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Light Comes in Bright Rays, June 4
Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to them; that thy profiting
may appear to all.
1 Timothy 4:15
.
We have been taught by God concerning the great plan of redemption. This
should be to us a matter of earnest thanksgiving. God’s promises will never fail if
we constantly watch unto prayer....
Our knowledge should give spirituality to the understanding. Our knowledge
of the Scriptures should be practical. The Lord is pleased when those who are
connected with Him are filled with a knowledge of His will. His servants should
daily gain more knowledge of Him. Daily they should grow in grace and in
spiritual understanding, strengthened with might according to His glorious power.
They are to increase in spiritual efficiency, that they may give strength to the
people of God.
God does not ask sinners to enter His service with their natural traits of char-
acter, to make a failure before the heavenly universe and before the world.... The
hard, cruel spirit which judges and condemns has left the trace of the enemy
upon everything. But mercy is to come in and lay her broad impress upon every
plan. The world is to see principles different from those which have hitherto
been presented. Christ has erected the cross. He does not call upon any man to
manufacture tests and crosses for His people. He presents His requirements before
them, and gives them the invitation, “Come unto me, all ye that labour and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;
for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my
yoke is easy, and my burden is light” (
Matthew 11:28-30
). Wear My yoke, and in
your daily experience you will find the rest which comes only to the obedient.
Christ invites all to come to Him, but when they come, they are to lay aside
their sins. All their vices and follies, all their pride and worldliness, are to be laid
at [the foot of] His cross. This He requires because He loves them, and desires to
save them; not in their sins but from their sins. He who accepts the truth longs for
transformation, and the light comes to him in bright rays.
The truth is to be believed and practiced, because Christ asserts it to be the
word of the living God. The brightest beams of light from the threshold of heaven
are thrown on the pathway in which God requires His people to walk. When
sinners accept Christ as their personal Saviour, they realize the greatness of God’s
gift to them, and praise and thanksgiving flow to the divine Giver.
The recovery of souls from sin is to be a revenue of goodness to men and of
glory to God.—
Manuscript, June 4, 1901
, “Instruction to Believers.”
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