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Christ's Object Lessons - part 2 · Christ's Object Lessons

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  Speaker 1: Realities. Christ says, as the days of Noah were, so
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  Speaker 1: shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
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  Speaker 1: Or as in the days that were before the flood,
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  Speaker 1: they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage
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  Speaker 1: until the day that Noah entered into the ark and
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  Speaker 1: knew not until the flood came and took them all away,
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  Speaker 1: so shall also the coming of the Son of Man be.
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  Speaker 1: So it is today men are rushing on in the
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  Speaker 1: chaste for gain and selfish indulgence, as if there were
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  Speaker 1: no God, no heaven, and no hereafter. In Noah's day,
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  Speaker 1: the warning of the flood was sent to startle men
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  Speaker 1: in their wickedness and call them to repentance. So the
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  Speaker 1: message of Christ's soon coming is designed to arouse men
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  Speaker 1: from their absorption in worldly things. It is intended to
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  Speaker 1: awaken them to a sense of eternal realities, that they
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  Speaker 1: may give heed to the invitation to the Lord's states.
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  Speaker 1: The Gospel invitation is to be given to all the world,
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  Speaker 1: to every nation and kindred and tongue and people. The
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  Speaker 1: last message of warning and mercy is to lighten the
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  Speaker 1: whole earth with its glory. It is to reach all
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  Speaker 1: classes of men, rich and poor, high and low. Go
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  Speaker 1: out into the highways and hedges, Christ says, and compel
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  Speaker 1: them to come in that my house may be filled.
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  Speaker 1: The world is perishing for want of the Gospel. There
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  Speaker 1: is a famine for the word of God. There are
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  Speaker 1: few who preach the word unmixed with human tradition. Though
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  Speaker 1: men have the Bible in their hands, they do not
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  Speaker 1: receive the blessing that God has placed in it for them.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord calls upon his servants to carry his message
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  Speaker 1: to the people. The word of everlasting life must be
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  Speaker 1: given to those who are perishing in their sins. In
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  Speaker 1: the command to go into the highways and hedges, Christ
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  Speaker 1: sets forth the world work of all whom he calls
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  Speaker 1: to the minister in his name. The whole world is
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  Speaker 1: the field for Christ's ministers. The whole human family is
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  Speaker 1: comprised in their congregation. The Lord desires that his word
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  Speaker 1: of grace shall be brought home to every soul to
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  Speaker 1: a great degree. This must be accomplished by personal labor.
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  Speaker 1: This was Christ's method. His work was largely made up
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  Speaker 1: of personal interviews. He had a faithful regard for the
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  Speaker 1: one soul audience. Through that one soul, the message was
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  Speaker 1: often extended to thousands. We are not to wait for
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  Speaker 1: souls to come to us. We must seek them out
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  Speaker 1: where they are. When the word has been preached in
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  Speaker 1: the pulpit, the word has but just begun. There are
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  Speaker 1: multitudes who will never be reached by the Gospel unless
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  Speaker 1: it is carried to them. The invitation to the feast
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  Speaker 1: was first given to the Jewish people, the people who
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  Speaker 1: have been called to stand as teachers and leaders among men,
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  Speaker 1: the people in whose hands were the prophetic scrolls for
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  Speaker 1: telling Christ's advent, and to whom was committed the symbolic
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  Speaker 1: service foreshadowing his mission. Had priests and people heeded the call,
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  Speaker 1: they would have united with Christ's messengers in giving the
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  Speaker 1: Gospel invitation to the world. The truth was sent to
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  Speaker 1: them that they might impart it. When they refused the call,
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  Speaker 1: it was sent to the poor, the maimed, the halt
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  Speaker 1: and the blind. Publicans and sinners received the invitation. When
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  Speaker 1: the Gospel call is sent to the gentiles, there is
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  Speaker 1: the same plan of working. The message is first to
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  Speaker 1: be given in the highways to men who have an
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  Speaker 1: active part in the world's work, to the teachers and
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  Speaker 1: leaders of the people. Let the Lord's messengers. Bear this
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  Speaker 1: in mind. To the shepherds of the flock, the teachers
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  Speaker 1: divinely appointed. It should come as a word to be heeded.
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  Speaker 1: Those who belong to the higher ranks of society are
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  Speaker 1: to be sought out with tender affection and brotherly regard.
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  Speaker 1: Men in business life, in high positions of trust, men
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  Speaker 1: with large inventive faculties and scientific insight, men of genius,
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  Speaker 1: teachers of the Gospel whose minds have not been called
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  Speaker 1: to the special truths for this time, These should be
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  Speaker 1: the first to hear the call to them. The invitation
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  Speaker 1: must be given. There is work to be done for
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  Speaker 1: the wealthy. They need to be awakened to their responsibility
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  Speaker 1: as those entrusted with the gifts of heaven. They need
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  Speaker 1: to be reminded that they must give an account to
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  Speaker 1: Him who shall judge the living and the dead. The
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  Speaker 1: wealthy man needs your labor in the love and fear
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  Speaker 1: of God. Too often he trusts in his riches and
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  Speaker 1: feels not his danger. The eyes of his mind need
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  Speaker 1: to be attracted to things of enduring value. He needs
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  Speaker 1: to recognize the authority of true goodness, which says, come
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  Speaker 1: unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden,
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  Speaker 1: and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you,
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  Speaker 1: and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly
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  Speaker 1: in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls,
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  Speaker 1: for my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
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  Speaker 1: Those who stand high in the world for their education, wealth,
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  Speaker 1: or calling are seldom addressed personally in regard to the
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  Speaker 1: interests of the soul. Many Christian workers hesitate to approach
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  Speaker 1: these classes. But this should not be. If a man
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  Speaker 1: were drowning, we would not stand by and see him
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  Speaker 1: perish because he was a lawyer, a merchant, or a judge.
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  Speaker 1: If we saw persons rushing over a precipice, we would
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  Speaker 1: not hesitate to urge them back, whatever might be their
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  Speaker 1: positioner calling. Neither should we hesitate to warn men of
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  Speaker 1: the peril of the soul. None should be neglected because
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  Speaker 1: of their apparent devotion to worldly things. Many in high
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  Speaker 1: social positions are art sore, and sick of vanity. They
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  Speaker 1: are longing for a peace which they have not. In
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  Speaker 1: the very highest ranks of society are those who are
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  Speaker 1: hungering and thirsting for salvation. Many would receive help if
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's workers would approach them personally with a kind manner,
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  Speaker 1: a heart made tender by the love of Christ. The
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  Speaker 1: success of the Gospel message does not depend upon learned speeches,
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  Speaker 1: eloquent testimonies, or deep arguments. It depends on the simplicity
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  Speaker 1: of the message and its adaptation to the souls that
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  Speaker 1: are hungering for the bread of life. What shall I
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  Speaker 1: do to be saved? That is the want of the soul?
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  Speaker 1: Thousands can be reached in the most simple and humble way.
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  Speaker 1: The most intellectual, those who are looked upon as the
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  Speaker 1: world's most gifted men and women, are often refreshed by
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  Speaker 1: the simple words of one who loves God and who
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  Speaker 1: can speak of that love as naturally as the worldling
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  Speaker 1: speaks of the things that interest him most deeply. Often
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  Speaker 1: the words well prepared and studied have but little influence,
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  Speaker 1: But the true, honest expression of a son or daughter
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  Speaker 1: of God, spoken in natural simplicity, has power to unbolt
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  Speaker 1: the door to hearts that have long been closed against
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  Speaker 1: Christ and his love. Let the worker for Christ remember
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  Speaker 1: that he is not to labor in his own strength.
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  Speaker 1: Let him lay hold of the throne of God with
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  Speaker 1: faith in his power to save. Let him wrestle with
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  Speaker 1: God in prayer, and then work with all the facilities
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  Speaker 1: God has given him. The Holy Spirit is provided as
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  Speaker 1: his efficiency, ministering angels will be by his side to
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  Speaker 1: impress hearts. If the leaders and teachers at Jerusalem had
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  Speaker 1: received the truth Christ brought, what a missionary center. Their
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  Speaker 1: city would have been back slid, and Israel would have
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  Speaker 1: been converted. A vast army would have been gathered for
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  Speaker 1: the Lord. And how rapidly they could have carried the
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  Speaker 1: Gospel to all parts of the world. So now, if
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  Speaker 1: men of influence and large capacity for usefulness could be
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  Speaker 1: won for Christ, then through them, what a work could
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  Speaker 1: be accomplished in lifting up the fallen, gathering in the outcasts,
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  Speaker 1: and spreading far and wide the tidings of salvation. Rapidly
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  Speaker 1: the invitation might be given and the guests be gathered
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  Speaker 1: for the Lord's table. But we are not to think
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  Speaker 1: only of great and gifted men, to the neglect of
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  Speaker 1: the poorer classes. Christ instructs his messengers to go also
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  Speaker 1: to those in the byways and hedges, to the poor
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  Speaker 1: and lowly of the earth, in the courts and lanes
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  Speaker 1: of the great city, in the lowly byways of the country.
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  Speaker 1: Our families and individuals, perhaps strangers in a strange land,
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  Speaker 1: who are without church relations, and who in their loneliness,
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  Speaker 1: come to feel that God has forgotten them. They do
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  Speaker 1: not understand what they must do to be saved. Many
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  Speaker 1: are sunken in sin. Many are in distress. They are
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  Speaker 1: pressed with suffering, want, unbelief, despondency, disease of every type
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  Speaker 1: afflicts them, both in body and in soul. They long
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  Speaker 1: to find a solace for their troubles, and Satan tempts
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  Speaker 1: them to seek it in lusts and pleasures that lead
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  Speaker 1: to ruin and death. He is offering them the apples
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  Speaker 1: of sodom that will turn to ashes upon their lips.
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  Speaker 1: They are spending their money for that which is not bread,
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  Speaker 1: and their labor for that which satisfieth not. In these
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  Speaker 1: suffering ones we are to see those whom Christ came
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  Speaker 1: to save. His invitation to them is ho every one
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  Speaker 1: that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that
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  Speaker 1: hath no money, come ye buy and eat yea. Come
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  Speaker 1: buy wine and milk without money and without price. Hearken
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  Speaker 1: diligently unto me, and eat e that which is good.
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  Speaker 1: And let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your
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  Speaker 1: ear and come unto me here, and your soul shall live.
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  Speaker 1: God has given a special command that we should regard
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  Speaker 1: the stranger, the outcasts, and the poor souls who are
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  Speaker 1: weak in moral power. Many who appear wholly indifferent to
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  Speaker 1: religious things are in heart longing for rest and peace.
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  Speaker 1: Although they may have sunk into the very depths of sin,
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  Speaker 1: there is a possibility of saving them. Christ's servants are
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  Speaker 1: to follow his example. As he went from place to place,
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  Speaker 1: he comforted the suffering and healed the sick. Then he
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  Speaker 1: placed before them the great truths in regard to his kingdom.
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  Speaker 1: This is the work of his followers. As you relieve
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  Speaker 1: the sufferings of the body, you will find ways for
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  Speaker 1: ministering to the wants of the soul. You can point
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  Speaker 1: to the uplift lifted Savior and tell of the love
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  Speaker 1: of the great physician, who alone has power to restore.
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  Speaker 1: Tell the poor desponding ones who have gone astray that
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  Speaker 1: they need not despair. Though they have erred and have
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  Speaker 1: not been building the right character. God has joy to
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  Speaker 1: restore them, even the joy of his salvation. He delights
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  Speaker 1: to take apparently hopeless material those through whom Satan has
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  Speaker 1: worked and make them the subjects of his grace. He
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  Speaker 1: rejoices to deliver them from the wrath which is to
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  Speaker 1: fall upon the disobedient. Tell them there is healing, cleansing
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  Speaker 1: for every soul. There is a place for them at
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  Speaker 1: the Lord's table. He is waiting to bid them welcome.
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  Speaker 1: Those who go into the byways and hedges will find
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  Speaker 1: others of a widely different character who need their ministry.
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  Speaker 1: There are those who are living up to all the
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  Speaker 1: light they have, and are serving God the best they
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  Speaker 1: know how. But they realize that there is a great
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  Speaker 1: work to be done for themselves and for those about them.
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  Speaker 1: They are longing for an increased knowledge of God, but
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  Speaker 1: they have only begun to see the glimmering of greater light.
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  Speaker 1: They are praying with tears that God will send them
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  Speaker 1: the blessing which by faith they discern. Afar off in
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  Speaker 1: the midst of the wickedness of the great cities, many
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  Speaker 1: of these souls are to be found. Many of them
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  Speaker 1: are in very humble circumstances, and because of this they
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  Speaker 1: are unnoticed by the world. There are many of whom
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  Speaker 1: ministers and churches know nothing, but in lowly miserable places.
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  Speaker 1: They are the Lord's witnesses. They may have had little
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  Speaker 1: light and few opportunities for Christian training, but in the
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  Speaker 1: midst of nakedness, hunger, and cold, they are seeking to
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  Speaker 1: minister to others. Let the stewards of the manifold grace
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  Speaker 1: of God seek out these souls, visit their homes, and,
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  Speaker 1: through the power of the Holy Spirit, minister to their needs.
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  Speaker 1: Study the Bible with them, and pray with them. With
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  Speaker 1: that simplicity which the Holy Spirit inspires, Christ will give
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  Speaker 1: his servants a message that will be as the bread
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  Speaker 1: of Heaven to the soul. The precious blessing will be
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  Speaker 1: carried from heart to heart, from family to family. The
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  Speaker 1: command given in the Parable to compel them to come
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  Speaker 1: in has often been misinterpreted. It has been regarded as
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  Speaker 1: teaching that we should force men to receive the Gospel,
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  Speaker 1: but it denotes rather the urgency of the invitation and
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  Speaker 1: the effectiveness of the inducements presented. The Gospel never employs
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  Speaker 1: force in bringing men to Christ. Its message is ho
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  Speaker 1: every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters. The
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  Speaker 1: Spirit and the Bride say, come, and whosoever will let
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  Speaker 1: him take the water of life freely. The power of
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  Speaker 1: God's love and grace constrains us to come. The Savior says, behold,
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  Speaker 1: I stand at the door and knock. If any man
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  Speaker 1: hear my voice and open the door, I will come
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  Speaker 1: in to him and will sup with him, and he
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  Speaker 1: with me. He is not repulsed by scorn or turned
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  Speaker 1: aside by threatening, but continually seeks the lost one, saying,
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  Speaker 1: how shall I give thee up? Although his love is
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  Speaker 1: driven back by the stubborn heart, he returns to plead
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  Speaker 1: with greater force. Behold, I stand at the door and knock.
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  Speaker 1: The winning power of his love compels souls to come
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  Speaker 1: in and to Christ. They say, thy gentleness hath made
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  Speaker 1: me great. Christ will impart to his messengers the same
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  Speaker 1: yearning love that he himself has. In seeking for the lost,
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  Speaker 1: we are not merely to say come. There are those
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  Speaker 1: who will hear the call, but their ears are too
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  Speaker 1: dull to take in its meaning. Their eyes are too
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  Speaker 1: blind to see anything good in store for them. Many
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  Speaker 1: realize their great degradation. They say, I am not fit
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  Speaker 1: to be helped. Leave me alone. But the workers must
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  Speaker 1: not desist in tender pitying love. Lay hold of the
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  Speaker 1: discouraged and helpless ones. Give them your courage, your hope,
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  Speaker 1: your strength. By kindness, compel them to come of Some
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  Speaker 1: have compassion making a difference, and others save with fear
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  Speaker 1: pulling them out of the fire. If the servants of
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  Speaker 1: God will walk with Him in faith, he will give
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  Speaker 1: power to their message. They will be enabled so to
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  Speaker 1: present His love and the danger of rejecting the grace
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  Speaker 1: of God, that men will be constrained to accept the gospel.
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  Speaker 1: Christ will perform wonderful miracles if men will but do
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  Speaker 1: their God given part in human hearts. To day, as
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  Speaker 1: great a transformation may be wrought as has ever been
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  Speaker 1: wrought in generations past. John Bunyan was redeemed from profanity
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  Speaker 1: and reveling, John Newton from dealing to proclaim an uplifted savior.
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  Speaker 1: A Bunyant and a Newton may be redeemed from among
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  Speaker 1: men to day. Through human agents who co operate with
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  Speaker 1: the divine, many a poor outcast will be reclaimed, and
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  Speaker 1: in his turn will seek to restore the image of
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  Speaker 1: God and man. There are those who have had very
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  Speaker 1: meager opportunities, who have walked in ways of error because
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  Speaker 1: they knew no better way. To whom beams of light
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  Speaker 1: will come. As the word of Christ came to Zacchius.
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  Speaker 1: To day, I must abide at the house. So the
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  Speaker 1: word will come to them. And those who were supposed
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  Speaker 1: to be hardened sinners will be found to have hearts
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  Speaker 1: as tender as a child's, because Christ has deigned to
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  Speaker 1: notice them. Many will come from the grossest error and sin,
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  Speaker 1: and will take the place of others who have had
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  Speaker 1: opportunities and privileges but have not prized them. They will
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  Speaker 1: be accounted the chosen of God elect precious, And when
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  Speaker 1: Christ shall come into his kingdom, they will stand next
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  Speaker 1: to his throne. But see that ye refuse not him
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  Speaker 1: that speaketh. Jesus said, none of those men which were
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  Speaker 1: bidden shall taste of My supper. They had rejected the invitation,
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  Speaker 1: and none of them were to be invited again. In
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  Speaker 1: rejecting Christ, the Jews were hardening their hearts and giving
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  Speaker 1: themselves into the power of Satan, so that it would
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  Speaker 1: be impossible for them to accept his grace. So it
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  Speaker 1: is now, if the love of God is not appreciated
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  Speaker 1: and does not become an abiding principle to soften and
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  Speaker 1: subdue the soul, we are utterly lost. The Lord can
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  Speaker 1: give no greater manifestation of his love than he has given.
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  Speaker 1: If the love of Jesus does not subdue the heart,
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  Speaker 1: there are no means by which we can be reached.
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  Speaker 1: Every time you refuse to listen to the message of mercy,
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  Speaker 1: you strengthen yourself in unbelief. Every time time you fail
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  Speaker 1: to open the door of your heart to Christ, you
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  Speaker 1: become more and more unwilling to listen to the voice
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  Speaker 1: of Him that speaketh. You diminish your chance of responding
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  Speaker 1: to the last appeal of mercy. Let it not be
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  Speaker 1: written of you as of ancient Israel, after him is
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  Speaker 1: joined to idols. Let him alone. Let not Christ weep
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  Speaker 1: over you as he wept over Jerusalem, saying how often
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  Speaker 1: would I have gathered thy children together as a hen
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  Speaker 1: doth gather her brood under her wings, and you would
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  Speaker 1: not behold Your house is left unto you desolate. We
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  Speaker 1: are living in a time when the last message of mercy,
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  Speaker 1: the last invitation, is sounding to the children of men.
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  Speaker 1: The command go out into the highways and hedges is
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  Speaker 1: reaching its final fulfillment to every soul. Christ's invitation will
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  Speaker 1: be given. The messengers are saying, come, for all things
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  Speaker 1: are now ready. Heavenly angels are still working in cooperation
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  Speaker 1: with human agencies. The Holy Spirit is presenting every inducement
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  Speaker 1: to constrain you to come. Christ is watching for some
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  Speaker 1: sign that will betoken the removing of the bolts and
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  Speaker 1: the opening of the door of your heart for his entrance.
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  Speaker 1: Angels are waiting to bear the tidings to Heaven that
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  Speaker 1: another lost sinner has been found. The hosts of Heaven
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  Speaker 1: are waiting, ready to strike their harps and to sing
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  Speaker 1: a song of rejoicing that another soul has accepted the
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  Speaker 1: invitation to the Gospel feast. End of Chapter eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: Chapter nineteen. The measure of forgiveness. Peter had come to
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  Speaker 2: Christ with the question, how oft shall my brother sin
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  Speaker 2: against me? And I forgive him till seven times? The
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  Speaker 2: rabbis limited the exercise of forgiveness to three offenses. Peter,
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  Speaker 2: carrying out as he supposed the teaching of Christ, thought
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  Speaker 2: to extend it to seven, the numbers signifying perfection. But
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  Speaker 2: Christ taught that we are never to become weary of forgiving.
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  Speaker 2: Not until seven times, he said, but until seventy times seven.
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  Speaker 2: Then he showed the true ground upon which forgiveness is
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  Speaker 2: to be granted, and the danger of cherishing and unforgiving spirit.
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  Speaker 2: In a parable he told of a king's dealing with
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  Speaker 2: the officers who administered the affairs of his government. Some
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  Speaker 2: of these officers were in receipt of vast sums of
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  Speaker 2: money belonging to the state. As the king investigated their
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  Speaker 2: administration of this trust, there was brought before him one
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  Speaker 2: man whose account showed a debt to his lord for
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  Speaker 2: the immense sum of ten thousand talents. He had nothing
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  Speaker 2: to pay, and according to the custom, the king ordered
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  Speaker 2: him to be sold with all that he had that
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: payment might be made. But the terrified man fell at
• 20:48
  Speaker 2: his feet and besought him, saying, have patience with me,
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  Speaker 2: and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: the servant was moved with compassion and loosed him and
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: and found one of his fellow servants, which owed him
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: a hundred pence, And he laid hands on him and
• 21:04
  Speaker 2: took him by the throat, saying pay me that thou owest.
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: besought him, saying, have patience with me, and I will
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  Speaker 2: pay thee all. And he would not, but went and
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  Speaker 2: cast him into prison till he should pay the debt.
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they
• 21:21
  Speaker 2: were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord
• 21:24
  Speaker 2: all that was done. Then his lord, after that he
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: had called him, said unto him, O, thou wicked servant,
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desirest me,
• 21:34
  Speaker 2: shouldst not thou also have compassion on thy fellow servant,
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  Speaker 2: even as I had pity on thee. And his lord
• 21:40
  Speaker 2: was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till he
• 21:42
  Speaker 2: should pay all that was due unto him. This parable
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  Speaker 2: presents details which are needed for the filling out of
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  Speaker 2: the picture, but which have no counterpart in its spiritual significance.
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  Speaker 2: The attention should not be diverted to them. Certain great
• 21:56
  Speaker 2: truths are illustrated, and to these our thoughts should be given.
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  Speaker 2: The pardon granted by this king represents a divine forgiveness
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  Speaker 2: of all sin. Christ is represented by the king who
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  Speaker 2: moved with compassion forgave the debt of his servant. Man
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  Speaker 2: was under the condemnation of the broken law, he could
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  Speaker 2: not save himself, And for this reason Christ came to
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  Speaker 2: this world, clothed his divinity with humanity, and gave his
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  Speaker 2: life the just for the unjust. He gave himself for
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  Speaker 2: our sins, and to every soul he freely offers the
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  Speaker 2: blood bought pardon. With the Lord there is mercy, and
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  Speaker 2: with him is plentious redemption. Here is the ground upon
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  Speaker 2: which we should exercise compassion toward our fellow sinners. If
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  Speaker 2: God so loved us, we ought also to love one
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: another freely. Ye have received Christ says, freely give in
• 22:46
  Speaker 2: the parable. When the debtor pleaded for delay, with the promise,
• 22:50
  Speaker 2: have patience with me, I will pay thee all, the
• 22:53
  Speaker 2: sentence was revoked, the whole debt was canceled, and he
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: was soon given an opportunity to follow the example of
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: the master who had forgiven him. Going out, he met
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  Speaker 2: a fellow servant who owed him a small sum. He
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: had been forgiven ten thousand talents. The debtor owed him
• 23:09
  Speaker 2: a hundred pence. But he who had been so mercifully treated,
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: dealt with his fellow laborer in an altogether different manner.
• 23:16
  Speaker 2: His debtor made an appeal similar to that which he
• 23:18
  Speaker 2: himself had made to the king, but without a similar result.
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  Speaker 2: He who had so recently been forgiven, was not tender
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: hearted and pitiful the mercy shown him, he did not
• 23:29
  Speaker 2: exercise in dealing with his fellow servant. He heeded not
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: the request to be patient. The small sum owed to
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: him was all that the ungrateful servant would keep in mind.
• 23:39
  Speaker 2: He demanded all that he thought his due, and carried
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: into effect a sentence similar to that which had been
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: so graciously revoked for him. How many are to day
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: manifesting the same spirit. When the debtor pleaded with his
• 23:52
  Speaker 2: Lord for mercy, he had no true sense of the
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: greatness of his debt. He did not realize his helplessness.
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: He hoped to deliver himself. Have patience with me, he said,
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: and I will pay thee all. So there are many
• 24:04
  Speaker 2: who hope, by their own works to merit God's favor.
• 24:07
  Speaker 2: They do not realize their helplessness. They do not accept
• 24:10
  Speaker 2: the grace of God as a free gift, but are
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: trying to build themselves up in self righteousness. Their own
• 24:16
  Speaker 2: hearts are not broken and humbled on account of sin,
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: and they are exacting and unforgiving toward others. Their own
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: sins against God compared with their brother's sins against them
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  Speaker 2: are as ten thousand talents to one hundred pence, nearly
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: one million to one. Yet they dare to be unforgiving
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: In the parable, The Lord's summoned the unmerciful debtor and said,
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  Speaker 2: unto him, O, thou, wicked servant, I forgave thee all
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  Speaker 2: that debt, because thou desirest me. Shouldst not thou also
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  Speaker 2: have had compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I
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  Speaker 2: had pity on thee, and as Lord was wroth and
• 24:51
  Speaker 2: delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: that was due unto him. So likewise, said Jesus, shall
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: my heavenly father, do also un to you, if ye
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
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  Speaker 2: He who refuses to forgive is thereby casting away his
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: own hope of pardon. But the teaching of this parable
• 25:13
  Speaker 2: should not be misapplied. God's forgiveness toward us lessens in
• 25:17
  Speaker 2: no wise our duty to obey him. So the spirit
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: of forgiveness toward our fellow men does not lessen the
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: claim of just obligation in the prayer which Christ taught
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  Speaker 2: his disciples. He said, forgive us our debts, as we
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: forgive our debtors. By this, he did not mean that
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  Speaker 2: in order to be forgiven our sins, we must not
• 25:35
  Speaker 2: require our just dues from our debtors if they cannot pay,
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  Speaker 2: even though this may be the result of unwise management.
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  Speaker 2: They are not to be cast into prison, oppressed, or
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: even treated harshly. But the Parable does not teach us
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  Speaker 2: to encourage indolence. The Word of God declares that if
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  Speaker 2: a man will not work, neither shall he eat. The
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: Lord does not require the hard working man to support
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: others in idleness, with many theirs waste of time, a
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  Speaker 2: lack of effort, which brings to poverty and want. If
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  Speaker 2: these faults are not corrected by those who indulge them,
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  Speaker 2: all that might be done in their behalf would be
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  Speaker 2: like putting treasure into a bag with holes. Yet there
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  Speaker 2: is an unavoidable poverty, and we are to manifest tenderness
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  Speaker 2: and compassion toward those who are unfortunate. We should treat
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  Speaker 2: others just as we ourselves, in like circumstances, would wish
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  Speaker 2: to be treated. The Holy Spirit, through the apostle Paul
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  Speaker 2: charges us. If there be therefore any consolation in Christ,
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the spirit,
• 26:34
  Speaker 2: if any bowels and mercies, fulfill ye my joy, that
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: ye be like minded, having the same love, being of
• 26:40
  Speaker 2: one accord of one mind. Let nothing be done through
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  Speaker 2: strife or vainglory, but in lowliness of mind. Let each
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: his own things, but every man also on the things
• 26:54
  Speaker 2: of others. Let this mind be in you, which was
• 26:57
  Speaker 2: also in Christ Jesus. But sin is not to be
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  Speaker 2: lightly regarded. The Lord has commanded us not to suffer
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  Speaker 2: wrong upon our brother. He says, if thy brother trespass
• 27:08
  Speaker 2: against thee, rebuke him. Sin is to be called by
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  Speaker 2: its right name, and is to be plainly laid out
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  Speaker 2: before the wrong doer. In his charge to Timothy, Paul,
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  Speaker 2: writing by the Holy Spirit, says, be instant in season
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  Speaker 2: out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering
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  Speaker 2: and doctrine, and to tide us. He writes, there are
• 27:30
  Speaker 2: many unruly, in vain talkers and deceivers, Wherefore rebuke them
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  Speaker 2: sharply that they may be sound in the faith. If
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  Speaker 2: thy brother shall trespass against THEE. Chris said, go and
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  Speaker 2: tell him his fault between THEE and him alone. If
• 27:44
  Speaker 2: he shall hear THEE, thou hast gained thy brother. But
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: if he will not hear THEE, then take with THEE
• 27:49
  Speaker 2: one or two more, that in the mouth of two
• 27:51
  Speaker 2: or three witnesses, every word may be established. And if
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: he shall neglect to hear them, tell it under the church.
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  Speaker 2: But if he neglect to hear the Church, let him
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  Speaker 2: be unto THEE as a heathen man and a publican.
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  Speaker 2: Our Lord teaches that matters of difficulty between Christians are
• 28:08
  Speaker 2: to be settled within the Church. They should not be
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  Speaker 2: opened before those who do not fear God. If a
• 28:14
  Speaker 2: Christian is wronged by his brother, let him not appeal
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  Speaker 2: to unbelievers in a court of justice. Let him follow
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: out the instruction Christ is given. Instead of trying to
• 28:23
  Speaker 2: avenge himself. Let him seek to save his brother. God
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  Speaker 2: will guard the interests of those who love and fear Him,
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: and with confidence we may commit our case to him
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  Speaker 2: who judges righteously. Too often, when wrongs are committed again
• 28:37
  Speaker 2: and again and the wrong doer confesses his fault, the
• 28:40
  Speaker 2: injured one becomes weary and thinks he has forgiven quite enough.
