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Facing Our Life Record
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course, they would confess their sins and put them away. Satan
works to gain control of the whole mind, and he knows that if
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defects are cherished, he will succeed. Therefore he constantly
seeks to deceive the followers of Christ with his fatal sophistry that
it is impossible for them to overcome. But Jesus declared to all who
would follow Him: “My grace is sufficient for thee.” “My yoke is
easy, and my burden is light.”
2 Corinthians 12:9
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Matthew 11:30
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Let none regard their defects as incurable. God will give faith and
grace to overcome.
We are now living in the great day of atonement. While the
high priest was making atonement for Israel, all were required to
afflict their souls by repentance of sin. In like manner, all who would
have their names retained in the book of life should now afflict their
souls before God by true repentance. There must be deep, faithful
searching of heart. The frivolous spirit indulged by so many must
be put away. There is earnest warfare before all who would subdue
the evil tendencies that strive for mastery. Every one must be found
without “spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.”
Ephesians 5:27
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At this time above all others it behooves every soul to heed the
Saviour’s admonition: “Watch and pray: for ye know not when the
time is.”
Mark 13:33
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The Destiny of All Decided
Probation is ended a short time before the appearing of the
Lord in the clouds of heaven. Christ, looking forward to that time,
declares: “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him
be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. And,
behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every
man according as his work shall be.”
Revelation 22:11, 12
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Men will be planting and building, eating and drinking, all uncon-
scious that the final decision has been pronounced in the sanctuary
above. Before the Flood, after Noah entered the ark, God shut him
in and shut the ungodly out; but for seven days the people continued
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their pleasure-loving life and mocked the warnings of judgment.
“So,” says the Saviour, “shall also the coming of the Son of man be.”
Silently, unnoticed as the midnight thief, will come the hour which