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A Strong Fortress of Truth, August 29
To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of
this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of
glory.
Colossians 1:27
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I have a continual longing for Christ to be formed within, the hope of
glory. I long to be beautified every day with the meekness and gentleness
of Christ, growing in grace and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ up to the
full stature of men and women in Christ Jesus. I must as an individual,
through the grace given me of Jesus Christ, keep my own soul in health
by keeping it as a divine channel through which His grace, His love, His
patience, His meekness, shall flow to the world. This is my duty and no
less the duty of every church member who claims to be a son or a daughter
of God.
The Lord Jesus has made His church the depositary of sacred truth. He
has left with her the work of carrying out His purposes and His plans to
save the souls for whom He has manifested such interest, such unmeasured
love. Like the sun in relation to our world, He rises amid the moral
darkness—the Sun of Righteousness. He said of Himself, “I am the light
of the world.”
John 8:12
. He said to his followers, “Ye are the light of
the world.”
Matthew 5:14
.... By reflecting the image of Jesus Christ, by
the beauty and holiness of their characters, by their continual self-denial
and their separation from all idols, large or small, they reveal that they
have learned in the school of Christ. They are continually catching the
spirit of love and forbearance, meekness, and gentleness, and they stand
as representatives of Christ, a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to
men....
Walking and working in the world, but not of the world, they are
answering in their characters the prayer of Christ: “I pray not that thou
shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them
from the evil.”
John 17:15
. They are to stand as the strong fortress of
truth, their light shining far in the moral darkness of the world. The Lord
has a message for the watchmen on the walls of Zion to bear. The trumpet
is to give no uncertain sound.
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