• 28:44
  Speaker 2: But the Savior has plainly told us how to deal
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  Speaker 2: with the erring. If thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him,
• 28:51
  Speaker 2: and if he repent, forgive him. Do not hold him
• 28:54
  Speaker 2: off as unworthy of your confidence. Consider thyself lest thou
• 28:58
  Speaker 2: also be tempted. If your brothern heir you are to
• 29:02
  Speaker 2: forgive them when they come to you with confession, you
• 29:04
  Speaker 2: should not say, I do not think they are humble enough.
• 29:07
  Speaker 2: I do not think they feel their confession. What right
• 29:10
  Speaker 2: have you to judge them? As if you could read
• 29:12
  Speaker 2: the heart. The word of God says, if he repent,
• 29:15
  Speaker 2: forgive him. And if he trespass against THEE seven times
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: in a day, and seven times in a day, turn
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  Speaker 2: again to THEE, saying I repent, thou shalt forgive him,
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: And not only seven times, but seventy times seven, Just
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  Speaker 2: as often as God forgives you. We ourselves owe everything
• 29:34
  Speaker 2: to God's free grace. Grace in the Covenant ordained our adoption,
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: Grace in the Savior affected our redemption, our regeneration, and
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: our exultation to airship with Christ. Let this grace be
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: revealed to others. Give the erring one. No occasion for discouragement.
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: Suffer not a phariseical hardness to come in and hurt
• 29:54
  Speaker 2: your brother. Let no bitter sneer rise in mind or heart.
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: Let no ten of scorn be manifest in the voice.
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  Speaker 2: If you speak a word of your own, If you
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: take an attitude of indifference, or show suspicion or distrust,
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  Speaker 2: it may prove the ruin of a soul. He needs
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  Speaker 2: a brother with the elder brother's heart of sympathy to
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: touch his heart of humanity. Let him feel the strong
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: clasp of a sympathizing hand and hear the whisper. Let
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  Speaker 2: us pray. God will give a rich experience to you both.
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  Speaker 2: Prayer unites us with one another and with God. Prayer
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  Speaker 2: brings Jesus to our side and gives to the fainting,
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  Speaker 2: perplexed soul new strength to overcome the world, the flesh
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  Speaker 2: and the devil. Prayer turns aside the attacks of Satan.
• 30:41
  Speaker 2: When one turns away from human imperfections to behold Jesus,
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: a divine transformation takes place in the character. The Spirit
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  Speaker 2: of Christ working upon the heart, conforms it to his image.
• 30:53
  Speaker 2: Then let it be your effort to lift up Jesus.
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  Speaker 2: Let the mind's eye be directed to the Lamb of God,
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  Speaker 2: which taketh the word away the sin of the world.
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  Speaker 2: And as you engage in this work, remember that he
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: which converteth the sinner from the error of his way
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  Speaker 2: shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: multitude of sins. But if you forgive not men their trespasses,
• 31:15
  Speaker 2: neither will your Father forgive your trispasses. Nothing can justify
• 31:20
  Speaker 2: an unforgiving spirit. He who is unmerciful toward others shows
• 31:24
  Speaker 2: that he himself is not a partaker of God's pardoning grace.
• 31:28
  Speaker 2: In God's forgiveness, the heart of the erring one is
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: drawn close to the great heart of infinite love. The
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: tide of divine compassion flows into the sinner's soul and
• 31:38
  Speaker 2: from him to the souls of others. The tenderness and
• 31:42
  Speaker 2: mercy that Christ has revealed in his own precious life
• 31:45
  Speaker 2: will be seen in those who become sharers of his grace.
• 31:48
  Speaker 2: But if any man have not the spirit of Christ,
• 31:51
  Speaker 2: he is none of his. He is alienated from God,
• 31:54
  Speaker 2: fitted only for eternal separation from him. It is true
• 31:58
  Speaker 2: that he may once have received forgiveness but his unmerciful
• 32:01
  Speaker 2: spirit shows that he now rejects God's pardoning love. He
• 32:05
  Speaker 2: has separated himself from God and is in the same
• 32:08
  Speaker 2: condition as before he was forgiven. He has denied his repentance,
• 32:13
  Speaker 2: and his sins are upon him as if he had
• 32:15
  Speaker 2: not repented. But the great lesson of the parable lies
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  Speaker 2: in the contrast between God's compassion and man's hardheartedness, in
• 32:23
  Speaker 2: the fact that God's forgiving mercy is to be the
• 32:26
  Speaker 2: measure of our own. Shouldst not thou also have had
• 32:29
  Speaker 2: compassion on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity
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  Speaker 2: on thee. We are not forgiven because we forgive, But
• 32:37
  Speaker 2: as we forgive. The ground of all forgiveness is found
• 32:40
  Speaker 2: in the unmerited love of God. But by our attitude
• 32:43
  Speaker 2: toward others we show whether we have made that love
• 32:46
  Speaker 2: our own. Wherefore Christ says, with what judgment ye judge,
• 32:51
  Speaker 2: ye shall be judged, and with what measure ye meet,
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  Speaker 2: it shall be measured to you again. End of chapter nineteen.
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  Speaker 3: Up to twenty gain, that is loss, Christ was teaching,
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  Speaker 3: and as usual, others besides his disciples, had gathered about him.
• 33:15
  Speaker 3: He had been speaking to the disciples of the scenes
• 33:18
  Speaker 3: in which they were soon to act apart. They were
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  Speaker 3: to publish abroad the truths he had committed to them,
• 33:26
  Speaker 3: and they would be brought in conflict with the rulers
• 33:30
  Speaker 3: of this world. For his sake. They would be called
• 33:34
  Speaker 3: into courts and before magistrates and kings. He had assured
• 33:39
  Speaker 3: them of wisdom which none could gainsay his own words
• 33:44
  Speaker 3: that moved the hearts of the multitude and brought to
• 33:48
  Speaker 3: confusion his wily adversaries. Witnessed to the power of that
• 33:53
  Speaker 3: indwelling spirit which he had promised to his followers. But
• 33:59
  Speaker 3: there were many who desired the grace of heaven only
• 34:03
  Speaker 3: to serve their selfish purposes. They recognized the marvelous power
• 34:08
  Speaker 3: of Christ in setting forth the truth in a clear light.
• 34:13
  Speaker 3: They heard the promise to his followers of wisdom to
• 34:16
  Speaker 3: speak before rulers and magistrates. Would he not lend his
• 34:21
  Speaker 3: power for their worldly benefit? And one of the company said,
• 34:27
  Speaker 3: unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide
• 34:32
  Speaker 3: the inheritance with me. Through merses. God had given directions
• 34:38
  Speaker 3: concerning the transmission of property. The eldest son received a
• 34:43
  Speaker 3: double portion of the father's estate, while the younger brothers
• 34:48
  Speaker 3: were to share alike. This man thinks that his brother
• 34:52
  Speaker 3: has defrauded him of his inheritance. His own efforts have
• 34:57
  Speaker 3: failed to secure what he regards as his due. But
• 35:00
  Speaker 3: if Christ will interpose, the end will surely be gained.
• 35:05
  Speaker 3: He has heard Christ's stirring appeals and his solemn denunciations
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  Speaker 3: of the scribes and Pharisees. If words of such command
• 35:16
  Speaker 3: could be spoken to his brother, he would not dare
• 35:19
  Speaker 3: to refuse the aggrieved man his portion. In the midst
• 35:24
  Speaker 3: of the solemn instruction that Christ had given, this man
• 35:28
  Speaker 3: had revealed his selfish disposition. He could appreciate that ability
• 35:35
  Speaker 3: of the Lord, which might work for the advancement of
• 35:38
  Speaker 3: his own temporal affairs, But spiritual truths had taken no
• 35:43
  Speaker 3: hold on his mind and heart. The gaining of the
• 35:48
  Speaker 3: inheritance was his absorbing theme. Jesus, the King of Glory,
• 35:53
  Speaker 3: who was rich yet for our sake became poor, was
• 35:57
  Speaker 3: opening to him the treasures of love. The Holy Spirit
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  Speaker 3: was pleading with him to become an heir of the
• 36:05
  Speaker 3: inheritance that is incorruptible and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.
• 36:13
  Speaker 3: He had seen evidence of the power of Christ. Now
• 36:17
  Speaker 3: the opportunity was his to speak to the great teacher,
• 36:20
  Speaker 3: to express the desire uppermost in his heart. But like
• 36:25
  Speaker 3: the man with the muckrake in Bunyan's allegory, his eyes
• 36:29
  Speaker 3: were focused on the earth. He saw not the crown
• 36:34
  Speaker 3: above his head. Like Simon Magus, he valued the gift
• 36:39
  Speaker 3: of God as a means of worldly gain. The Saviour's
• 36:44
  Speaker 3: mission on earth was fast drawing to a close. Only
• 36:49
  Speaker 3: a few months remained for him to complete what he
• 36:52
  Speaker 3: had come to do in establishing the Kingdom of his grace.
• 36:57
  Speaker 3: Yet human greed would have turned him from his work
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  Speaker 3: to take up the dispute over a peace of land.
• 37:05
  Speaker 3: But Jesus was not to be diverted from his mission.
• 37:10
  Speaker 3: His answer was, man who made me a judge or
• 37:14
  Speaker 3: a divider over you? Jesus could have told this man
• 37:20
  Speaker 3: just what was right. He knew the right in the case.
• 37:24
  Speaker 3: But the brothers were in a quarrel because both were covetous.
• 37:28
  Speaker 3: Christ virtually said, it is not my work to settle
• 37:32
  Speaker 3: controversies of this kind. He came for another purpose, to
• 37:37
  Speaker 3: preach the gospel and thus to arouse men to a
• 37:41
  Speaker 3: sense of eternal realities. In Christ's treatment of this case
• 37:47
  Speaker 3: is a lesson for all who minister in his name.
• 37:52
  Speaker 3: When He sent forth the twelve, he said, as ye
• 37:56
  Speaker 3: go preach, saying, the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.
• 38:02
  Speaker 3: Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast
• 38:07
  Speaker 3: out devils freely. Ye have received, freely give. They were
• 38:13
  Speaker 3: not to settle the temporal affairs of the people. Their
• 38:17
  Speaker 3: work was to persuade men to be reconciled to God.
• 38:21
  Speaker 3: In this work lay their power to bless humanity. The
• 38:26
  Speaker 3: only remedy for the sins and sorrows of men is Christ.
• 38:31
  Speaker 3: The gospel of his grace alone can cure the evils
• 38:34
  Speaker 3: that curse society. The injustice of the rich toward the poor,
• 38:41
  Speaker 3: the hatred of the poor towards the rich alike have
• 38:44
  Speaker 3: their root in selfishness, and this can be eradicated only
• 38:49
  Speaker 3: through submission to Christ. He alone, for the selfish heart
• 38:54
  Speaker 3: of sin gives the new heart of love. Let the
• 38:58
  Speaker 3: servants of Christ pre which the Gospel with the Spirit
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  Speaker 3: sent down from Heaven, and work as He did for
• 39:05
  Speaker 3: the benefit of men. Then such results will be manifest
• 39:10
  Speaker 3: in the blessing and uplifting of mankind as are wholly
• 39:14
  Speaker 3: impossible of accomplishment by human power. Our Lord struck at
• 39:21
  Speaker 3: the root of the affair that troubled this questioner, and
• 39:24
  Speaker 3: of all similar disputes, saying, take heed and beware of covetousness,
• 39:31
  Speaker 3: For a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of
• 39:35
  Speaker 3: the things which he possesseth. And he spake a parable
• 39:40
  Speaker 3: unto them, saying, the ground of a certain rich man
• 39:45
  Speaker 3: brought forth plentifully. And he thought within himself, saying, what
• 39:50
  Speaker 3: shall I do, because I have no room where to
• 39:53
  Speaker 3: bestow my fruits? And he said, this will I do.
• 39:58
  Speaker 3: I will pull down my bar arms and build greater
• 40:02
  Speaker 3: and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.
• 40:07
  Speaker 3: And I will say to my soul soul, thou hast
• 40:11
  Speaker 3: much goods laid up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink,
• 40:17
  Speaker 3: and be merry. But God said unto him, thou fool
• 40:23
  Speaker 3: this night, thy soul shall be required of thee Then
• 40:27
  Speaker 3: whose shall these things be which thou hast provided? So
• 40:32
  Speaker 3: is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is
• 40:35
  Speaker 3: not rich towards God. By the parable of the foolish
• 40:41
  Speaker 3: rich man, Christ showed the folly of those who make
• 40:45
  Speaker 3: the world there all this man had received everything from God.
• 40:51
  Speaker 3: The sun had been permitted to shine upon his land,
• 40:54
  Speaker 3: for its rays fall on the just and on the unjust.
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  Speaker 3: The showers of heaven descend on the evil and on
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  Speaker 3: the good. The Lord had caused vegetation to flourish and
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  Speaker 3: the fields to bring forth abundantly. The rich man was
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  Speaker 3: in perplexity as to what he should do with his produce.
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  Speaker 3: His barns were full to overflowing, and he had no
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  Speaker 3: place to put the surplice of his harvest. He did
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  Speaker 3: not think of God, from whom all his mercies had come.
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  Speaker 3: He did not realize that God had made him a
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  Speaker 3: steward of his goods, that he might help the needy.
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  Speaker 3: He had a blessed opportunity of being God's armaner, but
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  Speaker 3: he thought only of ministering to his own comfort. The
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  Speaker 3: situation of the poor, the orphan, the widow, the suffering,
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  Speaker 3: the afflicted was brought to this rich man's attention. There
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  Speaker 3: were many places in which to bestow his goods. Could
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  Speaker 3: easily have relieved himself of a portion of his abundance,
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  Speaker 3: and many homes would have been freed from want. Many
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  Speaker 3: who were hungry would have been fed, many naked clothed,
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  Speaker 3: many hearts made glad, many prayers for bread and clothing answered,
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  Speaker 3: and a melody of praise would have assented to heaven.
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  Speaker 3: The Lord had heard the prayers of the needy, and
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  Speaker 3: of his goodness he had prepared for the poor. Abundant
• 42:32
  Speaker 3: provision for the wants of many had been made in
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  Speaker 3: the blessings bestowed upon the rich man. But he closed
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  Speaker 3: his heart to the cry of the needy, and said
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  Speaker 3: to his servants, this will I do. I will pull
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  Speaker 3: down my barns and build greater and there will I
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  Speaker 3: bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will
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  Speaker 3: say to my soul, soul, thou hast much goods laid
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  Speaker 3: up for many years. Take thine ease, eat, drink, and
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  Speaker 3: be merry. This man's aims were no higher than those
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  Speaker 3: of the beasts that perish. He lived as if there
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  Speaker 3: were no God, no heaven, no future life, as if
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  Speaker 3: everything he possessed were his own, and he owed nothing
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  Speaker 3: to God or man. The Psalmist described this rich man
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  Speaker 3: when he wrote the fool Hath said in his heart
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  Speaker 3: there is no God. This man has lived and planned
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  Speaker 3: for self. He sees the future is abundantly provided for.
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  Speaker 3: There is nothing for him now but to treasure and
• 43:50
  Speaker 3: enjoy the fruits of his labors. He regards himself as
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  Speaker 3: favored above other men, and takes credit to himself all
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  Speaker 3: his wise management. He is honored by his fellow townsmen
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  Speaker 3: as a man of good judgment and a prosperous citizen.
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  Speaker 3: For men will praise THEE when thou doest well to thyself.
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  Speaker 3: But the wisdom of this world is foolishness. With God.
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  Speaker 3: While the rich man is looking forward to years of enjoyment,
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  Speaker 3: the Lord is making far different plans. The message comes
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  Speaker 3: to this unfaithful steward, thou fool this night, thy soul
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  Speaker 3: shall be required of THEE. Here is a demand that
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  Speaker 3: money cannot supply. The wealth he has treasured can purchase
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  Speaker 3: no reprieve. In one moment, that which he is toiled
• 44:53
  Speaker 3: through his whole life to secure becomes worthless to him.
• 44:59
  Speaker 3: Then whose shall these things be, which thou hast provided
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  Speaker 3: his broad fields and well filled granaries pass from under
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  Speaker 3: his control? He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who
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  Speaker 3: shall gather them. The only thing that would be of
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  Speaker 3: value to him now he has not secured in living
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  Speaker 3: for self, he has rejected that divine love which would
• 45:28
  Speaker 3: have flowed out in mercy to his fellow men. Thus
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  Speaker 3: he has rejected life. For God is love, and love
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  Speaker 3: is life. This man has chosen the earthly rather than
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  Speaker 3: the spiritual, and with the earthly he must pass away.
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  Speaker 3: Man that is in honor and understandeth not is like
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  Speaker 3: the beasts that perish. So is he that layeth up
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  Speaker 3: treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God. The
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  Speaker 3: picture is true for all time. You may plan for
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  Speaker 3: merely selfish good. You may gather together treasure. You may
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  Speaker 3: build mansions great and high, as did the builders of
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  Speaker 3: ancient Babylon. But you cannot build walls so high or
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  Speaker 3: gates so strong as to shut out the messengers of doom.
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  Speaker 3: Belshazzar the King feasted in his palace and praised the
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  Speaker 3: gods of gold and of silver, of brass, of iron,
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  Speaker 3: of wood, and of stone. But the hand of one
• 46:43
  Speaker 3: invisible wrote upon his walls the words of doom, and
• 46:49
  Speaker 3: the tread of hostile armies was heard at his palace gates.
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  Speaker 3: In that night was Belshazzar, the king of the Chaldean,
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  Speaker 3: slain and an alien monarch sat upon the throne. To
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  Speaker 3: live for self is to perish covetousness. The desire of
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  Speaker 3: benefit for self's sake cuts the soul off from life.
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  Speaker 3: It is the spirit of Satan to get, to draw
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  Speaker 3: to self. It is the spirit of Christ to give,
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  Speaker 3: to sacrifice self for the good of others. And this
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  Speaker 3: is the record that God hath given to us eternal life.
• 47:38
  Speaker 3: And this life is in his son. He that hath
• 47:43
  Speaker 3: the Son hath life. And he that hath not the
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  Speaker 3: Son of God hath not life. Wherefore he says, take
• 47:53
  Speaker 3: heed and beware of covetousness. For a man's life consisteth
• 47:59
  Speaker 3: not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth
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  Speaker 3: end of Chapter twenty.
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  Speaker 4: Chapter twenty one a great gulf fixed in the parable
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  Speaker 4: of the rich Man and Lazarus. Christ shows that in
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  Speaker 4: this life men decide their eternal destiny. During probationary time,
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  Speaker 4: the grace of God is offered to every soul. But
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  Speaker 4: if men waste their opportunities in self pleasing, they cut
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  Speaker 4: themselves off from everlasting life. No after probation will be
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  Speaker 4: granted them by their own choice. They have fixed an
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  Speaker 4: impassable gulf between them and their God. This parable draws
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  Speaker 4: a contrast between the rich, who have not made God
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  Speaker 4: their dependence, and the poor, who have made God their dependence.
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  Speaker 4: Christ shows that the time is coming when the position
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  Speaker 4: of these two classes will be reversed. Those who are
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  Speaker 4: poor in this world's goods, yet who trust in God
• 48:54
  Speaker 4: and are patient in suffering, will one day be exalted
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  Speaker 4: above those who now hold the highest positions of the world
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  Speaker 4: can give, but who have not surrendered their life to God.
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  Speaker 4: There was a certain rich man, Christ said, which was
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  Speaker 4: clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day.
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  Speaker 4: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was
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  Speaker 4: laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to
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  Speaker 4: be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich
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  Speaker 4: man's table. The rich man did not belong to the
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  Speaker 4: class represented by the unjust judge, who openly declared his
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  Speaker 4: disregard for God and man. He claimed to be a
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  Speaker 4: son of Abraham. He did not treat the beggar with
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  Speaker 4: violence or require him to go away, because the sight
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  Speaker 4: of him was disagreeable. If the poor loathsome specimen of
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  Speaker 4: humanity could be comforted by beholding him as he entered
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  Speaker 4: his gates. The rich man was willing that he should remain,
• 49:46
  Speaker 4: but he was selfishly indifferent to the needs of his
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  Speaker 4: suffering brother. There were then no hospitals in which the
• 49:52
  Speaker 4: sick might be cared for. The suffering and needy were
• 49:55
  Speaker 4: brought to the notice of those to whom the Lord
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  Speaker 4: had entrusted wealth, that they might receive help and sympathy.
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  Speaker 4: Thus it was with the beggar and the rich man.
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  Speaker 4: Lazarus was in great need of help, for he was
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  Speaker 4: without friends, home, money, or food. Yet he was allowed
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  Speaker 4: to remain in this condition day after day, while the
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  Speaker 4: wealthy nobleman had every once applied. The one who was
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  Speaker 4: abundantly able to relieve the sufferings of his fellow creature
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  Speaker 4: lived to himself, as many live to day. There are
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  Speaker 4: to day close beside us many who are hungry, naked,
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  Speaker 4: and homeless. And neglect to impart of our means to
• 50:31
  Speaker 4: these needy suffering ones. Places upon us a burden of
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  Speaker 4: guilt which we shall one day fear to meet. All
• 50:37
  Speaker 4: covetousness is condemned as idolatry. All selfish indulgence is an
• 50:42
  Speaker 4: offense in God's sight. God had made the rich man
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  Speaker 4: a steward of his means, and it was his duty
• 50:48
  Speaker 4: to attend to just such cases as that of the beggar.
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  Speaker 4: The command had been given, thou shalt love the Lord
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  Speaker 4: thy God, with all thine heart, and with all thy soul,
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  Speaker 4: and with all thy might, and thou shall thy neighbor
• 51:00
  Speaker 4: as thyself. The rich man was a Jew, and he
• 51:04
  Speaker 4: was acquainted with the command of God, but he forgot
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  Speaker 4: that he was accountable for the use of his intrusted
• 51:10
  Speaker 4: means and capabilities. The Lord's blessings rested upon him abundantly,
• 51:15
  Speaker 4: but he employed them selfishly to honor himself, not his maker.
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  Speaker 4: In proportion to his abundance was his obligation to use
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  Speaker 4: his gifts for the uplifting of humanity. This was the
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  Speaker 4: Lord's command, but the rich man had no thought of
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  Speaker 4: his obligation to God. He lent money and took interest
• 51:32
  Speaker 4: for what he loaned, but he returned no interest for
• 51:35
  Speaker 4: what God had lent him. He had knowledge and talents,
• 51:39
  Speaker 4: but did not improve them. Forgetful of his accountability to God,
• 51:43
  Speaker 4: he devoted all his powers to pleasure everything with which
• 51:46
  Speaker 4: he was surrounded. His round of amusements the praise and
• 51:50
  Speaker 4: flattery of his friends, ministered to his selfish enjoyment. So
• 51:54
  Speaker 4: engrossed was he in the society of his friends that
• 51:56
  Speaker 4: he lost all sense of his responsibility to cooperate with God.
• 52:00
  Speaker 4: In his ministry of mercy, he had opportunity to understand
• 52:04
  Speaker 4: the Word of God and to practice its teachings. But
• 52:07
  Speaker 4: the pleasure loving society he chose so occupied his time
• 52:10
  Speaker 4: that he forgot the God of eternity. The time came
• 52:14
  Speaker 4: when a change took place in the condition of the
• 52:16
  Speaker 4: two men. The poor man had suffered day by day,
• 52:19
  Speaker 4: but he had patiently and quietly endured. In the course
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  Speaker 4: of time, he died and was buried. There was no
• 52:26
  Speaker 4: one to mourn for him. But by his patience in suffering,
• 52:29
  Speaker 4: he had witnessed for Christ. He had endured the test
• 52:33
  Speaker 4: of his faith, and at his death he is represented
• 52:35
  Speaker 4: as being carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom. Lazarus
• 52:40
  Speaker 4: represents the suffering poor who believe in Christ. When the
• 52:43
  Speaker 4: trumpet sounds, and all that are in the graves hear
• 52:46
  Speaker 4: Christ's voice, and come forth they will receive their reward
• 52:50
  Speaker 4: for their faith in God. Was not a mere theory,
• 52:52
  Speaker 4: but a reality. The rich man also died and was buried.
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  Speaker 4: And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments,
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  Speaker 4: and seeth Abraham afar off and Lazarus in his bosom,
• 53:04
  Speaker 4: and he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me,
• 53:08
  Speaker 4: and send Lazarus that he may dip the tip of
• 53:10
  Speaker 4: his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I
• 53:14
  Speaker 4: am tormented in this flame. In this parable, Christ was
• 53:18
  Speaker 4: meeting the people on their own ground. The doctrine of
• 53:21
  Speaker 4: a conscious state of existence between death and the resurrection
• 53:24
  Speaker 4: was held by many of those who were listening to
• 53:26
  Speaker 4: Christ's words. The Savior knew of their ideas, and he
• 53:30
  Speaker 4: framed his parable so as to inculcate important truths through
• 53:33
  Speaker 4: these preconceived opinions. He held up before his hearers a
• 53:37
  Speaker 4: mirror wherein they might see themselves in their true relation
• 53:40
  Speaker 4: to God. He used the prevailing opinion to convey the
• 53:44
  Speaker 4: idea he wished to make prominent to all that no
• 53:47
  Speaker 4: man is valued for his possessions, for all he has
• 53:50
  Speaker 4: belongs to him only as lent by the Lord. A
• 53:53
  Speaker 4: misuse of these gifts will place him below the poorest
• 53:56
  Speaker 4: and most afflicted man who loves God and trust in him.
• 54:00
  Speaker 4: Christ desired his hearers to understand that it is impossible
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  Speaker 4: for men to secure the salvation of the soul after death.
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  Speaker 4: Son Abraham is represented his answering, Remember that thou in
• 54:11
  Speaker 4: thy life time receivedest thy good things, and likewise Lazarus
• 54:15
  Speaker 4: evil things. But now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
• 54:20
  Speaker 4: And beside all this, between us and you, there is
• 54:23
  Speaker 4: a great gulf fixed so that they which would pass
• 54:26
  Speaker 4: from hence to you cannot neither can they pass to
• 54:29
  Speaker 4: us that would come from thence. Thus Christ represented the
• 54:33
  Speaker 4: hopelessness of looking for a second probation. This life is
• 54:37
  Speaker 4: the only time given to man in which to prepare
• 54:40
  Speaker 4: for eternity. The rich man had not abandoned the idea
• 54:44
  Speaker 4: that he was a child of Abraham, and in his
• 54:46
  Speaker 4: distress he is represented as calling upon him for aid. Father, Abraham,
• 54:51
  Speaker 4: he prayed, have mercy on me. He did not pray
• 54:54
  Speaker 4: to God, but to Abraham. Thus he showed that he
• 54:57
  Speaker 4: placed Abraham above God, and that he he relied on
• 55:00
  Speaker 4: his relationship to Abraham for salvation. The thief on the
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  Speaker 4: cross offered his prayer to Christ, Remember me, when Thou
• 55:08
  Speaker 4: comest into Thy kingdom. He said, and at once the
• 55:11
  Speaker 4: response came verily, I say, unto THEE to day, as
• 55:16
  Speaker 4: I hang on the cross in humiliation and suffering, thou
• 55:19
  Speaker 4: shalt be with me in paradise. But the rich man
• 55:22
  Speaker 4: prayed to Abraham, and his petition was not granted. Christ
• 55:26
  Speaker 4: alone is exalted to be a prince and a savior,
• 55:28
  Speaker 4: for to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.
• 55:32
  Speaker 4: Neither is there salvation in any other. The rich man
• 55:36
  Speaker 4: had spent his life in self pleasing, and too late
• 55:38
  Speaker 4: he saw that he had made no provision for eternity.
• 55:41
  Speaker 4: He realized his folly and thought of his brothers, who
• 55:44
  Speaker 4: would go on as he had done, living to please themselves.
• 55:48
  Speaker 4: Then he made the request. I pray, therefore, Father, that
• 55:52
  Speaker 4: thou wouldst send him Lazarus to my father's house, for
• 55:55
  Speaker 4: I have five brethren, that he may testify unto them,
• 55:59
  Speaker 4: lest they all also come into this place of torment.
• 56:02
  Speaker 4: But Abraham saith unto him. They have Moses and the
• 56:06
  Speaker 4: prophets let them hear them. And he said, nay, Father Abraham,
• 56:11
  Speaker 4: but if one went unto them from the dead, they
• 56:14
  Speaker 4: will repent. And he said, unto him, if they hear
• 56:17
  Speaker 4: not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded,
• 56:21
  Speaker 4: though one rose from the dead. When the rich man
• 56:24
  Speaker 4: solicited additional evidence for his brothers, he was plainly told
• 56:28
  Speaker 4: that should this evidence be given, they would not be persuaded.
