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Self Subdued, October 17
I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be
rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the
shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with
eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
Revelation 3:18
.
There is to be in the churches a wonderful manifestation of the power of
God, but it will not move upon those who have not humbled themselves before
the Lord, and opened the door of the heart by confession and repentance. In
the manifestation of that power which lightens the earth with the glory of God,
they will see only something which in their blindness they think dangerous,
something which will arouse their fears, and they will brace themselves
to resist it. Because the Lord does not work according to their ideas and
expectations, they will oppose the work. “Why,” they say, “should not we
know the Spirit of God, when we have been in the work so many years?”
Because they did not respond to the warnings, the entreaties of the messages
of God, but persistently said, “I am rich, and increased with goods, and have
need of nothing” (
Revelation 3:17
).
Talent, long experience, will not make men channels of light, unless they
place themselves under the bright beams of the Sun of righteousness, and are
called, and chosen, and prepared by the endowment of the Holy Spirit. When
men who handle sacred things will humble themselves under the mighty hand
of God, the Lord will lift them up. He will make them men of understanding—
men rich in the grace of His Spirit. Their strong, selfish traits of character,
their stubbornness, will be seen in the light shining from the Light of the
world. “I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of
his place, except thou repent” (
Revelation 2:5
). If you seek the Lord with all
your heart, He will be found of you.
The end is near! We have not a moment to lose! Light is to shine forth
from God’s people in clear, distinct rays, bringing Jesus before the churches
and before the world.—
The Review and Herald, December 23, 1890
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