWLEDGE
OF GOD: CHURCH’S NEED; CHURCH: APATHY”