• 56:32
  Speaker 4: His request cast a reflection on God. It was as
• 56:35
  Speaker 4: if the rich man had said, if you had more
• 56:38
  Speaker 4: thoroughly warned me, I should not now be here. Abraham,
• 56:42
  Speaker 4: in his answer to this request, is represented as saying,
• 56:45
  Speaker 4: your brothers have been sufficiently warned. Light has been given them,
• 56:49
  Speaker 4: but they would not see. Truth has been presented to them,
• 56:52
  Speaker 4: But they would not hear. If they hear not Moses
• 56:55
  Speaker 4: and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded. Though one
• 56:58
  Speaker 4: rose from the dead. These words were proved true in
• 57:01
  Speaker 4: the history of the Jewish nation. Christ's last and crowning
• 57:04
  Speaker 4: miracle was the raising of Lazarus of Bethany after he
• 57:07
  Speaker 4: had been dead four days. The Jews were given this
• 57:10
  Speaker 4: wonderful evidence of the Saviour's divinity, but they rejected it.
• 57:14
  Speaker 4: Lazarus rose from the dead and bore his testimony before them,
• 57:18
  Speaker 4: but they hardened their hearts against all evidence, and even
• 57:21
  Speaker 4: sought to take his life, The Law and the prophets
• 57:24
  Speaker 4: are God's appointed agencies for the salvation of men. Christ said,
• 57:28
  Speaker 4: let them give heed to these evidences. If they do
• 57:31
  Speaker 4: not listen to the voice of God and his word,
• 57:33
  Speaker 4: the testimony of a witness raised from the dead would
• 57:36
  Speaker 4: not be heeded. Those who heed Moses and the prophets
• 57:39
  Speaker 4: will require no greater light than God has given. But
• 57:43
  Speaker 4: if men reject the light and fail to appreciate the
• 57:45
  Speaker 4: opportunities granted them, they would not hear If one from
• 57:49
  Speaker 4: the dead should come to them with a message, they
• 57:51
  Speaker 4: would not be convinced even by this evidence. For those
• 57:54
  Speaker 4: who reject the Law and the prophets so harden their
• 57:57
  Speaker 4: hearts that they will reject all light. The conversation between
• 58:02
  Speaker 4: Abraham and the once rich man is figurative. The lesson
• 58:05
  Speaker 4: to be gathered from it is that every man is
• 58:07
  Speaker 4: given sufficient light for the discharge of the duties required
• 58:10
  Speaker 4: of him. Man's responsibilities are proportionate to his opportunities and privileges.
• 58:17
  Speaker 4: God gives to every one sufficient light and grace to
• 58:19
  Speaker 4: do the work he has given him to do. If
• 58:22
  Speaker 4: man fails to do that which a little light shows
• 58:25
  Speaker 4: to be his duty, greater light would only reveal unfaithfulness
• 58:29
  Speaker 4: neglect to improve the blessings given. He that is faithful
• 58:32
  Speaker 4: in that which is least is faithful also in much,
• 58:35
  Speaker 4: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust
• 58:38
  Speaker 4: also in much. Those who refuse to be enlightened by
• 58:42
  Speaker 4: Moses and the prophets and ask for some wonderful miracle
• 58:45
  Speaker 4: to be performed would not be convinced if their wish
• 58:47
  Speaker 4: were granted. The parable of the rich man and Lazarus
• 58:51
  Speaker 4: shows how the two classes represented by these men are
• 58:54
  Speaker 4: estimated in the unseen world. There is no sin in
• 58:58
  Speaker 4: being rich if riches are not acquired by injustice. A
• 59:01
  Speaker 4: rich man is not condemned for having riches, but condemnation
• 59:05
  Speaker 4: rests upon him if the means entrusted to him is
• 59:08
  Speaker 4: spent in selfishness. Far better might he lay up his
• 59:11
  Speaker 4: money beside the throne of God by using it to
• 59:14
  Speaker 4: do good. Death cannot make any man poor who thus
• 59:17
  Speaker 4: devotes himself to seeking eternal riches. But the man who
• 59:21
  Speaker 4: hoards his treasure for self cannot take any of it
• 59:24
  Speaker 4: to heaven. He has proved himself to be an unfaithful steward.
• 59:28
  Speaker 4: During his lifetime. He had his good things, but he
• 59:31
  Speaker 4: was forgetful of his obligation to God. He failed of
• 59:34
  Speaker 4: securing the heavenly treasure. The man who had so many
• 59:38
  Speaker 4: privileges is represented to us as one who should have
• 59:41
  Speaker 4: cultivated his gifts so that his works should reach into
• 59:44
  Speaker 4: the great beyond, carrying with them improved spiritual advantages. It
• 59:49
  Speaker 4: is the purpose of redemption not only to blot out sin,
• 59:52
  Speaker 4: but to give back to man these spiritual gifts lost
• 59:55
  Speaker 4: because of sins. Dwarfing power. Money cannot be carried into
• 59:59
  Speaker 4: the next life, it is not needed there. But the
• 1:00:02
  Speaker 4: good deeds done in winning souls to Christ are carried
• 1:00:05
  Speaker 4: to the heavenly courts. But those who selfishly spend the
• 1:00:08
  Speaker 4: Lord's gifts on themselves, leaving their needy fellow creatures without
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 4: aid and doing nothing to advance God's work in the
• 1:00:14
  Speaker 4: world dishonor their maker. Robbery of God is written opposite
• 1:00:18
  Speaker 4: their names in the books of Heaven. The rich man
• 1:00:22
  Speaker 4: had all that money could procure, but he did not
• 1:00:24
  Speaker 4: possess the riches that would have kept his account right
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 4: with God. He had lived as if all that he
• 1:00:29
  Speaker 4: possessed were his own. He had neglected the call of
• 1:00:32
  Speaker 4: God and the claims of the suffering poor. But at
• 1:00:35
  Speaker 4: length there comes a call which he cannot neglect, by
• 1:00:38
  Speaker 4: a power which he cannot question or resist. He is
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 4: commanded to quit the premises of which he is no
• 1:00:43
  Speaker 4: longer steward. The once rich man is reduced to hopeless poverty.
• 1:00:48
  Speaker 4: The robe of Christ's righteousness, woven in the loom of heaven,
• 1:00:51
  Speaker 4: can never cover him. He who once wore the richest purple,
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 4: the finest linen, is reduced to nakedness. His probation is ended.
• 1:01:00
  Speaker 4: He brought nothing into the world, and he can take
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 4: nothing out of it. Christ lifted the curtain and presented
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 4: this picture before priests and rulers, scribes and pharisees. Look
• 1:01:10
  Speaker 4: at it, you, who are rich in this world's goods
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 4: and are not rich towards God, will you not contemplate
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 4: this scene? That which is highly esteemed among men is
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  Speaker 4: abhorrent in the sight of God. Christ asks, what shall
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  Speaker 4: it profit a man if he shall gain the whole
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  Speaker 4: world and lose his own soul? Or what shall a
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  Speaker 4: man give in exchange for his soul? Application to the
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  Speaker 4: Jewish nation. When Christ gave the parable of the rich
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  Speaker 4: man and Lazarus, there were many in the Jewish nation,
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  Speaker 4: in the pitiable condition of the rich man, using the
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  Speaker 4: Lord's goods for selfish gratification, preparing themselves to hear the sentence,
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  Speaker 4: Thou artweighed in the balances, and art found wanting. The
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  Speaker 4: rich man was favored with every temporal and spiritual blessing,
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  Speaker 4: but he refused to co operate with God in the
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  Speaker 4: use of those blessings. Thus it was with the Jewish nation.
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  Speaker 4: The Lord had made the Jews the depositories of sacred truth.
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  Speaker 4: He had appointed them stewards of his grace. He had
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  Speaker 4: given them every spiritual and every temporal advantage, and he
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  Speaker 4: called upon them to impart these blessings. Special instruction had
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  Speaker 4: been given them in regard to their treatment of their
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  Speaker 4: brethren who had fallen into decay, of the stranger within
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  Speaker 4: their gates, and of the poor among them. They were
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  Speaker 4: not to seek to gain everything for their own advantage,
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  Speaker 4: but were to remember those in need and share with them.
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  Speaker 4: And God promised to bless them in accordance with their
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  Speaker 4: deeds of love and mercy. But like the rich man,
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  Speaker 4: they put forth no helping hand to relieve the temporal
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  Speaker 4: or spiritual necessities of suffering. Humanity filled with pride. They
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  Speaker 4: regarded themselves as the chosen and favored people of God.
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  Speaker 4: Yet they did not serve or worship God. They put
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  Speaker 4: their dependence in the fact that they were children of Abraham.
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  Speaker 4: We be Abraham's seed, they said proudly. When the crisis came,
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  Speaker 4: it was revealed that they had divorced themselves from God
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  Speaker 4: and had placed their trust in Abraham, as if he
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  Speaker 4: were God. Christ longed to let light shine into the
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  Speaker 4: darkened minds of the Jewish people. He said to them,
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  Speaker 4: if ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works
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  Speaker 4: of Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a
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  Speaker 4: man that hath told you the truth which I have
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  Speaker 4: heard of God. This did not Abraham. Christ recognized no
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  Speaker 4: virtue in lineage. He taught that spiritual connection supersedes all
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  Speaker 4: natural connection. The Jews claimed to have descended from Abraham,
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  Speaker 4: but by failing to do the works of Abraham, they
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  Speaker 4: proved that they were not his true children. Only those
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  Speaker 4: who proved themselves to be spiritually in harmony with Abraham
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  Speaker 4: by obeying the voice of God are reckoned as of
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  Speaker 4: true descent. Although the beggar belonged to a class looked
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  Speaker 4: upon by men as inferior. Christ recognized him as one
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  Speaker 4: whom Abraham would take into the very closest friendship. The
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  Speaker 4: rich man, though surrounded with all the luxuries of life,
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  Speaker 4: was so ignorant that he put Abraham where God should
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  Speaker 4: have been. If he had appreciated his exalted privileges and
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  Speaker 4: had allowed God's spirit to mold his mind and heart,
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  Speaker 4: he would have had an altogether different position. So with
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  Speaker 4: the nation he represented. If they had responded to the
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  Speaker 4: divine call, their future would have been wholly different. They
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  Speaker 4: would have shown true spiritual discernment. They had means which
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  Speaker 4: God would have increased, making it sufficient to bless and
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  Speaker 4: enlighten the whole world. But they had so far separated
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  Speaker 4: from the Lord's arrangement that their whole life was perverted.
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  Speaker 4: They failed to use their gifts as God's stuarts in
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 4: accordance with truth and righteousness. Eternity was not brought into
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  Speaker 4: their reckoning, and the result of their unfaithfulness was a
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  Speaker 4: ruin to the whole nation. Christ knew that at the
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  Speaker 4: destruction of Jerusalem, the Jews would remember his warning, and
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  Speaker 4: it was so when calamity came upon Jerusalem, when starvation
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 4: and suffering of every kind came upon the people. They
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  Speaker 4: remembered these words of Christ and understood the parable they
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  Speaker 4: had brought their suffering upon themselves by their neglect to
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  Speaker 4: let their God given light shine forth to the world
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  Speaker 4: in the last days. The closing scenes of this Earth's
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  Speaker 4: history are portrayed in the closing of the rich Man's history.
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  Speaker 4: The rich Man claimed to be a son of Abraham,
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  Speaker 4: but he was separated from Abraham by an impassable gulf,
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  Speaker 4: a character wrongly developed. Abraham served God, following his word
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  Speaker 4: in faith and obedience, but the rich Man was unmindful
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  Speaker 4: of God and the needs of suffering humanity. The great
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  Speaker 4: gulf fixed between him and Abraham was the gulf of disobedience.
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  Speaker 4: There are many to day who are following the same course.
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  Speaker 4: Though church members, they are unconverted. They may take part
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  Speaker 4: in the church service. They may chant the psalm as
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  Speaker 4: the heart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my
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  Speaker 4: soul after thee O God. But they testify to a falsehood.
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  Speaker 4: They are no more righteous in God's sight than is
• 1:05:54
  Speaker 4: the veriest sinner. The soul that longs after the excitement
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  Speaker 4: of worldly pleasure. The mind is full of love for
• 1:06:00
  Speaker 4: display cannot serve God like the rich man in the parable.
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  Speaker 4: Such a one has no inclination to war against the
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 4: lust of the flesh. He longs to indulge appetite. He
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  Speaker 4: chooses the atmosphere of sin. He is suddenly snatched away
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  Speaker 4: by death, and he goes down to the grave with
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  Speaker 4: the character formed during his lifetime in co partnership with
• 1:06:21
  Speaker 4: Satanic agencies. In the grave, he has no power to
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  Speaker 4: choose anything, be it good or evil. For in the day,
• 1:06:28
  Speaker 4: when a man dies, his thoughts perish. When the voice
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  Speaker 4: of God awakes the dead, he will come from the
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  Speaker 4: grave with the same appetites and passions, the same likes
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 4: and dislikes that he cherished when living. God works no
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  Speaker 4: miracle to recreate a man who would not be recreated
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  Speaker 4: when he was granted every opportunity and provided with every
• 1:06:47
  Speaker 4: facility during his lifetime. He took no delight in God
• 1:06:52
  Speaker 4: nor found pleasure in his service. His character is not
• 1:06:55
  Speaker 4: in harmony with God, and he could not be happy
• 1:06:57
  Speaker 4: in the heavenly family to day. There is a class
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  Speaker 4: in our world who are self righteous. They are not gluttons,
• 1:07:04
  Speaker 4: they are not drunkards, they are not infidels, but they
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  Speaker 4: desire to live for themselves, not for God. He is
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  Speaker 4: not in their thoughts. Therefore they are classed with unbelievers.
• 1:07:14
  Speaker 4: Were it possible for them to enter the gates of
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 4: the City of God, they could have no right to
• 1:07:18
  Speaker 4: the Tree of Life. For when God's commandments were laid
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 4: before them, with all their binding claims, they said, no,
• 1:07:25
  Speaker 4: they have not served God here. Therefore they would not
• 1:07:28
  Speaker 4: serve him hereafter, they could not live in his presence,
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  Speaker 4: and they would feel that any place was preferable to heaven.
• 1:07:34
  Speaker 4: To learn of Christ means to receive his grace, which
• 1:07:37
  Speaker 4: is his character. But those who do not appreciate and
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 4: utilize the precious opportunities and sacred influences granted them on
• 1:07:44
  Speaker 4: earth are not fitted to take part in the pure
• 1:07:47
  Speaker 4: devotion of Heaven. Their characters are not molded according to
• 1:07:50
  Speaker 4: the divine similitude. By their own neglect, they have formed
• 1:07:54
  Speaker 4: a chasm which nothing can bridge between them and the righteous.
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  Speaker 4: There is a great gulf fixed end of Chapter twenty one.
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  Speaker 5: Chapter twenty two, Saying and Doing. A certain man had
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  Speaker 5: two sons, and he came to the first and said, son,
• 1:08:12
  Speaker 5: go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and
• 1:08:15
  Speaker 5: said I will not. But afterward he repented and went,
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 5: And he came to the second and said, likewise, And
• 1:08:21
  Speaker 5: he answered and said, I go, sir, and went not
• 1:08:25
  Speaker 5: whither of them twain did the will of his father?
• 1:08:27
  Speaker 5: They say unto him the first In the Sermon on
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 5: the Monk, Christ said, not every one that saith unto me,
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 5: Lord Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but
• 1:08:37
  Speaker 5: he that doeth the will of my Father, which is
• 1:08:39
  Speaker 5: in heaven. The test of sincerity is not in words,
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 5: but in deeds. Christ does not say to any man,
• 1:08:46
  Speaker 5: what say ye more than others? But what do ye
• 1:08:49
  Speaker 5: more than others? Full of meaning? Are his words? If
• 1:08:52
  Speaker 5: ye know these things? Happy are ye if ye do them?
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  Speaker 5: Words are of no value unless they are accompanied with
• 1:08:59
  Speaker 5: appropriate deed. This is the lesson taught in the Parable
• 1:09:02
  Speaker 5: of the Two Sons. This parable was spoken at Christ's
• 1:09:06
  Speaker 5: last visit to Jerusalem before his death. He had driven
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 5: out the buyers and sellers from the temple. His voice
• 1:09:12
  Speaker 5: had spoken to their hearts with the power of God.
• 1:09:15
  Speaker 5: Amazed and terrified, they had obeyed as command without excuse
• 1:09:19
  Speaker 5: or resistance. When their terror was abated, the priests and
• 1:09:23
  Speaker 5: elders returning to the temple had found Christ healing the
• 1:09:25
  Speaker 5: sick and the dying. They had heard the voice of
• 1:09:28
  Speaker 5: rejoicing and the song of praise. In the temple itself,
• 1:09:31
  Speaker 5: the children who had been restored to health were waving
• 1:09:34
  Speaker 5: palm branches and singing Hosannas to the Son of David.
• 1:09:38
  Speaker 5: Baby voices were lisping their praises of the mighty healer.
• 1:09:41
  Speaker 5: Yet with the priests and elders, all this did not
• 1:09:44
  Speaker 5: suffice to overcome their prejudice and jealousy. The next day,
• 1:09:48
  Speaker 5: as Christ was teaching in the temple, the chief priests
• 1:09:50
  Speaker 5: and elders of the people came to him and said,
• 1:09:53
  Speaker 5: by what authority doest thou these things? And who gave
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 5: thee this authority? The priests and elders had unmistakable evidence
• 1:10:01
  Speaker 5: of Christ's power in his cleansing of the temple. They
• 1:10:04
  Speaker 5: had seen Heaven's authority flashing from his face. They could
• 1:10:07
  Speaker 5: not resist the power by which he spoke again in
• 1:10:10
  Speaker 5: his wonderful deeds of healing. He had answered the question.
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 5: He had given evidence of his authority which could not
• 1:10:16
  Speaker 5: be controverted. But it was not evidence that was wanted.
• 1:10:19
  Speaker 5: The priests and elders were anxious for Jesus to proclaim
• 1:10:22
  Speaker 5: himself the Messiah, that they might misapply his words and
• 1:10:26
  Speaker 5: stir up the people against him. They wished to destroy
• 1:10:29
  Speaker 5: his influence and to put him to death. Jesus knew
• 1:10:32
  Speaker 5: that if they could not recognize God in him, or
• 1:10:35
  Speaker 5: see in his works the evidence of his divine character,
• 1:10:38
  Speaker 5: they would not believe his own testimony that he was
• 1:10:40
  Speaker 5: the Christ. In his answer, he evades the issue they
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 5: hoped to bring about, and turns the condemnation upon themselves.
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 5: I also will ask you one thing, he said, which,
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 5: if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 5: you by what authority I do these things? The baptism
• 1:10:58
  Speaker 5: of John. Whence was it from heaven or of men?
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  Speaker 5: The priests and rulers were perplexed. They reasoned with themselves, saying,
• 1:11:06
  Speaker 5: if we shall say from heaven he will say unto us,
• 1:11:10
  Speaker 5: why did ye not then believe him? But if we
• 1:11:12
  Speaker 5: shall say of men, we fear the people for all
• 1:11:16
  Speaker 5: hold John is a prophet. And they answered Jesus and said,
• 1:11:19
  Speaker 5: we cannot tell. And he said, unto them, neither tell
• 1:11:23
  Speaker 5: I you by what authority I do these things? We
• 1:11:26
  Speaker 5: cannot tell. This answer was a falsehood, But the priests
• 1:11:30
  Speaker 5: saw the position they were in and falsified in order
• 1:11:33
  Speaker 5: to screen themselves. John the Baptists, had come there and
• 1:11:36
  Speaker 5: witness of the one whose authority they were now questioning.
• 1:11:40
  Speaker 5: He had pointed him out, saying, behold the lamb of God,
• 1:11:43
  Speaker 5: which taketh away the sin of the world. He had
• 1:11:46
  Speaker 5: baptized him, and after the baptism, as Christ was praying,
• 1:11:50
  Speaker 5: the heavens were opened, and the spirit of God like
• 1:11:52
  Speaker 5: a dove rested upon him, while a voice from heaven
• 1:11:55
  Speaker 5: was heard, saying, this is my beloved son, in whom
• 1:11:59
  Speaker 5: I am wealthly. Remembering how John had repeated the prophecies
• 1:12:03
  Speaker 5: concerning the Messiah, remembering the scene of the baptism of Jesus,
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 5: the priests and rulers dared not say that John's baptism
• 1:12:11
  Speaker 5: was from heaven. If they acknowledged John to be a prophet,
• 1:12:14
  Speaker 5: as they believed him to be, how could they deny
• 1:12:16
  Speaker 5: his testimony that Jesus of Nazareth was the son of God.
• 1:12:20
  Speaker 5: And they could not say that John's baptism was of
• 1:12:22
  Speaker 5: men because of the people who believed John to be
• 1:12:25
  Speaker 5: a prophet. So they said, we cannot tell. Then Christ
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 5: gave the parable of the Father and the two sons.
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 5: When the father went to the first son, saying, go
• 1:12:34
  Speaker 5: work today in my vineyard, the son promptly answered, I
• 1:12:37
  Speaker 5: will not. He refused to obey and gave himself up
• 1:12:41
  Speaker 5: to wicked ways and associations. But afterward he repented and
• 1:12:45
  Speaker 5: obeyed the call. The father went to the second son
• 1:12:48
  Speaker 5: with the same command, go work today in my vineyard.
• 1:12:51
  Speaker 5: This son may reply, I go, sir, but he went not.
• 1:12:55
  Speaker 5: In this parable, the Father represents God, the vineyard the church.
• 1:12:59
  Speaker 5: By the two sons are represented two classes of people.
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  Speaker 5: The son who refused to obey the commands, saying I
• 1:13:05
  Speaker 5: will not, represented those who were living in open transgression,
• 1:13:10
  Speaker 5: who made no profession of piety, who openly refused to
• 1:13:13
  Speaker 5: come under the yoke of restraint and obedience which the
• 1:13:16
  Speaker 5: law of God imposes. But many of these afterward repented
• 1:13:20
  Speaker 5: and obeyed the call of God. When the gospel came
• 1:13:23
  Speaker 5: to them in the message of John the Baptist, repent ye,
• 1:13:26
  Speaker 5: for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand. They repented
• 1:13:28
  Speaker 5: and confessed their sins. In the son who said, I
• 1:13:32
  Speaker 5: go sir, and went not. The character of the Pharisees
• 1:13:35
  Speaker 5: was revealed like this son, the Jewish leaders were impenitive
• 1:13:39
  Speaker 5: and self sufficient. The religious life of the Jewish nation
• 1:13:42
  Speaker 5: had become a pretense. When the law was proclaimed a
• 1:13:46
  Speaker 5: Mount Sinai by the voice of God, all the people
• 1:13:48
  Speaker 5: pledged themselves to obey. They said, I go, sir, but
• 1:13:52
  Speaker 5: they went not. When Christ came in person to set
• 1:13:55
  Speaker 5: before them the principles of the law, they rejected him.
• 1:13:58
  Speaker 5: Christ had given the Jewish lilas leaders of his day,
• 1:14:00
  Speaker 5: abundant evidence of his authority and divine power. For although
• 1:14:04
  Speaker 5: they were convinced, they would not accept the evidence, Christ
• 1:14:07
  Speaker 5: had shown them that they continued to disbelieve because they
• 1:14:11
  Speaker 5: had not the spirit which leads to obedience. He had
• 1:14:14
  Speaker 5: declared to them, ye made the commandment of God of
• 1:14:17
  Speaker 5: none effect by your tradition in vain, they do worship me,
• 1:14:21
  Speaker 5: teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. In the company
• 1:14:25
  Speaker 5: before Christ there was scribes and pharisees, priests and rulers.
• 1:14:29
  Speaker 5: And after giving the parable of the two sons, Christ
• 1:14:32
  Speaker 5: addressed to his hearers the question, whither of them twain
• 1:14:35
  Speaker 5: did the will of his Father forgetting themselves. The pharisees
• 1:14:39
  Speaker 5: answered the first this they said, without realizing that they
• 1:14:43
  Speaker 5: were pronouncing sentence against themselves. Then there fell from Christ's
• 1:14:47
  Speaker 5: lips the denunciation. Verily, I say unto you, that the
• 1:14:51
  Speaker 5: publicans and the harlots go into the Kingdom of God
• 1:14:54
  Speaker 5: before you. For John came unto you in the way
• 1:14:56
  Speaker 5: of righteousness, and ye believed them not. But the publican
• 1:15:00
  Speaker 5: and the harlots believed him, And ye, when ye had
• 1:15:02
  Speaker 5: seen it, repented not afterward that ye might believe him.
• 1:15:06
  Speaker 5: John the Baptist came preaching truth, and by his preaching
• 1:15:09
  Speaker 5: sinners were convicted and converted. These would go into the
• 1:15:13
  Speaker 5: Kingdom of Heaven before the ones who, in self righteousness
• 1:15:16
  Speaker 5: resisted the solemn warning. The publicans and harlots were ignorant.
• 1:15:20
  Speaker 5: But these learned men knew the way of truth. Yet
• 1:15:23
  Speaker 5: they refused to walk in the path which leads to
• 1:15:26
  Speaker 5: the paradise of God. The truth that should have been
• 1:15:29
  Speaker 5: to them a savor of life unto life, became a
• 1:15:32
  Speaker 5: savor of death, unto death. Open sinners, who love themselves
• 1:15:36
  Speaker 5: had received baptism at the hands of John. That these
• 1:15:39
  Speaker 5: teachers were hypocrites. Their own stubborn hearts were the obstacle
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 5: to their receiving the truth, they resisted the conviction of
• 1:15:46
  Speaker 5: the spirit of God. They refused obedience to God's commandments.
• 1:15:50
  Speaker 5: Christ did not say to them, ye cannot enter the
• 1:15:53
  Speaker 5: Kingdom of Heaven, but he showed that the obstacle which
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 5: prevented them from entering was their own creating. The door
• 1:16:00
  Speaker 5: was still open to these Jewish leaders. The invitation was
• 1:16:03
  Speaker 5: still held out. Christ longed to see them convicted and converted.
• 1:16:08
  Speaker 5: The priests and elders of Israel spent their lives in
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 5: religious ceremonies, which they regarded as too sacred to be
• 1:16:14
  Speaker 5: connected with secular business. Therefore, their lives were supposed to
• 1:16:18
  Speaker 5: be wholly religious, but they performed their ceremonies to be
• 1:16:22
  Speaker 5: seen by men, that they might be thought by the
• 1:16:24
  Speaker 5: world to be pious and devoted. While professing to obey,
• 1:16:28
  Speaker 5: they refused to render obedience to God. They were not
• 1:16:31
  Speaker 5: doers of the truth which they professed to teach. Christ
• 1:16:35
  Speaker 5: declared John the Baptist to be one of the greatest
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 5: of the prophets, and he showed his hearers that they
• 1:16:40
  Speaker 5: had had sufficient evidence that John was a messenger from God.
• 1:16:44
  Speaker 5: The words of the preacher in the wilderness were with
• 1:16:46
  Speaker 5: power He bore his message unflinchingly, rebuking the sins of
• 1:16:51
  Speaker 5: priests and rulers and enjoining upon them the works of
• 1:16:54
  Speaker 5: the Kingdom of Heaven. He pointed out to them their
• 1:16:57
  Speaker 5: sinful disregard of their father's authority in refusing to do
• 1:17:00
  Speaker 5: the work appointed them. He made no compromise with sin,
• 1:17:04
  Speaker 5: and many were turned from their unrighteousness. Had the profession
• 1:17:08
  Speaker 5: of the Jewish leaders been genuine, they would have received
• 1:17:11
  Speaker 5: John's testimony and accepted Jesus as the Messiah. But they
• 1:17:15
  Speaker 5: did not show the fruits of repentance and righteousness. The
• 1:17:18
  Speaker 5: very ones whom they despised were pressing into the Kingdom
• 1:17:21
  Speaker 5: of God before them. In the parable, the son who said,
• 1:17:25
  Speaker 5: I go Sir, represented himself as faithful and obedient, but
• 1:17:29
  Speaker 5: time proved that his profession was not real. He had
• 1:17:33
  Speaker 5: no true love for his father. So the Pharisees prided
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 5: themselves on their holiness, but when tested, it was found wanting.
• 1:17:40
  Speaker 5: When it was for their interest to do so, they
• 1:17:42
  Speaker 5: made the requirements of the law very exacting, but when
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 5: obedience was required from themselves by cunning sapristries, they reasoned
• 1:17:50
  Speaker 5: away the force of God's precepts of them, Christ declared,
• 1:17:54
  Speaker 5: do not ye after their works, for they say and
• 1:17:57
  Speaker 5: do not. They had no true love for God or man.
• 1:18:01
  Speaker 5: God called them to be co workers with him in
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  Speaker 5: blessing the world. But while in profession they accepted the call,
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  Speaker 5: in action, they refused obedience. They trusted to self and
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  Speaker 5: prided themselves on their goodness, But they set the commands
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  Speaker 5: of God at defiance. They refused to do the work
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  Speaker 5: which God had appointed them, And because of their transgression,
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  Speaker 5: the Lord was about to divorce himself from the disobedient nation.
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  Speaker 5: Self righteousness is not true righteousness, and those who cling
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  Speaker 5: to it will be left to take the consequences of
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  Speaker 5: holding a fatal deception. Many today claimed to obey the
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  Speaker 5: commandments of God, but they have not the love of
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  Speaker 5: God in their hearts to flow forth to others. Christ
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  Speaker 5: calls them to unite with him and his work for
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  Speaker 5: the saving of the world, but they content themselves with saying,
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  Speaker 5: I go, sir.
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  Speaker 6: They do not go.
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  Speaker 5: They do not cooperate with those who are doing God's service.
