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Entrusted Capital, March 22
Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you.
Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you: for he
that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth.
John 12:35
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This is the warning we would give to you who claim to believe the truth.
“Yet a little while is the light with you.” We would ask you to consider the
shortness of human life, how swiftly time is passing. Golden opportunities
and privileges are within our reach. The plenteous, abundant mercy of
God is waiting your demand upon its richest treasures. The Saviour is
waiting to dispense His blessings freely, and the only question is, Will you
accept them? The rich provisions have been made, and light is shining in a
variety of ways; but this light will lose its preciousness to those who do
not appreciate it, who do not accept and respond to it, or, having received
it, do not pass the light along to others.
Your life, your soul, your strength, your capabilities, your powers
of mind and body, are to be regarded by you as entrusted capital to be
improved for your Lord during the period of your life. You are to stand in
your allotted order in God’s great army, to work out His plan in saving your
own soul and the souls of others. This you may do by living a consistent
Christian life, by putting forth earnest efforts, by learning in the school of
Christ His ways, His purposes, and subordinating your will and way to the
will and way of Christ....
The Christian is to live a life distinctly different from that of the
worldling. The worldling lives a cheap quality of life. He consents not to
spiritual life. It is he who has the love of God that has life; it is he whose
hope is centered, not in this world, but in Christ, the great center....
“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath
not life” (
1 John 5:12
). Those who believe in Christ derive their motive
power and the texture of their characters from Him in whom they believe.
“Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves”
(
2 Corinthians 13:5
)
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The Youth’s Instructor, January 10, 1895
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