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Heaven on My Side, January 20
The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy
whole body shall be full of light.
Matthew 6:22
.
Satan’s work today is that of a deceiver and an accuser. The Lord declares
him to be an accuser of the brethren day and night. By long practice Satan
has become well skilled in his trade of fault-finding, and will educate every
man whom he can use to unite with him in this work. By him many are being
deceived, and are moving blindfolded into paths of Satan’s opening.
The central power of the earth is a demon. His throne is in the midst of
the world, where should have been seen the throne of God. He has been
patronized by the church, for the church has been conformed to the world,
and is living in transgression of the holy law of God.
Christ gave Himself to ransom man from the power of the destroyer.
By becoming the sin-Bearer He broke the power of Satan. He says, “I will
become the Center of the redeemed world.”
“All holy agencies,” saith God, “will I set in operation to oppose the
armies of the invisible foe, to destroy his power. The eternal agency of the
Holy Spirit shall rescue man from the effects of sin, and restore in him the
image of God.” ...
The Lord will not let His human treasure with Christ, its Head, go into the
enemy’s ranks without every effort made in their behalf. Their only hope is
to do the commandments of God. This is the gospel which has been sounding
down along the lines of our time.
To all Christ sends the invitation, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and
are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn
of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (
Matthew 11:28-30
). For ages
this invitation, Come, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, has been ringing
in clear tones above the world’s confusion and trouble. God will not give man
up to his own way and will, to be lost, without a determined effort to recover
him. The aim of Christ’s ministry, the scope of His far-reaching mercy and
power, is without bounds.—
Letter 78, January 20, 1900
, to Brother and Sister
Haysmer.
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