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The Message of the Cross, April 2
God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus
Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Galatians 6:14
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God has given me a message for His people.... You have been bought
with a price, and all that you have and are is to be used to the glory of God
and for the good of your fellow men. Christ died on the cross to save the
world from perishing in sin. He asks your co-operation in this work. You
are to be His helping hand. With earnest, unwearying effort you are to seek
to save the lost....
The transforming power of Christ’s grace molds the one who gives
himself to God’s service.... No longer can he be indifferent to the souls
perishing around him.... He realizes that every part of his being belongs to
Christ, who has redeemed him from the slavery of sin; that every moment
of his future has been bought with the precious lifeblood of God’s only-
begotten Son.
Have you so deep an appreciation of the sacrifice made on Calvary that
you are willing to make every other interest subordinate to the work of
saving souls? The same intensity of desire to save sinners that marked the
life of the Saviour marks the life of His true follower. The Christian has no
desire to live for self. He delights to consecrate all that he has and is to the
Master’s service. He is moved by an inexpressible desire to win souls to
Christ....
How can I best glorify Him whose I am by creation and by redemption?
This is to be the question that we are to ask ourselves. With anxious
solicitude the one who is truly converted seeks to rescue those who are still
in Satan’s power....
We have now only a little time in which to prepare for eternity.... People
need the truth, and by earnest, faithful effort it is to be communicated to
them. Souls are to be sought for, prayed for, labored for....
Upon us rests the weighty responsibility of warning the world of its
coming doom.... God calls upon His church to arise and clothe herself with
power. Immortal crowns are to be won; the kingdom of heaven is to be
gained; the world, perishing in ignorance, is to be enlightened.
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