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Subject: Truths That Transform
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 12:59:35 -0400
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Truths That Transform 

     The word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged
sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the
joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
heart. Heb. 4:12.  

     The truths of the Bible, treasured in the heart and mind and obeyed in
the life, convince and convert the soul, transform the character, and
comfort and uplift the heart. . . . The Word makes the proud humble, the
perverse meek and contrite, the disobedient obedient. The sinful habits
natural to man are interwoven with the daily practice. But the Word cuts
away the fleshly lusts. It is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the
mind. It divides the joints and marrow, cutting away the lusts of the flesh,
making men willing to suffer for their Lord.  

     The service of Christ is a heavenly and holy and blessed thing. The
Word is to be diligently searched, for the ministry of the Word discovers
the imperfections in our characters and teaches us that the sanctification
of the Spirit is a work of heavenly devising, presenting in Christ Jesus the
true perfection that if maintained will become a perfect whole in behalf of
every soul. We are educated in Bible lines to become complete in
Christlikeness and to see His Father's face in Him who gave His own life for
the saving of the soul.  

     If you are an intelligent Christian you will maintain religious
vitality and will not be deterred by difficulties. . . . You will work the
works of God in gloom as well as in glory, in shade as well as in sunshine,
in trial as well as in peace. The truth must be treasured up in your heart
as well as incorporated in your being, so that no temptation and no argument
can induce you to yield to Satan's suggestions or devices. The truth is
precious. It has wrought important changes upon the life and upon the
character, exerting a masterly influence over words, deportment, thoughts,
and experience. The soul who appreciates the truth lives under its influence
and senses the tremendous realities of eternal things. He lives not to
himself, but to Jesus Christ who died for him. To him, God lives and is very
cognizant of all his words and actions.  

>From That I May Know Him - Page 199