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Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to
hell: for if the mighty works which have been done in thee, had been
done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto
you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day
of judgment than for thee.” [
Matthew 11:20-25
.]
It is a fearful thing to have great light and blessing, to have many
opportunities and privileges, and yet make no saving use of them.
Those who do not make a saving use of their opportunities, will be
condemned by the privileges God has granted to them; but those who
walk in the light will have increased light. Those who have had the
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light of truth, and yet have failed to walk in the light, are under the same
sentence of condemnation as were Chorazin and Bethsaida. Shall not
these warnings be heeded? Shall not these admonitions have weight
with us? In the near future it will be seen just who have been walking
humbly with God, and who have been obeying his orders. Those who
have been walking in the sparks of their own kindling will lie down in
sorrow. It will be seen that they have made a terrible mistake. O let us
awake! light is now shining; let the windows of the mind and heart be
open to welcome the heaven-sent rays. Shall Jesus say of those who
profess to obey the truth, and yet who fail to walk in its light, “In them
is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall
hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not
perceive: for this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull
of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should
see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand
with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them”?
[
Matthew 13:14, 15
.]—MS.