What Jesus Taught

termination

he true and living God. But it was very difficult to do so in Abram's time, for most of Abram's people had forsaken the worship of Jehovah, and had turned to the worship of idols and graven images. This grieved Abram very much. He determined that he would serve the true God; and that if necessary, he would move away from his father's house to a

Hims

id to Abram, "I am the Lord thy God; I dwell in heaven, the earth is my footstool; I stretch my hand over the sea, and it obeys my voice; I cause the

ham and of Isaa

t of the worship of idols and graven images and strange gods of many lands, Abram had learned to know God-that is, he had learne

three men all served the true God. From them sprang the Children of Israel, all of whom learned also to worship the

st comm

still many different kinds of God worshipped even in the Christian world. To some, God is merely a spirit; to others, He is merely an influence, or a power; to others still, there is no real God, but the name is used merely to designate the forces of nature-and so on. Naturally, we

statement. We know what it means to know God. But w

mean to know

e of them was registered in the School of Divinity of one of the oldest and largest universitie

y the Son of God, and the Savior of

was a great leader, a great teacher, a great philosopher-in every way a great man. But I do not b

ry to underst

God's plan for the salvation of mankind, The first man, Adam, was just like us. He did not {24} understand the plan of salvation until it was taught to him. One day, when he was offering sacrifice outside of the Garden of Eden, an angel appeared to him. The angel told A

e mission

he effects of the fall in the Garden of Eden. Was Jesus, then, merely a great leader, a great teacher, a great philosopher? He was all that, to be sure. But He was also more than that. He was-He is-the Only Begotten Son of the Father

ird

the principles of the telephone, then should try to talk to someone at a distance without connecting the wires with the transmitting instrument, should you believe that he

we had learned to

annot claim a complete knowledge without doing God's will. Once, when John the Beloved was writing to some members of the Church, he said to them, "Hereby we do know that we know Him (Jesus Christ), if we keep His com

ion of ete

ods worshipped in the world. To know Jesus Christ is to recognize Him, and to accept Him and believe in Him as the Savior of the world. To know God and Jesus Christ, is to keep the commandments They have given to man. It wa

hom are all things, and we in Him; and one Lord, Je

esus Himself taught, that we may learn the better to

REFE

s. 1,2. Mo

0:3. 1 J

or.

QUES

blem that confronted Abr

lled the God of Abraham,

first of the te

it apply i

s it mean t

f the world ofte

necessary in the

t mean to know

full to know God and J

aim of all true educ