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Reflecting Light From The Sun Of Righteousness, November
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And we are his witnesses of these things; and so is also the Holy Ghost,
whom God hath given to them that obey him.
Acts 5:32
.
God wants every member of the church to stand faithfully at his post of duty,
to realize his responsibility, and create a heavenly atmosphere about his soul by
continually gathering the bright rays of the Sun of Righteousness to shed upon the
pathway of those about him....
We are to be representatives of Christ, as Christ was a representative of the
Father. We want to be able to attract souls to Jesus, to point them to the Lamb of
Calvary, who taketh away the sin of the world. Christ does not clothe sin with
His righteousness, but He removes the sin, and in its place He imputes His own
righteousness. When your sin is cleansed, the righteousness of Christ goes before
you, and the glory of the Lord is your rearward. Your influence will then be
decidedly on the side of Christ; for instead of making self a center, you will make
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Christ a center, and will feel that you are a guardian of sacred trusts.
When you remember that Christ has paid the price of His own blood for your
redemption and for the redemption of others, you will be moved to catch the bright
rays of His righteousness, that you may shed them upon the pathway of those
around you. You are not to look to the future, thinking that at some distant day
you are to be made holy; it is now that you are to be sanctified through the truth....
Jesus says, “But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon
you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me... unto the uttermost part of the earth”
(
Acts 1:8
). We are to receive the Holy Ghost.... The Holy Spirit is the Comforter
that Christ promised to His disciples to bring all things to their remembrance
whatsoever He had said unto them.
Then let us cease to look to ourselves, but look to Him from whom all virtue
comes. No one can make himself better, but we are to come to Jesus as we are,
earnestly desiring to be cleansed from every spot and stain of sin, and receive the
gift of the Holy Spirit.... By living faith we must lay hold of His promise, for He
has said, “Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.”
We are to be witnesses for Christ, reflecting upon others the light which the
Lord permits to shine upon us. We are to be as faithful soldiers marching under the
bloodstained banner of Prince Emmanuel.... The Captain of our salvation knows
the plan of the battle, and we shall come off more than conquerors through Him.
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