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of Infinity, and come to Christ, saying, “In my hand no price I bring;
simply to Thy cross I cling,” then divine agencies can cooperate with
us to sanctify and purify the life.
Let no one seek to evade the cross. It is through the cross that we
are enabled to overcome. It is through affliction and trial that divine
agencies can carry on a work in our lives that will result in the love
and peace and kindness of Christ.
A great work is to be accomplished daily in the human heart by the
study of the Word. We need to learn the simplicity of true faith. This
will bring its returns. Let us seek for decided advancement in spiritual
understanding. Let us make the precious Word the man of our counsel.
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We need to walk carefully every moment, keeping close to the side of
Christ. The spirit and grace of Christ are needed in the life, and the
faith that works by love and purifies the soul.
We need to understand clearly the divine requirements that God
makes of His people. The law, which is the transcript of His character,
no one need fail to understand. The words written by the finger of God
on tables of stone so perfectly reveal His will concerning His people
that none need make any mistake. The laws of His kingdom were
definitely made known, to be afterward revealed to the people of all
nations and tongues as the principles of His government. We would do
well to study those laws recorded in
Exodus 20
and in the thirty-first
chapter,
verses 12-18
.
When the judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, and
every man shall be judged according to the things written in the books,
then the tables of stone, hidden by God until that day, will be presented
before the world as the standard of righteousness. Then men and
women will see that the prerequisite of their salvation is obedience to
the perfect law of God. None will find excuse for sin. By the righteous
principles of that law, men will receive their sentence of life or of
death.
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