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Leaves from the Tree of Life, July 21
And Jesus said unto them, I am the bread of life: he that cometh to
me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never
thirst.
John 6:35
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The world is perishing for want of truth, pure, unadulterated truth.
Christ is the truth. His words are truth.
When the believer, in the fellowship of the Spirit, can lay his hand
upon truth itself, and appropriate it, he eats the bread that comes down
from heaven. He enters into the life of Christ, and appreciates the great
sacrifice made in behalf of the sinful race.
The knowledge that comes from God is the bread of Life. It is the
leaves of the tree of life which are for the healing of the nations. The
current of spiritual life thrills the soul as the words of Christ are believed
and practiced. Thus it is that we are made one with Christ. The experience
that was weak and feeble becomes strong. It is eternal life to us if we hold
the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end.
All truth is to be received as the life of Jesus. Truth cleanses us from
all impurity, and prepares the soul for Christ’s presence. Christ is formed
within, the hope of glory.
The truth is to be partaken of every day. Thus we eat the words of
Christ, which He declares are spirit and life. The acceptance of the truth
will make every receiver a child of God, an heir of heaven.
Truth that is in the heart is not a cold, dead letter.... There is fullness
of joy in the truth. There is a nobleness in the life of the human agent who
lives and works under the vivifying influence of the truth. Truth is sacred
and divine. It is stronger and more powerful than anything else in the
formation of a character after the likeness of Christ. When it is cherished
in the heart, the love of Christ is preferred to the love of any human being.
This is Christianity. Thus truth—pure, unadulterated truth—occupies the
citadel of the being. This is the life of God in the soul. “A new heart also
will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you.”
Ezekiel 36:26
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