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08 - Hidden Treasure - Christ's Object Lessons · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter eight, hidden treasure again, the Kingdom of Heaven is
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  Speaker 1: like unto treasure hid in a field, the which when
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  Speaker 1: a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof
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  Speaker 1: goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field.
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  Speaker 1: In ancient times, it was customary for men to hide
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  Speaker 1: their treasures in the earth. Thefts and robberies were frequent.
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  Speaker 1: Now whenever there was a change in the ruling power,
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  Speaker 1: those who had large possessions were liable to be put
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  Speaker 1: under heavy tribute. Moreover, the country was in constant danger
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  Speaker 1: of invasions by marauding armies. As a consequence, the rich
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  Speaker 1: endeavored to preserve their wealth by concealing it, and the
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  Speaker 1: earth was looked upon as a safe hiding place. But
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  Speaker 1: often the place of concealment was forgotten. Death might claim
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  Speaker 1: the owner, Imprisonment or exile might separate him from his treasure,
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  Speaker 1: and the wealth he hath taken such pains to preserve
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  Speaker 1: was left for the fortunate finder. In Christ's day, it
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  Speaker 1: was not uncommon to discover a neglect did land, old
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  Speaker 1: coins and ornaments of gold and silver. A man hires
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  Speaker 1: land to cultivate, and as the oxen plow the soil
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  Speaker 1: buried treasure is unearthed. As the man discovers the treasure,
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  Speaker 1: he sees that a fortune is within his reach. Restoring
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  Speaker 1: the gold to its hiding place, he returns to his
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  Speaker 1: home and sells all that he has in order to
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  Speaker 1: purchase the field containing the treasure. His family and his
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  Speaker 1: neighbors think that he is acting like a madman. Looking
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  Speaker 1: on the field, they see no value in the neglected soil.
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  Speaker 1: But the man knows what he is doing, and when
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  Speaker 1: he has a title to the field, he searches every
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  Speaker 1: part of it to find the treasure that he has secured.
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  Speaker 1: This parable illustrates the value of the heavenly treasure and
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  Speaker 1: the effort that should be made to secure it. The
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  Speaker 1: finder of the treasure in the field was ready to
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  Speaker 1: part with all that he had, ready to put forth
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  Speaker 1: untiring labor in order to secure the hidden riches. So
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  Speaker 1: the finder of heavenly treasure will count no labor too
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  Speaker 1: great and no sacrifice too dear, in order to gain
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  Speaker 1: the treasures of truth. In the parable of the field
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  Speaker 1: containing the treasure represents the holy scriptures, and the Gospel
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  Speaker 1: is the treasure. The earth itself is not so interlaced
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  Speaker 1: with gold veins and filled with precious things, as is
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  Speaker 1: the Word of God. The treasures of the Gospel are
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  Speaker 1: said to be hidden by those who are wise in
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  Speaker 1: their own estimation, who are puffed up by the teaching
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  Speaker 1: of vain philosophy. The beauty and power and mystery of
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  Speaker 1: the plan of redemption are not perceived. Many have eyes,
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  Speaker 1: but they see not. They have ears, but they hear not.
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  Speaker 1: They have intellect, but they discern not the hidden treasure.
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  Speaker 1: A man might pass over the place where treasure had
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  Speaker 1: been concealed in dire necessity. He might sit down to
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  Speaker 1: rest at the foot of a tree, not knowing of
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  Speaker 1: the riches that are hidden at its roots. So it
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  Speaker 1: was with the Jews, as a golden treasure. Truth had
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  Speaker 1: been entrusted to the Hebrew people. The Jewish economy, bearing
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  Speaker 1: the signature of Heaven, had been instituted by Christ himself
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  Speaker 1: in types and symbols the great truths of redemption and werevailed.
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  Speaker 1: Yet when Christ came, the Jews did not recognize him
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  Speaker 1: to whom all these symbols pointed. They had the Word
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  Speaker 1: of God in their hands. But the traditions which had
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  Speaker 1: been handed down from generation to generation, and the human
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  Speaker 1: interpretation of the scriptures hid from them the truth as
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  Speaker 1: it is in Jesus. The spiritual import of the sacred
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  Speaker 1: writings was lost. The treasure house of all knowledge was
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  Speaker 1: open to them, but they did not know it. God
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  Speaker 1: does not conceal his truth from men. By their own
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  Speaker 1: course of action, they make it obscure to themselves. Christ
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  Speaker 1: gave the Jewish people abundant evidence that he was the Messiah,
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  Speaker 1: but his teaching called for a decided change in their lives.
