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Excerpt: So with the youngest Christian, there is no excuse for the least failure; the word addressed to the babes is, Ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things (1 John 2:20). The babe has received from above that which enables it to discern between what is gold and what is counterfeit, even should there be a coating of gold outwardly concealing all that part which is counterfeit. Should there be but little light in a room, or words or actions by others to distract the attention, or hinder the perception of the youngest saint, he will, if looking to the Lord, find the Word of God sufficient for him, and sufficient to prevent his being beguiled by others. The entrance of Thy words giveth light (Psalm 119:130). But all things having their true character exposed by the light are made manifest; for that which makes everything manifest is light (Eph. 5:13 JND), Thy Word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path, and He that believeth shall not make haste are all verses to help the believer at such a time. The babe may not be furnished with the whole Word to the same extent as the young man, (1 John 2:14), just as a little child in a family is not so fully acquainted with his father’s mind as the grown-up son, but the babe in Christ has guidance enough from the Word to save it from any misunderstanding of the Father’s will, or any disobedience to Him.
John is used in a special manner to warn the babes in Christ, for it is to them that he addresses the verse in his first epistle cited above. In the next verse he writes: I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth. A great principle is contained in this verse: the knowledge of what is true enables us to discern that which is false. This will be found to be true in the everyday things of this life, and the cabinetmaker or tailor who respectively knows what is good and valuable in wood or cloth will not be deceived by the praise or commendation which may be bestowed upon wood or cloth of an inferior kind. He knows what is true in that of which he has had experience, and he is consequently able to detect the lie in that which is presented to him, whatever may be the eloquence or art of the one who seeks to disguise the false character of the thing presented. Should the one presenting it be himself deceived, then the knowledge of, and the decision in rejecting the inferior article may be used even to undeceive the one who had been so earnest in praising it. It is well always to bear in mind that it is the being occupied with the truth itself that is the security for the believer, whether babe, young man, or father. The being occupied with what is false is not the way to learn the character of what is false, but rather the way to be seduced and beguiled by it.