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Appeals for Truth and Loyalty
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heaven, but He that came down from heaven, even the Son of man
which is in heaven.” Jesus not only tells Nicodemus that he must
have a new heart in order to see the kingdom of heaven, but tells
him how to obtain a new heart. He reads the inquiring mind of a
true seeker after truth, and presents before him the representation
of Himself: “As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even
so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have eternal life.” Good news! good
news! ring throughout the world! “For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” This lesson is one
of the greatest importance to every soul that lives; for the terms of
salvation are here laid out in distinct lines. If one had no other text
in the Bible, this alone would be a guide for the soul.
Especially to every man who accepts responsibilities as a coun-
selor, everyone who is dealing with human souls, is this grand,
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beautiful truth to be a bright and shining light. It is no credit to
one who has the word of God in his possession, to say: “I have no
experience; I do not understand these things.” He will never be wiser
until he becomes of much less consequence in his own estimation.
He must learn his lesson as a little child. He must make it his first
duty to understand the work of God in the regeneration of the soul.
This change should take place in every man before he accepts a
position as a leader or ruler in connection with the sacred work of
God. If one has not a vital connection with God, his own spirit and
sentiments will prevail. These may be well represented as strange
fire offered in the place of the sacred. Man has woven into the work
of God his own defects of character, devices that are human and
earthly, delusions ensnaring to himself and to all who accept them.
The Judgment of Amalek
God pledges His most holy word that He will bless you if you
will walk in His way and do justice and judgment. “Thou shalt
not have in thy bag divers weights, a great and a small. Thou shalt
not have in thine house divers measures, a great and a small. But
thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure
shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which