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  Speaker 5: They are idlers, like the unfaithful son. They make false
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  Speaker 5: promises to God in taking upon themselves the solemn covenant
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  Speaker 5: of the Church. They have pledged themselves to receive and
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  Speaker 5: obey the word of God, to give themselves to God's service,
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  Speaker 5: But they do not do this. In profession they claim
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  Speaker 5: to be sons of God, but in life and character
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  Speaker 5: they deny the relationship. They do not surrender the will
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  Speaker 5: to God. They are living a lie. The promise of
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  Speaker 5: obedience they appear to fulfill when this involves no sacrifice,
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  Speaker 5: but when self denial and self sacrifice are required, when
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  Speaker 5: they see the cross to be lifted, they draw back.
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  Speaker 5: Thus the conviction of duty wears away, and known transgression
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  Speaker 5: of God's commandments becomes habit. The ear may hear God's words,
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  Speaker 5: but the spiritual perceptive powers have departed. The heart is
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  Speaker 5: hardened the conscience sere, do not think that, because you
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  Speaker 5: do not manifest decided hostility to Christ, that you are
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  Speaker 5: doing him service. We thus deceive our own souls. By
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  Speaker 5: withholding that which God has given us to use in
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 5: his service, be it time or means, or any other
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  Speaker 5: of his intrusted gifts, we work against him. Satan uses
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  Speaker 5: the listless, sleepy, indolence, or professed Christians to strengthen his
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  Speaker 5: forces and win souls to his side. Many who think
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  Speaker 5: that though they are doing no actual work for Christ,
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  Speaker 5: they are yet on his side, are enabling the enemy
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  Speaker 5: to preoccupy ground and gain advantages. By their failure to
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  Speaker 5: be diligent workers for the Master. By leaving duties undone
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  Speaker 5: and words unspoken, they have allowed Satan to gain control
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  Speaker 5: of souls who might have been won for Christ. We
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  Speaker 5: can never be saved in indolence and inactivity. There is
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  Speaker 5: no such thing as a truly converted person living a helpless,
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  Speaker 5: useless life. It is not possible for us to drift
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  Speaker 5: into heaven. No sluggard can enter there. If we do
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  Speaker 5: not strive to gain an entrance into the Kingdom, if
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  Speaker 5: we do not seek earnestly to learn what constitutes its laws,
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  Speaker 5: we are not fitted for a part in it. Those
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  Speaker 5: who refuse to co operate with God on earth would
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  Speaker 5: not co operate with Him in heaven. It would not
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  Speaker 5: be safe to take them to heaven. There is more
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  Speaker 5: hope for publicans and sinners than for those who know
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  Speaker 5: the word of God but refuse to obey it. He
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  Speaker 5: who sees himself a sinner with no cloak for his sin,
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  Speaker 5: who knows that he is corrupting soul, body, and spirit
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  Speaker 5: before God becomes alarmed lest he be eternally separated from
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  Speaker 5: the kingdom of heaven. He realizes his diseased condition and
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  Speaker 5: seeks healing from the great physician, who has said him
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  Speaker 5: that cometh to me. I go in no wise cast
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  Speaker 5: out these souls the Lord can use as workers in
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  Speaker 5: his vineyard. The son who for a time refused obedience
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  Speaker 5: to his father's command was not condemned by Christ, and
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  Speaker 5: neither was he commended. The class who act the part
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  Speaker 5: of the first son in refusing obedience deserve no credit
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  Speaker 5: for holding this position. Their frankness is not to be
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  Speaker 5: regarded as a virtue sanctified by truth and holiness. It
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  Speaker 5: would make men bold witnesses for Christ, but used as
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  Speaker 5: it is by the sinner, it is insulting and defiant,
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  Speaker 5: and approaches to blasphemy. The fact that a man is
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  Speaker 5: not a hypocrite does not make him any the less
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  Speaker 5: really a sinner. When the appeals of the whole Spirit
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  Speaker 5: come to the heart, our only safety lies in responding
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  Speaker 5: to them without delay. When the call comes, go work
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  Speaker 5: to day in my vineyard. Do not refuse the invitation
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  Speaker 5: to day. If ye will hear his voice, harden not
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  Speaker 5: your hearts. It is unsafe to delay obedience. You may
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  Speaker 5: never hear the invitation again. And let none flatter themselves
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  Speaker 5: that sins cherished for a time can easily be given
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  Speaker 5: up by and by this is not so. Every sin
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  Speaker 5: cherished weakens the character and strengthens habit, and physical, mental,
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  Speaker 5: and moral depravity is the result. You may repent of
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  Speaker 5: the wrong you have done and set your feet in
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  Speaker 5: right paths, but the mold of your mind and your
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  Speaker 5: familiarity with evil will make it difficult for you to
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  Speaker 5: distinguish between right and wrong. Through the wrong habit's form,
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  Speaker 5: Satan will assail you again and again. In the command
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  Speaker 5: go work to day in my vineyard. The tests of
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  Speaker 5: sincerity is brought to every soul. Will there be deeds
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  Speaker 5: as well as words. Will the one called put to
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  Speaker 5: use all the knowledge he has, working faithfully disinterestedly for
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  Speaker 5: the owner of the vineyard. The apostle Peter instructs us
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  Speaker 5: as to the plan on which we must work. Grace
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  Speaker 5: and peace be multiplied unto you, he says, through the
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  Speaker 5: knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord, according as
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  Speaker 5: his divine power hath given unto us all things that
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  Speaker 5: pertain undue life and Godliness through the knowledge of Him
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  Speaker 5: that hath called us to glory and virtue, whereby are
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  Speaker 5: given unto us exceeding great and precious promises, that by
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  Speaker 5: these ye might be partakers of the Divine nature, having
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  Speaker 5: escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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  Speaker 5: And besides this giving all diligence. Add to your faith,
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  Speaker 5: virtue and to virtue, knowledge and to knowledge, temperance and
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  Speaker 5: to temperance, patience and to patience, Godliness and to godliness,
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  Speaker 5: brotherly kindness and a brotherly kindness charity. If you cultivate
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  Speaker 5: faithfully the vineyard of your soul, God is making you
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  Speaker 5: a laborer. Together with himself, we will have a work
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  Speaker 5: to do, not only for yourself, but for others. In
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  Speaker 5: representing the church as the vineyard, Christ does not teach
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  Speaker 5: that we are to restrict our sympathies and labors to
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  Speaker 5: our own numbers. The Lord's vineyard is to be enlarged
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  Speaker 5: in all parts of the earth. He desires it to
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  Speaker 5: be extended. As we receive the instruction and grace of God,
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  Speaker 5: we should impart to others a knowledge of how to
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  Speaker 5: care for the precious plants. Thus we may extend the
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  Speaker 5: vineyard of the Lord. God is watching for evidence of
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  Speaker 5: our faith, love, and patience. He looks to see if
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  Speaker 5: we are using every spiritual advantage to become skillful workers
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  Speaker 5: in his vineyard on earth, that we may enter the
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  Speaker 5: paradise of God, that Eden home from which Adam and
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  Speaker 5: Eve were excluded by transgression. God stands toward his people
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  Speaker 5: in the relation of a father, and he has a
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  Speaker 5: father's claim to our faithful service. Consider the life of Christ,
• 1:24:50
  Speaker 5: standing at the head of humanity serving his father. He
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  Speaker 5: is an example of what every son should and may be.
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  Speaker 5: The obedience that Christ rendered God requires from human and
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  Speaker 5: beings to day. He served his father with love, in
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  Speaker 5: willingness and freedom. I delight to do thy will, O
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  Speaker 5: my God, he declared, yea, thy law is within my heart.
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  Speaker 5: Christ counted no sacrifice too great, no toil too hard,
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  Speaker 5: in order to accomplish the work which he came to do.
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  Speaker 5: At the age of twelve, he said, wist ye not
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  Speaker 5: that I must be about my father's business. He had
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  Speaker 5: heard the call and had taken up the work. My meat,
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  Speaker 5: he said, is to do the will of Him that
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  Speaker 5: sent me, and to finish his work. Thus we are
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  Speaker 5: to serve God, he only serves who acts up to
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  Speaker 5: the highest standard of obedience. All who would be sons
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  Speaker 5: and daughters of God must prove themselves co workers with
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  Speaker 5: God in Christ and the heavenly angels. This is the
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  Speaker 5: test for every soul of those who faithfully serve him.
• 1:25:44
  Speaker 5: The Lord says, they shall be mine, and that day
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  Speaker 5: when I make up my jewels, and I will spare them,
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  Speaker 5: as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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  Speaker 5: God's great object in the working out of his providences
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  Speaker 5: is to try men, to give them opportunity to develop character.
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  Speaker 5: Us he proves whether they are obedient or disobedient to
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  Speaker 5: His commands. Good words do not purchase the love of God,
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  Speaker 5: but they reveal that we possess that love. If we
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  Speaker 5: surrender the will to God, we shall not work in
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  Speaker 5: order to earn God's love. His love as a free
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  Speaker 5: gift will be received into the soul, and from love
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  Speaker 5: to him shall delight to obey his commandments. There are
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  Speaker 5: only two classes in the world today, and only two
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  Speaker 5: classes will be recognized in the judgment, those who violate
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  Speaker 5: God's law and those who obey it. Christ gives the
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  Speaker 5: tests by which to prove our loyalty or disloyalty. If
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  Speaker 5: ye love me, he says, keep thy commandments. He that
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  Speaker 5: hath my commandments and keepeth them, He it is that
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  Speaker 5: loveth me, And he that loveth me shall be loved
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  Speaker 5: of my Father, and I will love him and will
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  Speaker 5: manifest myself to him. He that loveth me not keepeth
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  Speaker 5: not my sayings. And the word which he hear is
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  Speaker 5: not mine, but the fathers which sent me. If ye
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  Speaker 5: keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even
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  Speaker 5: as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in
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  Speaker 5: his life. End of Chapter twenty two, The.
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  Speaker 4: Lord's Vineyard, Part one, The Jewish Nation. The parable of
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  Speaker 4: the two Sons was followed by the parable of the Vineyard.
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  Speaker 4: In the one, Christ had set before the Jewish teachers
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  Speaker 4: the importance of obedience. In the other, he pointed to
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  Speaker 4: the rich blessings bestowed upon Israel, and in these showed
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  Speaker 4: God's claim to their obedience. He set before them the
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  Speaker 4: glory of God's purpose, which through obedience they might have fulfilled.
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  Speaker 4: Withdrawing the veil from the future, he showed how by
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  Speaker 4: failure to fulfill his purpose, the whole nation was forfeiting
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  Speaker 4: his blessing and bringing ruin upon itself. There was a
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  Speaker 4: certain householder, Christ said, which planted a vineyard and hedged
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  Speaker 4: it round about, and digged a wine press in it,
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  Speaker 4: and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen,
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  Speaker 4: and went into a far country. A description of this
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  Speaker 4: vineyard is given by the prophet Isaiah. Now will I
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  Speaker 4: sing to my well beloved, a song of my beloved,
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  Speaker 4: touching his vind My well beloved hath a vineyard in
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  Speaker 4: a very fruitful hill. And he fenced it and gathered
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  Speaker 4: out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest
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  Speaker 4: vine and built a tower in the midst of it,
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  Speaker 4: and also made a wine press therein, And he looked
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  Speaker 4: that it should bring forth grapes. The husbandman chooses a
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  Speaker 4: piece of land from the wilderness. He fences, clears, and
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  Speaker 4: tills it, and plants it with choice vines, expecting a
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  Speaker 4: rich harvest. This plot of ground, in its superiority to
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  Speaker 4: the uncultivated waste, he expects to do him honor by
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  Speaker 4: showing the results of his care and toil in its cultivation.
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  Speaker 4: So God had chosen a people from the world to
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  Speaker 4: be trained and educated by Christ. The prophet says, the
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  Speaker 4: vineyards of the Lord of Hosts is the house of Israel,
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  Speaker 4: and the men of Judah His pleasant plant. Upon this
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  Speaker 4: people God had bestowed great privileges, blessing them richly from
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  Speaker 4: his abundant goodness. He looked for them to honor him
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  Speaker 4: by yielding fruit. They were to reveal the principles of
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  Speaker 4: His kingdom in the midst of a fall and wicked world.
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  Speaker 4: They were to represent the character of God as the
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  Speaker 4: Lord's vineyard. They were to produce fruit altogether different from
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  Speaker 4: that of the heathen nations. These idolagious peoples had given
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  Speaker 4: themselves up to work wickedness. Violence and crime, Greed, oppression,
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  Speaker 4: and the most corrupt practices were indulged without restraint. Iniquity, degradation,
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  Speaker 4: and misery were the fruits of the corrupt tree. In
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  Speaker 4: marked contrast, was to be the fruit borne on the
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  Speaker 4: vine of God's planting. It was the privilege of the
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  Speaker 4: Jewish nation to represent the character of God as it
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  Speaker 4: had been revealed to Moses. In answer to the prayer
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  Speaker 4: of Moses, show me thy glory, the Lord promised, I
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  Speaker 4: will make all my goodness pass before thee. And the
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  Speaker 4: Lord passed before him and proclaimed the Lord the Lord God,
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  Speaker 4: merciful and gracious, long suffering and abundant in goodness and truth,
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  Speaker 4: keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin.
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  Speaker 4: This was the fruit that God desired from his people.
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  Speaker 4: In the purity of their characters, in the holiness of
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  Speaker 4: their lives, in their mercy and loving kindness and compassion,
• 1:30:07
  Speaker 4: they were to show that the law of the Lord
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  Speaker 4: is perfect. Converting the soul. Through the Jewish nation, it
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  Speaker 4: was God's purpose to impart rich blessings to all peoples
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  Speaker 4: through Israel. The way was to be prepared for the
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  Speaker 4: diffusion of His light to the whole world. The nations
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  Speaker 4: of the world, through following corrupt practices, had lost the
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  Speaker 4: knowledge of God. Yet in his mercy, God did not
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  Speaker 4: blot them out of existence. He purposed to give them
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  Speaker 4: opportunity for becoming acquainted with Him through his church. He
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  Speaker 4: designed that the principles revealed through his people should be
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  Speaker 4: the means of restoring the moral image of God in man.
• 1:30:43
  Speaker 4: It was for the accomplishment of this purpose that God
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  Speaker 4: called Abraham out from his idolatrous kindred and bade him
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  Speaker 4: dwell in the land of Canaan. I will make of
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  Speaker 4: Thee a great nation, he said, and I will bless
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  Speaker 4: thee and make thy name great, and thou shalt be
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  Speaker 4: a blessing. The descendants of Abraham, Jacob and his posterity
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  Speaker 4: were brought down to Egypt, that in the midst of
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  Speaker 4: that great and wicked nation they might reveal the principles
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  Speaker 4: of God's kingdom. The integrity of Joseph and his wonderful
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  Speaker 4: work in preserving the lives of the whole Egyptian people
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  Speaker 4: was a representation of the life of Christ. Moses and
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  Speaker 4: many others were witnesses for God. In bringing forth Israel
• 1:31:24
  Speaker 4: from Egypt, the Lord again manifested his power and his mercy.
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  Speaker 4: His wonderful works in their deliverance from bondage, and his
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  Speaker 4: dealings with them in their travels through the wilderness were
• 1:31:34
  Speaker 4: not for their benefit alone. These were to be as
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  Speaker 4: an object lesson to the surrounding nations. The Lord revealed
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  Speaker 4: himself as a God above all human authority and greatness.
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  Speaker 4: The signs and wonders he wrought in behalf of his
• 1:31:47
  Speaker 4: people showed his power over nature, and over the greatest
• 1:31:50
  Speaker 4: of those who worshiped nature. God went through the proud
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  Speaker 4: land of Egypt as he will go through the earth
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  Speaker 4: in the last days, with fire and tempest, earthquake, death.
• 1:32:00
  Speaker 4: The Great i Am redeemed his people. He took them
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  Speaker 4: out of the land of bondage. He led them through
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  Speaker 4: the great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents and
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  Speaker 4: scorpions and drought. He brought them forth water out of
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  Speaker 4: the rock of flint, and fed them with the corn
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  Speaker 4: of heaven. For said Moses, the Lord's portion is his people.
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  Speaker 4: Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him
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  Speaker 4: in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness.
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  Speaker 4: He led him about, He instructed him. He kept him
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  Speaker 4: as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth
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  Speaker 4: up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings,
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  Speaker 4: taketh them, and beareth them on her wings. So the
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  Speaker 4: Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange
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  Speaker 4: God with him. Thus he brought them unto himself, that
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  Speaker 4: they might dwell as under the shadow of the Most
• 1:32:50
  Speaker 4: High Christ was the leader of the children of Israel
• 1:32:53
  Speaker 4: in their wilderness wanderings. Enshrouded in the pillar of cloud
• 1:32:57
  Speaker 4: by day and the pillar of fire by night. He
• 1:32:59
  Speaker 4: led and guided them. He preserved them from the perils
• 1:33:02
  Speaker 4: of the wilderness. He brought them into the land of Promise,
• 1:33:06
  Speaker 4: and in the sight of all the nations that acknowledged
• 1:33:08
  Speaker 4: not God, he established Israel as his own chosen possession,
• 1:33:13
  Speaker 4: the Lord's Vineyard. To this people were committed the oracles
• 1:33:16
  Speaker 4: of God. They were hedged about by the precepts of
• 1:33:19
  Speaker 4: His law, the everlasting principles of truth, justice, and purity.
• 1:33:24
  Speaker 4: Obedience to these principles was to be their protection, for
• 1:33:27
  Speaker 4: it would save them from destroying themselves by sinful practices.
• 1:33:31
  Speaker 4: And as the tower in the vineyard God placed in
• 1:33:33
  Speaker 4: the midst of the land his Holy Temple, Christ was
• 1:33:37
  Speaker 4: their instructor. As he had been with them in the wilderness,
• 1:33:40
  Speaker 4: so he was still to be their teacher and guide.
• 1:33:43
  Speaker 4: In the Tabernacle and the Temple. His glory dwelt in
• 1:33:46
  Speaker 4: the Holy Shechina above the mercy Seat. In their behalf.
• 1:33:50
  Speaker 4: He constantly manifested the riches of his love and patience.
• 1:33:54
  Speaker 4: God desired to make of his people Israel a praise
• 1:33:57
  Speaker 4: and a glory. Every spirituald advantage was given them. God
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 4: withheld from them nothing favorable to the formation of character
• 1:34:04
  Speaker 4: that would make them representatives of himself. Their obedience to
• 1:34:08
  Speaker 4: the law of God would make the marvels of prosperity
• 1:34:11
  Speaker 4: before the nations of the world. He who could give
• 1:34:14
  Speaker 4: them wisdom and skill in all cunning work, would continue
• 1:34:17
  Speaker 4: to be their teacher, and would ennoble and elevate them
• 1:34:20
  Speaker 4: through obedience to His laws. If obedient, they would be
• 1:34:23
  Speaker 4: preserved from the diseases that afflicted other nations, and would
• 1:34:26
  Speaker 4: be blessed with vigor of intellect. The glory of God,
• 1:34:30
  Speaker 4: his majesty and power were to be revealed in all
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  Speaker 4: their prosperity. They were to be a kingdom of priests
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  Speaker 4: and princes. God furnished them with every facility for becoming
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  Speaker 4: the greatest nation on earth in the most definite manner.
• 1:34:44
  Speaker 4: Christ through Moses, had set before them God's purpose and
• 1:34:47
  Speaker 4: had made plain the terms of their prosperity. Thou art
• 1:34:51
  Speaker 4: and holy people, unto the lad Thy God, he said,
• 1:34:54
  Speaker 4: The Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a
• 1:34:56
  Speaker 4: special people unto Himself, above all people the upon the
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  Speaker 4: face of the earth. Know therefore that the Lord thy God,
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  Speaker 4: he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and
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  Speaker 4: mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments
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  Speaker 4: to a thousand generations. Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments
• 1:35:14
  Speaker 4: and the statutes and the judgments which I command THEE
• 1:35:17
  Speaker 4: this day to do them. Wherefore it shall come to
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 4: pass if ye hearken to these judgments and keep and
• 1:35:23
  Speaker 4: do them, that the Lord thy God, shall keep unto
• 1:35:26
  Speaker 4: THEE the covenant and the mercy which he swear unto
• 1:35:28
  Speaker 4: thy fathers, And he will love THEE and bless THEE,
• 1:35:32
  Speaker 4: and multiply THEE. He will also bless the fruit of
• 1:35:34
  Speaker 4: thy womb, and the fruit of thy land, thy corn,
• 1:35:37
  Speaker 4: and thy wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy
• 1:35:40
  Speaker 4: kind and the flocks of thy sheep in the land,
• 1:35:43
  Speaker 4: which he swear unto thy fathers to give THEE. Thou
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  Speaker 4: shalt be blessed above all people. And the Lord will
• 1:35:49
  Speaker 4: take away from THEE all sickness, and will put none
• 1:35:51
  Speaker 4: of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest upon THEE.
• 1:35:56
  Speaker 4: If they would keep his commandments, God promised to give
• 1:35:58
  Speaker 4: them the finest of the wind eat and bring them
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  Speaker 4: honey out of the rock with long life. Would he
• 1:36:03
  Speaker 4: satisfy them and show them His salvation through disobedience to God,
• 1:36:09
  Speaker 4: Adam and Eve had lost Eden, and because of sin,
• 1:36:12
  Speaker 4: the whole earth was cursed. But if God's people followed
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  Speaker 4: his instruction, their land would be restored to fertility and beauty.
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  Speaker 4: God himself gave them directions in regard to the culture
• 1:36:22
  Speaker 4: of the soil, and they were to co operate with
• 1:36:24
  Speaker 4: him in its restoration. Thus, the whole land under God's
• 1:36:28
  Speaker 4: control would become an object lesson of spiritual truth. As
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  Speaker 4: in obedience to his natural laws, the earth should produce
• 1:36:35
  Speaker 4: its treasures. So in obedience to his moral law, the
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  Speaker 4: hearts of the people were to reflect the attributes of
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  Speaker 4: his character. Even the heathen would recognize the superiority of
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  Speaker 4: those who served and worship the Living God. Behold, said Moses,
• 1:36:50
  Speaker 4: I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the
• 1:36:53
  Speaker 4: Lord my God commanded me that ye should do so
• 1:36:55
  Speaker 4: in the land whither ye go to possess it. Keep
• 1:36:58
  Speaker 4: therefore and do them. For this is your wisdom and
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  Speaker 4: your understanding. In the sight of the nations, which shall
• 1:37:04
  Speaker 4: hear all these statutes, and say, surely this great nation
• 1:37:07
  Speaker 4: is a wise and understanding people. For what nation is
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  Speaker 4: there so great? Who hath God so nigh unto them,
• 1:37:14
  Speaker 4: as the Lord our God is in all things that
• 1:37:16
  Speaker 4: we call upon him for. And what nation is there
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  Speaker 4: so great that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as
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  Speaker 4: all this law which I set before you this day.
• 1:37:27
  Speaker 4: The children of Israel were to occupy all the territory
• 1:37:30
  Speaker 4: which God appointed them. Those nations that rejected the worship
• 1:37:33
  Speaker 4: and service of the True God were to be dispossessed.
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  Speaker 4: But it was God's purpose that by the revelation of
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 4: his character through Israel, men should be drawn unto Him
• 1:37:43
  Speaker 4: to all the world. The gospel invitation was to be
• 1:37:45
  Speaker 4: given through the teaching of the sacrificial service. Christ was
• 1:37:49
  Speaker 4: to be uplifted before the nations, and all who would
• 1:37:52
  Speaker 4: look unto Him should live. All who, like Raehab the
• 1:37:55
  Speaker 4: Canaanite and Ruth the Moabitess, turned from idolatry to the
• 1:37:59
  Speaker 4: worship of the True through God, were to unite themselves
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  Speaker 4: with His chosen people. As the numbers of Israel increased,
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  Speaker 4: they were to enlarge their borders until their kingdom should
• 1:38:08
  Speaker 4: embrace the world. God desired to bring all peoples under
• 1:38:12
  Speaker 4: his merciful rule. He desired that the earth should be
• 1:38:15
  Speaker 4: filled with joy and peace. He created man for happiness,
• 1:38:18
  Speaker 4: and he longs to fill human hearts with the peace
• 1:38:21
  Speaker 4: of heaven. He desires that the families below shall be
• 1:38:24
  Speaker 4: a symbol of the great family above. But Israel did
• 1:38:27
  Speaker 4: not fulfill God's purpose. The Lord declared, I had planted
• 1:38:31
  Speaker 4: thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed. How then
• 1:38:35
  Speaker 4: art thou turned into a degenerate plant of a strange vine?
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  Speaker 4: Unto me? Israel is an empty vine. He bringeth forth
• 1:38:42
  Speaker 4: fruit unto himself. And now o inhabitants of Jerusalem and
• 1:38:46
  Speaker 4: men of Judah. Judge, I pray you betwixt me and
• 1:38:49
  Speaker 4: my vineyard. What could have been done more to my
• 1:38:52
  Speaker 4: vineyard that I have not done in it? Wherefore, when
• 1:38:55
  Speaker 4: I looked that should bring forth grapes, brought it forth
• 1:38:58
  Speaker 4: wild grapes. And now go to I will tell you
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  Speaker 4: what I will do to my vineyard. I will take
• 1:39:04
  Speaker 4: away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up,
• 1:39:07
  Speaker 4: and break down the wall thereof, and it shall be
• 1:39:09
  Speaker 4: trodden down, and I will lay at waste. It shall
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  Speaker 4: not be pruned nor digged, but there shall come up
• 1:39:14
  Speaker 4: briars and thorns. I will also command the clouds that
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  Speaker 4: they reign no rain upon it. For he looked for judgment,
• 1:39:21
  Speaker 4: but behold oppression for righteousness. But behold a cry the
• 1:39:27
  Speaker 4: Lord had through Moses set before his people the result
• 1:39:30
  Speaker 4: of unfaithfulness. By refusing to keep his covenant. They would
• 1:39:34
  Speaker 4: cut themselves off from the life of God, and his
• 1:39:36
  Speaker 4: blessing could not come upon them. Beware, said Moses, that
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 4: thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping
• 1:39:44
  Speaker 4: his commandments and his judgments and his statutes, which I
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 4: command thee this day. Lest when thou hast eaten and artful,
• 1:39:51
  Speaker 4: and hast built goodly houses and dwelt therein, and when
• 1:39:54
  Speaker 4: thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and
• 1:39:57
  Speaker 4: thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast multiplied,
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  Speaker 4: then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the
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  Speaker 4: Lord thy God. And thou say, in thine heart, my
• 1:40:08
  Speaker 4: power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me
• 1:40:10
  Speaker 4: this wealth. And it shall be if thou do it all,
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  Speaker 4: forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods
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  Speaker 4: and serve them and worship them. I testify against you
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 4: this day that ye shall surely perish as the nations
• 1:40:24
  Speaker 4: which the Lord destroyeth before your face. So shall ye perish,
• 1:40:28
  Speaker 4: because ye would not be obedient unto the voice of
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 4: the Lord, your God. The warning was not heeded by
• 1:40:34
  Speaker 4: the Jewish people. They forgot God and lost sight of
• 1:40:37
  Speaker 4: their high privilege as His representatives. The blessings they had
• 1:40:41
  Speaker 4: received brought no blessing to the world. All their advantages
• 1:40:44
  Speaker 4: were appropriated for their own glorification. They robbed God of
• 1:40:48
  Speaker 4: the service he required of them, and they robed their
• 1:40:51
  Speaker 4: fellow men of religious guidance in a holy example. Like
• 1:40:54
  Speaker 4: the inhabitants of the antediluvian world, they followed out every
• 1:40:58
  Speaker 4: imagination of their evil hearts. Thus they made sacred things
• 1:41:01
  Speaker 4: a peer a farce, saying the temple of the Lord,
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 4: the temple of the Lord, are these, while at the
• 1:41:07
  Speaker 4: same time they were misrepresenting God's character, dishonoring his name
• 1:41:11
  Speaker 4: and polluting his sanctuary. The husbandmen who had been placed
• 1:41:15
  Speaker 4: in charge of the Lord's vineyard were untrue to their trust.
• 1:41:18
  Speaker 4: The priests and teachers were not faithful instructors of the people.
• 1:41:22
  Speaker 4: They did not keep before them the goodness and mercy
• 1:41:24
  Speaker 4: of God and his claim to their love and service.
• 1:41:27
  Speaker 4: These husbandmen sought their own glory. They desired to appropriate
• 1:41:31
  Speaker 4: the fruits of the vineyard. It was their study to
• 1:41:33
  Speaker 4: attract attention and homage to themselves. The guilt of these
• 1:41:38
  Speaker 4: leaders in Israel was not like the guilt of an
• 1:41:40
  Speaker 4: ordinary sinner. These men stood under the most solemn obligation
• 1:41:44
  Speaker 4: to God. They had pledged themselves to teach thus seth
• 1:41:47
  Speaker 4: the Lord, and to bring strict obedience into their practical life.
• 1:41:51
  Speaker 4: Instead of doing this, they were perverting the scriptures. They
• 1:41:54
  Speaker 4: laid heavy burdens upon men, enforcing ceremonies that reached to
• 1:41:58
  Speaker 4: every step in life. The people lived in continual unrest,
• 1:42:02
  Speaker 4: for they could not fulfill the requirements laid down by
• 1:42:04
  Speaker 4: the rabbis. As they saw the impossibility of keeping man
• 1:42:08
  Speaker 4: made commandments, they became careless in regard to the commandments
• 1:42:11
  Speaker 4: of God. The Lord had instructed his people that he
• 1:42:15
  Speaker 4: was the owner of the vineyard, and that all their
• 1:42:17
  Speaker 4: possessions were given them in trust to be used for him.
