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True Motive in Service
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the worker for Christ behold these redeemed ones, who share the glory
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of the Redeemer! How precious will heaven be to those who have
been faithful in the work of saving souls!
“If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above,
where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God.”
Colossians 3:1
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“If ... thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of
light.”—Matthew 6:22.
Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the con-
dition pointed out by the Saviour’s words. Let the purpose be sincere
and unwavering to discern the truth and to obey it at whatever cost,
and you will receive divine enlightenment. Real piety begins when
all compromise with sin is at an end. Then the language of the heart
will be that of the apostle Paul: “This one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which
are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of
God in Christ Jesus.” “I count all things but loss for the excellency of
the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the
loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.”
Philippians 3:13, 14, 8
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But when the eye is blinded by the love of self, there is only dark-
ness. “If thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.” It
was this fearful darkness that wrapped the Jews in stubborn unbelief,
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making it impossible for them to appreciate the character and mission
of Him who came to save them from their sins.
Yielding to temptation begins in permitting the mind to waver,
to be inconstant in your trust in God. If we do not choose to give
ourselves fully to God then we are in darkness. When we make any
reserve we are leaving open a door through which Satan can enter to
lead us astray by his temptations. He knows that if he can obscure our
vision, so that the eye of faith cannot see God, there will be no barrier
against sin.
The prevalence of a sinful desire shows the delusion of the soul.
Every indulgence of that desire strengthens the soul’s aversion to God.
In following the path of Satan’s choosing, we are encompassed by
the shadows of evil, and every step leads into deeper darkness and
increases the blindness of the heart.