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Justice will Take the Throne, October 14
Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels.
Matthew 25:41
.
It is possible for men to offer the Saviour outward homage, to be Christians in
profession, to have a form of godliness, while the heart, whose loyalty He prizes
above all else, is estranged from Him. Such ones have a name to live, but they are
dead....
To the marriage supper of the Lamb will come many who have not on the
wedding garment—the robe [Christ] purchased for them with His lifeblood. From
lips that never make a mistake come the words, “Friend, how camest thou in
hither not having a wedding garment?” (
Matthew 22:12
). Those [thus] addressed
are speechless. They know that words would be useless. The truth, with its
sanctifying power, has not been brought into the soul, and the tongue that once
spoke so readily of the truth is now silent. The words are then spoken, “Take them
out of My presence. They are not worthy to taste of My supper” (cf.
Luke 14:24
).
As they are separated from the loyal ones, Christ looks upon them with deep
sorrow. They occupied high positions of trust in God’s work, but they have not
the life insurance policy that would have entitled them to eternal life. From the
quivering lips of Christ come the mournful words of regret, “I loved them; I gave
My life for them; but they persisted in rejecting My pleadings, and continued in
sin. O that thou hadst known, even thou, in this thy day, the things which belong
to thy peace! But now they are hid from thine eyes.”
Today Christ is looking with sadness upon those whose characters He must
at last refuse to acknowledge. Inflated with self-sufficiency, they hope that it
will be well with their souls. But at the last great day, the mirror of detection
reveals to them the evil that their hearts have practiced, and shows them at the
same time the impossibility of reform. Every effort was made to bring them to
repentance. But they refused to humble their hearts. Now the bitter lamentation is
heard, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and my soul is not saved” (cf.
Jeremiah 8:20
)....
What a scene is this! I pass over the ground again and again, bowed down
in an agony that no tongue can express, as I see the end of the many, many who
have refused to receive their Saviour. Justice will take the throne, and the arm
strong to save will show itself strong to smite and destroy the enemies of the
kingdom of God. Christ will lay bare the motives and deeds of everyone. Every
hidden action will stand out as clearly before the doer as if proclaimed before the
universe.—
Manuscript 121, October 14, 1903
, “A Solemn Warning.”
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