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died to purchase a full and free salvation for all that would accept it.
Then why not take him as your Saviour? He rebukes your unbelief; he
honors your faith.
Go into a cellar, and you may well talk of darkness, and say, “I
cannot see; I cannot see.” But come up into the upper chamber, where
the light shines, and you need not be in darkness. Come where Christ
is, and you will have light. Talk unbelief, and you will have unbelief;
but talk faith, and you will have faith. According to the seed sown
will be the harvest. If you talk of heaven and the eternal reward, you
will become lighter and lighter in the Lord, and your faith will grow,
because it is exercised. Fasten your eyes upon Jesus, dear friends, and
by beholding you will become assimilated to his image. Do not allow
your thoughts to dwell continually upon things of the earth, but place
them upon things that are heavenly, and then, wherever you are, you
will be a light to the world.
Live the life of faith day by day. Do not become anxious and
distressed about the time of trouble, and thus have a time of trouble
beforehand. Do not keep thinking, “I am afraid I shall not stand in
the great testing day.” You are to live for the present, for this day only.
Tomorrow is not yours. Today you are to maintain the victory over
self. Today you are to live a life of prayer. Today you are to fight the
good fight of faith. Today you are to believe that God blesses you.
And as you gain the victory over darkness and unbelief, you will meet
the requirements of the Master, and will become a blessing to those
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around you.
From every member of the church a steady light should shine forth
before the world, so that they shall not be led to inquire, “What do
these people more than others?” Religion is not to be held as a precious
treasure, jealously hoarded, and enjoyed only by the possessor. True
religion cannot be thus held; for such a spirit is contrary to the gospel.
“Freely ye have received, freely give,” are the words of the Master.
While Christ is dwelling in the heart by his Spirit, it is impossible
for the light of his presence to be concealed or to grow dim. On the
contrary, it will grow brighter and brighter, as day by day the mists
of selfishness and sin that envelop the soul are dispelled by the bright
beams of the Sun of righteousness.
Christians may learn a lesson from the faithfulness of the light-
house keeper. “A gentleman once visited a light-house that was placed