• 1:42:20
  Speaker 4: But the priests and teachers did not perform the work
• 1:42:23
  Speaker 4: of their sacred office as if they were handling the
• 1:42:25
  Speaker 4: property of God. They were systematically robbing him of the
• 1:42:28
  Speaker 4: means and facilities entrusted to them for the advancement of
• 1:42:31
  Speaker 4: his work. Their covetousness and greed caused them to be
• 1:42:34
  Speaker 4: despised even by the heathen. Thus the gentile world was
• 1:42:38
  Speaker 4: given occasion to misinterpret the character of God and the
• 1:42:41
  Speaker 4: laws of his kingdom. With the father's heart, God bore
• 1:42:45
  Speaker 4: with his people. He pleaded with them by mercies given
• 1:42:48
  Speaker 4: and mercies withdrawn. Patiently, he set their sins before them,
• 1:42:52
  Speaker 4: and in forbearance waited for their acknowledgment. Prophets and messengers
• 1:42:56
  Speaker 4: were sent to urge God's claim upon the husbandmen, but
• 1:42:59
  Speaker 4: instead of being welcomed, they were treated as enemies. The
• 1:43:02
  Speaker 4: husbandmen persecuted and killed them. God sent still other messengers,
• 1:43:07
  Speaker 4: but they received the same treatment as the first, only
• 1:43:10
  Speaker 4: that the husbandmen showed still more determined hatred. As a
• 1:43:13
  Speaker 4: last resource, God sent his son, saying, they will reverence
• 1:43:17
  Speaker 4: my son. But their resistance had made them vindictive, and
• 1:43:21
  Speaker 4: they said among themselves, this is the heir. Come, let
• 1:43:24
  Speaker 4: us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.
• 1:43:27
  Speaker 4: We shall then be left to enjoy the vineyard and
• 1:43:29
  Speaker 4: do as we please with the fruit. The Jewish rulers
• 1:43:33
  Speaker 4: did not love God. Therefore they cut themselves away from
• 1:43:35
  Speaker 4: him and rejected all his overtures for a just settlement. Christ,
• 1:43:40
  Speaker 4: the Beloved of God came to assert the claims of
• 1:43:42
  Speaker 4: the owner to the vineyard, but the husbandmen treated him
• 1:43:45
  Speaker 4: with marked contempt, saying we will not have this man
• 1:43:48
  Speaker 4: to rule over us. They envied Christ's beauty of character,
• 1:43:52
  Speaker 4: his manner of teaching was far superior to theirs, and
• 1:43:55
  Speaker 4: they dreaded his success. He remonstrated with them, unveiling their
• 1:43:59
  Speaker 4: hypocrises and showing them the sure results of their course
• 1:44:02
  Speaker 4: of action. This stirred them to madness. They smarted under
• 1:44:06
  Speaker 4: the rebukes, they could not silence. They hated the high
• 1:44:10
  Speaker 4: standard of righteousness which Christ continually presented. They saw that
• 1:44:14
  Speaker 4: his teaching was placing them where their selfishness would be uncloaked,
• 1:44:18
  Speaker 4: and they determined to kill him. They hated his example
• 1:44:21
  Speaker 4: of truthfulness and piety, and the elevated spirituality revealed in
• 1:44:25
  Speaker 4: all he did. His whole life was a reproof to
• 1:44:28
  Speaker 4: their selfishness. And when the final test came, the test
• 1:44:32
  Speaker 4: which meant obedience unto eternal life or disobedience unto eternal death,
• 1:44:36
  Speaker 4: they rejected the Holy One of Israel. When they were
• 1:44:39
  Speaker 4: asked to choose between Christ and Barabis. They cried out,
• 1:44:43
  Speaker 4: release unto us Barabis. And when Pilot asked, what shall
• 1:44:47
  Speaker 4: I do then with Jesus, they cried fiercely, let him
• 1:44:50
  Speaker 4: be crucified. Shall I crucify your king? Pilot asked, And
• 1:44:55
  Speaker 4: from the priests and rulers came the answer, we have
• 1:44:58
  Speaker 4: no king but Caesar. When Pilot washed his hands, saying
• 1:45:03
  Speaker 4: I am innocent of the blood of this just person,
• 1:45:06
  Speaker 4: the priests joined with the ignorant mob in declaring passionately,
• 1:45:09
  Speaker 4: his blood be on us and on our children. Thus
• 1:45:12
  Speaker 4: the Jewish leaders made their choice. Their decision was registered
• 1:45:16
  Speaker 4: in the book which John saw in the hand of
• 1:45:18
  Speaker 4: him that sat upon the throne, the book which no
• 1:45:20
  Speaker 4: man could open in all its vindictiveness. This decision will
• 1:45:24
  Speaker 4: appear before them in the day when this book is
• 1:45:26
  Speaker 4: unsealed by the lion of the tribe of Judah. The
• 1:45:29
  Speaker 4: Jewish people cherished the idea that they were the favorites
• 1:45:32
  Speaker 4: of Heaven, and that they were always to be exalted
• 1:45:34
  Speaker 4: as the Church of God. They were the children of Abraham,
• 1:45:37
  Speaker 4: they declared, And so firm did the foundation of their
• 1:45:40
  Speaker 4: prosperity seem to them, that they defied earth and Heaven.
• 1:45:43
  Speaker 4: To dispossess them of their rights, but by lives of unfaithfulness,
• 1:45:47
  Speaker 4: they were preparing for the condemnation of heaven and for
• 1:45:50
  Speaker 4: separation from God. In the Parable of the Vineyard, after
• 1:45:54
  Speaker 4: Christ had portrayed before the priests their crowning act of wickedness,
• 1:45:58
  Speaker 4: he put to them the question, when the Lord therefore
• 1:46:01
  Speaker 4: of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto these husbandmen.
• 1:46:05
  Speaker 4: The priests had been following the narrative with deep interest,
• 1:46:08
  Speaker 4: and without considering the relation of the subject to themselves,
• 1:46:11
  Speaker 4: they joined with the people in answering, he will miserably
• 1:46:15
  Speaker 4: destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard
• 1:46:17
  Speaker 4: unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in
• 1:46:20
  Speaker 4: their seasons. Unwittingly, they had pronounced their own doom. Jesus
• 1:46:25
  Speaker 4: looked upon them, and under his searching gaze they knew
• 1:46:28
  Speaker 4: that he read the secrets of their hearts. His divinity
• 1:46:31
  Speaker 4: flashed out before them with unmistakable power. They saw in
• 1:46:34
  Speaker 4: the husbandmen a picture of themselves, and they involuntarily exclaimed
• 1:46:38
  Speaker 4: God forbid. Solemnly and regretfully, Christ asked, did ye never
• 1:46:44
  Speaker 4: read in the scriptures the stone which the builders rejected?
• 1:46:47
  Speaker 4: The same is become the head of the corner. This
• 1:46:50
  Speaker 4: is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.
• 1:46:53
  Speaker 4: Therefore say I unto you, the Kingdom of God shall
• 1:46:56
  Speaker 4: be taken from you and given to a nation, bringing
• 1:46:59
  Speaker 4: forth the fruit thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this
• 1:47:02
  Speaker 4: stone shall be broken. But on whomsoever it shall fall,
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 4: it will grind him to powder. Christ would have averted
• 1:47:10
  Speaker 4: the doom of the Jewish nation if the people had
• 1:47:11
  Speaker 4: received him, But envy and jealousy made them implacable. They
• 1:47:16
  Speaker 4: determined that they would not receive Jesus of Nazareth as
• 1:47:19
  Speaker 4: the Messiah. They rejected the light of the world, and
• 1:47:22
  Speaker 4: henceforth their lives were surrounded with darkness. As the darkness
• 1:47:25
  Speaker 4: of midnight, the doom foretold came upon the Jewish nation.
• 1:47:29
  Speaker 4: Their own fierce passions, uncontrolled, wrought their ruin. In their
• 1:47:34
  Speaker 4: blind rage, they destroyed one another. Their rebellious, stubborn pride
• 1:47:38
  Speaker 4: brought upon them the wrath of their Roman conquerors. Jerusalem
• 1:47:42
  Speaker 4: was destroyed, the temple laid in ruins, and its sight
• 1:47:45
  Speaker 4: plowed like a field. The children of Judah perished by
• 1:47:49
  Speaker 4: the most horrible forms of death. Millions were sold to
• 1:47:52
  Speaker 4: serve as bondmen and heathen lands. As a people, the
• 1:47:55
  Speaker 4: Jews had failed of fulfilling God's purpose, and the Vineyard
• 1:47:58
  Speaker 4: was taken from them. The privileges they had abused, the
• 1:48:02
  Speaker 4: work they had slighted were entrusted to others. Part two
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  Speaker 4: The Church of to day. The parable of the Vineyard
• 1:48:10
  Speaker 4: applies not alone to the Jewish nation. It has a
• 1:48:12
  Speaker 4: lesson for us. The Church in this generation has been
• 1:48:16
  Speaker 4: endowed by God with great privileges and blessings, and he
• 1:48:19
  Speaker 4: expects corresponding returns. We have been redeemed by a costly ransom.
• 1:48:24
  Speaker 4: Only by the greatness of this ransom can we conceive
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  Speaker 4: of its results on this earth. The earth whose soil
• 1:48:30
  Speaker 4: has been moistened by the tears and blood of the
• 1:48:32
  Speaker 4: Son of God are to be brought forth the precious
• 1:48:35
  Speaker 4: fruits of paradise in the lives of God's people. The
• 1:48:38
  Speaker 4: truths of His word are to reveal their glory and excellence.
• 1:48:42
  Speaker 4: Through his people, Christ is to manifest his character and
• 1:48:45
  Speaker 4: the principles of his kingdom. Satan seeks to counter work
• 1:48:49
  Speaker 4: the work of God, and he is constantly urging men
• 1:48:52
  Speaker 4: to accept his principles. He represents the chosen people of
• 1:48:56
  Speaker 4: God as a deluded people. He is an accuser of
• 1:48:59
  Speaker 4: the brethren, and his accusing power is employed against those
• 1:49:02
  Speaker 4: who work righteousness. The Lord desires, through his people, to
• 1:49:06
  Speaker 4: answer Satan's charges by showing the results of obedience to
• 1:49:09
  Speaker 4: rite principles. These principles are to be manifest in the
• 1:49:13
  Speaker 4: individual Christian, in the family, in the church, and in
• 1:49:16
  Speaker 4: every institution established for God's service. All are to be
• 1:49:20
  Speaker 4: symbols of what can be done for the world. They
• 1:49:23
  Speaker 4: are to be types of the saving power of the
• 1:49:25
  Speaker 4: truths of the Gospel. All are agencies in the fulfillment
• 1:49:29
  Speaker 4: of God's great purpose for the human race. The Jewish
• 1:49:32
  Speaker 4: leaders looked with pride upon their magnificent temple and the
• 1:49:36
  Speaker 4: imposing rights of their religious service. But justice, mercy, and
• 1:49:40
  Speaker 4: the love of God were lacking the glory of the temple,
• 1:49:43
  Speaker 4: the splendor of their service could not recommend them to
• 1:49:46
  Speaker 4: God for that which alone is of value in his sight.
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  Speaker 4: They did not offer. They did not bring him the
• 1:49:52
  Speaker 4: sacrifice of a humble and contrite spirit. It is when
• 1:49:56
  Speaker 4: the vital principles of the Kingdom of God are lost
• 1:49:59
  Speaker 4: that ceremonies become multitudinous and extravagant. It is when the
• 1:50:03
  Speaker 4: character building is neglected, when the adornment of the soul
• 1:50:07
  Speaker 4: is lacking, when the simplicity of Godliness is lost. Sight
• 1:50:10
  Speaker 4: of that pride and love of display demand magnificent church edifices,
• 1:50:15
  Speaker 4: splendid adornings, and imposing ceremonials. In all this, God is
• 1:50:20
  Speaker 4: not honored. A fashionable religion that consists of ceremonies, pretense,
• 1:50:25
  Speaker 4: and display is not acceptable to him. Its services call
• 1:50:29
  Speaker 4: forth no response from the heavenly messengers. The church is
• 1:50:33
  Speaker 4: very precious in God's sight. He values it not for
• 1:50:36
  Speaker 4: its external advantages, but for the sincere piety which distinguishes
• 1:50:40
  Speaker 4: it from the world. He estimates it according to the
• 1:50:43
  Speaker 4: growth of the members in the knowledge of Christ, according
• 1:50:46
  Speaker 4: to their progress in spiritual experience. Christ hungers to receive
• 1:50:50
  Speaker 4: from his vineyard the fruit of holiness and unselfishness. He
• 1:50:55
  Speaker 4: looks for the principles of love and goodness. Not all
• 1:50:58
  Speaker 4: the beauty of art can bear comparison with the beauty
• 1:51:01
  Speaker 4: of temper and character. To be revealed in those who
• 1:51:04
  Speaker 4: are Christ's representatives. It is the atmosphere of grace which
• 1:51:08
  Speaker 4: surrounds the soul of the believer, the Holy Spirit working
• 1:51:11
  Speaker 4: upon mind and heart, that makes him a savor of
• 1:51:14
  Speaker 4: life unto life, and enables God to bless his work.
• 1:51:18
  Speaker 4: A congregation may be the poorest in the land. It
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  Speaker 4: may be without the attraction of any outward show. But
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  Speaker 4: if the members possess the principles of the character of Christ,
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  Speaker 4: they will have His joy in their souls. Angels will
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  Speaker 4: unite with them in their worship. The praise and thanksgiving
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  Speaker 4: from grateful hearts will ascend to God as a sweet oblation.
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  Speaker 4: The Lord desires us to make mention of his goodness
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  Speaker 4: and tell of his power. He is honored by the
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  Speaker 4: expression of praise and thanksgiving, He says, whoso offereth praise
• 1:51:49
  Speaker 4: glorifieth me. The people of Israel, as they journeyed through
• 1:51:53
  Speaker 4: the wilderness, praised God in sacred song. The commandments and
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  Speaker 4: promises of the Lord were set to music, and all
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  Speaker 4: along the journey. These were sung by the pilgrim travelers
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  Speaker 4: and in Canaan as they met at their sacred feasts.
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  Speaker 4: God's wonderful works were to be recounted and grateful thanksgiving
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  Speaker 4: offered to his name. God desired that the whole life
• 1:52:13
  Speaker 4: of his people should be a life of praise. Thus
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  Speaker 4: his way was to be made known upon the earth,
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  Speaker 4: his saving health among all the nations. So it should
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  Speaker 4: be now the people of the world are worshiping false gods.
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  Speaker 4: They are to be turned from their false worship, not
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  Speaker 4: by hearing denunciation of their idols, but by beholding something better.
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  Speaker 4: God's goodness is to be made known. Ye are my witnesses,
• 1:52:36
  Speaker 4: saith the Lord that I am God. The Lord desires
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  Speaker 4: us to appreciate the great plan of redemption, to realize
• 1:52:43
  Speaker 4: our high privilege as the children of God, and to
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  Speaker 4: walk before Him in obedience with grateful thanksgiving. He desires
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  Speaker 4: us to serve Him in newness of life, with gladness
• 1:52:53
  Speaker 4: every day. He longs to seek gratitude welling up in
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  Speaker 4: our hearts because our names are written in the Lamb's
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  Speaker 4: book of Life, because we may cast all our care
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  Speaker 4: upon Him who cares for us. He bids us rejoice,
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  Speaker 4: because we are the heritage of the Lord, because the
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  Speaker 4: righteousness of Christ is the white robe of his saints,
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  Speaker 4: because we have the blessed hope of the soon coming
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  Speaker 4: of our Savior. To praise God in fullness and sincerity
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  Speaker 4: of heart is as much a duty as his prayer.
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  Speaker 4: We are to show to the world and to all
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  Speaker 4: the heavenly intelligences that we appreciate the wonderful love of
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  Speaker 4: God for fallen humanity, and that we are expecting larger
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  Speaker 4: and yet larger blessings from His infinite fulness. Far more
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  Speaker 4: than we do. We need to speak of the precious
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  Speaker 4: chapters of our experience after a special outpouring of the
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  Speaker 4: Holy Spirit. Our joy in the Lord and our efficiency
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  Speaker 4: in his service would be greatly increased by recounting His
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  Speaker 4: goodness and his wonderful works in behalf of his children.
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  Speaker 4: These exercises drive back the power of Satan. They expel
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  Speaker 4: the spirit of murmuring and complaint, and the tempter loses ground.
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  Speaker 4: They cultivate those at a tributes of character which will
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  Speaker 4: fit the dwellers on earth. For the heavenly mansions. Such
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  Speaker 4: a testimony will have an influence upon others. No more
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  Speaker 4: effective means can be employed for winning souls to Christ.
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  Speaker 4: We are to praise God by tangible service, by doing
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  Speaker 4: all in our power to advance the glory.
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  Speaker 6: Of his name.
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  Speaker 4: God imparts his gifts to us that we also may give,
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  Speaker 4: and thus make known His character to the world. Under
• 1:54:26
  Speaker 4: the Jewish economy, gifts and offerings formed an essential part
• 1:54:29
  Speaker 4: of God's worship. The Israelites were taught to devote a
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  Speaker 4: tithe of all their income to the service of the sanctuary.
• 1:54:36
  Speaker 4: Besides this, they were to bring sin offerings, free will gifts,
• 1:54:40
  Speaker 4: and offerings of gratitude. These were the means for supporting
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  Speaker 4: the ministry of the Gospel for that time. God expects
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  Speaker 4: no less from us than he expected from his people anciently.
• 1:54:50
  Speaker 4: The great work for the salvation of souls must be
• 1:54:52
  Speaker 4: carried forward in the tithe, with gifts and offerings. He
• 1:54:56
  Speaker 4: has made provision for this work. Thus he intends that
• 1:54:59
  Speaker 4: the ministry of the Gospel shall be sustained. He claims
• 1:55:02
  Speaker 4: the tithe as his own, and it should ever be
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  Speaker 4: regarded as a sacred reserve, to be placed in his
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  Speaker 4: treasury for the benefit of his cause. He asks also
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  Speaker 4: for our free will, gifts and offerings of gratitude. All
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  Speaker 4: are to be devoted to the sending of the Gospel
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  Speaker 4: into the uttermost parts of the earth. Service to God
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  Speaker 4: includes personal ministry. By personal effort, we are to cooperate
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  Speaker 4: with Him for the saving of the world. Christ's commission
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  Speaker 4: go ye into all the world and preach the Gospel
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  Speaker 4: to every creature is spoken to every one of his followers.
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  Speaker 4: All who are ordained unto the life of Christ are
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  Speaker 4: ordained to work for the salvation of their fellow men.
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  Speaker 4: Their hearts will throb in unison with the heart of Christ.
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  Speaker 4: The same longing for souls that He has felt will
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  Speaker 4: be manifest in them. Not all can fill the same
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  Speaker 4: place in the work, but there is a place and
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  Speaker 4: a work for all. In ancient times, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Moses,
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  Speaker 4: with his meekness and wisdom, and Joshua, with his varied
• 1:56:00
  Speaker 4: capabilities were all enlisted in God's service. The music of Miriam,
• 1:56:05
  Speaker 4: the courage and piety of Deborah, the filial affection of Ruth,
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  Speaker 4: the obedience and faithfulness of Samuel, the stern fidelity of Elijah,
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  Speaker 4: the softening, subduing influence of Alicia, all were needed. So
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  Speaker 4: now all upon whom God's blessing has been bestowed are
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  Speaker 4: to respond by actual service. Every gift is to be
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  Speaker 4: employed for the advancement of His kingdom and the glory
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  Speaker 4: of his name. All who receive Christ as a personal
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  Speaker 4: savior are to demonstrate the truth of the Gospel and
• 1:56:34
  Speaker 4: its saving power upon the life. God makes no requirement
• 1:56:38
  Speaker 4: without making provision for its fulfillment. Through the grace of Christ,
• 1:56:42
  Speaker 4: we may accomplish everything that God requires. All the riches
• 1:56:45
  Speaker 4: of heaven are to be revealed through God's people. Herein
• 1:56:49
  Speaker 4: is my Father, glorified. Christ says that ye bear much fruit,
• 1:56:53
  Speaker 4: so shall ye be my disciples. God claims the whole
• 1:56:57
  Speaker 4: earth as his vineyard, though now in the hands of
• 1:57:00
  Speaker 4: the usurper, it belongs to God by redemption no less
• 1:57:04
  Speaker 4: than by creation. It is His for the world. Christ's
• 1:57:08
  Speaker 4: sacrifice was made. God so loved the world that he
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  Speaker 4: gave his only begotten son. It is through that one
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  Speaker 4: gift that every other is imparted to men. Daily, the
• 1:57:18
  Speaker 4: whole world receives blessing from God. Every drop of rain,
• 1:57:22
  Speaker 4: every ray of light shared on our unthankful race. Every
• 1:57:26
  Speaker 4: leaf and flower and fruit testifies to God's long forbearance
• 1:57:30
  Speaker 4: and his great love. And what returns are made to
• 1:57:34
  Speaker 4: the Great Giver. How are men treating the claims of
• 1:57:36
  Speaker 4: God to whom are the masses of mankind giving the
• 1:57:39
  Speaker 4: service of their lives? They are serving mammon. Wealth position
• 1:57:44
  Speaker 4: pleasure in the world is their aim. Wealth is gained
• 1:57:47
  Speaker 4: by robbery, not of man only, but of God. Men
• 1:57:51
  Speaker 4: are using his gifts to gratify their selfishness. Everything they
• 1:57:54
  Speaker 4: can grasp is made to minister to their greed and
• 1:57:57
  Speaker 4: their love of selfish pleasure. The sin if the world
• 1:58:00
  Speaker 4: today is the sin that brought destruction upon Israel. Ingratitude
• 1:58:04
  Speaker 4: to God, the neglect of opportunities and blessings, the selfish
• 1:58:08
  Speaker 4: appropriation of God's gifts. These were comprised in the sin
• 1:58:12
  Speaker 4: that brought wrath upon Israel. They are bringing ruin upon
• 1:58:15
  Speaker 4: the world today. The tears which Christ shed upon Olivet
• 1:58:19
  Speaker 4: as he stood overlooking the Chosen City, were not for
• 1:58:22
  Speaker 4: Jerusalem alone. In the fate of Jerusalem, he beheld the
• 1:58:25
  Speaker 4: destruction of the world. If thou hadst known, even thou
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  Speaker 4: at least in this thy day, the things which belong
• 1:58:32
  Speaker 4: unto thy peace. But now they are hid from thine
• 1:58:35
  Speaker 4: eyes in this thy day. The day is nearing its close.
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  Speaker 4: The period of mercy and privilege is well nigh ended.
• 1:58:43
  Speaker 4: The clouds of vengeance are gathering. The rejectors of God's
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  Speaker 4: grace are about to be involved in swift and irretrievable ruin.
• 1:58:51
  Speaker 4: Yet the world is asleep. The people know not the
• 1:58:54
  Speaker 4: time of their visitation in this crisis. Where is the
• 1:58:58
  Speaker 4: church to be found? Are its members meeting the claims
• 1:59:01
  Speaker 4: of God? Are they fulfilling his commission and representing His
• 1:59:04
  Speaker 4: character to the world? Are they urging upon the attention
• 1:59:07
  Speaker 4: of their fellow men? The last merciful message of warning
• 1:59:11
  Speaker 4: men are in peril. Multitudes are perishing, But how few
• 1:59:15
  Speaker 4: of the professed followers of Christ are burdened for these souls.
• 1:59:19
  Speaker 4: The destiny of a world hangs in the balance. But
• 1:59:22
  Speaker 4: this hardly moves even those who claim to believe the
• 1:59:25
  Speaker 4: most far reaching truth ever given to mortals. There is
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  Speaker 4: a lack of that love which led Christ to leave
• 1:59:31
  Speaker 4: his heavenly home and take man's nature, that humanity might
• 1:59:35
  Speaker 4: touch humanity and draw humanity to divinity. There is a stupor,
• 1:59:40
  Speaker 4: a paralysis upon the people of God, which prevents them
• 1:59:43
  Speaker 4: from understanding the duty of the hour. When the Israelites
• 1:59:47
  Speaker 4: entered Canaan, they did not fulfill God's purpose by taking
• 1:59:50
  Speaker 4: possession of the whole land. After making a partial conquest,
• 1:59:54
  Speaker 4: they settled down to enjoy the fruits of their victories.
• 1:59:57
  Speaker 4: In their unbelief and love of ease, they congregated together
• 2:00:01
  Speaker 4: in the portions already conquered, instead of pushing forward to
• 2:00:04
  Speaker 4: occupy new territory. Thus they began to depart from God.
• 2:00:08
  Speaker 4: By their failure to carry out his purpose, they made
• 2:00:11
  Speaker 4: it impossible for Him to fulfill to them his promise
• 2:00:14
  Speaker 4: of blessing. Is not the Church of today doing the
• 2:00:17
  Speaker 4: same thing, with the whole world before them in need
• 2:00:20
  Speaker 4: of the gospel. Professed Christians congregate together where they themselves
• 2:00:24
  Speaker 4: can enjoy gospel privileges. They do not feel the necessity
• 2:00:27
  Speaker 4: of occupying new territory, of carrying the message of salvation
• 2:00:31
  Speaker 4: into regions beyond. They refuse to fulfill Christ's commission, go
• 2:00:36
  Speaker 4: ye into all the world and preach the Gospel to
• 2:00:38
  Speaker 4: every creature? Are they less guilty than was the Jewish Church?
• 2:00:43
  Speaker 4: The professed followers of Christ are on trial before the
• 2:00:45
  Speaker 4: heavenly universe. But the coldness of their zeal and the
• 2:00:49
  Speaker 4: feebleness of their efforts in God's service mark them as unfaithful.
• 2:00:53
  Speaker 4: If what they are doing were the best they could do,
• 2:00:56
  Speaker 4: condemnation would not rest upon them. But were their hearts
• 2:00:59
  Speaker 4: enlisted in the world work, they could do much more.
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  Speaker 4: They know, and the world knows that they have to
• 2:01:05
  Speaker 4: a great degree lost the spirit of self denial and
• 2:01:08
  Speaker 4: cross bearing. Many there are against whose names will be
• 2:01:11
  Speaker 4: found written in the books of Heaven, not producers, but consumers.
• 2:01:16
  Speaker 4: By many who bear Christ's name, his glory is obscured,
• 2:01:19
  Speaker 4: his beauty veiled, his honour withheld. There are many whose
• 2:01:23
  Speaker 4: names are on the church books, but who are not
• 2:01:25
  Speaker 4: under Christ's rule. They are not heeding his instruction or
• 2:01:29
  Speaker 4: doing his work. Therefore they are under the control of
• 2:01:32
  Speaker 4: the enemy. They are doing no positive good. Therefore they
• 2:01:35
  Speaker 4: are doing incalculable harm, because their influence is not a
• 2:01:39
  Speaker 4: savor of life unto life, it is a savour of death,
• 2:01:43
  Speaker 4: unto death. The Lord says, shall I not visit for
• 2:01:46
  Speaker 4: these things? Because they failed of fulfilling God's purpose, the
• 2:01:50
  Speaker 4: children of Israel were set aside, and God's call was
• 2:01:53
  Speaker 4: extended to other peoples. If these too prove unfaithful, will
• 2:01:58
  Speaker 4: they not, in like manner be rejected. In the parable
• 2:02:01
  Speaker 4: of the Vineyard, it was the husbandmen whom Christ pronounced guilty.
• 2:02:05
  Speaker 4: It was they who had refused to return to their
• 2:02:08
  Speaker 4: Lord the fruit of his ground. In the Jewish nation,
• 2:02:11
  Speaker 4: it was the priests and teachers who, by misleading. The
• 2:02:13
  Speaker 4: people had robbed God of the service which he claimed.
• 2:02:17
  Speaker 4: It was they who turned the nation away from Christ.
• 2:02:20
  Speaker 4: The law of God, unmixed with human tradition, was presented
• 2:02:24
  Speaker 4: by Christ as the great standard of obedience. This aroused
• 2:02:27
  Speaker 4: the enmity of the rabbis. They had set human teaching
• 2:02:30
  Speaker 4: above God's word and turned the people away from His precepts.
• 2:02:34
  Speaker 4: They would not give up their man made commandments in
• 2:02:36
  Speaker 4: order to obey the requirements of the Word of God.
• 2:02:39
  Speaker 4: They would not, for the truth's sake, sacrifice, the pride
• 2:02:42
  Speaker 4: of reason and the praise of men. When Christ came
• 2:02:46
  Speaker 4: presenting to the nation the claims of God, the priests
• 2:02:49
  Speaker 4: and elders denied his right to interpose between them and
• 2:02:52
  Speaker 4: the people. They would not accept his rebukes and warnings,
• 2:02:55
  Speaker 4: and they set themselves to turn the people against Him
• 2:02:58
  Speaker 4: and to compass his destruction for the rejection of Christ.
