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Selling the Birthright
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way, and the blood of souls will be on your garments. Had you
maintained your integrity, your mother, your brother E, and one who
now hovers over the brink of the grave, might now be enjoying the
consolation of the Spirit of God and have a good experience in the
truth. Ever bear in mind that we are accountable for the influence
we exert. Our influence gathers with Christ or scatters abroad. We
are either helping souls in the narrow path of holiness or we are a
hindrance, a stumbling block to them, turning them out of the way.
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You, my much-esteemed brother, have no time to lose. Be in earnest
to redeem the time, because the days are evil. Your associates, those
whose company you have chosen, have been a hindrance to you.
Come out from among them, and be separate. Draw near to God,
and come into closer union with His people. Let your interest and
your affections center in Christ and His followers. Love those best
who love Christ most. Sever the links which have bound you to
those who love not God and the truth. What communion hath light
with darkness? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
You are in imminent danger of making shipwreck of faith. You
need all the strength which you can obtain from the people of God,
those who possess hope, courage, and faith. But do not neglect
prayer, secret prayer. Be instant in prayer; encourage a spirit of true
devotion. In your business career you have a work to do. Just what, I
am unable to tell you; but something is wrong. Search carefully. We
are doing up work for eternity. All our acts, all our words, are to be
weighed in the balances of the sanctuary. A just and impartial God
is to determine all our cases, every event of our life history. “He that
is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much: and he that
is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.”
Let nothing obstruct your progress in the way to everlasting life.
Your eternal interest is at stake. There must be a thorough work
wrought in you. You must be fully converted, or you will fail of
heaven. But Jesus invites you to make Him your strength, your
support. He will be to you a present help in every time of need. He
will be to you as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. Let it
not be your great anxiety to succeed in this world, but let the burden
of your soul be: How shall I secure the better world? what have I to
do to be saved? In saving your own soul, you save others. In lifting
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yourself, you lift others. In fastening your grasp upon the truth and