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  Speaker 1: They saw that if they received Christ, they must give
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  Speaker 1: up their cherished maxims and traditions, their selfish, ungodly practices.
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  Speaker 1: It required a sacrifice to receive changeless, eternal truth. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: they would not admit the most conclusive evidence that God
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  Speaker 1: could give to establish faith in Christ. They professed to
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  Speaker 1: believe the Old Testament scriptures, yet they refused to accept
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  Speaker 1: the testimony contained therein concerning Christ's life and character. They
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  Speaker 1: were afraid of being convinced, lest they should be converted
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  Speaker 1: and be compelled to give up their preconceived opinions. The
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  Speaker 1: treasure of the Gospel, the way, the Truth, and the Life,
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  Speaker 1: was among them, but they rejected the greatest gift that
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  Speaker 1: Heaven could bestow among the chief rulers. Also, many believed
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  Speaker 1: on him we read, but because of the Pharisees, they
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  Speaker 1: did not confess him, lest they should be put out
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  Speaker 1: of the synagogue. They were convinced they believed Jesus to
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  Speaker 1: be the Son of God, but it was not in
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  Speaker 1: harmony with their ambitions desires to confess him. They had
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  Speaker 1: not the faith that would have secured for them the
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  Speaker 1: heavenly treasure. They were seeking worldly treasure, And to day
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  Speaker 1: men are eagerly seeking for earthly treasure. Their minds are
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  Speaker 1: filled with selfish, ambitious thoughts for the sake of gaining
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  Speaker 1: worldly riches, honor, or power. They place the maxim's traditions
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  Speaker 1: and requirements of men above the requirements of God. From
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  Speaker 1: them the treasures of His word are hidden. The natural
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  Speaker 1: man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God,
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  Speaker 1: for their foolishness unto him. Neither can he know them,
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  Speaker 1: because they are spiritually discerned. If our Gospel be hid,
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  Speaker 1: it is hid to them that are lost in whom
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  Speaker 1: the God of this world hath blinded the minds of
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  Speaker 1: them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious
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  Speaker 1: Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should
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  Speaker 1: shine unto them. The Savior saw that men were absorbed
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  Speaker 1: in getting gain and were losing sight of eternal realities.
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  Speaker 1: He undertook to correct this evil. He sought to break
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  Speaker 1: the infatuating spell that was paralyzing the soul. Lifting up
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  Speaker 1: his voice, he cried, what is a man profited if
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  Speaker 1: he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
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  Speaker 1: Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?
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  Speaker 1: He presents before fallen humanity the nobler world they have
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  Speaker 1: lost sight of, that they may behold eternal realities. He
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  Speaker 1: takes them to the threshold of the infinite, flushed with
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  Speaker 1: the indescribable glory of God, and shows them the treasure there.
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  Speaker 1: The value of this treasure is above gold or silver.
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  Speaker 1: The riches of the earth's minds cannot compare with it.
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  Speaker 1: The depth saith it is not in me, and the
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  Speaker 1: sea saith, it is not with me. It cannot be
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  Speaker 1: gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the
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  Speaker 1: price thereof. It cannot be valued with the gold of ophir,
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  Speaker 1: with the precious onyx or the sapphire. The gold and
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  Speaker 1: the crystals cannot equal. It and the exchange of it
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  Speaker 1: shall not be for jewels of fine gold. No mention
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  Speaker 1: shall be made of coral or of pearls. For the
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  Speaker 1: price of wisdom is above rubies. This is the treasure
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  Speaker 1: that is found in the scriptures. The Bible is God's
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  Speaker 1: great lesson book, his great educator. The foundation of all
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  Speaker 1: true science is contained in the Bible. Every branch of
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  Speaker 1: knowledge may be found by searching the word of God,
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  Speaker 1: and above all else, it contains the science of all sciences,
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  Speaker 1: the science of salvation. The Bible is the mind of
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  Speaker 1: the unsearchable riches of Christ. The true higher education is
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  Speaker 1: gained by studying and obeying the word of God. But
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  Speaker 1: when God's word is laid aside for books that do
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  Speaker 1: not lead to God and the Kingdom of Heaven, the
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  Speaker 1: education acquired is a perversion of the name. There are
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  Speaker 1: wonderful truths in nature. The earth, the sea, and the
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  Speaker 1: sky are full of truth. They are our teachers. Nature
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  Speaker 1: utters her voice in lessons of heavenly wisdom and eternal truth.
