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Your Case Is Not Hopeless, January 30
To this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit,
and trembleth at my word.
Isaiah 66:2
.
You have been presented before me as in doubt and despair. Christ said of
you as He said to Peter, “Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you
as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not” (
Luke 22:31, 32
).
I bring to you good news; Jesus loves you, tempest-tossed soul. You have not
made shipwreck of faith, although Satan has tried to make you believe that
you have done this. Look and live. Come to Christ just as you are. Take Him
as your personal Saviour.
You have made mistakes, but not willfully; you were drawn away by
temptation. The possession of a large amount of means intoxicated your
mind and perverted your judgment. You did not understand how to use means
wisely, to the glory of God. Yet you have invested means in His cause,
and where it will be used to His glory. My brother, although you have not
manifested all the wisdom that you could and should have exercised, God
accepts all you have done with a desire to promote His glory....
These words were presented to me for you: “In all things it behoved him
to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful
high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of
the people” (
Hebrews 2:17
), through the atonement. The repenting sinner is
to believe in Christ as his personal Saviour. This is his only hope. He may lay
hold on the merits of the blood of Christ, presenting to God the crucified and
risen Saviour as his worthiness. Thus through Christ’s offering of Himself,
the innocent for the guilty, every obstruction is removed, and the pardoning
love of God flows forth in rich streams of mercy to fallen man....
Only come to Jesus now, while it is called today. The experience you
have been passing through will prove of highest value to you when you yoke
up with Christ, to be a laborer together with God. You have delighted in the
truth, you have believed the truth, and you believe it still, and hope against
hope because the Holy Spirit is striving with you.
You have made crooked paths for your feet because of temptations, but
resist the devil, and he will flee from you; draw nigh to God, and He will
draw nigh unto you.—
Letter 91, January 30, 1895
, to a well-to-do SDA
businessman.
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