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If We Shun the Cross, We Lose Eternal Life, August 29
He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of
me.
Matthew 10:38
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There can be only two classes.... And all who place themselves on
the side of the disloyal are standing under Satan’s black banner, and are
charged with rejecting and despitefully using Christ. They are charged
with deliberately crucifying the Lord of life and glory
He who shuns the cross shuns the reward promised to the faithful
Look to Calvary until your heart melts at the amazing love of the Son
of God. He left nothing undone that fallen man might be elevated and
purified. And shall we not confess Him? Will the religion of Christ degrade
its receiver?—No; it will be no degradation to follow in the footsteps of
the Man of Calvary. Day by day let us sit at the feet of Jesus, and learn of
Him, that in our conversation, our conduct, our dress, and in all our affairs,
we may reveal the fact that Jesus is ruling and reigning over us. God calls
upon us to walk in a path that has been cast up for the ransomed of the
Lord; we are not to walk in the world. We are to surrender all to God, and
confess Christ before men....
“He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of
me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my
sake shall find it.” Day by day we are to deny self, to lift the cross and
follow in the footsteps of the Master....
I am glad that the day of probation is not closed. Let us in the name of
Jesus Christ of Nazareth fall on the Rock and be broken. By meekness, by
love, by a holy conversation, by a compassionate spirit, confess Christ to
others. O that we might come into a position where He might reveal His
glory as it was revealed in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit was poured out
upon the people
The cross of Calvary is to us the pledge of everlasting life
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The Review and Herald, January 30, 1900
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Letter 144, 1901
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The Review and Herald, May 10, 1892
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Letter 15, 1892
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