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The Life of Continual Victory, September 10
For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the
everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
2 Peter 1:11
.
The Lord will not accept the work of any man that is not done in tenderness
and love and kindness. He has not set us as rulers, to Lord it over His heritage.
Let others be moved by Christ, just as we desire to be moved by Him.
Night after night, scenes have been presented to me of little companies pleading
with God. He would show them some idol they had been cherishing. Some would
give this up, and some would not. But the light of heaven shone from the faces of
those who would put away their idol. Then other idols would be shown to them,
and again some would put these away. But the light of heaven shone upon all who
would give up all for Christ.
We want to receive everything that God has for us in these days when wicked-
ness is increasing so rapidly. Are we learning the lesson, as we see the increase
of wickedness, that we must just as verily increase in righteousness? Do we
understand that we must be growing in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord
and Saviour, that we must be living upon the plan of addition? “Add to your faith
virtue; and to virtue knowledge; and to knowledge temperance; and to temperance
patience; and to patience godliness; and to godliness brotherly kindness; and to
brotherly kindness charity.
“For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. But he that
lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he
was purged from his old sins. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to
make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting
kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ” (
2 Peter 1:5-11
).
Here is brought to view our eternal life insurance policy. We had better make
sure that we are living on this plan of addition, and God will work for us on the
plan of multiplication. He will multiply unto us grace and peace. Let us fix our
eyes on the cross of Calvary, and behold the sacrifice of Christ to secure for us this
life insurance policy—“If ye do these things, ye shall never fall; for so an entrance
shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord
and Saviour Jesus Christ” (
Verses 10, 11
).—
Manuscript 73, September 10, 1906
,
“The Work in Mountain View.”
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