• 2:03:02
  Speaker 4: With the results it followed, they were responsible. A nation's
• 2:03:05
  Speaker 4: sin and a nation's ruin were due to the religious
• 2:03:08
  Speaker 4: leaders in our day. Are not the same influences at
• 2:03:12
  Speaker 4: work of the husbandmen of the Lord's vineyard. Are not
• 2:03:16
  Speaker 4: many following in the steps of the Jewish leaders? Are
• 2:03:19
  Speaker 4: not religious teachers turning men away from the plain requirements
• 2:03:22
  Speaker 4: of the Word of God instead of educating them in
• 2:03:26
  Speaker 4: obedience to God's law? Are they not educating them in
• 2:03:29
  Speaker 4: transgression from many of the pulpits of the churches. The
• 2:03:32
  Speaker 4: people are taught that the law of God is not
• 2:03:34
  Speaker 4: binding upon them. Human traditions, ordinances, and customs are exalted
• 2:03:39
  Speaker 4: pride and self satisfaction because the gifts of God are fostered,
• 2:03:43
  Speaker 4: while the claims of God are ignored. In setting aside
• 2:03:46
  Speaker 4: the law of God, men know not what they are doing.
• 2:03:49
  Speaker 4: God's law is the transcript of his character. It embodies
• 2:03:53
  Speaker 4: the principles of His kingdom. He who refuses to accept
• 2:03:56
  Speaker 4: these principles is placing himself outside the channel where God's
• 2:04:00
  Speaker 4: blessings flow. The glorious possibilities set before Israel could be
• 2:04:04
  Speaker 4: realized only through obedience to God's commandments. The same elevation
• 2:04:09
  Speaker 4: of character, the same fullness of blessing, blessing on mind
• 2:04:12
  Speaker 4: and soul and body, blessing on house and field, blessing
• 2:04:16
  Speaker 4: for this life and for the life to come, is
• 2:04:18
  Speaker 4: possible for us only through obedience. In the spiritual as
• 2:04:23
  Speaker 4: in the natural world, obedience to the laws of God
• 2:04:26
  Speaker 4: is the condition of fruit bearing. And when men teach
• 2:04:29
  Speaker 4: the people to disregard God's commandments, they are preventing them
• 2:04:32
  Speaker 4: from bearing fruit to His glory. They are guilty of
• 2:04:35
  Speaker 4: withholding from the Lord the fruits of his vineyard to us.
• 2:04:39
  Speaker 4: God's messengers come at the bidding of the Master. They
• 2:04:43
  Speaker 4: come demanding, as did Christ, obedience to the word of God.
• 2:04:47
  Speaker 4: They present his claim to the fruits of the vineyard,
• 2:04:49
  Speaker 4: the fruits of love and humility and self sacrificing service.
• 2:04:53
  Speaker 4: Like the Jewish leaders, are not many of the husbandmen
• 2:04:56
  Speaker 4: of the vineyard stirred to anger when the claim of
• 2:04:59
  Speaker 4: God's lawries set before the people. Do not these teachers
• 2:05:02
  Speaker 4: use their influence in leading men to reject it. Such
• 2:05:05
  Speaker 4: teachers God calls unfaithful servants. The words of God to
• 2:05:09
  Speaker 4: ancient Israel. Have a solemn warning to the church and
• 2:05:12
  Speaker 4: its leaders today of Israel. The Lord said, I have
• 2:05:16
  Speaker 4: written to him the great things of my law, but
• 2:05:18
  Speaker 4: they were counted as a strange thing. And to the
• 2:05:21
  Speaker 4: priests and teachers, he declared, my people are destroyed for
• 2:05:25
  Speaker 4: lack of knowledge. Because thou hast rejected knowledge. I will
• 2:05:28
  Speaker 4: also reject thee seeing thou hast forgotten the law of
• 2:05:31
  Speaker 4: thy God, I will also forget thy children. Shall the
• 2:05:35
  Speaker 4: warnings from God be passed by unheeded? Shall the opportunities
• 2:05:39
  Speaker 4: for service be unimproved? Shall the world's scorn, the pride
• 2:05:43
  Speaker 4: of reason, conformity to human customs and traditions hold the
• 2:05:47
  Speaker 4: professed followers of Christ from service to him? Will they
• 2:05:50
  Speaker 4: reject God's word as the Jewish leaders rejected Christ. The
• 2:05:54
  Speaker 4: result of Israel's sin is before us. Will the Church
• 2:05:57
  Speaker 4: of today take warning? If some of the branches be
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  Speaker 4: broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert
• 2:06:04
  Speaker 4: grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the
• 2:06:07
  Speaker 4: root and fatness of the olive tree, boast not because
• 2:06:11
  Speaker 4: of unbelief they were broken off, And thou standest by faith,
• 2:06:15
  Speaker 4: be not high minded, but fear, for if God spared
• 2:06:19
  Speaker 4: not the natural branches take heed, lest He also spare
• 2:06:22
  Speaker 4: not thee end of chapter twenty three.
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  Speaker 2: Chapter twenty four without a wedding garment, the parable of
• 2:06:34
  Speaker 2: the wedding garment opens before us a lesson of the
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  Speaker 2: highest consequence. By the marriage is represented the union of
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  Speaker 2: humanity with Divinity. The wedding garment represents the character which
• 2:06:44
  Speaker 2: all must possess, who shall be accounted fit guests for
• 2:06:47
  Speaker 2: the wedding. In this parable, as in that of the
• 2:06:51
  Speaker 2: Great Supper, are illustrated the Gospel invitation, its rejection by
• 2:06:55
  Speaker 2: the Jewish people, and the call of mercy to the gentiles.
• 2:06:59
  Speaker 2: But on the part of those who reject the invitation,
• 2:07:01
  Speaker 2: this parable brings to view a deeper insult and a
• 2:07:04
  Speaker 2: more dreadful punishment. The call to the feast is a
• 2:07:08
  Speaker 2: king's invitation. It proceeds from one who is vested with
• 2:07:11
  Speaker 2: power to command. It confers high honor, Yet the honor
• 2:07:15
  Speaker 2: is unappreciated. The king's authority is despised. While the householder's
• 2:07:20
  Speaker 2: invitation was regarded with indifference. The kings is met with
• 2:07:23
  Speaker 2: insult and murder. They treated his servants with scorn, despitefully
• 2:07:28
  Speaker 2: using them and slaying them. The householder, on seeing his
• 2:07:32
  Speaker 2: invitation slighted, declared that none of the men who were
• 2:07:35
  Speaker 2: bidden should taste of his supper. But for those who
• 2:07:38
  Speaker 2: had done despite to the king, more than the exclusion
• 2:07:41
  Speaker 2: from his presence and his table is decreed. He sent
• 2:07:44
  Speaker 2: forth his armies and destroyed those murderers, and burned up
• 2:07:47
  Speaker 2: their city. In both parables. The feast is provided with guests,
• 2:07:52
  Speaker 2: but the second shows that there is a preparation to
• 2:07:54
  Speaker 2: be made by all who attend the feast. Those who
• 2:07:57
  Speaker 2: neglect this preparation are cast out. The king came in
• 2:08:00
  Speaker 2: to see the guests and saw there a man who
• 2:08:03
  Speaker 2: had not on a wedding garment, And he saith unto him, friend,
• 2:08:06
  Speaker 2: how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment?
• 2:08:09
  Speaker 2: And he was speechless. Then said the King to the servants,
• 2:08:13
  Speaker 2: bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and
• 2:08:15
  Speaker 2: cast him into outer darkness. There shall be weeping and
• 2:08:19
  Speaker 2: gnashing of teeth. The call to the feast had been
• 2:08:23
  Speaker 2: given by Christ's disciples. Our Lord had sent out the
• 2:08:26
  Speaker 2: twelve and afterwards the seventy, proclaiming that the Kingdom of
• 2:08:29
  Speaker 2: God was at hand, and calling upon men to repent
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  Speaker 2: and believe the gospel. But the call was not heeded.
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  Speaker 2: Those who were bidden to the feast did not come.
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  Speaker 2: The servants were sent out later to say, behold, I
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  Speaker 2: have prepared my dinner, my oxen and my fatlings are killed,
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  Speaker 2: and all things are ready come unto the marriage. This
• 2:08:48
  Speaker 2: was the message born to the Jewish nation after the
• 2:08:50
  Speaker 2: crucifixion of Christ. But the nation that claimed to be
• 2:08:53
  Speaker 2: God's peculiar people rejected the gospel brought to them in
• 2:08:57
  Speaker 2: the power of the Holy Spirit. Many did this in
• 2:08:59
  Speaker 2: the most scornful manner. Others were so exasperated by the
• 2:09:03
  Speaker 2: offer of salvation, the offer of pardon for rejecting the
• 2:09:06
  Speaker 2: Lord of Glory, that they turned upon the bearers of
• 2:09:09
  Speaker 2: the message. There was a great persecution. Many, both of
• 2:09:13
  Speaker 2: men and women, were thrust into prison, and some of
• 2:09:15
  Speaker 2: the Lord's messengers, as Stephen and James, were put to death.
• 2:09:20
  Speaker 2: Thus the Jewish people sealed their rejection of God's mercy.
• 2:09:23
  Speaker 2: The result was foretold by Christ in the parable. The
• 2:09:27
  Speaker 2: King sent forth his armies and destroyed those murderers and
• 2:09:30
  Speaker 2: burned up their city. The judgment pronounced came upon the
• 2:09:33
  Speaker 2: Jews in the destruction of Jerusalem and the scattering of
• 2:09:37
  Speaker 2: the nation. The third call to the feast represents the
• 2:09:40
  Speaker 2: giving of the Gospel to the gentiles. The king said,
• 2:09:44
  Speaker 2: the wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were
• 2:09:46
  Speaker 2: not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as
• 2:09:49
  Speaker 2: many as ye shall find bid to the marriage. The
• 2:09:53
  Speaker 2: King's servants who went out into the highways, gathered together
• 2:09:56
  Speaker 2: all as many as they found, both bad and good.
• 2:10:00
  Speaker 2: It was a mixed company. Some of them had no
• 2:10:02
  Speaker 2: more real regard for the giver of the feast than
• 2:10:05
  Speaker 2: had the ones who rejected the call. The class first
• 2:10:08
  Speaker 2: bidden could not afford. They thought to sacrifice any worldly
• 2:10:11
  Speaker 2: advantage for the sake of attending the king's banquet. And
• 2:10:14
  Speaker 2: of those who accepted the invitation, there were some who
• 2:10:17
  Speaker 2: thought only of benefiting themselves. They came to share the
• 2:10:20
  Speaker 2: provisions of the feast, but had no desire to honor
• 2:10:23
  Speaker 2: the king. When the king came in to view the guests,
• 2:10:26
  Speaker 2: the real character of all was revealed. For every guest
• 2:10:30
  Speaker 2: at the feast there had been provided a wedding garment.
• 2:10:33
  Speaker 2: This garment was a gift from the King. By wearing it,
• 2:10:36
  Speaker 2: the guests showed their respect for the giver of the feast.
• 2:10:39
  Speaker 2: But one man was clothed in his common citizen dress.
• 2:10:42
  Speaker 2: He had refused to make the preparation required by the King.
• 2:10:46
  Speaker 2: The garment provided for him at great cost, he disdained
• 2:10:49
  Speaker 2: to wear. Thus he insulted his lord. To the King's demand,
• 2:10:53
  Speaker 2: how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?
• 2:10:56
  Speaker 2: He could answer nothing. He was self condemned. The King said,
• 2:11:00
  Speaker 2: bind him hand and foot, and take him away and
• 2:11:03
  Speaker 2: cast him into outer darkness. By the king's examination of
• 2:11:07
  Speaker 2: the guests at the feast is represented a work of judgment.
• 2:11:11
  Speaker 2: The guests at the Gospel feast are those who profess
• 2:11:14
  Speaker 2: to serve God, those whose names are written in the
• 2:11:17
  Speaker 2: Book of Life. But not all who profess to be
• 2:11:19
  Speaker 2: Christians are true disciples. Before the final reward is given,
• 2:11:23
  Speaker 2: it must be decided who are fitted to share the
• 2:11:26
  Speaker 2: inheritance of the righteous. This decision must be made prior
• 2:11:29
  Speaker 2: to the second coming of Christ in the clouds of heaven,
• 2:11:32
  Speaker 2: For when he comes, his reward is with him to
• 2:11:35
  Speaker 2: give every man according as his work shall be. Before
• 2:11:39
  Speaker 2: his coming, then the character of every man's work will
• 2:11:42
  Speaker 2: have been determined, and to every one of Christ's followers
• 2:11:46
  Speaker 2: the reward will have been apportioned according to his deeds.
• 2:11:49
  Speaker 2: It is while men are still dwelling upon earth that
• 2:11:52
  Speaker 2: the work of investigative judgment takes place. In the courts
• 2:11:55
  Speaker 2: of heaven. The lives of all his professed followers pass
• 2:11:58
  Speaker 2: in review before God. All are examined according to the
• 2:12:01
  Speaker 2: record of the books of heaven and according to his deeds.
• 2:12:04
  Speaker 2: The destiny of each is forever fixed by the wedding garment.
• 2:12:10
  Speaker 2: In the parable is represented the pure, spotless character which
• 2:12:13
  Speaker 2: Christ's true followers will possess to the Church. It is
• 2:12:17
  Speaker 2: given that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean
• 2:12:20
  Speaker 2: and white, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing.
• 2:12:24
  Speaker 2: The fine linen, says the scripture is the righteousness of saints.
• 2:12:28
  Speaker 2: It is the righteousness of Christ, his own unblemished character
• 2:12:32
  Speaker 2: that through faith is imparted to all who receive Him
• 2:12:35
  Speaker 2: as their personal savior. The white robe of innocence was
• 2:12:38
  Speaker 2: worn by our first parents when they were placed by
• 2:12:41
  Speaker 2: God in Holy Eden. They lived in perfect conformity to
• 2:12:45
  Speaker 2: the will of God. All the strength of their affections
• 2:12:48
  Speaker 2: were given to their heavenly Father. A beautiful, soft light,
• 2:12:51
  Speaker 2: the light of God enshrouded the Holy pair. This robe
• 2:12:55
  Speaker 2: of light was a symbol of their spiritual garments of
• 2:12:57
  Speaker 2: heavenly innocence. They remain true to God. It would ever
• 2:13:01
  Speaker 2: have continued to enshroud them, But when sin entered, they
• 2:13:05
  Speaker 2: severed their connection with God, and the light that had
• 2:13:08
  Speaker 2: encircled them departed. Naked and ashamed. They tried to supply
• 2:13:12
  Speaker 2: the place of the heavenly garments by sewing together fig
• 2:13:15
  Speaker 2: leaves for recovering. This is what the transgressors of God's
• 2:13:19
  Speaker 2: law have done. Ever since the day of Adam and
• 2:13:21
  Speaker 2: Eve's disobedience. They have sewed together fig leaves to cover
• 2:13:25
  Speaker 2: their nakedness caused by transgression. They have worn the garments
• 2:13:29
  Speaker 2: of their own devising. By works of their own have
• 2:13:32
  Speaker 2: they tried to cover their sins and make themselves acceptable
• 2:13:35
  Speaker 2: with God. But this they can never do. Nothing can
• 2:13:38
  Speaker 2: man devise to supply the place of his lost robe
• 2:13:41
  Speaker 2: of innocence. No fig leaf garment, no worldly citizen dress,
• 2:13:45
  Speaker 2: can be worn by those who sit down with Christ
• 2:13:47
  Speaker 2: and angels at the marriage supper of the Lamb. Only
• 2:13:51
  Speaker 2: the covering which Christ himself has provided can make us
• 2:13:54
  Speaker 2: meet to appear in God's presence. This covering the robe
• 2:13:57
  Speaker 2: of his own righteousness. Christ will put upon every repenting
• 2:14:00
  Speaker 2: believing soul. I counsel thee. He says, to buy of
• 2:14:04
  Speaker 2: me white raiment, that thou mayst be clothed, and that
• 2:14:07
  Speaker 2: the shame of thy nakedness do not appear. This robe,
• 2:14:10
  Speaker 2: woven in the loom of Heaven, has in it not
• 2:14:13
  Speaker 2: one threat of human devising. Christ, in his humanity, wrought
• 2:14:17
  Speaker 2: out a perfect character, And this character he offers to
• 2:14:20
  Speaker 2: impart to us. All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.
• 2:14:25
  Speaker 2: Everything that we of ourselves can do is defiled by sin.
• 2:14:29
  Speaker 2: But the Son of God was manifested to take away
• 2:14:32
  Speaker 2: our sins, and in him is no sin. Sin is
• 2:14:35
  Speaker 2: defined to be the transgression of the law. But Christ
• 2:14:39
  Speaker 2: was obedient to every requirement of the law. He said
• 2:14:42
  Speaker 2: of himself, I delight to do thy will, O my God, YEA,
• 2:14:46
  Speaker 2: Thy law is within my heart. When on earth he
• 2:14:49
  Speaker 2: said to his disciples, I have kept my father's commandments.
• 2:14:53
  Speaker 2: By his perfect obedience, he has made it possible for
• 2:14:55
  Speaker 2: every human being to obey God's commandments. When we submit
• 2:14:59
  Speaker 2: ourselves to Christ, the heart is united with his heart,
• 2:15:02
  Speaker 2: the will merged in his will, the mind becomes one
• 2:15:05
  Speaker 2: with his mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to him.
• 2:15:09
  Speaker 2: We live his life. This is what it means to
• 2:15:12
  Speaker 2: be clothed with the garment of his righteousness. Then as
• 2:15:15
  Speaker 2: the Lord looks upon us, he sees not the fig
• 2:15:18
  Speaker 2: leaf garment, not the nakedness and deformity of sin, but
• 2:15:21
  Speaker 2: his own robe of righteousness, which is perfect obedience to
• 2:15:25
  Speaker 2: the law of Jehovah. The guests at the marriage feast
• 2:15:29
  Speaker 2: were inspected by the King. Only those were accepted who
• 2:15:33
  Speaker 2: had obeyed his requirements and put on the wedding garment.
• 2:15:36
  Speaker 2: So it is with the guests at the Gospel feast.
• 2:15:39
  Speaker 2: All must pass the scrutiny of the Great King, and
• 2:15:42
  Speaker 2: only those are received who have put on the robe
• 2:15:44
  Speaker 2: of Christ's righteousness. Righteousness is right doing, and it is
• 2:15:48
  Speaker 2: by their deeds that all will be judged. Our characters
• 2:15:52
  Speaker 2: are revealed by what we do. The work shows whether
• 2:15:55
  Speaker 2: the faith is genuine. It is not enough for us
• 2:15:58
  Speaker 2: to believe that Jesus is not an impostor, and that
• 2:16:01
  Speaker 2: the religion of the Bible is no cunningly devised fable.
• 2:16:05
  Speaker 2: We may believe that the name of Jesus is the
• 2:16:07
  Speaker 2: only name under heaven whereby man may be saved, and
• 2:16:10
  Speaker 2: yet we may not through faith, make him our personal savior.
• 2:16:14
  Speaker 2: It is not enough to believe the theory of truth.
• 2:16:17
  Speaker 2: It is not enough to make a profession of faith
• 2:16:20
  Speaker 2: in Christ and have our names registered on the church roll.
• 2:16:23
  Speaker 2: He that keepeth His commandments dwelleth in Him, and he
• 2:16:27
  Speaker 2: in him. And hereby we know that He abideth in
• 2:16:30
  Speaker 2: us by the spirit which He hath given us. Hereby
• 2:16:34
  Speaker 2: we do know that we know Him if we keep
• 2:16:36
  Speaker 2: his commandments. This is the genuine evidence of conversion. Whatever
• 2:16:41
  Speaker 2: our profession, it amounts to nothing unless Christ is revealed
• 2:16:45
  Speaker 2: in works of righteousness. The truth is to be planted
• 2:16:48
  Speaker 2: in the heart. It is to control the mind and
• 2:16:51
  Speaker 2: regulate affections. The whole character must be stamped with the
• 2:16:55
  Speaker 2: divine utterances. Every jot and tittle of the Word of
• 2:16:58
  Speaker 2: God is to be brought into the daily practice. He
• 2:17:02
  Speaker 2: who becomes a partaker of the divine nature will be
• 2:17:04
  Speaker 2: in harmony with God's great standard of righteousness, his Holy Law.
• 2:17:09
  Speaker 2: This is the rule by which God measures the actions
• 2:17:11
  Speaker 2: of men. This will be the test of character in
• 2:17:14
  Speaker 2: the judgment. There are many who claim that by the
• 2:17:18
  Speaker 2: death of Christ the law was abrogated. But in this
• 2:17:21
  Speaker 2: they contradict Christ's own words. Think not that I am
• 2:17:25
  Speaker 2: come to destroy the law or the prophets. Till heaven
• 2:17:28
  Speaker 2: and earth pass, One jot or one tittle shall in
• 2:17:31
  Speaker 2: no wise pass from the law. It was to atone
• 2:17:34
  Speaker 2: for man's transgression of the law that Christ laid down
• 2:17:37
  Speaker 2: his life, could the law have been changed or set aside,
• 2:17:40
  Speaker 2: then Christ need not have died. But by his life
• 2:17:43
  Speaker 2: on earth he honored the law of God. By his
• 2:17:46
  Speaker 2: death he established it. He gave his life as a sacrifice,
• 2:17:50
  Speaker 2: not to destroy God's law, not to create a lower standard,
• 2:17:54
  Speaker 2: but that justice might be maintained, that the law might
• 2:17:57
  Speaker 2: be shown to be immutable, that it might stand fast forever.
• 2:18:02
  Speaker 2: Satan had claimed that it was impossible for man to
• 2:18:04
  Speaker 2: obey God's commandments, and in our own strength, it is
• 2:18:07
  Speaker 2: true that we cannot obey them. But Christ came in
• 2:18:11
  Speaker 2: the form of humanity, and by his perfect obedience he
• 2:18:14
  Speaker 2: proved that humanity and divinity combined can obey every one
• 2:18:18
  Speaker 2: of God's precepts. As many as received him to them
• 2:18:22
  Speaker 2: gave he power to become the sons of God, even
• 2:18:25
  Speaker 2: to them that believe hun his name. This power is
• 2:18:28
  Speaker 2: not in the human agent. It is the power of God.
• 2:18:31
  Speaker 2: When a soul receives Christ, he receives power to live
• 2:18:34
  Speaker 2: the life of Christ. God requires perfection of his children.
• 2:18:39
  Speaker 2: His law is a transcript of his own character, and
• 2:18:42
  Speaker 2: it is a standard of all character. This infinite standard
• 2:18:46
  Speaker 2: is presented to all that there may be no mistake
• 2:18:48
  Speaker 2: in regard to the kind of people whom God will
• 2:18:50
  Speaker 2: have to compose his kingdom. The life of Christ on
• 2:18:54
  Speaker 2: earth was a perfect expression of God's law. And when
• 2:18:57
  Speaker 2: those who claim to be children of God become Christ's
• 2:18:59
  Speaker 2: life and character, they will be obedient to God's commandments.
• 2:19:04
  Speaker 2: Then the Lord can trust them to be of the
• 2:19:06
  Speaker 2: number who shall compose the family of Heaven. Clothed in
• 2:19:09
  Speaker 2: the glorious apparel of Christ's righteousness, they have a place
• 2:19:12
  Speaker 2: at the King's feast. They have a right to join
• 2:19:15
  Speaker 2: the blood washed throng. The man who came to the
• 2:19:20
  Speaker 2: feast without a wedding garment represents the condition of many
• 2:19:23
  Speaker 2: in our world today. They profess to be Christians and
• 2:19:26
  Speaker 2: lay claim on the blessings and privileges of the Gospel,
• 2:19:29
  Speaker 2: yet they feel no need of a transformation of character.
• 2:19:32
  Speaker 2: They have never felt true repentance for sin. They do
• 2:19:35
  Speaker 2: not realize their need of Christ or exercise faith in him.
• 2:19:39
  Speaker 2: They have not overcome their hereditary or cultivated tendencies to wrongdoing.
• 2:19:44
  Speaker 2: Yet they think that they are good enough in themselves,
• 2:19:46
  Speaker 2: and they rest upon their own merits instead of trusting
• 2:19:49
  Speaker 2: in Christ. Hearers of the Word. They come to the banquet,
• 2:19:53
  Speaker 2: but they have not put on the robe of Christ's righteousness.
• 2:19:56
  Speaker 2: Many who call themselves Christians are mere human moralists. They
• 2:20:00
  Speaker 2: have refused the gift which alone could enable them to
• 2:20:03
  Speaker 2: honor Christ by representing him to the world. The work
• 2:20:07
  Speaker 2: of the Holy Spirit is to them a strange work.
• 2:20:09
  Speaker 2: They are not doers of the word. The heavenly principles
• 2:20:12
  Speaker 2: that distinguish those who are one with Christ from those
• 2:20:15
  Speaker 2: who are one with the world have become almost indistinguishable.
• 2:20:19
  Speaker 2: The professed followers of Christ are no longer a separate
• 2:20:22
  Speaker 2: and peculiar people. The line of demarcation is indistinct. The
• 2:20:27
  Speaker 2: people are subordinating themselves to the world, to its practices,
• 2:20:30
  Speaker 2: its customs, its selfishness. The Church has gone over to
• 2:20:33
  Speaker 2: the world in transgression of the law, when the world
• 2:20:36
  Speaker 2: should have come over to the Church in obedience to
• 2:20:39
  Speaker 2: the law. Daily the Church is being converted to the world.
• 2:20:44
  Speaker 2: All these expect to be saved by Christ's death, while
• 2:20:47
  Speaker 2: they refuse to live his self sacrificing life. They extol
• 2:20:51
  Speaker 2: the riches of free grace and attempt to cover themselves
• 2:20:54
  Speaker 2: with an appearance of righteousness, hoping to screen their defects
• 2:20:57
  Speaker 2: of character, but their efforts will be of no avail
• 2:21:00
  Speaker 2: In the day of God. The righteousness of Christ will
• 2:21:04
  Speaker 2: not cover one cherished sin. A man may be a
• 2:21:07
  Speaker 2: law breaker in heart, yet if he commits no outward
• 2:21:10
  Speaker 2: act of transgression, he may be regarded by the world
• 2:21:13
  Speaker 2: as possessing great integrity. But God's law looks into the
• 2:21:17
  Speaker 2: secrets of the heart. Every act is judged by the
• 2:21:20
  Speaker 2: motives that prompt it. Only that which is in accord
• 2:21:22
  Speaker 2: with the principles of God's law will stand in the judgment.
• 2:21:27
  Speaker 2: God is love. He has shown that loved in the
• 2:21:29
  Speaker 2: gift of Christ, when he gave his only begotten son,
• 2:21:33
  Speaker 2: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have
• 2:21:36
  Speaker 2: everlasting life. He withheld nothing from his purchased possession. He
• 2:21:40
  Speaker 2: gave all heaven from which we may draw strength and efficiency,
• 2:21:44
  Speaker 2: that we be not repulsed or overcome by our great adversary.
• 2:21:48
  Speaker 2: But the love of God does not lead him to
• 2:21:50
  Speaker 2: excuse sin. He did not excuse it in Satan, He
• 2:21:53
  Speaker 2: did not excuse it in Adam or in Cain, nor
• 2:21:56
  Speaker 2: will he excuse it in any other of the children
• 2:21:59
  Speaker 2: of men. Not connive at our sins or overlook our
• 2:22:02
  Speaker 2: defects of character he expects us to overcome in his name.
• 2:22:07
  Speaker 2: Those who reject the gift of Christ's righteousness are rejecting
• 2:22:11
  Speaker 2: the attributes of character which would constitute them the sons
• 2:22:15
  Speaker 2: and daughters of God. They are rejecting that which alone
• 2:22:18
  Speaker 2: could give them a fitness for a place at the
• 2:22:20
  Speaker 2: marriage feast. In the parable, when the king inquired, how
• 2:22:24
  Speaker 2: camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment, the
• 2:22:27
  Speaker 2: man was speechless. So it will be in the Great
• 2:22:30
  Speaker 2: judgment day. Men may now excuse their defects of character,
• 2:22:34
  Speaker 2: but in that day they will offer no excuse. The
• 2:22:37
  Speaker 2: professed churches of Christ in this generation are exalted to
• 2:22:41
  Speaker 2: the highest privileges. The Lord has been revealed to us
• 2:22:44
  Speaker 2: in ever increasing light. Our privileges are far greater than
• 2:22:48
  Speaker 2: were the privileges of God's ancient people. We have not
• 2:22:51
  Speaker 2: only the great light committed to Israel, but we have
• 2:22:54
  Speaker 2: the increased evidence of the great salvation brought to us
• 2:22:57
  Speaker 2: through Christ. That which was type and symbol to the
• 2:23:01
  Speaker 2: Jews is reality to us. They have the Old Testament history,
• 2:23:05
  Speaker 2: We have that and the New Testament. Also we have
• 2:23:08
  Speaker 2: the assurance of a savior who has come a savior
• 2:23:11
  Speaker 2: who has been crucified, who has risen, and over the
• 2:23:14
  Speaker 2: rent sepulcher of Joseph has proclaimed I am the Resurrection
• 2:23:18
  Speaker 2: and the Life. In our knowledge of Christ and his love,
• 2:23:21
  Speaker 2: the Kingdom of God is placed in the midst of us.
• 2:23:24
  Speaker 2: Christ is revealed to us in sermons and chanted to
• 2:23:27
  Speaker 2: us in songs. The spiritual banquet is set before us
• 2:23:30
  Speaker 2: in rich abundance. The wedding garment, provided at infinite cost,
• 2:23:34
  Speaker 2: is freely offered to every soul by the messengers of God.
