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Time to Wake Up!, February 5
Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to
righteousness, and sin not.
1 Corinthians 15:33, 34
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Brethren and sisters, wake up, wake up! Proclaim the gospel in its simplicity.
Listen as for your life to “what saith the Scriptures.” It is of supreme importance
that you hear aright, that you purify your hearts from selfishness, for your eternal
welfare is at stake. Are you seeking for the Pearl of Great Price? Are you guarding
yourselves against the deceptions of Satan, or do you stand ready to receive
the suggestions of those who have departed from the faith, and given heed to
seducing spirits? Your salvation depends on your hearing aright, and receiving
with meekness the engrafted Word.
Will you be reconciled to God, and obey His commandments, that you may
be sanctified, body, soul, and spirit? You have been bought with a price, by the
death of the only begotten Son of God. Your heart beats on. On that pulsation
depends your life. Its beating is independent of your will. You eat and sleep in
careless indifference. But God’s guardian care over you is unceasing. He controls
the ebb and flow of the vital current. Where is the gratitude that should rise from
human lips for His preserving care? Where is the recognition of His unceasing
watchfulness?...
Wake up, wake up! Put away your pride, and forsake your noncommittal
position. Your testing time has come, and you must take sides with Christ or
against Him. On which side are you standing? With the world, or with Christ?
Are you receiving the truth and preparing to speak a word in season to arrest the
attention of the careless and the indifferent? God demands decided changes in
your attitude. The truth you possess is the word of the living God. What are you
doing to meet the claims of the gospel? Is it your highest desire to learn the will of
Him who gave Himself for you in self-denial and sacrifice, that you might become
sons and daughters of God? Are you seeking to arouse souls to take an interest in
eternal realities?
Now is your time to learn how to work earnestly and intelligently for the
salvation of those ready to perish. Make no compromise with the powers of
darkness. Learn the claims of the law of God, and obey them heartily. Then your
life will shine forth brightly amidst the spiritual darkness of the world.—
Letter
32, February 5, 1907
, to the church members in and about Melbourne, Australia.
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