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What Is Your Life?, January 24
The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment.
Luke 12:23
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Our life was given us of God, and is dependent upon Him, as the
leaf is dependent upon the bough for sustenance.
Life is a manifestation of God’s love. It is a talent which God has
committed to our care, and it is a very costly talent, as viewed in the
light of the sacrifice of God’s Son. It is an expression of the ownership
of God. We are His by creation, and doubly His by redemption. We
derive our life from Him. He is the Creator and the Source of all life.
He is the Author of the higher life which He desires the beings formed
in His image to have.
Every one should consider the solemn question, What is my life
toward God and my fellow men? No man liveth unto himself. No life is
simply neutral in its results....
Every soul is under obligation to live a Christian life. Our individ-
uality, our talents, our time, our influence, our abilities, all given to us
of God, are to be rendered back to Him in willing service. The aim
and object of life is not to secure temporal advantages, but to make
sure of the eternal advantages. God claims your soul, your body, your
capabilities; for He has bought them by His own precious blood, and
they all belong to Him. It is robbery to withhold yourself from God....
The question of importance to us is, Is our life interwoven with that of
Jesus?
What is Christian life? It is a life rescued, a life taken out of a world
of sin, and attached to the life of Christ.
If our life is hid with Christ in God, we shall, when Christ shall
appear, also appear with Him in glory. And while in this world we will
give to God, in sanctified service, all the capabilities He has given us.
What is your life? You must meet and answer that question some-
time.
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