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God’s High Standard
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sheaves to the Master. Thorough work is always done by all who are
connected with Christ. They bear fruit to His glory. But indolence
and carelessness and frivolity separate the soul from Christ, and
Satan comes in to work his will with the poor worldly subject. We
have a great truth, but through careless indifference the truth has lost
its force upon us. Satan has come in with his specious temptations,
and has led the professed followers of Christ away from their Leader,
classing them with the foolish virgins.
The Lord is coming, and we now need the oil of grace in our
vessels with our lamps. I ask, Who will now be on the Lord’s side?
Before Jesus went away, He promised that He would return again,
and receive us unto Himself, “that where I am,” He said, “ye may be
also.” We are strangers and pilgrims in this world. We are to wait,
watch, pray, and work. The whole mind, the whole soul, the whole
heart, and the whole strength are purchased by the blood of the Son
of God. We are not to feel it our duty to wear a pilgrim’s dress of
just such a color, just such a shape, but neat, modest apparel, that
the word of inspiration teaches us we should wear. If our hearts are
united with Christ’s heart, we shall have a most intense desire to be
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clothed with His righteousness. Nothing will be put upon the person
to attract attention or to create controversy.
Christianity
—how many there are who do not know what it is!
It is not something put on the outside. It is a life inwrought with
the life of Jesus. It means that we are wearing the robe of Christ’s
righteousness. In regard to the world, Christians will say, We will
not dabble in politics. They will say decidedly, We are pilgrims and
strangers; our citizenship is above. They will not be seen choosing
company for amusement. They will say, We have ceased to be
infatuated by childish things. We are strangers and pilgrims, looking
for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
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Sabbath Observance the Sign of Loyalty
[Special Testimony to Battle Creek Church, 29-40 (1898).]
Sunnyside, Cooranbong,