• 2:23:39
  Speaker 2: Are presented to us. The righteousness of Christ, justification by faith,
• 2:23:43
  Speaker 2: the exceeding great and precious promise of God's Word, free
• 2:23:47
  Speaker 2: access to the Father by Christ, the comfort of the spirit,
• 2:23:51
  Speaker 2: the well grounded assurance of eternal life in the Kingdom
• 2:23:53
  Speaker 2: of God. What could God do for us that He
• 2:23:57
  Speaker 2: has not done in providing the Great Supper, the heavenly
• 2:24:00
  Speaker 2: banquet in heaven, it is said by the ministering angels,
• 2:24:04
  Speaker 2: the ministry which we have been commissioned to perform, we
• 2:24:07
  Speaker 2: have done. We pressed back the army of evil agents.
• 2:24:10
  Speaker 2: We sent brightness and light into the souls of men,
• 2:24:13
  Speaker 2: quickening their memory for the love of God. Expressed in Jesus.
• 2:24:17
  Speaker 2: We attracted their eyes to the Cross of Christ. Their
• 2:24:20
  Speaker 2: hearts were deeply moved by a sense of the sin
• 2:24:23
  Speaker 2: that crucified the son of God. They were convicted. They
• 2:24:26
  Speaker 2: saw the steps to be taken in conversion. They felt
• 2:24:30
  Speaker 2: the power of the Gospel. Their hearts were made tender
• 2:24:33
  Speaker 2: as they saw the sweetness of the love of God.
• 2:24:35
  Speaker 2: They beheld the beauty of the character of Christ. But
• 2:24:39
  Speaker 2: with the many it was all in vain. They would
• 2:24:41
  Speaker 2: not surrender their own habits in character. They would not
• 2:24:44
  Speaker 2: put off the garments of earth in order to be
• 2:24:46
  Speaker 2: clothed with the robe of heaven. Their hearts were given
• 2:24:49
  Speaker 2: to coveteousness. They loved the associations of the world more
• 2:24:53
  Speaker 2: than they loved their God. Solemn will be the day
• 2:24:57
  Speaker 2: of final decision. In prophetic visit the Apostle, John describes it,
• 2:25:02
  Speaker 2: I saw a great white throne and him that sat
• 2:25:05
  Speaker 2: on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven
• 2:25:08
  Speaker 2: fled away, and there was found no place for them.
• 2:25:11
  Speaker 2: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God.
• 2:25:14
  Speaker 2: And the books were opened, and another book was open,
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  Speaker 2: which is the book of Life. And the dead were
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  Speaker 2: judged out of those things which were written in the
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  Speaker 2: books according to their works. Sad will be the retrospect
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  Speaker 2: in that day, when men stand face to face with eternity.
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  Speaker 2: The whole life will present itself just as it has been.
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  Speaker 2: The World's pleasures, riches, and honors will not then seem
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  Speaker 2: so important. Men will then see that the righteousness they
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  Speaker 2: despised is alone of value. They will see that they
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  Speaker 2: have fashioned their characters under the deceptive allurements of Satan.
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  Speaker 2: The garments they have chosen are the badge of their
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  Speaker 2: allegiance to the first great Apostate. Then they will see
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  Speaker 2: the results of their choice. They will have a knowledge
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  Speaker 2: of what it means to transgress the commandments of God. God.
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  Speaker 2: There will be no future probation in which to prepare
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  Speaker 2: for eternity. It is in this life that we are
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  Speaker 2: to put on the robe of Christ's righteousness. This is
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  Speaker 2: our only opportunity to form characters for the home which
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  Speaker 2: Christ has made ready for those who obey His commandments.
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  Speaker 2: The days of our probation are fast closing. The end
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  Speaker 2: is near to us. The warning is given take heed
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  Speaker 2: to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged
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  Speaker 2: with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life. And
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  Speaker 2: so that day come upon you unawares. Beware lest it
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  Speaker 2: find you unready. Take heed, lest you be found at
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  Speaker 2: the king's feast without a wedding garment. In such an
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  Speaker 2: hour as you think not the Son of Man cometh.
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  Speaker 2: Blessed is he that watcheth and keepeth his garments, lest
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  Speaker 2: he walk naked and they see his shame. End of
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  Speaker 2: Chapter twenty four.
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  Speaker 4: Chapter twenty five, Talents Pot One, Christ on the Mount
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  Speaker 4: of Olives had spoken to his disciples of his second
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  Speaker 4: advent to the world. He had specified certain signs that
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  Speaker 4: were to show when his coming was near, and had
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  Speaker 4: bidden his disciples watch and be ready. Again, he repeated
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  Speaker 4: the warning, watch therefore, for you know neither the day
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  Speaker 4: nor the hour wherein the Son of Man cometh. Then
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  Speaker 4: he showed what it means to watch for his coming.
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  Speaker 4: The time is to be spent not in idle waiting,
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  Speaker 4: but in diligent working. This lesson he taught in the
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  Speaker 4: parable of the Talents. The Kingdom of Heaven, he said,
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  Speaker 4: is as a man traveling into a far country who
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  Speaker 4: called his own servants and delivered unto them his goods
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  Speaker 4: and unto one. He gave five talents to another, two
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  Speaker 4: to another, one to every man, according to his several
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  Speaker 4: ability and straightway took his journey. The man traveling into
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  Speaker 4: a far country represents Christ, who, when speaking this parable,
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  Speaker 4: was soon to depart from this earth to Heaven. The
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  Speaker 4: bond servants or slaves of the parable represents the followers
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  Speaker 4: of Christ. We are not our own. We have been
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  Speaker 4: bought with a price, not with corruptible things as silver
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  Speaker 4: and gold, but with the precious blood of Christ. They
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  Speaker 4: that which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but
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  Speaker 4: unto Him which died for them and rose again. All
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  Speaker 4: men have been bought with this infinite price by pouring
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  Speaker 4: the whole treasury of Heaven into this world, by giving
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  Speaker 4: us in Christ all heaven. God has purchased the will,
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  Speaker 4: the affections, the mind, the soul of every human being.
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  Speaker 4: Where the believers or unbelievers, all men are the Lord's property.
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  Speaker 4: All are called to do service for Him, and for
• 2:28:39
  Speaker 4: the manner in which they have met this claim. All
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  Speaker 4: will be required to render an account at the Great
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  Speaker 4: judgment day. But the claims of God are not recognized
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  Speaker 4: by all. It is those who profess to have accepted
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  Speaker 4: Christ's service, who in the parable are represented as his
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  Speaker 4: own servants. Christ's followers have been redeemed for service. Our
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  Speaker 4: Lord teaches that the true object of life is ministry.
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  Speaker 4: Christ himself was a worker, and to all his followers
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  Speaker 4: he gives the law of service service to God and
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  Speaker 4: to their fellow men. Here Christ has presented to the
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  Speaker 4: world a higher conception of life than they had ever known.
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  Speaker 4: By living to minister for others, man is brought into
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  Speaker 4: connection with Christ. The law of service becomes the connecting
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  Speaker 4: link which binds us to God and to our fellow men.
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  Speaker 4: To his servants, Christ commits his goods something to be
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  Speaker 4: put to use for him. He gives to every man
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  Speaker 4: his work. Each has his place in the eternal plan
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  Speaker 4: of Heaven. Each is to work in co operation with
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  Speaker 4: Christ for the salvation of souls. Not more surely is
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  Speaker 4: the place prepared for us in the heavenly mansions than
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  Speaker 4: is the special place designated on earth where we are
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  Speaker 4: to work for God. Gifts of the Holy Spirit the
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  Speaker 4: talents that Christ's intrust to his church represent, especially the
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  Speaker 4: gifts and blessings imparted by the Holy Spirit. To one
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  Speaker 4: is given by the spirit, the word of wisdom to another,
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  Speaker 4: the word of knowledge by the same spirit to another,
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  Speaker 4: Faith by the same spirit to another, the gifts of
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  Speaker 4: healing by the same spirit to another, the working of
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  Speaker 4: miracles to another, prophecy to another, discerning of spirits to another,
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  Speaker 4: diverse kinds of tongues to another, the interpretation of tongues.
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  Speaker 4: But all these worketh that one and the self same Spirit,
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  Speaker 4: dividing to every man severally as he will. All men
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  Speaker 4: do not receive the same gifts. But to every servant
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  Speaker 4: of the Master, some gift of the spirit is promised.
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  Speaker 4: Before he left his disciples, Christ breathed on them and
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  Speaker 4: saith unto them, receive ye the Holy Ghost. Again, he said, behold,
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  Speaker 4: I send the promise of my Father upon you. But
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  Speaker 4: not until after the ascension was the gift received in
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  Speaker 4: its fullness, not until through faith and prayer the disciples
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  Speaker 4: had surrendered themselves fully. For his working was the outpouring
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  Speaker 4: of the spirit received. Then in a special sense, the
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  Speaker 4: goods of heaven were committed to the followers of Christ.
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  Speaker 4: When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive
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  Speaker 4: and gave gifts unto men. Unto every one of us
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  Speaker 4: is given grace according to the measure of the gift
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  Speaker 4: of Christ, the Spirit, dividing to every man severally as
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  Speaker 4: he will. The gifts are already ours in Christ, but
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  Speaker 4: their actual possession depends upon our reception of the Spirit
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  Speaker 4: of God. The promise of the Spirit is not appreciated
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  Speaker 4: as it should be. Its fulfillment is not realized as
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  Speaker 4: it might be. It is the absence of the Spirit
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  Speaker 4: that makes the gospel ministry so powerless. Learning talents eloquence.
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  Speaker 4: Every natural or acquired endowment may be possessed, but without
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  Speaker 4: the presence of the Spirit of God, no heart will
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  Speaker 4: be touched, no sinner one to Christ. On the other hand,
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  Speaker 4: if they are connected with Christ, if the gifts of
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  Speaker 4: the Spirit are theirs, the poorest and most ignorant of
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  Speaker 4: His disciples will have a power that will tell upon hearts.
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  Speaker 4: God makes them the channel for the outworking of the
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  Speaker 4: highest influence in the universe. Other talents. The special gifts
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  Speaker 4: of the Spirit are not the only talents represented in
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  Speaker 4: the parable. It includes all gifts and endowments, whether original
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  Speaker 4: or acquired, Natural or spiritual, all are to be employed
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  Speaker 4: in Christ's service. In becoming His disciples, we surrender ourselves
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  Speaker 4: to Him with all that we are, and have these gifts.
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  Speaker 4: He returns to us purified and ennobled, to be used
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  Speaker 4: for His glory in blessing our fellow men. To every
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  Speaker 4: man God has given according to his several ability. The
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  Speaker 4: talents are not apportioned capriciously. He who has ability to
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  Speaker 4: use five talents receives five. He who can improve but
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  Speaker 4: two receives two. He who can wisely use only one
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  Speaker 4: receives one. None need lament that they have not received
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  Speaker 4: larger gifts, for He who has apportioned to every man
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  Speaker 4: is equally honored by the improvement of each trust, whether
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  Speaker 4: it be great or small. The one to whom five
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  Speaker 4: talents have been committed is to render the improvement of five.
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  Speaker 4: He who has but one the improvement of one. God
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  Speaker 4: expects returns according to that a man hath and not
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  Speaker 4: according to that he hath not use of talents in
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  Speaker 4: the parable. He that had received the five talents went
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  Speaker 4: and traded with the same and made them other five talents.
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  Speaker 4: And likewise he that had received two, he also gained
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  Speaker 4: other two. The talents, however, few, are to be put
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  Speaker 4: to use. The question that most concerns us is not
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  Speaker 4: how much have I received, but what am I doing
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  Speaker 4: with that which I have? The development of all our
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  Speaker 4: powers is the first duty we owe to God and
• 2:33:53
  Speaker 4: to our fellow men. No one who is not growing
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  Speaker 4: daily in capability and usefulness is fulfilling the purpose of life.
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  Speaker 4: In making a profession of faith in Christ, we pledge
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  Speaker 4: ourselves to become all that it is possible for us
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  Speaker 4: to be as workers for the Master, and we should
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  Speaker 4: cultivate every faculty to the highest degree of perfection, that
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  Speaker 4: we may do the greatest amount of good of which
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  Speaker 4: we are capable. The Lord has a great work to
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  Speaker 4: be done, and he will bequeath the most in the
• 2:34:20
  Speaker 4: future life to those who do the most faithful, willing
• 2:34:23
  Speaker 4: service in the present life. The Lord chooses his own agents,
• 2:34:27
  Speaker 4: and each day, under different circumstances, he gives them a
• 2:34:31
  Speaker 4: trial of his plan of operation in each true hearted
• 2:34:34
  Speaker 4: endeavor to work out his plan. He chooses his agents
• 2:34:38
  Speaker 4: not because they are perfect, but because, through a connection
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  Speaker 4: with Him, they may gain perfection. God will accept only
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  Speaker 4: those who are determined to aim high. He places every
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  Speaker 4: human agent under obligation to do his best. Moral perfection
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  Speaker 4: is required of all. Never should we lower the standard
• 2:34:57
  Speaker 4: of righteousness. In order to accommodate inherited or col altivated
• 2:35:00
  Speaker 4: tendencies to wrongdoing, we need to understand that imperfection of
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  Speaker 4: character is sin. All righteous attributes of character dwell in
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  Speaker 4: God as a perfect, harmonious whole, and every one who
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  Speaker 4: receives Christ as a personal savior is privileged to possess
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  Speaker 4: these attributes. And those who would be workers together with
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  Speaker 4: God must strive for perfection in every organ of the
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  Speaker 4: body and quality of the mind. True education is the
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  Speaker 4: preparation of the physical, mental, and moral powers for the
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  Speaker 4: performance of every duty. It is the training of body, mind,
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  Speaker 4: and soul for divine service. This is the education that
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  Speaker 4: will endure unto eternal life of every Christian. The Lord
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  Speaker 4: requires growth in efficiency and capability in every line. Christ
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  Speaker 4: has paid us our wages, even his own blood and suffering,
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  Speaker 4: to secure our willing service. He came to our world
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  Speaker 4: to give us an example of how we should work
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  Speaker 4: and what spirit we should bring into our labor. He
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  Speaker 4: desires us to study how we can best advance his
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  Speaker 4: work and glorify his name in the world, crowning with honor,
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  Speaker 4: with the greatest love and devotion. The Father who so
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  Speaker 4: loved the world that he gave his only begotten son,
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  Speaker 4: that whoever believeth in him should not perish, but have
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  Speaker 4: everlasting life. But Christ has given us no assurance that
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  Speaker 4: to attain perfection of character is an easy matter. A
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  Speaker 4: noble all round character is not inherited. It does not
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  Speaker 4: come to us by accident. A noble character is earned
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  Speaker 4: by individual effort through the merits and grace of Christ.
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  Speaker 4: God gives the talents the powers of the mind. We
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  Speaker 4: form the character it is formed by hard stern battles
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  Speaker 4: with self. Conflict after conflict must be waged against hereditary tendencies.
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  Speaker 4: We shall have to criticize ourselves closely and allow not
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  Speaker 4: one unfavorable trait to remain uncorrected. Let no one say
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  Speaker 4: I cannot remedy my defects of character. If you come
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  Speaker 4: to this decision, you will certainly obtaining everlasting life. The
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  Speaker 4: impossibility lies in your own will. If you will not,
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  Speaker 4: then you can not overcome. The real difficulty arises from
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  Speaker 4: the corruption of an unsanctified heart and an unwillingness to
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  Speaker 4: submit to the control of God. Many whom God has
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  Speaker 4: qualified to do excellent work accomplish very little because they attempt.
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  Speaker 4: Little thousands pass through life as if they had no
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  Speaker 4: definite object for which to live, no standard to reach.
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  Speaker 4: Such will obtain a reward proportionate to their works. Remember
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  Speaker 4: that you will never reach a higher standard than you
• 2:37:35
  Speaker 4: yourself set. Then set your mark high, and step by step,
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  Speaker 4: even though it be by painful effort, by self denial
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  Speaker 4: and sacrifice, ascend the whole length of the ladder of progress.
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  Speaker 4: Let nothing hinder you. Fate has not woven its measures
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  Speaker 4: about any human being so firmly that he need remain
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  Speaker 4: helpless and in uncertainty. Opposing circumstances should create a firm
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  Speaker 4: determination to overcome them. The breaking down of one barrier
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  Speaker 4: will give greater ability and courage to go forward. Press
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  Speaker 4: with determination in the right direction, and circumstances will be
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  Speaker 4: your helpers, not your hindrances. Be ambitious for the Master's glory.
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  Speaker 4: To cultivate every grace of character in every phase of
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  Speaker 4: your character building. You are to please God. This you
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  Speaker 4: may do for Enoch pleased him, though living in a
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  Speaker 4: degenerate age, and there are Enochs in this our day,
• 2:38:27
  Speaker 4: stand like Daniel, that faithful statesman, a man whom no
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  Speaker 4: temptation could corrupt. Do not disappoint him who so loved
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  Speaker 4: you that he gave his own life to cancel your sins.
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  Speaker 4: He says, without me, ye can do nothing. Remember this.
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  Speaker 4: If you have made mistakes, you certainly gain a victory.
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  Speaker 4: If you see these mistakes and regard them as beacons
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  Speaker 4: of warning. Thus you turn defeat into victory, disappointing the
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  Speaker 4: enemy and honoring your redeemer. A character formed according to
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  Speaker 4: the divine likeness is the only treasure we can take
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  Speaker 4: from this world to the next. Those who are under
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  Speaker 4: the instruction of Christ in this world will take every
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  Speaker 4: divine attainment with them to the heavenly mansions, and in
• 2:39:07
  Speaker 4: heaven we are continually to improve. How important, then, is
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  Speaker 4: a development of character in this life. The heavenly intelligences
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  Speaker 4: will work with the human agent who seeks with determined
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  Speaker 4: faith that perfection of character, which will reach out to
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  Speaker 4: perfection in action to every one engaged in this work.
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  Speaker 4: Christ says, I am at your right hand to help you.
• 2:39:30
  Speaker 4: As the will of man cooperates with the will of God,
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  Speaker 4: it becomes omnipotent. Whatever is to be done at his
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  Speaker 4: command may be accomplished in his strength. All his biddings
• 2:39:40
  Speaker 4: are enablings mental faculties. God requires the training of the
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  Speaker 4: mental faculties. He designs that his servants shall possess more
• 2:39:50
  Speaker 4: intelligence and clearer discernment than the worldling, and he is
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  Speaker 4: displeased with those who are too careless or too indolent
• 2:39:57
  Speaker 4: to become efficient, well informed workers. The Lord bids us
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  Speaker 4: love Him with all the heart, and with all the soul,
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  Speaker 4: and with all the strength, and with all the mind.
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  Speaker 4: This lays upon us the obligation of developing the intellect
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  Speaker 4: to its fullest capacity, that with all the mind we
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  Speaker 4: may know and love our Creator if placed under the
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  Speaker 4: control of his spirit. The more thoroughly the intellect is cultivated,
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  Speaker 4: the more effectively it can be used in the service
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  Speaker 4: of God. The uneducated man who is consecrated to God
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  Speaker 4: and who longs to bless others can be and is
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  Speaker 4: used by the Lord in his service. But those who
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  Speaker 4: with the same spirit of consecration have had the benefit
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  Speaker 4: of a thorough education can do much more extensive work
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  Speaker 4: for Christ. They stand on vantage ground. The Lord desires
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  Speaker 4: us to obtain all the education possible with the object
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  Speaker 4: in view of imparting our knowledge to others. None can
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  Speaker 4: know where or how they may be called to labor
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  Speaker 4: or to speak for God, Our heavenly father alone sees
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  Speaker 4: what he can make of men. There are before us
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  Speaker 4: possibilities which our feeble faith does not descend. Our minds
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  Speaker 4: should be so trained that, if necessary, we can present
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  Speaker 4: the truths of His word before the highest earthly authorities
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  Speaker 4: in such a way as to glorify His name. We
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  Speaker 4: should not let slip even one opportunity of qualifying ourselves
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  Speaker 4: intellectually to work for God. Let the youth who need
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  Speaker 4: an education set to work with determination to obtain it.
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  Speaker 4: Do not wait for an opening, make one for yourselves.
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  Speaker 4: Take hold in any small way that presents itself. Practice economy.
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  Speaker 4: Do not spend your means for the gratification of appetite
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  Speaker 4: or in pleasure seeking. Be determined to become as useful
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  Speaker 4: and efficient as God calls you to be. Be thorough
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  Speaker 4: and faithful in whatever you undertake. Procure every advantage within
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  Speaker 4: your reach. For strengthening the intellect, let the study of
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  Speaker 4: books be combined with useful manual labor, and by faithful endeavor, watchfulness,
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  Speaker 4: and prayer secure the wisdom that is from above. This
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  Speaker 4: will give you an all round education. Thus you may
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  Speaker 4: rise in character and gain an influence over other minds,
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  Speaker 4: enabling you to lead them in the path of uprightness
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  Speaker 4: and holiness. Far more might be accomplished in the work
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  Speaker 4: of self education if we were awake to our own
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  Speaker 4: opportunities and privileges. True education means more than the colleges
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  Speaker 4: can give. While the study of the sciences is not
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  Speaker 4: to be neglected, there is a higher training to be
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  Speaker 4: obtained through a vital connection with God. Let every student
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  Speaker 4: take his Bible and place himself in communion with the
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  Speaker 4: great teacher. Let the mind be trained and disciplined to
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  Speaker 4: wrestle with hard problems in the search for divine truth.
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  Speaker 4: Those who hunger for knowledge that they may bless their
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  Speaker 4: fellow men will themselves receive blessing from God through a
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  Speaker 4: study of his word. Their mental powers will be aroused
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  Speaker 4: to earnest activity. There will be an expansion and development
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  Speaker 4: of the faculties, and the mind will acquire power and efficiency.
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  Speaker 4: Self discipline must be practiced by every one who would
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  Speaker 4: be a worker for God. This will accomplish more than
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  Speaker 4: eloquence or the most brilliant talents. An ordinary mind, well
• 2:43:00
  Speaker 4: scipland will accomplish more and higher work than will the
• 2:43:03
  Speaker 4: most highly educated mind and the greatest talents without self
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  Speaker 4: control speech. The power of speech is a talent that
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  Speaker 4: should be diligently cultivated. Of all the gifts we have
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  Speaker 4: received from God, none is capable of being a greater
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  Speaker 4: blessing than this. With the voice we convince and persuade.
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  Speaker 4: With it we offer prayer and praise to God, and
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  Speaker 4: with it we tell others of the Redeemer's love. How important, then,
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  Speaker 4: that it be so trained as to be most effective
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  Speaker 4: for good. The culture and right use of the voice
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  Speaker 4: are greatly neglected, even by persons of intelligence and Christian activity.
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  Speaker 4: There are many who read or speak in so low
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  Speaker 4: or so rapid a manner that they cannot be readily understood.
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  Speaker 4: Some have a thick, indistinct utterance. Others speak in a
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  Speaker 4: high key in sharp, shrill tones that are painful to
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  Speaker 4: the hearers. Texts, hymns, and the reports and other papers
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  Speaker 4: presented before public assemblies are sometimes read in such a
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  Speaker 4: way that they are not understood, and often so that
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  Speaker 4: their force and impressiveness are destroyed. This is an evil
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  Speaker 4: that can and should be corrected. On this point. The
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  Speaker 4: Bible gives instruction of the Levites who read the scriptures
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  Speaker 4: to the people in the days of Ezra, It is
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  Speaker 4: said they read in the book in the Law of
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  Speaker 4: God distinctly. They gave the sense and cause them to
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  Speaker 4: understand the reading. By diligent effort, all may acquire the
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  Speaker 4: power to read intelligibly and to speak in a full, clear,
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  Speaker 4: round tone, in a distinct and impressive manner. By doing this,
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  Speaker 4: we may greatly increase our efficiency as workers for Christ.
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  Speaker 4: Every Christian is called to make known to others the
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  Speaker 4: unsearchable riches of Christ. Therefore he should seek for perfection
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  Speaker 4: in speech. He should present the word of God in
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  Speaker 4: a way that will commend it to the hearers. God
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  Speaker 4: does not design that his human channel shall be uncouth.
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  Speaker 4: It is not his will that man shall be little
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  Speaker 4: or degrade the heavenly current that flows through him to
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  Speaker 4: the world. We should look to Jesus, the perfect pattern.
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  Speaker 4: We should pray for the aid of the Holy Spirit,
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  Speaker 4: and in his strength we should seek to train every
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  Speaker 4: organ for perfect work. Especially is this true of those
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  Speaker 4: who are called to public service. Every minister and every
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  Speaker 4: teacher should bear in mind that He is giving to
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  Speaker 4: the people a message that involves eternal interests. The truth
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  Speaker 4: spoken will judge them in the great day of final reckoning,
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  Speaker 4: and with some souls, the manner of the one delivering
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  Speaker 4: the message will determine its reception or rejection. Then let
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  Speaker 4: the word be so spoken that it will appeal to
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  Speaker 4: the understanding and impress the heart. Slowly, distinctly, and solemnly
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  Speaker 4: should it be spoken, yet with all the earnestness which
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  Speaker 4: its importance demands. The right culture and use of the
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  Speaker 4: power of speech has to do with every line of
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  Speaker 4: Christian work. It enters into the home life and into
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  Speaker 4: all our intercourse with one another. We should accustom ourselves
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  Speaker 4: to speak in pleasant tones, to use pure and correct language,
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  Speaker 4: and words that are kind and courteous. Sweet kind words
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  Speaker 4: are as due and gentle showers to the soul. The
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  Speaker 4: scripture says of Christ that grace was poured into his
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  Speaker 4: lips that he might know how to speak a word
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  Speaker 4: in season to him that is weary. And the Lord
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  Speaker 4: bids us, let your speech be always with grace, that
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  Speaker 4: it may menace to grace unto the hearers. In seeking
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  Speaker 4: to correct or reform others, we should be careful of
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  Speaker 4: our words. They will be a savor of life unto life,
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  Speaker 4: or of death, unto death. In giving reproof or counsel,
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  Speaker 4: many indulge in sharp, severe speech, words not adapted to
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  Speaker 4: heal the wounded soul. By these ill advised expressions, the
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  Speaker 4: spirit is chafed, and often the erring ones astirred to rebellion.
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  Speaker 4: All who would advocate the principles of truth need to
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  Speaker 4: receive the heavenly oil of love. Under all circumstances, reproof
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  Speaker 4: should be spoken in love. Then our words will reform,
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  Speaker 4: but not exasperate. Christ by his Holy Spirit, will supply
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  Speaker 4: the force and the power. This is his work. Not
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  Speaker 4: one word is to be spoken unadvisedly. No evil speaking,
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  Speaker 4: no frivolous talk, no fretful repining, or impure suggestion will
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  Speaker 4: escape the lips of him who is following Christ. The
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  Speaker 4: apostle Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, says, let no
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  Speaker 4: corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth. A corrupt communication
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  Speaker 4: does not mean only words that are vile. It means
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  Speaker 4: any expression contrary to holy principles and pure and undefiled religion.
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  Speaker 4: It includes impure hints and covert insinuations of evil. Unless
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  Speaker 4: instantly resisted, these lead to great sin upon every family.
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  Speaker 4: Upon every individual Christian is laid the duty of barring
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  Speaker 4: the way against corrupt speech. When in the company of
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  Speaker 4: those who indulge in foolish talk, it is our duty
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  Speaker 4: to change the subject of conversation, if possible, by the
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  Speaker 4: help of the grace of God. We should quietly drop
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  Speaker 4: words or introduce a subject that will turn the conversation
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  Speaker 4: into a profitable channel. It is the work of parents
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  Speaker 4: to train their children to proper habits of speech. The
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  Speaker 4: very best school for this culture is the home life.
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  Speaker 4: From the earliest years, the children should be taught to
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  Speaker 4: speak respectfully and lovingly to their parents and to one another.
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  Speaker 4: They should be taught that only words of gentleness, truth,
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  Speaker 4: and purity must pass their lips. Let the parents themselves
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  Speaker 4: be daily learners in the school of Christ. Then by
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  Speaker 4: precept and example, they can teach their children the use
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  Speaker 4: of sound speech that cannot be condemned. This is one
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  Speaker 4: of the greatest and most responsible of their duties. As
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  Speaker 4: followers of Christ, we should make our words such as
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  Speaker 4: to be a help and an encouragement to one another
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  Speaker 4: in the Christian life. Far more than we do. We
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  Speaker 4: need to speak of the precious chapters of our experience.
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  Speaker 4: We should speak of the mercy and loving kindness of God,
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  Speaker 4: of the matchless depths of the Saviour's love. Our words
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  Speaker 4: should be words of praise and thanksgiving. If the mind
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  Speaker 4: and heart are full of the love of God, this
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  Speaker 4: will be revealed in the conversation. It will not be
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  Speaker 4: a difficult matter to impart that which enters into our
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  Speaker 4: spiritual life. Great thoughts, noble aspirations, clear perceptions of truth,
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  Speaker 4: unselfish purposes, yearnings for piety and holiness will bear fruit
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  Speaker 4: in words that reveal the character of the heart treasure.
