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“Is My Family Prepared to Meet the Lord?”, July 31
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the
everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2
Peter 1:11
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Let parents study the first chapter of the Second Epistle of Peter. Here
is represented the exalted excellence of Bible truth. It teaches that the
Christian’s experience is to be one of steady growth, of constant gain in
graces and virtues that will give strength to the character and fit the soul
for eternal life....
It is the privilege of parents and children to grow together in the
grace of Christ. Those who comply with the conditions laid down in the
Word will find full provision for their spiritual needs and for power to
overcome.... The Lord expects parents to make earnest united efforts in
the training of their children for Him. In the home they are to cultivate the
graces of the Spirit, in all their ways acknowledging Him who through
the sanctification of the Spirit has promised to make us perfect in every
good work....
Shall the people who have a solemn message to bear for the enlighten-
ment and salvation of the world, make little or no effort for the members
of their own family who are unconverted to the truth? Will parents allow
their minds to be engrossed with trifling matters to the neglect of the
all-important question, “Is my family prepared to meet the Lord?” Will
they assent to the great truths that are present truth for these last days,
and be interested to see this message going to other peoples and lands,
while they allow their children, their most precious possession, to go on
unwarned of their danger and unprepared for the future? Shall those who,
from the Word of God and through the witness of His Spirit, have had
clear light concerning their duty allow the years to pass without making
definite efforts to save their children?
Christ is waiting for the cooperation of human agencies, that He may
impress the hearts of our children and youth. With intense desire heavenly
beings long to see parents making that preparation which is essential if
they and their children stand loyal to God in the coming conflict, and enter
in through the gates to the city of God.
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