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Take Christ at His Word, May 10
Him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out.
John 6:37
.
All that Jesus asks of you is to accept the truth of the gospel just as it reads.
Its requirements are plain and right to the point. All God requires of you is to
believe His Word, to accept a “Thus saith the Lord.” God’s requirements are His
communications to His human family. He speaks to them as intelligent, reasoning
agencies, who are responsible to render to Him the fruit of righteousness....
Will you take the Word of God just as it reads? Will you as a responsible agent
seek to realize your accountability to God? God is the sovereign of the world. He
has entrusted human beings with sacred gifts and endowed them with precious
faculties. They are responsible to Him for the right use of these endowments....
We have only to come, complying with the invitation, “If any man thirst, let
him come unto me, and drink” (
John 7:37
). “Him that cometh to me I will no
wise cast out” (
chap. 6:37
). Every human being, as he reads these words, should
feel that he is on holy ground. Remember that the life of the only begotten Son
of God was offered up for you. As the Holy Spirit impresses Christ’s words on
the heart and mind, man must feel that he is in the presence of superior goodness,
superseding immeasurably anything that earth can afford. He must feel that he is
occupying holy ground, for he is close to the living fountain of mercy and love.
To Moses, Jehovah declared, “I am that I am” (
Exodus 3:14
). Christ declared,
“Before Abraham was, I am” (
John 8:58
). By this declaration He laid open the
resources of His infinite nature, imparting in His words assurance of pardon for
the guilty race. He is the Word, conscious of power that He can take up and lay
down His life as He chooses [in order] to secure the salvation of those who have
fallen under Satan’s falsehoods and intrigues....
Having brought into the world the great treasures of heaven, owned and created
by the eternal God, Christ can give to all eternal life. To all who believe on Him
as their personal Saviour, He will give an eternal weight of glory.
To us the invitation is given, “Come out from among them, and be ye separate,
... and I will receive you, and will be a father unto you, and ye shall be my sons
and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty” (
2 Corinthians 6:17, 18
). Thus God has
declared His covenant of obedience.—
Letter 79, May 10, 1900
, to a gracious
businessman and his Adventist wife.
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