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For What Are You Preparing?, June 27
And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to
everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
Daniel 12:2
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It is our privilege to understand the great responsibilities that God has placed
upon us so that we shall not be in darkness as to what is coming upon our world.
We cannot afford to meet that day without a preparation. But when we think of
this great and solemn event of Christ’s coming in the clouds of heaven with power
and great glory, we should live in great humiliation before God lest we fail of the
grace of God and prove ourselves unworthy of eternal life....
We see that the world at large have no thoughts of this great day, and many
of them do not care to hear anything about it. But we must meet the record of
our lives. We must remember that there is a witness to all our works. An eye
like a flame of fire beholds us in all our actions of life. Our very thoughts and
the intents and purposes of our hearts are laid bare to God’s inspection. As the
features are produced upon the polished plate of the artist, so are our characters
upon the books of record in heaven.
We ask you, “How stands your character in the sight of God today? Are you
preparing your souls for the grand review, that you may have the white robe of
character in that day?” You cannot afford to indulge in sin and iniquity. You cannot
afford to be found a transgressor of God’s great moral rule of righteousness....
The God of heaven has given us reasoning powers and intellect, and He wants
us to use them. He has given us this body which He wishes us to preserve in
perfect health so that we can give Him perfect service. The Lord God is an ever-
present witness to the deeds of wickedness done among the children of men upon
this earth. How does He look upon men and women for whom He has paid an
infinite price, but who refuse to obey His laws? ...
We cannot wait until the judgment before we consent to deny self and to lift
the cross. We cannot then form characters for heaven. It is here in this life that
we must take sides with the humble, self-denying Redeemer. It is here that we
must overcome envy, strife, selfishness, love of money, and love of the world. It is
here that we must enter the school of Christ, and learn of the Master the precious
lessons of meekness and lowliness of mind. And here it must be our aim and
earnest effort to be loyal and true to the God of heaven by obeying all of His
commandments and thus be fitting up for the mansions that Christ has gone to
prepare for all who love God.—
Manuscript 6a, June 27, 1886
, “Preparation for
the Judgment,” a sermon by Sister White in Orebro, Sweden.
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