Key Verse: "And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children."
- Isaiah
54:13 KJV
The teaching of God can only be known and realized by those who have seen an end of all creature perfection, and who are completely and experimentally destitute of all wisdom in the flesh. And God's teaching does not leave a man where it found him--dead, stupified, worldly, unfeeling, and carnal. If he is in distress, it does not leave him in distress; if he feels guilty, it does not leave him guilty; if he is in darkness, it does not leave him in darkness; but it lifts him out of these evils. Thus God's people are continually led to come unto him for his instruction, because they feel that without his special teaching they can know nothing as they ought to know.
No, the more they have, the more they want to have; for
no sooner is the light withdrawn, than the darkness is more sensibly felt.
If any text of Scripture has been opened up to them, it makes them want to
have others made known in a similar way; if they have had any consolation,
and it is taken away, it makes them want it again. So that the more wise and
spiritual God's people become, the more foolish and carnal they appear in
their own eyes; the stronger they are in the Lord and in the power of his
might, the more sensibly do they feel the weakness of their flesh; and the
more they are enabled to walk closely with the Lord, the more they discover
the wretched wanderings of their base and sinful hearts.
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