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the Lord. Those who use money for selfish gratification are pleasing
and glorifying the enemy of all righteousness. If they turned their
hearts to God, they would use their money to bless and uplift their
fellow men, to relieve poverty and suffering. Starvation is in our world,
nakedness, disease, and death; yet how few abate their sinful extrav-
agance! Satan is inventing everything that he can possibly devise in
order to keep men thoroughly occupied, so that they shall have no time
to consider the question, “How is it with my soul?”
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Christ’s Interest in the Human Family
The owner of all our earthly treasures came to our world in human
form. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us. We cannot
appreciate how deeply interested He must be in the human family. He
knows the value of every soul. What grief oppressed Him as He saw
His purchased inheritance charmed with Satan’s inventions!
The only satisfaction Satan takes in playing the game of life for
the souls of men is the satisfaction he takes in hurting the heart of
Christ. Though He was rich, for our sake Christ became poor, that
we through His poverty might be made rich. Yet in view of this great
fact, the majority of the world permit earthly possessions to eclipse
heavenly attractions. They set their affections upon earthly things, and
turn away from God. What a grievous sin it is that men will not come
to their senses, and understand how foolish it is to permit inordinate
affections for earthly things to expel the love of God from the heart.
When the love of God is expelled, the love of the world quickly flows
in to supply the vacuum. The Lord alone can cleanse the soul temple
from the moral defilement.
Jesus gave His life for the life of the world, and He places an
infinite value upon man. He desires that man shall appreciate himself,
and consider his future well-being. If the eye is kept single, the whole
body will be full of light. If the spiritual vision is clear, unseen realities
will be looked upon in their true value, and beholding the eternal world
will give added enjoyment to this world.
The Christian will be filled with joy in proportion as he is a faithful
steward of his Lord’s goods. Christ yearns to save every son and
daughter of Adam. He lifts His voice in warning, in order to break
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the spell which has bound the soul in captivity to the slavery of sin.