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  Speaker 1: But fallen man will not understand. Sin has obscured his vision,
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  Speaker 1: and he cannot of himself interpret nature without placing it
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  Speaker 1: above God. Correct lessons cannot impress the minds of those
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  Speaker 1: who reject the word of God. The teaching of nature
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  Speaker 1: is by them so perverted that it turns the mind
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  Speaker 1: away from the Creator. By many, man's wisdom is thought
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  Speaker 1: to be higher than the wisdom of the divine teacher,
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  Speaker 1: and God's lesson book is looked upon is an old fashioned,
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  Speaker 1: stale and uninteresting. But by those who have been vivified
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  Speaker 1: by the Holy Spirit, it is not so regarded. They
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  Speaker 1: see the priceless treasure and would sell all to buy
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  Speaker 1: the field that contains it. Instead of books containing the
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  Speaker 1: suppositions of reputedly great authors, they choose the word of
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  Speaker 1: Him who is the greatest author and the greatest teacher
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  Speaker 1: the world has ever known, who gave his life for us,
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  Speaker 1: that through him we might have everlasting life. Satan works
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  Speaker 1: on human minds, leading them to think that there is
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  Speaker 1: wonderful knowledge to be gained apart from God. By deceptive reasoning,
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  Speaker 1: he led Adam and Eve to doubt God's word and
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  Speaker 1: to supply its place with a theory that led to disobedience,
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  Speaker 1: and his sophistry is doing today what it did in Eden.
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  Speaker 1: Teachers who mingle with the education they are giving the
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  Speaker 1: sentiments of infidel authors plant in the minds of youth
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  Speaker 1: thoughts that will lead to distrust of God and transgression
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  Speaker 1: of his law. Little do they know what they are doing.
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  Speaker 1: Little do they realize what will be the result of
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  Speaker 1: their works. A student may go through all the grades
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  Speaker 1: of the schools and colleges of today. He may devote
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  Speaker 1: all his powers to acquiring knowledge. But unless he has
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  Speaker 1: a knowledge of God, unless he obeys the laws that
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  Speaker 1: govern his being, he will destroy himself. By wrong habits.
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  Speaker 1: He loses his power of self appreciation, He loses self control.
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  Speaker 1: He cannot reason correctly about matters that concern him most closely.
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  Speaker 1: He is reckless and irrational in his treatment of mind
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  Speaker 1: and body. By wrong habits, he makes of himself a wreck.
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  Speaker 1: Happiness he cannot have, for his neglect to cultivate pure
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  Speaker 1: healthful principles places him under the control of habits that
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  Speaker 1: ruin his peace. His years of taxing study are lost,
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  Speaker 1: for he has destroyed himself. He has misused his physical
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  Speaker 1: and mental powers, and the temple of the body is
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  Speaker 1: in ruins. He is ruined for this life and for
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  Speaker 1: the life to come. By acquiring earthly knowledge, he thought
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  Speaker 1: to gain a treasure. But by laying his Bible aside,
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  Speaker 1: he sacrificed a treasure worth everything else. The Word of
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  Speaker 1: God is to be our study. We are to educate
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  Speaker 1: our children in the truths found therein. It is an
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  Speaker 1: inexhaustible treasure. But men fail to find this treasure because
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  Speaker 1: they do not search until it is within their possession.
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  Speaker 1: Very many are content with a supposition in regard to
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  Speaker 1: the truth. They are content with a surface work, taking
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  Speaker 1: for granted that they have all that is essential. They
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  Speaker 1: take the sayings of others for truth, being too indolent
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  Speaker 1: to put themselves to diligent, earnest labor, represented in the
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  Speaker 1: Word as digging for hidden treasure. But man's inventions are
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  Speaker 1: not only unreliable, they are dangerous, for they place man
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  Speaker 1: where God should be. They place the sayings of men
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  Speaker 1: where a thus saith the Lord should be. Christ is
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  Speaker 1: the truth. His words are truth, and they have a
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  Speaker 1: deeper significance than appears on the surface. All the sayings
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  Speaker 1: of Christ have a value beyond their unpretending appearance. Minds
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  Speaker 1: that are quickened by the Holy Spirit will discern the
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  Speaker 1: value of these saying. They will discern the precious gems
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  Speaker 1: of truth though these may be buried treasures, human theories
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  Speaker 1: and speculations will never lead to an understanding of God's word.
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  Speaker 1: Those who suppose that they understand philosophy think that their
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  Speaker 1: explanations are necessary to unlock the treasures of knowledge and
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  Speaker 1: to prevent heresies from coming into the church. But it
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  Speaker 1: is these explanations that have brought in false theories and heresies.
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  Speaker 1: Men have made desperate efforts to explain what they thought
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  Speaker 1: to be intricate scriptures, but too often their efforts have
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  Speaker 1: only darkened that which they tried to make clear. The
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  Speaker 1: priests and pharisees thought they were doing great things as
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  Speaker 1: teachers by putting their own interpretation upon the word of God.
