Knowledge – Understanding

We Should Never be Afraid – John Bunyan

If this God be our God; or if our God be such a God, and could we but attain to that knowledge of the breath, and length, and depth, and height that is in him, as the apostle here prays, and desires we may, we should never be afraid of anything we shall meet with, or that shall assault us in this world.

– John Bunyan –
from All Loves Excelling, 39

Knowledge Without Repentance – Thomas Watson

 

Some bless themselves that they have a stock of knowledge, but what is knowledge good for without repentance? It is better to mortify one sin than to understand all mysteries.

– Thomas Watson –

Learning About God Through Eternity – DL Moody

There are many things which were unclear and mysterious five years ago. Since then I have understood them more clearly. I expect to be finding out something new about God throughout eternity.

– DL Moody –
from The Way to God

The Bible as a Mighty Tree – Martin Luther

For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be a mighty tree and every word a little branch, I have shaken every one of these branches because I wanted to know what it was and what it meant.

– Martin Luther –