The Knowledge of Christ

Here I pause a moment to mark the difference between that knowledge of Christ which is obtained in theory by mortals, and that knowledge of Christ which comes from above by the teaching and ministration of the Holy Ghost. The former leaves man as dead as it found him, as cold as the marble statue, and as incapable of moving in anything spiritual; a speculator, a carnal reasoner, one that may take upon him, by the keenness of his natural intellect and by dint of reading, to raise a theory, argue a point, and attempt to oppose, by polemic skill, the precious truths of God in more simple hearts. But such a person is “dead in trespasses and sins,” and knows nothing of being brought into communion and fellowship with the Persons and perfections of the Deity. On the contrary, the power of the Spirit of God, applying the truth of God to the heart of the sinner, literate or illiterate, for it makes no difference in regard to that, brings him to the feet of Jesus, convinces him of the need of Jesus, shows him that there is no salvation but in Jesus, and unfolds the glories and beauties of Jesus in a manner that no bystander can perceive, creates a willingness in his soul to accept Jesus, applies His precious blood, cleansing his conscience to serve the living God, works mightily by the grace and power of Christ, with the righteousness of Christ, and unfolds more and more the glory, and excellency, and beauty, and preciousness of Christ. All this is by the power of the Spirit of God.

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