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is a lesson that many pass over without learning from it as they should.
Sin does not appear sinful. Self-exaltation does not appear to them
grievous.
But few realize the sinfulness of sin; they flatter themselves that
God is too good to punish the offender. The cases of Moses and Aaron,
of David, and numerous others, show that it is not a safe thing to
sin in word or thought or deed. God is a Being of infinite love and
compassion. In the parting address which Moses gave to the children
of Israel he said: “For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire, even
a jealous God.” The touching plea made by Moses that he might be
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privileged to enter Canaan was steadfastly refused. The transgression
at Kadesh had been open and marked; and the more exalted the position
of the offender, the more distinguished the man, the firmer was the
decree and the more certain the punishment.
Dear brother, be warned. Be true to the light which shines upon
your pathway. Said Paul: “I keep under my body, and bring it into
subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I
myself should be a castaway.”
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