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Doing for Christ
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Isaiah 1
: “And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide
Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not
hear: your hands are full of blood. Wash you, make you clean; put
away the evil of your doings from before Mine eyes; cease to do
evil; learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge
the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason
together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall
be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be
as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the
land: but if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword:
for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.”
The gold mentioned by Christ, the True Witness, which all must
have, has been shown me to be faith and love combined, and love
takes the precedence of faith. Satan is constantly at work to remove
these precious gifts from the hearts of God’s people. All are engaged
in playing the game of life. Satan is well aware that if he can remove
love and faith, and supply their place with selfishness and unbelief,
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all the remaining precious traits will soon be skillfully removed by
his deceitful hand, and the game will be lost.
My dear brethren, will you allow Satan to accomplish his pur-
pose? Will you submit to lose the game in which you desire to win
everlasting life? If God has ever spoken by me, you will just as
surely be overcome by Satan, instead of being overcomers, as the
throne of God stands sure, unless you are entirely transformed. Love
and faith must be won back. Will you engage in this conflict anew
and win back the precious gifts of which you are nearly destitute?
You will have to make efforts more earnest, more persevering and
untiring, than you have ever yet made. It is not merely to pray or fast,
but it is to be obedient, to divest yourselves of selfishness, and keep
the fast which God has chosen, which He will accept. Many may
feel grieved because I have spoken plainly; but this I shall continue
to do, if God lays the burden upon me.
God requires that those who occupy responsible positions should
be consecrated to the work; for if they move wrong, the people feel
at liberty to follow in their footsteps. If the people are wrong, and
the leaders lift not their voice against the wrong, they sanction the
same, and the sin is charged upon them as well as the offenders.