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I should not be here tonight if I were not conscious that all the blessings which are proper to me, and which it is my privilege to enjoy, are by the knowledge of God. It is by the knowledge of God I am saved, and have liberty. You cannot get yourself disengaged from other things but by the knowledge of God. All liberty is by the knowledge of God. “He leadeth me beside the still waters”. I say without any hesitation that all the blessing which we are privileged to enjoy—the secret of it, the power of it, the reality of it—all lies in the knowledge of God. It is a great thing to be led by the Spirit into the knowledge of God, the knowledge of His love, His mercy, His goodness. God has no reserves in His heart. Even if discipline comes in—trials in circumstances, or sickness of the body—it is only to remove some hindrance in us in order that we may be led more distinctly into the knowledge of God. “Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord”.

F. E. Raven (Vol. 15, p.283)

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