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Stand Fast in God, September 22
And go ... unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell
them, Thus saith the Lord God; whether they will hear, or whether they
will forbear.
Ezekiel 3:11
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I am again and again reminded that I am not to try to clear away the confusion
and contradiction of faith and feeling and unbelief that is expressed. I am not
to be depressed, but am to speak the words of the Lord with authority, and then
leave with Him all the consequences. I am instructed by the Great Physician to
speak the word that the Lord gives me, whether men will hear or whether they
will forbear. I am told that I have nothing to do with the consequences, that God,
even the Lord Jehovah, will keep me in perfect peace if I will rest in His love and
do the work He has given me....
The Lord desires us to put our trust in Him. I am keeping on the watch, not
knowing how soon I may be called on to lay off my armor. I want my every word
and impulse and action to be such that in the judgment I shall not be ashamed
of them. I realize something of the time in which we are living. Our time of
discipline on this earth, yours and mine, is very limited....
I never realized more decidedly than at the present time the help of the Lord in
my speaking and writing. I shall stand on the field of battle until the Lord releases
me. I am afraid for our people—afraid that the love of the world is robbing them
of godliness and piety. I am trying to arouse them to see the danger of being
decoyed by the enemy onto enchanted ground. I am trying to show them the need
of cultivating faith and love at all times and under all circumstances.
It is only by strong faith that a strong love for the Saviour can be kept alive
in the heart. Our faith in Christ must be a pure, strong, genuine faith. There is a
spurious faith, which leads only to confidence in self and to criticism of others.
Such faith quenches every spark of Christlike love in the soul.
God calls upon His people to be united. But our union can be genuine only as
we move upward to the cross of Calvary, every day crucifying self. All efforts at
union that are not founded on the softening, subduing love of Christ in the heart
will most assuredly fail....
There is power in genuine religion. Through faith, through conformity to
the will of God, we shall become so Christlike that men will see that we are
partakers of the divine nature, and that we are making constant advancement in
the knowledge of Christ.—
Letter 146, September 22, 1902
, to Brother and Sister
S. T. Belden, her brother-in-law in self-supporting service.
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