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Aim High!, December 24
For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bodily. And ye
are complete in him, which is the head of all principality and power.
Colossians 2:9, 10
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We aim too low. The mark is much higher. Our minds need expansion,
that we may comprehend the significance of the provision of God. We
are to reflect the highest attributes of the character of God.... The law of
God is the exalted standard to which we are to attain through the imputed
righteousness of Christ.
It is only through a correct understanding of Christ’s mission and work
that the possibility of being complete in Him, accepted in the Beloved, is
brought within our reach.... Human science is not divine enlightenment.
Divine science is the demonstration of the Spirit of God, inspiring implicit
faith in Him. The men of the world suppose this faith to be beneath the
notice of their great and intelligent minds, something too low to give
attention to; but here they make a great mistake. It is altogether too high
for their human intelligence to reach.
The gospel message is far from being opposed to true knowledge
and intellectual attainments. It is itself true science, true intellectual
knowledge. True wisdom is infinitely above the comprehension of the
worldly wise. The hidden wisdom, which is Christ formed within, the hope
of glory, is a wisdom high as heaven. The deep principles of godliness
are sublime and eternal. A Christian experience alone can help us to
understand this problem, and obtain the treasures of knowledge which
have been hidden in the counsels of God, but are now made known to all
who have a vital connection with Christ.
In Christ dwelt the fullness of the Godhead bodily. This is why,
although He was tempted in all points like as we are, He stood before
the world, from His first entrance into it, untainted by corruption, though
surrounded by it. Are we not also to become partakers of that fullness,
and is it not thus, and thus only, that we can overcome as He overcame?
Through His sacrifice, human beings may reach the high ideal set
before them, and hear at last the words, “Ye are complete in him.”
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