COMMENTS
What is it to grow in grace? It is to grow in favor with the Lord through an intimate personal acquaintance and fellowship of spirit with Him. To grow thus in grace and not grow in knowledge is impossible; for the very object of such communion is to build us up in a more perfect knowledge and acquaintance with the Lord—to bring us into closer fellowship with the Divine Plan, and to give us the privilege of being "workers together with him" in executing that Plan. If, therefore, we love and obey the Lord and desire to grow in His favor, His written Word is our daily meditation and study; and thus we grow in knowledge.
The Christian's mission is to proclaim God's Word; and it should be fulfilled especially from the motive and in the expression of disinterested love. He who so presents the Truth is given such experiences by Christ, our Head, as will enable him to develop in every good work, and grow to completeness in his place and as an heir of the Kingdom.
Zech. 8:16; 2 Cor. 4:2; Eph. 4:25; Psa. 32:2; John 1:47; Rom. 12:9; 1 Pet. 1:22; 2:2; 1 John 3:18; Eph. 2:21; 2 Pet. 3:18; Eph. 1:21, 22; 5:23; Col. 1:18, 19; 2:19.
