Assurance to Those Facing Death
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Messages to Others Whose Lives Would Soon Close
We can sympathize with you, although at a distance from you. I
would say, Do not give up hope, but cling to the promise, “Ask, and it
shall be given you” (
Luke 11:9
). Yet do not feel discouraged if He who
can do the work of healing, He who knows the end from the beginning,
permits His child to die, to rise in the morning of the resurrection. Say,
“Not my will, but Thine, O God, be done.”... If your wife falls under
the affliction, remember that there is a future life. The last trump will
call forth all who have received Christ, believed in Him, and trusted in
Him for salvation.
My dear sister, we will pray for you. You have our sympathy. We
shall present your case to the Great Physician. I understand that this
has already been done. Hold fast to the hand of Him who can bless
and heal if He sees that it is for your present and eternal good. And
now, my brother and sister, while you are both alive, take this precious
time to appropriate by faith to yourselves the precious promises of the
Word of God. I am thankful that you are both presenting yourselves as
humble seekers for the pardon of all sin. This is your privilege. Do
not disbelieve.
Our precious Saviour has given His life for the sins of the world,
and has pledged His word that He will save all who come to Him.
“God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting
life” (
John 3:16
). These are the conditions of gaining eternal life.
Comply with them, and your hope is secured, whether you live or die.
Trust in the soul-saving Redeemer. Cast your helpless soul upon Him,
and He will accept and bless and save you. Only believe. Receive Him
with all your heart, and know that He wants you to win the crown of
life. Let this be your greatest and most earnest request. Make an entire
surrender, and He will cleanse you from every pollution, and make you
vessels unto honor. You may be washed and made white in the blood
of the Lamb. Thus you gain the victory In faith hold fast.—
Letter 45,
1905
.
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Words to Minister Dying of Cancer
We do not forget you; we remember you in our prayers at the
family altar. I lie awake nights pleading with God in your behalf.