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  Speaker 1: But Christ said, unto them, ye know not the scriptures,
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  Speaker 1: neither the power of God. He charged them with the
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  Speaker 1: guilt of teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. Though
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  Speaker 1: they were the teachers of the oracles of God, though
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  Speaker 1: they were supposed to understand his word, they were not
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  Speaker 1: doers of the word. Satan had blinded their eyes that
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  Speaker 1: they should not see its true import This is the
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  Speaker 1: work of many in our day. Many churches are guilty
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  Speaker 1: of this sin. There is danger, great danger that the
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  Speaker 1: supposed wise men of to day will repeat the experience
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  Speaker 1: of the Jewish teachers. They falsely interpret the divine oracles,
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  Speaker 1: and souls are brought into perplexity and shrouded in darkness
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  Speaker 1: because of their misconception of divine truth. The scriptures need
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  Speaker 1: not be read by the dim light of tradition or
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  Speaker 1: human speculation. As well might we try to give light
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  Speaker 1: to the sun with a torch, as to explain the
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  Speaker 1: scriptures by human tradition or imagination. God's Holy Word needs
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  Speaker 1: not the torchlight glimmer of earth to make its glories distinguishable.
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  Speaker 1: It is light in itself, the glory of God revealed,
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  Speaker 1: and beside it every other light is dim. But there
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  Speaker 1: must be earnest study and close investigation. Sharp clear perceptions
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  Speaker 1: of truth will never be the reward of indolence. No
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  Speaker 1: earthly blessing can be obtained without earnest, patient to persevering effort.
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  Speaker 1: If men attain success in business, they must have a
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  Speaker 1: will to do and a faith to look for results.
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  Speaker 1: And we cannot expect to gain spiritual knowledge without earnest toil.
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  Speaker 1: Those who desire to find the treasures of truth must
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  Speaker 1: dig for them, as the miner digs for the treasure
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  Speaker 1: hidden in the earth, No half hearted, indifferent work will avail.
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  Speaker 1: It is essential for old and young not only to
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  Speaker 1: read God's word, but to study it with wholehearted earnestness,
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  Speaker 1: praying and searching for truth as for hidden treasure. Those
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  Speaker 1: who do this will be rewarded, for Christ will quicken
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  Speaker 1: thee understanding. Our salvation depends on a knowledge of the
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  Speaker 1: truth contained in the scriptures. It is God's will that
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  Speaker 1: we should possess this search. O search the precious Bible
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  Speaker 1: with hungry hearts. Explore God's word as the miner explores
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  Speaker 1: the earth to find veins of gold. Never give up
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  Speaker 1: the search until you have ascertained your relation to God
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  Speaker 1: and His will. In regard to you, Christ declared, whatsoever
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  Speaker 1: ye shall ask in my name, that will I do,
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  Speaker 1: that the thought may be glorified in the sun. If
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  Speaker 1: ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it.
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  Speaker 1: Men of piety and talent catch views of eternal realities,
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  Speaker 1: but often they fail of understanding, because the things that
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  Speaker 1: are seen eclipse the glory of the unseen. He who
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  Speaker 1: would seek successfully for the hidden treasure must rise to
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  Speaker 1: higher pursuits than the things of this world, his affections,
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  Speaker 1: and all his capabilities must be consecrated to the search.
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  Speaker 1: Disobedience has closed the door to a vast amount of
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  Speaker 1: knowledge that might have been gained from the scriptures. Understanding
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  Speaker 1: means obedience to God's commandments. The scriptures are not to
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  Speaker 1: be adapted to meet the prejudice and jealousy of men.
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  Speaker 1: They can be understood only by those who are humbly
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  Speaker 1: seeking for a knowledge of the truth that they may
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  Speaker 1: obey it. Do you ask what shall I do to
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  Speaker 1: be saved? You must lay your preconceived opinions, your hereditary
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  Speaker 1: and cultivated ideas, at the door of investigation. If you
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  Speaker 1: search the scriptures to vindicate your own opinions, you will
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  Speaker 1: never reach the truth. Search in order to learn what
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  Speaker 1: the Lord says. If conviction comes as you search, if
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  Speaker 1: you see that your cherished opinions are not in harmony
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  Speaker 1: with the truth, do not misinterpret the truth in order
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  Speaker 1: to suit your own belief, but accept the light given
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  Speaker 1: open mind and heart, that you may behold wondrous things
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  Speaker 1: out of God's word. Faith in Christ as the world's
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  Speaker 1: redeemer calls for an acknowledgment of the enlightened intellect controlled
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  Speaker 1: by a heart that can discern and appreciate the heavenly treasure.
