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Follow the Great Teacher, August 20
And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither
whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are
written in the Lamb’s book of life.
Revelation 21:27
.
This morning my hope is in Christ my Saviour. I pray that He will impart His
Holy Spirit to me every day, that with heart and mind and strength I may glorify
Him in this life. We are to do God’s work, not according to our own plans, but
in accordance with the example that the Lord Jesus has given us. He came to
our world to do the work appointed Him by His Father, that we might receive an
education in the high science of performing genuine service for the Master.
If we practice the teachings He has given in His Word, these principles become
a part of the life. This is what is meant by eating Christ’s flesh and drinking His
blood. In this world we are daily to prepare for the higher life; and when we unite
with the family above, we shall not be given new lessons, but a continuation of
the lessons that Christ gave His disciples when He was here....
Never are we to forget that we are a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to
men. We are to labor with a constant sense of our obligation to Him who gave
His life for us.... Thus we shall glorify our heavenly Father; and when the time
comes for us to lay off our armor, we shall with sincerity be able to say that we
have finished the work given us to do....
Every capability and power that we possess is to be regarded as a sacred trust,
to be used in revealing the power of saving grace. Let there be day by day a
well-doing for God. Thus we shall prepare for a place in the mansions that Christ
has gone to prepare for those who love Him.... These mansions He is preparing
for those who accept the invitation “Come unto me ... and I will give you rest”
(
Matthew 11:28
). This is the highest science that we can possibly obtain, but those
who refuse Christ will never understand it. The Word of God, studied and obeyed,
fits men and women for entrance into the higher courts. Those who are striving to
be true Christians have the constant guardianship of heavenly angels, for they are
laborers together with God....
Every day we are to become more like Jesus, learning the meekness and
lowliness of Him who, though the only begotten Son of God, came to this world
as our Redeemer, giving His life to pay the penalty of sin. Though hiding His
divinity under the guise of humanity, He was the Mighty Counselor, the Prince
of Peace. His life was filled with sympathy and love, goodness, kindness, and
benevolence. He revealed the science of everlasting life—the science that we are
to carry into all our efforts.—
Manuscript 83, August 20, 1904
, “Revealing Christ
to the World.”
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