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In Search of Truth, January 4
The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth
them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ
depart from iniquity.
2 Timothy 2:19
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Pray for the impartation of the Holy Spirit and believe that it is for you....
Search your own hearts, and prepare the vessel for the reception of the Holy Spirit.
Do not be satisfied with your present experience. Sink the shaft deeper and still
deeper into the mine of truth....
It is the privilege of every believer in Christ to possess Christ’s nature, a nature
far above that which Adam forfeited by transgression. He who sees the Son by
faith and believes in Him, is obedient to the commandments of God, and in this
obedience he finds everlasting life.... You will not have a firm religious experience
unless you dig deep, and build your house upon the Rock....
Satan works through men who will be worked, blinding the perceptive faculties,
paralyzing the senses with selfish ease and love of the world, and unless a special
message direct from heaven comes to them they will not discern their peril.
Human nature is vacillating. Men grasp the truth with their perceptive powers,
but they refuse to separate themselves from the world. Men will not consent to
be God’s peculiar people. They know the truth of the Bible, but they do not want
to obey, and they turn from the truth. They act out their unbelief, and darkness
comes upon their souls. Choosing their own way they are left to be filled with
their own devices. Truth is insulted, Christ ignored, and perdition will be their
portion unless they turn and repent....
While these opposing influences are at work to lead away from the truth, away
from conviction, away from heaven into the broad path of self-gratification, the
agents of God are to work to save souls that are ready to perish. After wrestling
with God in prayer, put on the armor, and engage in earnest labor for the conversion
of souls. Let men see that with you truth is not a jest, but an eternal reality. You
are to deal with principles as you have never dealt with them before. Scatter the
seeds of truth with no sparing hand. Sow beside all waters. Have no prescribed
limits which you will not pass, but [work] with all the powers that God has given
you. Then the people will know you as a man who believes the truth, and to whom
truth is a reality. Let not your faith fail. Bring your mind to the point of decision
or shake yourself free from all slothfulness and inaction.... Hold fast. Leave no
means untried. Work, and watch, and pray, and walk humbly with God.—
Letter 6
1/2, January 4, 1900
, to a college Bible teacher and his wife.
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