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  Speaker 1: This faith is inseparable from repentance and transformation of character.
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  Speaker 1: To have faith means to find and accept the Gospel treasure,
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  Speaker 1: with all the obligations which it imposes. Except a man
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  Speaker 1: be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God.
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  Speaker 1: He may conjecture and imagine, but without the eye of faith,
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  Speaker 1: he cannot see the treasure. Christ gave his life to
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  Speaker 1: secure for us this inestimable treasure. Without regeneration through faith
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  Speaker 1: in his blood, there is no remission of sins, no
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  Speaker 1: treasure for any perishing soul. We need to the enlightenment
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  Speaker 1: of the Holy Spirit in order to discern the truths
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  Speaker 1: in God's word. The lovely things of the natural world
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  Speaker 1: are not seen until the sun, dispelling darkness, floods them
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  Speaker 1: with its light. So the treasures in the Word of
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  Speaker 1: God are not appreciated until they are revealed by the
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  Speaker 1: bright beams of the Sun of righteousness. The Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 1: sent from heaven by the benevolence of infinite love, takes
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  Speaker 1: the things of God and reveals them to every soul
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  Speaker 1: that has an implicit faith in Christ. By his power.
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  Speaker 1: The vital truths upon which the salvation of the soul
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  Speaker 1: depends are impressed upon the mind, and the way of
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  Speaker 1: life is made so plain that none need air Therein,
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  Speaker 1: as we study the scriptures, we should pray for the
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  Speaker 1: light of God's Holy Spirit to shine upon the Word,
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  Speaker 1: that we may see and appreciate its treasures. Let none
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  Speaker 1: think that there is no more knowledge for them to gain.
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  Speaker 1: The depth of human intellect may be measured, the works
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  Speaker 1: of human authors may be mastered, But the highest, deepest,
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  Speaker 1: broadest flight of the imagination cannot find out God. There
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  Speaker 1: is infinity beyond all that we can comprehend. We have
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  Speaker 1: seen only a glimmering of divine glory and of the
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  Speaker 1: infinitude of knowledge and wisdom. We have, as it were,
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  Speaker 1: been working on the surface of the mine. When rich
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  Speaker 1: golden ore is beneath the surface, to reward the one
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  Speaker 1: who will dig for it, the shaft must be sunk
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  Speaker 1: deeper and yet deeper in the mine, and the result
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  Speaker 1: will be glorious treasure. Though a correct faith, divine knowledge
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  Speaker 1: will become human knowledge. No one can search the scriptures
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  Speaker 1: in the spirit of Christ without being rewarded. When man
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  Speaker 1: is willing to be instructed as a little child. When
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  Speaker 1: he submits holy to God, he will find the truth
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  Speaker 1: in his word. If men would be obedient, they would
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  Speaker 1: understand the plan of God's government. The heavenly world would
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  Speaker 1: open its chambers of grace and glory for exploration. Human
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  Speaker 1: beings would be altogether different from what they are now.
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  Speaker 1: For by exploring the minds of truth, men would be ennobled.
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  Speaker 1: The mystery of redemption, the incarnation of Christ his atoning
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  Speaker 1: sacrifice would not be as they are now, vague in
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  Speaker 1: our minds. They would not be only better understood, but
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  Speaker 1: altogether more highly appreciated. In his prayer to the Father,
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  Speaker 1: Christ gave the world a lesson which should be graven
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  Speaker 1: on the mind and soul. This is life eternal. He
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  Speaker 1: said that they might know thee the only True God,
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  Speaker 1: and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. This is true education.
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  Speaker 1: It imparts power the experimental knowledge of God and of
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  Speaker 1: Jesus Christ, whom he has sent. Transforms man into the
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  Speaker 1: image of God. It gives to man the mastery of himself,
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  Speaker 1: bringing every impulse and passion of the lower nature under
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  Speaker 1: the control of the higher powers of the mind. It
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  Speaker 1: makes its possessor, a son of God and an heir
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  Speaker 1: of Heaven. It brings him into communion with the mind
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  Speaker 1: of the infinite and opens to him the rich treasures
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  Speaker 1: of the universe. This is the knowledge which is obtained
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  Speaker 1: by searching the word of God. And this treasure may
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  Speaker 1: be found by every soul who will give all to
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  Speaker 1: obtain it. If thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up
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  Speaker 1: thine voice for understanding, if thou seekest her as silver,
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  Speaker 1: and searchest for her as for hid treasures, then shalt
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  Speaker 1: thou understand the fear of the Lord and find the
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  Speaker 1: knowledge of God. End of Chapter eight.