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The Good Fight of Faith, April 28
Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto
thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before
many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:12
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The earnest counsel given by the apostle Paul to Timothy, that he
might not fail in doing his duty, should be set before the youth of
today: “Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of
the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith,
in purity.”
1 Timothy 4:12
. Besetting sins must be battled with and
overcome. Objectionable traits of character, whether hereditary or
cultivated, should be taken up separately, and compared with the great
rule of righteousness; and in the light reflected from the Word of God,
they should be firmly resisted and overcome, through the strength of
Christ....
Day by day, and hour by hour, there must be a vigorous process of
self-denial and of sanctification going on within; and then the outward
works will testify that Jesus is abiding in the heart by faith. Sancti-
fication does not close the avenues of the soul to knowledge, but it
comes to expand the mind, and to inspire it to search for truth, as for
hidden treasure; and the knowledge of God’s will advances the work
of sanctification. There is a heaven, and O, how earnestly we should
strive to reach it. I appeal to you ... to believe in Jesus as your Saviour.
Believe that He is ready to help you by His grace, when you come to
Him in sincerity. You must fight the good fight of faith. You must be
wrestlers for the crown of life. Strive, for the grasp of Satan is upon
you; and if you do not wrench yourselves from him, you will be palsied
and ruined. The foe is on the right hand, and on the left, before you, and
behind you; and you must trample him under your feet. Strive, for there
is a crown to be won.
Soon we shall witness the coronation of our King. Those whose
lives have been hidden with Christ, those who on this earth have fought
the good fight of faith, will shine forth with the Redeemer’s glory in the
kingdom of God.
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