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To Whom Shall We Go?, June 29
This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is
become the head of the corner. Neither is there salvation in any other:
for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby
we must be saved.
Acts 4:11, 12
.
When so many of Christ’s followers left Him, and the Saviour asked the
twelve, “Will ye also go away?” Simon Peter answered, “Lord, to whom shall
we go? thou hast the words of eternal life” (
John 6:68
). It filled Christ’s heart
with sorrow to see anyone leaving Him, because He knew that faith in His
name and in His mission is man’s only hope. This desertion of His followers
was a humiliation to Him. Oh, how little human beings know of the sorrow
that filled the heart of infinite love when such things took place.
No one in the world ever longed more earnestly for appreciation and
fellowship than did Christ. He hungered for sympathy. His heart was filled
with a longing desire that human beings might appreciate the gift of God
to the world, and honor Him by believing His words and speaking forth
His praise. “God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son,
that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life”
(
John 3:16
).
How regretful were the words, “Will ye also go away?” They touched the
hearts of all the disciples but one. That one was Judas. He had a heart only
for money. His highest desire was to be the greatest.
Well might the disciples say, “Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the
words of eternal life.” Consider what Christ was. The Son of the Highest,
yet a Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Have we experienced the
blessing that comes from trusting Him with the whole heart, and honoring
Him by ever showing our love and devotion to Him? Christ is hungry for
fruit—fruit that will appease His hunger of soul in our behalf. It is His desire
that we bear “much fruit.”
Let us keep our hearts open to His love. “What shall it profit a man, if he
shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” (
Mark 8:36
). Oh, when
we can speak understandingly the words spoken by Peter, “Lord, to whom
shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life,” wonderful blessings will
come to us.—
Letter 171, June 29, 1905
, to Edson and Emma White.
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