GOD’S BEACON _ OF TRUTH
I n t h i s , the first chapter of a series, let us think together of one of the choice things of God’s grace which bursts forth from the great heart of the Father to usward. Many lose the beau ty of this field of thought because of the sea of controversy by which it is surrounded. When you read what the Word of God says about it, ,you’ll like it too — that is, if you want to be a Christian, or if you are already one with Christ and want to be more like Him. In the light of either thought we want to turn to Romans 8:29 and read “For whom he did foreknow, he also did predesti nate to be conformed to the image of
his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren . . .” God’s Word says we are predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son. Now I wonder if you sense the depth of that? I also wonder how many who are reading this would like to be as near like the Lord Jesus as it is possi ble for a redeemed sinner to be. Our nearness to Him is the seed plot of our growth in grape — would you like that? Or, have you been so absorbed in just thinking about hell, punishment, and judgment, and how to avoid it that you have somewhat lost sight of His beautiful purpose of your possible fruit- (continued on next page)
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