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In order to know the God of creation, we
need to know Him by the revelation of
Himself through His Word — and God
reveals Himself in His Word as a holy God
who cannot be approached by unholy
people. One sin makes a person unholy in
God’s sight and unfit for Heaven, and that
sin can be cleansed only by the blood of
God’s Son, who “loved us, and hath given
himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to
God for a sweetsmelling savour.”
God’s Word was a treasure to David, and he
valued it more than “much fine gold.” It’s no
wonder that God described David as “a man
after mine own heart.” The Word of God is
the key to spiritual growth into Christlikeness
in a believer’s life, and being conformed to
the likeness of Christ is God’s ultimate goal
for every believer (See 1 Pet. 2:2; 2 Pet. 3:18;
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