36 The Fundamentals teaching is postulated on the written Word, of which He said, “Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life; and they are they which testify of Me.” And the moment we turn from the Incarnate Word to the written Word, we come upon the saying, “In the beginning, God”. As to the moral attributes of God, the teaching of Jesus is indubitably clear. “God is a spirit”, He says, “and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth”. It need scarcely be said that a spirit, though invisible and impal pable, is a real self-conscious personality. The communion of Jesus with this Spirit is that of one person with another. He does not speak to Law, not to Energy, nor to an indefinable “Something not ourselves that maketh for righteousness”, but to One with whom He is on familiar terms. “The only be gotten Son which is in the bosom of the Father, He hath de clared Him”. As to Divine providence He speaks in no uncertain tone. The God whom He unveils is in and over all. Out on the hillsides He bids us “Consider the lilies, how they grow”, and assures us that our Father, “who careth for them, will much more care for us”. In pursuance of this fact He encourages us to pray, saying, “Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you”. Oh, great heart of the Infinite, quick to respond to our every cry for help! The doctrine of prayer, as taught by Jesus, is simplicity itself. We are to run to God with our longings as children to their parents; “For if ye, being evil, know how to give good .gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask Him”. As to the moral attributes of God the teaching of Jesus is not only clear but most emphatic; because at this point it touches vitally our eternal welfare. The Divine holiness is presented not so much as an attribute as the condition of God’s being. I t is the light emanating from His throne, of which Christ is the supreme manifestation, as He said, “I am the
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