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Ready to Give Reason of Our Hope, April 25
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready to give an
answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you
with meekness and fear.
1 Peter 3:15
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This is what we shall see if we are connected with God. God wants us to
depend upon Him, and not upon man. He desires us to have a new heart; He
would give us revealings of light from the throne of God. We should wrestle
with every difficulty, but when some controverted point is presented, are you
to go to man to find out his opinion, and then shape your conclusions from
his? No, go to God. Tell Him what you want; take your Bible and search as
for hidden treasures.
We do not go deep enough in our search for truth. Every soul who believes
present truth will be brought where he will be required to give a reason of the
hope that is in him. The people of God will be called upon to stand before
kings, princes, rulers, and great men of the earth, and they must know that
they do know what is truth. They must be converted men and women. God
can teach you more in one moment by His Holy Spirit than you could learn
from the great men of the earth. The universe is looking upon the controversy
that is going on upon the earth. At an infinite cost, God has provided for every
man an opportunity to know that which will make him wise unto salvation.
How eagerly do angels look to see who will avail himself of this opportunity!
When a message is presented to God’s people, they should not rise up in
opposition to it; they should go to the Bible, comparing it with the law and
the testimony, and if it does not bear this test, it is not true. God wants our
minds to expand. He desires to put His grace upon us. We may have a feast
of good things every day; for God can open the whole treasure of heaven to
us. We are to be one with Christ as He is one with the Father, and the Father
will love us as He loves His Son. We may have the same help that Christ had,
we may have strength for every emergency; for God will be our front guard
and our rearward.—
Selected Messages 1:415, 416
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