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Look to Jesus in Prayer, January 22
And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of
Man be lifted up.
John 3:14
, NKJV.
Throughout the camp of Israel there were the suffering and the dying who had
been wounded by the deadly sting of the serpent. But Jesus Christ spoke from
the pillar of cloud, and gave directions whereby the people might be healed. The
promise was made that whosoever looked upon the brazen serpent should live; and
to those who looked the promise was verified. But if anyone said: “What good
will it do to look? I shall certainly die under the serpent’s deadly sting”; if they
continued to talk of their deadly wound, and declared that their case was hopeless,
and would not perform the simple act of obedience, they would die. But everyone
who looked lived....
Our attention is now called to the Great Physician. “Behold the Lamb of God,
which taketh away the sin of the world.” Just as long as we look at our sins, and
talk of and deplore our wretched condition, our wounds and putrefying sores will
remain. It is when we take our eyes from ourselves, and fasten them upon the
uplifted Savior, that our souls find hope and peace. The Lord speaks to us through
His Word, bidding us “look and live.” “He that hath received his testimony hath set
to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God:
for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and
hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting
life.”
There is every reason why we should be encouraged to hope for the salvation
of our souls. In Jesus Christ every provision for our salvation has been made. No
matter what may have been our sins and shortcomings, there is a fountain open
in the house of David for all sin and uncleanness. “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.” This is the word of
the Lord. Shall we accept it? Shall we believe on Him?—
The Signs of the Times,
April 2, 1894
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