Relation of Faith and Works
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O my brother, walk carefully with God. But remember that there
are some whose eyes are intently fixed upon you, expecting that you
will overreach the mark, and stumble, and fall. But if you keep in
humility close to Jesus, all is well....
There is no place in the school of Christ where we graduate. We
are to work on the plan of addition, and the Lord will work on the
plan of multiplication. It is through constant diligence that we will,
through the grace of Christ, live on the plan of addition, making our
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
1:10, 11
).—
Letter 44, 1893
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No Compromise With Sin
Let my brethren be very careful how they present the subject of
faith and works before the people, lest minds become confused. The
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people need to be urged to diligence in good works. They should be
shown how to be successful, how to be purified, and their offerings
may be fragrant before God. It is by virtue of the blood of Christ.
Messages of a decided character must be borne to the people. Men
must go forth reproving, rebuking every manner of evil.
If there is given to the angel of any church a commission like unto
that given to the angel of the church of Ephesus, let the message be
heard through human agents rebuking carelessness, backsliding, and
sin, that the people may be brought to repentance and confession of
sin. Never seek to cover sin; for in the message of rebuke, Christ is to
be proclaimed as the first and the last, He who is all in all to the soul.
His power awaits the demand of those who would overcome. The
reprover is to animate his hearers so that they shall strive for the
mastery. He is to encourage them to struggle for deliverance from
every sinful practice, to be free from every corrupt habit, even if his
denial of self is like taking the right eye, or separating the right arm
from the body. No concession or compromise is to be made to evil
habits or sinful practices.—
Manuscript 26a, 1892
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