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Christ Points Us to a More Glorious World, August 16
We do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not
seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are
not seen are eternal.
2 Corinthians 4:18
, NKJV.
Earth and earthly things will perish with the using. A few years will pass by,
and death will come. Your eternal destiny will be fixed, eternally fixed. If your
soul is lost, what will compensate you for its loss? Christ the Life Giver, Christ the
Redeemer, Christ the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sins of the world, points
you to a nobler world. He brings it within range of your vision. He takes you to the
threshold of heaven, and brings you to contemplate the glories of eternal realities,
that your aspirations may be quickened to grasp the far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory. As you contemplate heavenly scenes, desire is kindled in your
heart to have friendship with God, to be wholly reconciled to Him.
Our Savior’s work is to adjust the claims between earthly and heavenly interests,
to put the duties and responsibilities of the life that now is in proper relation to
those that pertain to eternal life. The fear and love of God are the first things that
should claim our attention. We cannot afford to put off that which concerns our
soul’s interest till tomorrow. The life which we now live we are to live by faith in
the Son of God. We are redeemed from the beggarly elements of the world with a
redemption that is full and complete, that cannot be increased by any supplement
from human sources.
But in the midst of this flood of mercies, this plentitude of divine love, many
hearts continue in indifference, careless, and unimpressed by the provisions of
God’s grace. Shall we who claim to be Christians make no effort to break the spell
which Satan has cast upon these souls? Shall we let them go on in hardness of
heart, without God, and without hope in the world? No; although every appeal we
may make may be slighted and refused, we cannot cease to pray for them and to
make tender entreaty for their souls. We must do all we can, through the aid of
God’s Holy Spirit, to break down the barriers by which they have sought to make
themselves impregnable to the light of God’s truth. We must seek to open their
eyes to their blindness, to loose them from the captivity of Satan.—
The Signs of
the Times, July 17, 1893
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