Chapter 58—Soon Coming of Christ
The Preaching of the Gospel—God does not expect His workers
to attend to trifling matters. They are to preach the gospel. They will
find that short discourses are the most effective. In every place in
which the work is begun, the standard is to be raised higher and still
higher. The truth of Christ’s soon coming is to be proclaimed. And all
the workers, whether they speak from the pulpit or give Bible readings,
are to be taught to speak in a clear, expressive manner.—Lt 200, 1903.
Earnest Warnings—Living power must attend the message of
Christ’s second appearing. We must not rest until we see many souls
converted to the blessed hope of the Lord’s return. In the days of the
apostles the message that they bore wrought a real work, turning souls
from idols to serve the living God. The work to be done today is just
as real, and the truth is just as much truth; only we are to give the
message with as much more earnestness as the coming of the Lord
is nearer. The message for this time is positive, simple, and of the
deepest importance. We must act like men and women who believe it.
Waiting, watching, working, praying, warning the world—this is our
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The Review and Herald, November 13, 1913
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Practical Christian Truth—The truths of prophecy are bound
up together, and as we study them, they form a beautiful cluster of
practical Christian truth. All the discourses that we give are plainly to
reveal that we are waiting, working, and praying for the coming of the
Son of God. His coming is our hope. This hope is to be bound up with
all our words and works, with all our associations and relationships.—
Evangelism, 220
.
The Second Coming, a Constant Theme—The second coming
of the Son of man is to be the wonderful theme kept before the people.
Here is a subject that should not be left out of our discourses. Eternal
realities must be kept before the mind’s eye, and the attractions of the
world will appear as they are, altogether profitless as vanity. What are
we to do with the world’s vanities, its praises, its riches, its honors, or
its enjoyments?—
Evangelism, 220
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