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Human Needs and Divine Supply
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heed the words of Paul, “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the
mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.”
How my heart goes out in rejoicing for those who walk in hu-
mility of mind, who love and fear God. They possess a power far
more valuable than learning or eloquence. “The fear of the Lord is
the beginning of wisdom;” and His love and fear are like a thread of
gold uniting the human agent to the divine. Thus all the movements
of life are simplified. When the children of God are struggling with
temptation, battling against the passions of the natural heart, faith
connects the soul with the only One who can give help, and they are
overcomers.
May the Lord work upon the hearts of those who have received
great light, that they may depart from all iniquity. Behold the cross
of Calvary. There is Jesus, who gave His life, not that men might
continue in sin, not that they may have license to break the law
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of God, but that through this infinite sacrifice they may be saved
from all sin. Said Christ, “I sanctify Myself, that they also might
be sanctified,” by the perfection of His example. Will those who
preach the truth to others be sanctified by the truth themselves? Will
they love the Lord with heart and mind and soul, and their neighbor
as themselves? Will they meet the highest standard of Christian
character? Are their tastes elevated, their appetites controlled? Are
they cherishing only noble sentiments, strong, deep sympathy, and
pure purposes, that they may indeed be laborers together with God?
We must have the Holy Spirit to sustain us in the conflict; “for we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against
spiritual wickedness in high places.”
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Need of Divine Power and Wisdom
[Special Testimonies, Series A 2a:12-16 (1892)..]
Melbourne, Australia,
July 3, 1892