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Morning and Evening

October 14, Morning

C. H. Spurgeon · Modern retelling

"I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord." — Philippians 3:8 · KJV

Spiritual knowledge of Christ will be a personal knowledge. I cannot know Jesus through another person's acquaintance with Him; I must know Him myself, on my own account. It will be an intelligent knowledge — I must know Him, not as the dreamer imagines Him, but as the Word reveals Him. I must know His natures, divine and human; I must know His offices, His attributes, His works, His shame, His glory. I must meditate on Him until I "comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height, and know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge." It will be an affectionate knowledge of Him; for if I know Him at all, I must love Him. An ounce of heart-knowledge is worth a ton of head-learning. Our knowledge of Him will be a satisfying knowledge. When I know my Savior, my mind will be full to the brim; I shall feel that I have what my spirit panted after. "This is that bread whereof if a man eat, he shall never hunger." At the same time it will be an exciting knowledge; the more I know of my Beloved, the more I shall want to know. The higher I climb, the loftier the summits that invite my eager feet; I shall want the more as I get the more. Like the miser's treasure, my gold will make me covet more. And this knowledge of Christ Jesus will be a most happy one — indeed, so uplifting that sometimes it will bear me completely above all trials, doubts, and sorrows; and while I enjoy it, it will make me something more than "man that is born of woman, who is of few days, and full of trouble," for it will fling about me the immortality of the ever-living Savior, and gird me with the golden belt of His eternal joy. Come, my soul, sit at Jesus' feet and learn of Him all this day.