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imperishable remembrance. We want faith now, living faith. We want
to have a living testimony that shall cut to the heart of the sinner.
There is too much sermonizing and too little ministering. We want the
holy unction. We need the spirit and fervor of the truth. Many of the
ministers are half paralyzed by their own defects of character. They
need the converting power of God.
That which God required of Adam before his fall was perfect
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obedience to His law. God requires now what He required of Adam,
perfect obedience, righteousness without a flaw, without shortcoming
in His sight. God help us to render to Him all His law requires. We
cannot do this without that faith that brings Christ’s righteousness into
daily practice.
Dear brethren, the Lord is coming. Lift up your thoughts and heads
and rejoice. Oh, we would think that those who hear the joyful news,
who claim to love Jesus, would be filled with joy unutterable and full
of glory. This is the good, the joyful news which should electrify every
soul, which should be repeated in our homes and told to those whom
we meet on the street. What more joyful news can be communicated!
Caviling and contention with believers or unbelievers is not the work
God has given us to do.
If Christ is my Saviour, my sacrifice, my atonement, then I shall
never perish. Believing on Him, I have life forevermore. Oh, that all
who believe the truth would believe in Jesus as their own Saviour. I
do not mean that cheap faith unsupported by works, but that earnest,
living, constant, abiding faith, that eats the flesh and drinks the blood
of the Son of God. I want not only to be pardoned for the transgression
of God’s holy law, but I want to be lifted into the sunshine of God’s
countenance. Not simply to be admitted to heaven, but to have an
abundant entrance.
Salvation a Union With Christ
Are we so insensible as a peculiar people, a holy nation, to the
inexpressible love that God has manifested for us? Salvation is not
to be baptized, not to have our names upon the church books, not
to preach the truth. But it is a living union with Jesus Christ, to be
renewed in heart, doing the works of Christ in faith and labor of love,
in patience, meekness, and hope. Every soul united to Christ will be a