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The Privilege Of Assurance, April 6
And hereby we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts
before him.
1 John 3:19
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I would impress upon our young men and young women the necessity of
making their calling and election sure. I would beseech you to do no haphazard or
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uncertain work where your eternal interests are involved. By so doing you lose
happiness, peace, comfort, and hope in this life, and you lose also your immortal
inheritance.
My young friends, you are judgment bound, and through the grace of Christ
you may render obedience to the commands of God, and daily gain fortitude and
strength of character, so that you need not fail or be discouraged. Divine grace
has been abundantly provided for every soul, so that each one may engage in the
conflict and come off victorious. Do not become sluggish; do not flatter yourselves
that you may be saved in walking in accordance with the natural traits of your
character—that you may drift with the current of the world, and indulge and please
self, and yet be able to withstand the forces of evil in a time of crisis, and come
off victorious when the battle waxes hot.... You must learn every day to obey the
orders of the Captain of the Lord’s host.
My young friends, do you pray? Are you educating yourselves to offer
petitions for pure thoughts, for holy aspirations, for a pure heart and clean hands?
Are you educating your lips to sing the praises of God, and are you seeking to do
the will of God? This is the kind of education that will be of the greatest value to
you; for it will aid you in the formation of Christlike character.
Do not settle down in Satan’s easy chair, and say that there is no use, you
cannot cease to sin, that there is no power in you to overcome. There is no power
in you apart from Christ, but it is your privilege to have Christ abiding in your
heart by faith, and He can overcome sin in you, when you cooperate with His
efforts.... You may be living epistles, known and read of all men. You are not to
be a dead letter, but a living one, testifying to the world that Jesus is able to save.
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