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Let Christ Be Your Light, November 14
Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never
thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water
springing up into everlasting life.
John 4:14
.
God calls upon all who have been drinking of the water of life to lead
others to the fountain.... “I Jesus have sent mine angel to testify unto you
these things in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of David, and the
bright and morning star” (
Revelation 22:16
). Christ is to be your light. Christ
is to be your sufficiency and power. Christ is the root, and He sustains every
branch by His power....
Every converted soul has a work to do. We are to receive grace in order
to freely give grace. We are to let the light shine forth from the bright and
morning star, to shed forth light in works of self-denial and self-sacrifice,
following the example that Christ has given us in His own life and character.
We are to draw from the root that substance that will enable us to bear much
fruit. Every soul who has heard the divine invitation is to echo the message
from hill to valley, saying to those with whom he comes in contact, “Come.”
...
The love of Jesus in the heart will always be revealed in tender compassion
for the souls of those for whom Christ paid so dear a price. “Let us not love
in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. And hereby we know that
we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before him.... And whatsoever
we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his commandments, and do those
things that are pleasing in his sight” (
1 John 3:18-22
). There is no such thing
as a loveless Christian....
Every true believer catches the beams from the Morning Star and transmits
the light to those who sit in darkness. Not only do they shine amid the darkness
of their own neighborhood, but as a church they shine forth to regions beyond.
The Lord expects every man to do his duty. Every one who unites with the
church is to be one with Christ to diffuse the beams of the Morning Star, and
becoming the light of the world, Christ and His people are to be copartners in
the great work of saving the world.—
Manuscript 51, November 14, 1894,
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