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Lord God will come with strong hand, and His arm shall rule for Him:
behold, His reward is with Him, and His work before Him. He shall
feed His flock like a shepherd: He shall gather the lambs with His arm,
and carry them in His bosom.”
Isaiah 40:9-11
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Now, with John the Baptist, we are to point men to Jesus, saying:
“Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
John 1:29
. Now as never before is to be sounded the invitation: “If
any man thirst, let him come unto Me, and drink.” “The Spirit and the
bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him
that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life
freely.”
John 7:37
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Revelation 22:17
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There is a great work to be done, and every effort possible must be
made to reveal Christ as the sin-pardoning Saviour, Christ as the Sin
Bearer, Christ as the bright and morning Star; and the Lord will give
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us favor before the world until our work is done.
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While the angels hold the four winds, we are to work with all our
capabilities. We must bear our message without any delay. We must
give evidence to the heavenly universe, and to men in this degenerate
age, that our religion is a faith and a power of which Christ is the
Author and His word the divine oracle. Human souls are hanging
in the balance. They will either be subjects for the kingdom of God
or slaves to the despotism of Satan. All are to have the privilege of
laying hold of the hope set before them in the gospel, and how can
they hear without a preacher? The human family is in need of a moral
renovation, a preparation of character, that they may stand in God’s
presence. There are souls ready to perish because of the theoretical
errors which are prevailing, and which are calculated to counterwork
the gospel message. Who will now fully consecrate themselves to
become laborers together with God?
As you see the peril and misery of the world under the working of
Satan, do not exhaust your God-given energies in idle lamentations,
but go to work for yourselves and for others. Awake, and feel a burden
for those who are perishing. If they are not won to Christ they will
lose an eternity of bliss. Think of what it is possible for them to gain.
The soul that God has created and Christ has redeemed is of great