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To Accept the Light God Sends, June 24
O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring
me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.
Psalm 43:3
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The Lord Jesus came to our world full of mercy, life, and light, ready
to save those who should come unto Him. But He can save no one against
his will. God does not force the conscience; He does not torture the body
that He may compel men to compliance with His law. All this work is
after the order of Satan....
The Lord has made it apparent that He proffers to the sinner the privi-
lege of cooperating with God. He gives light, and furnishes evidence of
the truth. He makes plain what are His requirements, and it is left with the
sinner as to whether he will accept the truth, and receive grace and power
by which he may comply with every condition, and find rest in giving
willing service to Jesus Christ, who has paid the price of his redemption.
If the sinner hesitates, and fails to appreciate the light that has reached
his intellect and stirred the emotions of his soul, and refuses to render
obedience to God, the light grows dim, has less and less force, and finally
vanishes from his view. Those who fail to appreciate the first rays of light,
will not heed more decided evidences of the truth. If the tender appeals
of God fail to meet with a response in the heart of the sinner, the first
impressions made upon his mind lose their significance, and he is finally
left in darkness. The invitation is full of love. The light is as bright when
he finally refuses it, as when it first dawned upon his soul; but through
rejection of light, his soul becomes full of darkness, and does not realize
what is the peril of disregarding the light. Christ says to such a soul, “Yet
a little while is the light with you.
Today make your calling and election sure. Peter gives a copy of the
best life insurance policy in the world. He says: “Grace and peace be
multiplied unto you ... according as his divine power hath given unto us
all things that pertain unto life and godliness.
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The Youth’s Instructor, August 17, 1893
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The Youth’s Instructor, December 7, 1893
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