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Are You Preparing for Heaven?, May 17
Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of
man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
1
Corinthians 2:9
.
What a work is before us. We need greater faith in Christ and the Father, for
this we must certainly have, else we shall be counted with the unbelievers. We see
great opportunities and a great amount of work to do. We want the sanctification of
the Holy Spirit. We cannot afford to miss the mark of the prize of the high calling
in Christ Jesus. The sanctification of the truth, confirming man’s steadfastness in
the faith, will constitute men laborers together with God.
United with the Source of all power, persevering in duty, enlarging the appre-
hension of the love of God in Christ Jesus, they become one with Christ, until they
are complete with Christ in God.
The glories that await the faithful overcomer are beyond any description. The
Lord will greatly honor and exalt His faithful ones. They shall grow like the cedar,
and their comprehension will be certainly increasing. And at every advanced stage
of knowledge their anticipation will fall far beneath the reality. “Eye hath not
seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which
God hath prepared for them that love him” (
1 Corinthians 2:9
). Our work now is
to prepare for those mansions that God is preparing for those who love Him and
keep His commandments.... The Lord Jesus will enlarge every mind and heart for
the reception of the Holy Spirit....
Time is short. Let the little time you have be employed for your own present
and eternal good by active Christian service, doing all the good possible. Redeem
the time that has been lost; seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Then you will have something to impart in good works, in cheerful, consecrated
influence....
What preparation have you made for the future, eternal world? ... You want
something higher and better than you now have. You may exert a conscious and
unconscious influence in right doing. God deserves something better from you
as His subject than that which you have given Him. Carefully consider: Are you
standing under the banner of Prince Emmanuel, or under the black banner of the
prince of darkness? There is an obligation resting upon you to return the influence
and money that is lent you of the Lord to advance His cause and glorify His name.
The Lord calls upon you, “My son, give me thine heart.”—
Letter 71, May 17,
1900
, to John Wessels.
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