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We Inherit the Kingdom, December 23
Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 25:34
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Every action of ours in befriending God’s people will be rewarded as
done unto Himself.
In the day of final reckoning, Christ does not present before men the
great work He has done for them in giving His life for their redemption.
He presents before them the faithful work they have done for Him. What
surpassing love is this! He even mentions the work of the heathen, who
have no intelligent knowledge of the law of the Lord, but who have done
the very things the law required, because they have heeded the voice
speaking to them in the things of nature. When the Holy Spirit implants
Christ’s Spirit in the heart of the savage, and he befriends God’s servants,
the quickening of the heart’s sympathy is contrary to his nature, contrary
to his education. The grace of God, working upon the darkened mind, has
softened the savage nature untaught by the wisdom of men....
Christ implants His grace in the heart of the savage, and he ministers to
the necessity of the missionary, even before he has heard or comprehended
the words of truth and life. Behold that crowd collected about God’s
servant to harm him! But the Lord is working upon the heart and mind
of perhaps one man to plead in behalf of His servant; and when the
war council has determined the destruction of the Christian’s life, the
intercession of that savage turns the decision, and his life is spared. O, the
love that goes forth to the savage for this one act! To such Christ says,
in the Judgment: “I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye
clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came
unto me.” “Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared
for you from the foundation of the world.
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The Review and Herald, September 20, 1898
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