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Revealing Christ in the Crisis, December 5
O God, thou art terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel is
he that giveth strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Psalm 68:35 .
It is time we were endowed with power from on high. Satan and all his
confederacy of evil are working with untiring vigilance to oppose good.
Never was there a stronger combination formed to neutralize the lessons
and teachings of Christ and to sow the seeds of infidelity in regard to the
inspiration of the Scriptures....
Satan is moving with his power from beneath to inspire men to form
alliances and confederacies of evil against light and against the Word of
God. Infidelity, papacy, and semi-papacy are coming in close and powerful
companionship with professed Christianity. The low views of inspiration,
the exalting of human ideas from men called wise, are placing human
talent above the divine wisdom and forms, and science so-called above the
power of vital godliness. These are the signs of the last days. Let every
one who believes in Jesus Christ ... use his talent of voice in exalting Jesus
and presenting testimonies that will magnify, honor, and adore the Word of
God.... The gospel makes itself known in its power in the consistent, holy,
pure lives of those who are believers, hearers, and doers of the Word.
Do not give to the world the impression that Christ has proved to you
without form and comeliness ... and that there is no beauty in Him that you
should desire Him. Reveal Christ as He is—the one “altogether lovely”
and the “chiefest among ten thousand” (Song of Solomon 5:16, 10). O
how His glory is dimmed by His professed followers because they are
earthly-minded, disobedient, unthankful, and unholy! How shamefully is
the Lord Jesus kept in the background! How is His mercy, His forbearance,
His long-suffering, and His matchless love veiled, and His honor beclouded
by the perversity of His professed followers! ... Lift up Jesus. Talk of His
love, tell of His power, and let self be lost behind the glory of His person
and the mighty power of the cross of Calvary.5 [346]
5 Letter 110, 1893.
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