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Hold Fast and Be Ready, December 10
Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold
fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on
thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon
thee.
Revelation 3:3
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“Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast,
and repent.” Those who have been born again remember with what joy
and gladness they received the light of heaven, and how eager they were
to tell everybody of their happiness....
“Hold fast.” This does not mean, Hold fast to your sins; but, hold
fast to the comfort, the faith, the hope, that God has given you in His
Word. Never be discouraged. A discouraged man can do nothing. Satan
is seeking to discourage you, telling you it is of no use to serve God, that
it does not pay, and that it is just as well to have pleasure and enjoyment
in this world. But “what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole
world, and lose his own soul”? You may have worldly pleasure at the
expense of the future world; but can you afford to pay such a price? We
are to “hold fast” and live up to all the light we receive from heaven.
Why?—Because God wants us to grasp the eternal truth, and act as His
helping hand by communicating the light to those who are not acquainted
with His love for them. When you gave yourself to Christ, you made a
pledge in the presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit,—the
three great personal Dignitaries of heaven. “Hold fast” to this pledge....
The enemy can never take out of the hand of Christ the one who
is simply trusting in His promises. If the soul is trusting and working
obediently, the mind is susceptible to divine impressions, and the light of
God shines in, enlightening the understanding. What privileges we have
in Christ Jesus
We are to watch vigilantly for the coming of the Lord.... Every moment
is to be faithfully employed. “He that shall endure unto the end, the same
shall be saved.
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Manuscript 92, 1901
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The Review and Herald, February 3, 1903
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