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A Clear Voice Amid Other Voices, April 24
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way,
walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the
left.
Isaiah 30:21
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Amid the confusion of delusive doctrines, the Spirit of God will be a
guide and a shield to those who have not resisted the evidences of truth. He
silences every other voice than that which comes from Him who is the truth
and the life. God gives to every soul opportunity to hear the voice of the True
Shepherd, to receive the knowledge of God and our Saviour. When the heart
receives this truth as a precious treasure, Christ is formed within, the hope
of glory, while the whole heavenly universe exclaims, Amen and amen! We
have absolute need of the regenerating power of the Holy Spirit. We have no
time to confer with flesh and blood.
We have need of divine illumination. Every individual is striving to
become a center of influence; and until God works for His people, they
will not see that subordination to God is the only safety for any soul. His
transforming grace upon human hearts will lead to unity that has not yet been
realized; for all who are assimilated to Christ will be in harmony with one
another. The Holy Spirit will create unity.
“He shall glorify me” (
John 16:14
). “This is life eternal, that they might
know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent”
(
John 17:3
). The Holy Spirit glorifies God by so revealing His character
to His people that He becomes the object of their supreme affections, and by
making manifest His character in them.
They see clearly that there never was any righteousness in the world but
His, no excellence in the world but that derived from Him. When the Spirit
was poured out from on high, the church was flooded with light, but Christ
was the source of that light; His name was on every tongue, His love filled
every heart. So it will be when the angel that comes down from heaven having
great power shall lighten the whole earth with His glory....
The gift of His Holy Spirit, rich, full, and abundant, is to His church as
an encompassing wall of fire, and the powers of hell shall not prevail against
it. In their untainted purity and spotless perfection Christ looks upon His
people as the reward of all His suffering, His humiliation, and His love, and
the supplement of His glory—Christ the great center from which radiates all
glory.—
The Home Missionary, November 1, 1893
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