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Warnings to the Church
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Poor Brother C felt the influence of the Spirit of God, but was
deficient in experience. He did not fully turn from his old habits.
He failed to make God his strength continually, and his feet slipped.
There is no concord between Christ and Belial. You might have
helped him, had you been connected with Heaven as you should have
been. But your course of inactivity, your manner of conversation,
your influence, have strengthened him in his backsliding and quieted
the voice of conscience within him. Your course has not been a
reproof to him in his downward track. You could do good, were
you living for God. Your strength is utter weakness, your wisdom
foolishness; but you do not realize it. You have been too well
satisfied with a theory, a correct form of doctrine, but have not felt
the necessity of the power of God; you have neglected the spiritual
part of religion. Your whole being should cry out for the Spirit of
God—the life and power of religion in the soul, which would lead
to the crucifixion of self and a firm trust in your Redeemer.
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You are in terrible darkness, and unless you arise in the name of
God, and break asunder the fetters of Satan, and assert your freedom,
you will make shipwreck of the faith. So great is the unwillingness
of the Lord to leave you, and such is His love toward you, that
notwithstanding your life has not been in accordance with His will,
and your works and ways have been offensive to Him, the Majesty
of heaven condescends to beg the privilege of making you a visit and
leaving you His blessing: “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.”
The mansions in glory are His, and the joy of that heavenly abode;
yet He humbles Himself to seek an entrance at the door of your heart,
that He may bless you with His light and make you to rejoice in His
glory. His work is to seek and to save that which is lost and ready to
perish. He wishes to redeem as many as He can from sin and death,
that He may elevate them to His throne and give them everlasting
life.
Brother B, be entreated to arise and cast aside your doubts. What
makes you inclined to doubt? It is your life of departure from God,
your life of unconsecration, your jesting and joking. Your lack of
sobriety is endangering your eternal interests. Christ is inviting you
to turn from these follies to Him. You are not growing in grace and
in the knowledge of the truth. You are not an honor to the cause.
You are not becoming elevated, but are sinking lower and lower in