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Triumph of the Truth, April 3
In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine
shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity, sound speech, that cannot be
condemned.
Titus 2:7, 8
.
The triumph of the truth is dependent on the influence of those who
believe it. By personal labor, by a well-ordered life, by piety, faith, and tender
compassion, we are to advance the truth. We have a heaven to win. The
highest rewards are presented to the overcomer. Yes, an eternal weight of
glory is held out before us to induce us to so run that we may obtain the crown
of life that fadeth not away.
He who determines to overcome has a warfare before him from which
there is no release. Manfully he is to fight the good fight of faith. Lawfully
he is to strive, day by day seeking for purity and moral excellence. This
God requires him to do that he may represent Christ. He is to believe the
promises of God, and trust in Christ, showing those around him that he has
an inexhaustible treasure from which to draw. His words are to be right
words, his spirit the right spirit. His hands are never to grow weak in doing
the work God has given him to do. He will meet with trials, but he must
always be brave and cheerful. He is to treat all as the purchase of the blood of
Christ, without partiality and without hypocrisy. The Holy Spirit is his helper.
Through Christ, who strengthens him, he is enabled to bear all things....
The talents God has entrusted will call for proportionate returns. God
accepts “according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not”
(
2 Corinthians 8:12
). He does not expect from the man who has only one
talent that which He expects from him who has five. If the wealthy choose to
gratify every selfish desire, to enjoy the good things of this life, they will be
judged accordingly. They refuse to honor Christ by humble obedience, to lift
His cross. They live to please and gratify self, and thus dishonor God; and
He declares, “Them that honour me I will honour” (
1 Samuel 2:30
)....
Only those who trade faithfully upon their talents, with a solemn sense of
their responsibility, do a great work, because of their steadfast faithfulness....
Only those who glorify Him by wisely improving the gifts lent them by
aiding the cause of God, are great in His sight.—
Manuscript 53, April 3,
1899
, “Words of Instruction to Those Connected With the Sanitarium.”
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