[Songs in the Night - May 20]
Ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him. Colossians 3:9, 10
THROUGH knowledge, as well as in knowledge, the
new creature is renewed or refreshed, built up, made
strong.
The wisdom of this world is foolishness with
God.
What the old mind had was the wisdom of this
world.
What the new creature receives is the wisdom
of God.
The development of the different powers of
the new mind is a gradual work, dependent upon
knowledge.
With the new will the knowledge becomes
the energizing and strengthening power, and finds opportunities
by which the new creature can accomplish
its purpose.
This knowledge is that which cometh
from above.
It is not merely the knowing how many
chapters there are in the Bible, nor how many verses
there are in the Bible and being able to quote them;
but by the various providences of God in life, it is to
come to such a knowledge of God that it is sufficient
for his will to be made clear to us, to insure obedience.
Our knowledge is increased in proportion as we give
heed to the things which God has spoken; in proportion
as we set our affections on things above and
not on things on the earth. Z'11-381 R4894:6 (Hymn 81)