“Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division” (Luke 12:51).

“Is not my Word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?” (Jeremiah 23:29).

“I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High” (Isaiah 14:14).

“And what is the exceeding greatness of His power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of His mighty power” (Ephesians 1:19).

“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the Word, that ye may grow thereby” (I Peter 2:2).

This exhortation is directed to young Christians who have only recently trusted God’s enduring Word, preached to them in the saving gospel of Christ.