• Thee to know. Nothing transcends the importance of knowing God. Jesus, in his high priestly prayer in John 17 actually proclaims this central truth: “And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God” (3).
• Thy power to prove. Wesley uses a somewhat archaic expression here. We use proof in the same way he is using it in our expression, “the proof is in the pudding.” We need not prove God’s power to anyone, but, our lives bear witness to the power of the Resurrection.
• Thus to sing. “Easter Christians” sing their faith. To be raised with Christ means to sing his song; rather, to permit the Spirit to sing through our lives. Our lives are songs of praise to the God of love. Throughout all eternity, we sing God’s praise. That is eternal life!
• Thus to love. Once love gets a hold of us, it will not let us go. Once we have experienced the Resurrection in our lives, we cannot help but commit all we are and all we have to the advance of that self-giving love. “We love because he first loved us,” and when that reality really sinks in we cannot help but be “lost in wonder, love, and praise.”