[Songs in the Night - March 23]
I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though you know them, and be established in the present truth. II Peter 1:12
TO BE established in the truth signifies that we
have carefully studied and thoroughly proved it by
"the Law and the testimony" (Isaiah 8:20), and that as a
consequence we are convinced of its verity, so that
our faith is stedfast and unmovable: we know whom
we have believed; we have tasted and seen that the
Lord is good; we have partaken of the sweets of fellowship
with him; we have partaken of his spirit of
meekness, faith, and godliness to such an extent as to
be led into a joyful realization of the fulness of his
grace as manifested in the wonderful divine plan of the
ages; and we have been permitted to see, not only the
various features of that plan, but also the necessity and
reasonableness of all its various measures in order to
the full accomplishment of its glorious outcome in the
fulness of the appointed times.
This is what it is to
be "established in the present truth."
It is indeed a
most blessed condition, bringing with it such peace and
joy as the world can neither give nor take away. Z'02-307 R3089:3 (Hymn 93)