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Ever Onward, April 25
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove
the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.
John 16:7, 8
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It is through the mighty agency of the Holy Spirit that the government
of Satan is to be subdued and subjected. It is the Holy Spirit that convinces
of sin, and expels it from the soul by the consent of the human agent. The
mind is then brought under a new law, and that law is the royal law of liberty.
Jesus came to break the shackles of sin-slavery from the soul; for sin can
triumph only when the liberty of the soul is extinguished. Jesus reached
to the very depth of human woe and misery, and His love attracts man to
Himself. Through the agency of the Holy Spirit, He lifts the mind up from
its degradation, and fastens it upon the eternal reality. Through the merits of
Christ man may be able to exercise the noblest powers of his being, and expel
sin from his soul....
As we walk in the commandments of God, we follow on in the way cast
up for the ransomed of the Lord to walk in. The faithful of all ages have
walked in this path, and they have shone as lights in the world. In this age the
light transmitted from them has been shining with increased brightness upon
the path of those who are walking in darkness. Some have received the truth,
believed and obeyed it. The light of the third angel’s message has penetrated
into many a darkened mind. The light of the wisdom, the goodness, the mercy,
and love of God has been shining forth through His holy Word. We are not in
the place where our fathers were. Advanced light is shining upon us in these
last days. We cannot be accepted of God; we cannot honor Him by rendering
the same service, doing the same work that our fathers did.
In order to be accounted guiltless before God, we must be as faithful in our
time in following and obeying our light, as they were faithful in following and
obeying the light that shone upon them. Of every individual member of His
church, our heavenly Father requires faith and fruits according to the grace
and light given. God cannot accept less. Every soul should place himself
where the light will shine upon him. He should treasure every ray, that he may
brighten and bless the souls of others with the Heaven-sent radiance.—
The
Review and Herald, April 25, 1893
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