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Overcoming Power Promised, October 20
And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and
Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
John 17:3
.
If we will come into close relation with God, if we will yield to God His
own—our mind, our heart, and all that there is of us—we will indeed find peace
and happiness that we can obtain nowhere else.
What does it amount to to live in this world dependent upon the applause and
amusements that we can find here? Do these bring us happiness? No; they bring
us only unrest and dissatisfaction, and at the same time we are losing the most
precious treasure, the richest blessings that God can bestow upon us. We need to
understand much more than we do the worth of our souls. We need to know what
we shall do that we may work the works of God. “This is the work of God, that ye
believe on him whom he hath sent” (
John 6:29
). He can be to us all that we desire.
Jesus proclaimed on the last great day of the feast, “If any man thirst, let him
come unto me, and drink” (
chap. 7:37
); and again we hear Him saying, “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
). Have you tried it? There are many who have, and they know that the
words of Christ are verity and truth, and that when trouble has come in like a
flood, they have looked to Jesus and have been comforted and strengthened.
Christ has promised that if we yoke up with Him we shall find peace and
comfort and hope, and we [shall] know by experience [that] His words are true.
He wants everyone to be saved. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his
only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;
but that the world through him might be saved” (
John 3:16, 17
)....
Jesus Christ knew that humanity had not power in itself to resist the temptations
of the enemy of souls, and therefore He clothed His divinity with humanity, left
His royal throne and high command, and came to this world all seared and marred
with the curse, and humiliated Himself, in order to set us an example.... He came
to this world, not to attend horse races, not to attend the theater, but He came
meek and lowly, and He invites us to learn of Him, the King of glory. By doing
this we shall obtain the moral power He left the courts of heaven to bestow upon
us.—
Manuscript 16, October 20, 1895
, untitled manuscript, apparently a sermon
preached at the Armadale Campground, Australia.
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