Without doubt the greatest need of the human personality is to experience God Himself.\u2026<\/p>\n
All this is such a familiar part of evangelical theology that it may safely be assumed that the majority of my readers know it already. That is, they know it theoretically, but the experiential aspect of the truth is not so well known. Indeed large numbers of supposedly sound Christian believers know nothing at all about personal communion with God; and there lies one of the greatest weaknesses of present-day Christianity.<\/p>\n
The experiential knowledge of God is eternal life (John 17:3), and increased knowledge results in a correspondingly larger and fuller life. So rich a treasure is this inward knowledge of God that every other treasure is as nothing compared with it. We may count all things of no value and sacrifice them freely if we may thereby gain a more perfect knowledge of God through Jesus Christ our Lord. This was Paul\u2019s testimony (Phil. 3:7\u201314) and it has been the testimony of all great Christian souls who have followed Christ from Paul\u2019s day to ours.\u2026<\/p>\n
To enjoy this growing knowledge of God will require that we go beyond the goals so casually set by modern evangelicals. We must fix our hearts on God and purposefully aim to rise above the dead level and average of current Christianity.<\/p>\n
If we do this Satan will surely tempt us by accusing us of spiritual pride and our friends will warn us to beware of being \u201cholier than thou.\u201d But as the land of promise had to be taken by storm against the determined opposition of the enemy, so we must capture new spiritual heights over the sour and violent protests of the devil.<\/p>\n
John 17:3; Philippians 3:7\u201316; Hebrews 12; 1\u20132<\/p>\n
That Incredible Christian,<\/i> 97, 99, 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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