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A Life Like His, July 17
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works,
and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
.
The truth in the soul will be seen in the circumspect life. Levity of conduct,
undue familiarity, will not exist. If everyone who claims to be a child of God
would cherish the spirit of kindness and love, without base thoughts and
undue attention, and devote his God-given powers to spreading the truth, in
seeking to save souls, what a bright, steady light would shine forth to the
world!
If we believe that Christ alone can save souls by His matchless grace, how
earnest would everyone be to hold up Christ, to be much in prayer as Christ
was, and by living faith ask much in His name that he may receive, and be
willing to spend and be spent to win souls to Christ. Let all who profess to be
Christians open the door of their hearts to His Spirit and to His grace; then the
peace of Christ will so rule in their hearts and be revealed in their characters
that there will be no discord, no strife, no emulation, no biting and devouring
one another, no seeking for the supremacy. The great and earnest effort will
be to live the life of Christ. We are to represent His spirit of mercy and give
no occasion for anyone to follow our example in doing evil.
Jesus was courteous, benevolent. He was obedient to all of His Father’s
commandments, implicitly and without questioning convenience or any selfish
interest. It is enough to us to know that God has spoken; and when we know
His will as revealed in His Word, we are to obey.
The world’s Redeemer is speaking to us; let us hear what He says:
“Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to
the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city” (
Revela-
tion 22:14
). Then those who see the claims of God in His Word and do not
obey, but excuse their negligence or willful disregard of God’s requirements,
testify by their course of action that they are not embraced in the blessed
promise on condition of obedience. They are not the ones who will have
a right to the tree of life, but are with the willful transgressors of the law
of God to whom Jesus says, “Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity”
(
Luke 13:27
).—
Manuscript 15, July 17, 1885
, “Influence of Unconsecrated
Workers.”
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