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  Speaker 4: When Christ is thus revealed in our speech, it will
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  Speaker 4: have power in winning souls to him. We should speak
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  Speaker 4: of Christ to those who know him. Not, we should
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  Speaker 4: do as Christ did wherever he was in the synagogue,
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  Speaker 4: by the wayside, in the boat thrust out a little
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  Speaker 4: from the land, at the Pharisees feast, or at the
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  Speaker 4: table of the publican. He spoke to men of the
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  Speaker 4: things pertaining to the higher life, the things of nature,
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  Speaker 4: the events of daily life were bound up by him
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  Speaker 4: with the words of truth. The hearts of his hearers
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  Speaker 4: were drawn to him, for he had healed their sick,
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  Speaker 4: had comforted their sorrowing ones, and had taken their children
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  Speaker 4: in his arms and blessed them. When he opened his
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  Speaker 4: lips to speak, their attention was riveted upon him, and
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  Speaker 4: every word was to some soul, a save of life
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  Speaker 4: unto life. So it should be with us wherever we are.
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  Speaker 4: We should watch for opportunities of speaking to others of
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  Speaker 4: the Savior. If we follow Christ's example in doing good,
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  Speaker 4: hearts will open to us as they did to him,
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  Speaker 4: not abruptly, but with tact born of divine love. We
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  Speaker 4: can tell them of him who is the chiefest among
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  Speaker 4: ten thousand, and the one altogether lovely. This is the
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  Speaker 4: very highest work in which we can employ the talent
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  Speaker 4: of speech. It was given to us that we might
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  Speaker 4: present Christ as the sin pardoning savior. Influence. The life
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  Speaker 4: of Christ was an ever widening, shawless influence, an influence
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  Speaker 4: that bound him to God and to the whole human family.
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  Speaker 4: Through Christ, God has invested man with an influence that
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  Speaker 4: makes it impossible for him to live to himself individually.
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  Speaker 4: We are connected with our fellow men, a part of
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  Speaker 4: God's great whole, and we stand under mutual obligations. No
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  Speaker 4: man can be independent of his fellow men. For the
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  Speaker 4: well being of each affects others. It is God's purpose
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  Speaker 4: that each shall feel himself necessary to others welfare, and
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  Speaker 4: seek to promote their happiness. Every soul is surrounded by
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  Speaker 4: an atmosphere of its own, an atmosphere. It may be
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  Speaker 4: charged with the life giving power of faith, courage, and hope,
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  Speaker 4: and sweet with the fragrance of love, or it may
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  Speaker 4: be heavy and chill with the gloom of discontent and selfishness,
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  Speaker 4: or poisonous with the deadly taint of cherished sin. By
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  Speaker 4: the atmosphere surrounding us, every person with whom we come
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  Speaker 4: in contact is consciously or unconsciously affected. This is a
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  Speaker 4: responsibility from which we cannot free ourselves. Our words, our acts,
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  Speaker 4: our dress, our deportment, even the expression of the countenance
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  Speaker 4: has an influence upon the impression thus made. There hang
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  Speaker 4: results for good or evil, which no man can measure.
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  Speaker 4: Every impulse thus imparted is seed's sown, which will produce
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  Speaker 4: its harvest. It is a link in the long chain
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  Speaker 4: of human events, extending We know not whither. If by
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  Speaker 4: our example we aid others in the development of good principles,
• 2:52:04
  Speaker 4: we give them power to do good. In their turn,
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  Speaker 4: they exert the same influence upon others, and they upon
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  Speaker 4: still others. Thus, by our unconscious influence, thousands may be blessed.
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  Speaker 4: Throw a pebble into the lake, and a wave is formed,
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  Speaker 4: and another and another, and as they increase, the circle
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  Speaker 4: widens until it reaches the very shore. So with our influence,
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  Speaker 4: beyond our knowledge or control, it tells upon others, in
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  Speaker 4: blessing or in cursing. Character is power. The silent witness
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  Speaker 4: of a true, unselfish, godly life carries an almost irresistible influence.
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  Speaker 4: By revealing in our own life the character of Christ,
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  Speaker 4: we co operate with him in the work of saving souls.
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  Speaker 4: It is only by revealing in our life his character
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  Speaker 4: that we can cooperate with him, And the wider the
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  Speaker 4: sphere of our influence, the more good we may do.
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  Speaker 4: When those who profess to serve God follow Christ's example,
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  Speaker 4: practicing the principles of the law in their daily life,
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  Speaker 4: when every act bears witness that they love God supremely
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  Speaker 4: and their neighbor as themselves, then will the Church have
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  Speaker 4: power to move the world. But it should never be
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  Speaker 4: forgotten that influence is no lesser power for evil. To
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  Speaker 4: lose one's own soul is a terrible thing. But to
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  Speaker 4: cause the loss of other souls is still more terrible.
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  Speaker 4: That our influence should be a savor of death unto
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  Speaker 4: death is a fearful thought. Yet this is possible. Many
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  Speaker 4: who profess to gather with Christ are scattering from him.
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  Speaker 4: This is why the Church is so weak. Many indulge
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  Speaker 4: freely in criticism and accusing, by giving expression to suspicion, jealousy,
• 2:53:42
  Speaker 4: and discontent, they yield themselves as instruments to Satan. Before
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  Speaker 4: they realize what they are doing. The adversary has through
• 2:53:50
  Speaker 4: them accomplished his purpose. The impression of evil has been made,
• 2:53:54
  Speaker 4: the shadow has been cast. The arrows of Satan have
• 2:53:57
  Speaker 4: found their mark. Distrust, unbelief, and downright infidelity have fastened
• 2:54:03
  Speaker 4: upon those who otherwise might have accepted Christ. Meanwhile, the
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  Speaker 4: workers for Satan look complacently upon those whom they have
• 2:54:10
  Speaker 4: driven to skepticism, and who are now hardened against reproof
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  Speaker 4: and entreaty. They flatter themselves that in comparison with these souls,
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  Speaker 4: they are virtuous and righteous. They do not realize that
• 2:54:21
  Speaker 4: these sad wrecks of character are the work of their
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  Speaker 4: own unbridled tongues and rebellious hearts. It is through their
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  Speaker 4: influence that these tempted ones have fallen. So frivolity, selfish indulgence,
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  Speaker 4: and careless indifference on the part of professed Christians are
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  Speaker 4: turning away many souls from the path of life. Many
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  Speaker 4: there are who will fear to meet at the bar
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  Speaker 4: of God the results of their influence. It is only
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  Speaker 4: through the grace of God that we can make a
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  Speaker 4: right use of this endowment. There is nothing in us
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  Speaker 4: of ourselves by which we can influence others for good.
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  Speaker 4: If we realize our helplessness and our need of divine power,
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  Speaker 4: we shall not tru us to ourselves. We know not
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  Speaker 4: what results a day, an hour, or a moment may determine,
• 2:55:06
  Speaker 4: and never should we begin the day without committing our
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  Speaker 4: ways to our heavenly Father. His angels are appointed to
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  Speaker 4: watch over us, and if we put ourselves under their guardianship,
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  Speaker 4: then in every time of danger, they will be at
• 2:55:18
  Speaker 4: our right hand. When unconsciously we are in danger of
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  Speaker 4: exerting a wrong influence, the angels will be by our side,
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  Speaker 4: prompting us to a better course, choosing our words for
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  Speaker 4: us and influencing our actions. Thus, our influence may be
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  Speaker 4: a silent, unconscious, but mighty power in drawing others to
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  Speaker 4: Christ and the heavenly world. Time, our time, belongs to God.
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  Speaker 4: Every moment is his, and we are under the most
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  Speaker 4: solemn obligation to improve it to His glory. Of no
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  Speaker 4: talent he has given, will he require a more strict
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  Speaker 4: account than of our time. The value of time is
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  Speaker 4: beyond computation. Christ regarded every moment as precious, and it
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  Speaker 4: is thus that we should regard it. Life is too
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  Speaker 4: short to be trifled away. We have but a few
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  Speaker 4: days of probation in which to prepare for eternity. We
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  Speaker 4: have no time to waste, no time to devote to
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  Speaker 4: selfish pleasure, no time for the indulgence of sin. It
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  Speaker 4: is now that we are to form characters for the
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  Speaker 4: future immortal life. It is now that we are to
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  Speaker 4: prepare for the searching judgment. The human family have scarcely
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  Speaker 4: begun to live when they begin to die, and the
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  Speaker 4: world's incessant labor ends in nothingness. Unless a true knowledge
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  Speaker 4: in regard to eternal life is gained. The man who
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  Speaker 4: appreciates time as his working day will fit himself for
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  Speaker 4: a mansion and for a life that is immortal. It
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  Speaker 4: is well that he was born. We are admonished to
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  Speaker 4: redeem the time. But time squandered can never be recovered.
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  Speaker 4: We cannot call back even one moment. The only way
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  Speaker 4: in which we can redeem our time is by making
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  Speaker 4: the most of that which remains, by being co workers
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  Speaker 4: with God in his great plan of redemption. In him
• 2:57:00
  Speaker 4: who does this, a transformation of character takes place. He
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  Speaker 4: becomes a son of God, a member of the royal family,
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  Speaker 4: a child of the heavenly King. He is fitted to
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  Speaker 4: be the companion of the angels. Now is our time
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  Speaker 4: to labor for the salvation of our fellow men. There
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  Speaker 4: are some who think that if they give money to
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  Speaker 4: the cause of Christ, this is all they are required
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  Speaker 4: to do. The precious time in which they might do
• 2:57:23
  Speaker 4: personal service for Him passes unimproved. But it is the
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  Speaker 4: privilege and duty of all who have health and strength
• 2:57:30
  Speaker 4: to render to God active service. All are to labor
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  Speaker 4: in winning souls to Christ. Donations of money cannot take
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  Speaker 4: the place of this. Every moment is freighted with eternal consequences.
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  Speaker 4: We are to stand as minute men, ready for service
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  Speaker 4: at a moment's notice. The opportunity that is now ours
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  Speaker 4: to speak to some needy soul. The word of life
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  Speaker 4: may never offer again. God may say to that one
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  Speaker 4: this night, thy soul shall be required of thee, and
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  Speaker 4: through our neglect he may not be ready in the
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  Speaker 4: great judgment day. How shall we render our account to God?
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  Speaker 4: Life is too solemn to be absorbed in temporal and
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  Speaker 4: earthly matters, in a treadmill of care and anxiety for
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  Speaker 4: the things that are but an atom in comparison with
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  Speaker 4: the things of eternal interest. Yet God has called us
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  Speaker 4: to serve Him in the temporal affairs of life. Diligence
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  Speaker 4: in this work is as much a part of true
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  Speaker 4: religion as his devotion. The Bible gives no endorsement to idleness.
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  Speaker 4: It is the greatest curse that afflicts our world. Every
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  Speaker 4: man and woman who is truly converted will be a
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  Speaker 4: diligent worker upon the right improvement of our time. Depends
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  Speaker 4: our success in acquiring knowledge and mental culture. The cultivation
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  Speaker 4: of the intellect need not be prevented by poverty, humble origin,
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  Speaker 4: or unfavorable surroundings. Only let the moments be treasured, a
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  Speaker 4: few moments here and a few there that might be
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  Speaker 4: fitted away in aimless talk. The morning hours so often
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  Speaker 4: wasted in bed, the time spent in traveling on trams
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  Speaker 4: or railway cars, or waiting at the station, the moments
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  Speaker 4: of waiting for meals, waiting for those who are tardy,
• 2:59:04
  Speaker 4: and keeping an appointment. If a book were kept at hand,
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  Speaker 4: and these fragments of time were improved in study, reading,
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  Speaker 4: or in careful thought, what might not be accomplished. A
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  Speaker 4: resolute purpose, persistent industry, and careful economy of time will
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  Speaker 4: enable men to acquire knowledge and mental discipline, which will
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  Speaker 4: qualify them for almost any position of influence and usefulness.
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  Speaker 4: It is the duty of every Christian to acquire habits
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  Speaker 4: of order, thoroughness, and despatch. There is no excuse for
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  Speaker 4: slow bungling at work of any character. When one is
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  Speaker 4: always at work and the work is never done, it
• 2:59:39
  Speaker 4: is because mind and heart are not put into the labor.
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  Speaker 4: The one who is slow and who works at a
• 2:59:44
  Speaker 4: disadvantage should realize that these are faults to be corrected.
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  Speaker 4: He needs to exercise his mind in planning how to
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  Speaker 4: use the time so as to secure the best results.
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  Speaker 4: By tact and method. Some will accomplish as much work
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  Speaker 4: in five hours as another does in ten. Some who
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  Speaker 4: are engaged in domestic labor are always at work, not
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  Speaker 4: because they have so much to do, but because they
• 3:00:06
  Speaker 4: do not plan so as to save time. By their slow,
• 3:00:09
  Speaker 4: dilatory ways, they make much work out of very little.
• 3:00:13
  Speaker 4: But all who will may overcome these fussy, lingering habits
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  Speaker 4: in their work. Let them have a definite aim, decide
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  Speaker 4: how long a time is required for a given task,
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  Speaker 4: and then bend every effort towards accomplishing the work in
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  Speaker 4: the given time. The exercise of the will power will
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  Speaker 4: make the hands move deftly. Through lack of determination to
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  Speaker 4: take themselves in hand and reform, persons can become stereotyped
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  Speaker 4: in a wrong course of action. And by cultivating their
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  Speaker 4: powers they may acquire ability to do the very best
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  Speaker 4: of service. Then they will find themselves in demand anywhere
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  Speaker 4: and everywhere. They will be appreciated for all that they
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  Speaker 4: are worth by many children and youth. Time is wasted
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  Speaker 4: that might be spent in carrying home burdens, and thus
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  Speaker 4: showing a loving interest in father and mother. The youth
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  Speaker 4: might take upon their strong young shoulders many responsibilities which
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  Speaker 4: some one must bear. The life of Christ, from his
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  Speaker 4: earliest years was a life of earnest activity. He lived
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  Speaker 4: not to please himself. He was the son of the
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  Speaker 4: infinite God. Yet he worked at the carpenter's trade with
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  Speaker 4: his father Joseph. His trade was significant. He had come
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  Speaker 4: into the world as the character builder, and as such
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  Speaker 4: all his work was perfect. Into all his secular labor,
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  Speaker 4: he brought the same perfection as into the characters he
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  Speaker 4: was transforming by his divine power. He is our pattern.
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  Speaker 4: Parents should teach their children the value and right use
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  Speaker 4: of time. Teach them that to do something which will
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  Speaker 4: honor God and bless humanity is worth striving for. Even
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  Speaker 4: in their early years, they can be missionaries for God.
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  Speaker 4: Parents cannot commit a greater sin than by allowing their
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  Speaker 4: children to have nothing to do. The children soon learn
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  Speaker 4: to love idleness, and they grow up shiftless, useless men
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  Speaker 4: and women. When they are old enough to earn their
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  Speaker 4: living and find employment, they work in a lazy, droning way,
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  Speaker 4: yet expect to be paid as much as if they
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  Speaker 4: were faithful. There is a world wide difference between this
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  Speaker 4: class of workers and those who realize that they must
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  Speaker 4: be faithful. Stewards indolent, careless habits indulge in secular work
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  Speaker 4: will be brought into the religious life and will unfit
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  Speaker 4: one to do any efficient service for God. Many who,
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  Speaker 4: through diligent labor, might have been a blessing to the world,
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  Speaker 4: have been ruined through idleness. Lack of employment and of
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  Speaker 4: steadfast purpose opens the door to a thousand temptations. Evil companions,
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  Speaker 4: and vicious habits deprave mind and soul, and the result
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  Speaker 4: is ruin for this life and for the life to come.
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  Speaker 4: Whatever the line of work in which we engage, the
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  Speaker 4: Word of God teaches us to be not slothful in business,
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  Speaker 4: fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Whatsoever thy hand findeth
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  Speaker 4: to do, do it with all thy might, knowing that
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  Speaker 4: of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance,
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  Speaker 4: for ye serve the Lord Christ. End of Talents, Part one, Talents,
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  Speaker 4: Part two. Health. Health is a blessing of which few
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  Speaker 4: appreciate the value, yet upon it. The efficiency of our
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  Speaker 4: mental and physical powers largely depends Our impulses and passions
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  Speaker 4: have their seat in the body, and it must be
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  Speaker 4: kept in the best condition physically and under the most
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  Speaker 4: spiritual influences, in order that our talents may be put
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  Speaker 4: to the highest use. Anything that lessens physical strength enfeebles
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  Speaker 4: the mind and makes it less capable of discriminating between
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  Speaker 4: right and wrong. We become less capable of choosing the good,
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  Speaker 4: and have less strength of will to do that which
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  Speaker 4: we know to be right. The misuse of our physical
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  Speaker 4: powers shortens the period of time in which our lives
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  Speaker 4: can be used for the glory of God, and it
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  Speaker 4: unfits us to accomplish the work God has given us
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  Speaker 4: to do. By allowing ourselves to form wrong habits, by
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  Speaker 4: keeping late hours, by gratifying appetite at the expense of health,
• 3:03:58
  Speaker 4: we lay the foundation for feebleness by neglecting physical exercise.
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  Speaker 4: By over working mind or body, we unbalance the nervous system.
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  Speaker 4: Those who thus shorten their lives and unfit themselves for
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  Speaker 4: service by disregarding nature's laws are guilty of robbery towards God,
• 3:04:14
  Speaker 4: and they are robbing their fellow men. Also, the opportunity
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  Speaker 4: of blessing others. The very work for which God sent
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  Speaker 4: them into the world, has by their own course of action,
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  Speaker 4: been cut short, and they have unfitted themselves to do
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  Speaker 4: even that which, in a briefer period of time they
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  Speaker 4: might have accomplished. The Lord holds us guilty when by
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  Speaker 4: our injurious habits. We thus deprive the world of good.
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  Speaker 4: Transgression of physical law is transgression of the moral law.
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  Speaker 4: For God is as truly the author of physical laws
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  Speaker 4: as he is the author of the moral law. His
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  Speaker 4: law is written with his own finger upon every nerve,
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  Speaker 4: every muscle, every faculty which has been entrusted to man,
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  Speaker 4: and every misuse of any part of our organism is
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  Speaker 4: a violation of that law. All should have an intelligent
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  Speaker 4: knowledge of the human frame, that they may keep their
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  Speaker 4: bodies in the condition necessary to do the work of
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  Speaker 4: the Lord. The physical life is to be carefully preserved
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  Speaker 4: and developed, that through humanity, the divine nature may be
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  Speaker 4: revealed in its fullness. The relation of the physical organism
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  Speaker 4: to the spiritual life is one of the most important
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  Speaker 4: branches of education. It should receive careful attention in the
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  Speaker 4: home and in the school. All need to become acquainted
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  Speaker 4: with their physical structure and the laws that control natural life.
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  Speaker 4: He who remains in willing ignorance of the laws of
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  Speaker 4: his physical being, and who violates them through ignorance, is
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  Speaker 4: sinning against God. All should place themselves in the best
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  Speaker 4: possible relation to life and health. Our habits should be
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  Speaker 4: brought under the control of a mind that is itself
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  Speaker 4: under the control of God. Know ye not, says the
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  Speaker 4: apostle Paul, that your body is the temple of the
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  Speaker 4: Holy Ghost, which is in you, which ye have of God.
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  Speaker 4: And ye are not your own, for ye are bought
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  Speaker 4: with a price. Therefore, glorify God in your body and
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  Speaker 4: in your spirit, which are Gods strength. We are to
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  Speaker 4: love God not only with all the heart, mind, and soul,
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  Speaker 4: but with all the strength. This covers the full intelligent
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  Speaker 4: use of the physical powers. Christ was a true worker
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  Speaker 4: in temporal as well as in spiritual things, and into
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  Speaker 4: all his work he brought a determination to do his
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  Speaker 4: father's will. The things of heaven and earth are more
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  Speaker 4: closely connected and are more directly under the supervision of
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  Speaker 4: Christ than many realize. It was Christ who planned the
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  Speaker 4: arrangement for the first earthly tabernacle. He gave every specification
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  Speaker 4: in regard to the building of Solomon's temple. The one
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  Speaker 4: who in his earthly life worked as a carpenter in
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  Speaker 4: the village of Nazareth was the heavenly architect who marked
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  Speaker 4: out the plan for the sacred building where his name
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  Speaker 4: was to be honored. It was Christ, who gave to
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  Speaker 4: the builders of the tabernacle wisdom to execute the most
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  Speaker 4: skillful and beautiful workmanship. He said, see, I have called
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  Speaker 4: by name Bezaliel, the son of Uri, the son of
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  Speaker 4: her of the tribe of Judah. And I have filled
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  Speaker 4: him with the spirit of God, in wisdom and in understanding,
• 3:07:04
  Speaker 4: and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship. And
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  Speaker 4: I behold, I have given with him a holyab the
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  Speaker 4: son of a Hisamach, of the tribe of Dan. And
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  Speaker 4: in the hearts of all that are wise hearted, I
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  Speaker 4: have put wisdom that they may make all that I
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  Speaker 4: have commanded. Thee God desires that his workers in every
• 3:07:21
  Speaker 4: line shall look to Him as the giver of all
• 3:07:23
  Speaker 4: they possess. All right inventions and improvements have their source
• 3:07:28
  Speaker 4: in Him, who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in working.
• 3:07:32
  Speaker 4: The skillful touch of the physician's hand, his power over
• 3:07:35
  Speaker 4: nerve and muscle, his knowledge of the delicate organism of
• 3:07:38
  Speaker 4: the body, is the wisdom of divine power to be
• 3:07:41
  Speaker 4: used in behalf of the suffering. The skill with which
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  Speaker 4: the carpenter uses the hammer, the strength with which the
• 3:07:47
  Speaker 4: blacksmith makes the anvil ring comes from God. He has
• 3:07:50
  Speaker 4: entrusted men with talents, and he expects them to look
• 3:07:53
  Speaker 4: to Him for counsel. Whatever we do, in whatever department
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  Speaker 4: of the work we are placed. He desires to control
• 3:08:00
  Speaker 4: our minds that we may do perfect work. Religion and
• 3:08:03
  Speaker 4: business are not two separate things. They are one Bible.
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  Speaker 4: Religion is to be interwoven with all we do or say.
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  Speaker 4: Divine and human agencies are to combine in temporal as
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  Speaker 4: well as in spiritual achievements. They are to be united
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  Speaker 4: in all human pursuits, in mechanical and agricultural labors, in
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  Speaker 4: mercantile and scientific enterprises. There must be cooperation in everything
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  Speaker 4: embraced in Christian activity. God has proclaimed the principles on
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  Speaker 4: which alone this corporation is possible. His glory must be
• 3:08:33
  Speaker 4: the motive of all who are laborers together with him.
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  Speaker 4: All our work is to be done from love to
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  Speaker 4: God and in accordance with His will. It is just
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  Speaker 4: as essential to do the will of God when erecting
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  Speaker 4: a building as when taking part in a religious service.
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  Speaker 4: And if the workers have brought the right principles into
• 3:08:50
  Speaker 4: their own character making, then in the erection of every
• 3:08:53
  Speaker 4: building they will grow in grace and knowledge. But God
• 3:08:57
  Speaker 4: will not accept the greatest talents or the most splendid
• 3:09:00
  Speaker 4: service unless self is laid upon the altar, a living,
• 3:09:04
  Speaker 4: consuming sacrifice. The root must be wholly, else there can
• 3:09:08
  Speaker 4: be no fruit acceptable to God. The Lord made Daniel
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  Speaker 4: and Joseph shrewd managers. He could work through them because
• 3:09:15
  Speaker 4: they did not live to please their own inclination, but
• 3:09:17
  Speaker 4: to please God. The case of Daniel has a lesson
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  Speaker 4: for us. It reveals the fact that a business man
• 3:09:24
  Speaker 4: is not necessarily a sharp policy man. He can be
• 3:09:27
  Speaker 4: instructed by God at every step. Daniel, while Prime Minister
• 3:09:31
  Speaker 4: of the Kingdom of Babylon, was a prophet of God,
• 3:09:34
  Speaker 4: receiving the light of heavenly inspiration. Worldly ambitious statesmen are
• 3:09:38
  Speaker 4: represented in the Word of God as the grass that
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  Speaker 4: groweth up, and as the flower of the grass that fadeth.
• 3:09:44
  Speaker 4: Yet the Lord desires to have in his service intelligent men,
• 3:09:48
  Speaker 4: men qualified for various lines of work. There is need
• 3:09:51
  Speaker 4: of business men who will weave the grand principles of
• 3:09:54
  Speaker 4: truth into all their transactions, and their talent should be
• 3:09:57
  Speaker 4: perfected by most thorough study and training. If men in
• 3:10:00
  Speaker 4: any line of work need to improve their opportunities to
• 3:10:03
  Speaker 4: become wise and efficient. It is those who are using
• 3:10:06
  Speaker 4: their ability in building up the Kingdom of God. In
• 3:10:08
  Speaker 4: our world of Daniel, we learn that in all his
• 3:10:11
  Speaker 4: business transactions, when subjected to the closest scrutiny, not one
• 3:10:15
  Speaker 4: fault or error could be found. He was a sample
• 3:10:18
  Speaker 4: of what every business man may be. His history shows
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  Speaker 4: what may be accomplished by one who consecrates the strength
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  Speaker 4: of brain and bone, and muscle of heart and life
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  Speaker 4: to the service of God.
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  Speaker 6: Money.
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  Speaker 4: God also entrusts men with means. He gives them power
• 3:10:36
  Speaker 4: to get wealth. He waters the earth with the dews
• 3:10:38
  Speaker 4: of heaven and with the showers of refreshing rain. He
• 3:10:42
  Speaker 4: gives the sunlight, which warms the earth, awakening to life
• 3:10:45
  Speaker 4: the things of nature and causing them to flourish and
• 3:10:47
  Speaker 4: bear fruit. And he asks for a return of his own.
• 3:10:52
  Speaker 4: Our money has not been given us that we might
• 3:10:54
  Speaker 4: honor and glorify ourselves as faithful stewards. We are to
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  Speaker 4: use it for the glory and honor of God. Some
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  Speaker 4: think that only a portion of their means is the
• 3:11:03
  Speaker 4: Lord's when they have set apart a portion for religious
• 3:11:07
  Speaker 4: and charitable purposes. They regard the remainder as their own,
• 3:11:10
  Speaker 4: to be used as they see fit. But in this
• 3:11:13
  Speaker 4: they mistake. All we possess is the Lords, and we
• 3:11:16
  Speaker 4: are accountable to Him for the use we make of it.
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  Speaker 4: In the use of every penny, it will be seen
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  Speaker 4: whether we love God supremely and our neighbor as ourselves.
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  Speaker 4: Money has great value because it can do great good
• 3:11:29
  Speaker 4: in the hands of God's children. It is food for
• 3:11:31
  Speaker 4: the hungry, drink for the thirsty, and clothing for the naked.
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  Speaker 4: It is a defense for the oppressed, and a means
• 3:11:37
  Speaker 4: to help the sick. But money is of no more
• 3:11:40
  Speaker 4: value than sand, only as it is put to use
• 3:11:43
  Speaker 4: in providing for the necessities of life, in blessing others,
• 3:11:47
  Speaker 4: and in advancing the cause of Christ. Hoarded wealth is
• 3:11:50
  Speaker 4: not merely useless. It is a curse in this life.
• 3:11:54
  Speaker 4: It is a snare to the soul, drawing the affections
• 3:11:57
  Speaker 4: away from the heavenly treasure. In the great day of God.
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  Speaker 4: Its witness to unused talents and neglected opportunities will condemn
• 3:12:04
  Speaker 4: its possessor. The scripture says, go too, now, ye rich men,
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  Speaker 4: weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.
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  Speaker 4: Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten.
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  Speaker 4: Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of
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  Speaker 4: them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat
• 3:12:20
  Speaker 4: your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure
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  Speaker 4: together for the last days. Behold the hire of the
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  Speaker 4: laborers who have reaped down your fields, which is a
• 3:12:29
  Speaker 4: view kept back by fraud crieth, and the cries of
• 3:12:32
  Speaker 4: them which have reaped are entered into the ears of
• 3:12:35
  Speaker 4: the Lord of Sabaot. But Christ's sanctions, no lavish or
• 3:12:39
  Speaker 4: careless use of means, his lesson in economy, gather up
• 3:12:42
  Speaker 4: the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost, is for
• 3:12:45
  Speaker 4: all his followers. He who realizes that his money is
• 3:12:49
  Speaker 4: a talent from God will use it economically and will
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  Speaker 4: feel it a duty to save that He may give.
• 3:12:56
  Speaker 4: The more means we expend in display and self indulgence,
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  Speaker 4: the less yes we can have to feed the hungry
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  Speaker 4: and clothe the naked. Every penny used unnecessarily deprives the
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  Speaker 4: spender of a precious opportunity of doing good. It is
• 3:13:09
  Speaker 4: robbing God of the honor and glory which should flow
• 3:13:11
  Speaker 4: back to him through the improvement of his entrusted talents,
• 3:13:16
  Speaker 4: kindly impulses and affections, kindly affections, generous impulses, and a
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  Speaker 4: quick apprehension of spiritual things are precious talents and lay
• 3:13:25
  Speaker 4: their possessor under a weighty responsibility. All are to be
• 3:13:29
  Speaker 4: used in God's service. But here many er satisfied with
• 3:13:33
  Speaker 4: the possession of these qualities, they fail to bring them
• 3:13:36
  Speaker 4: into active service for others. They flatter themselves as if
• 3:13:39
  Speaker 4: they had the opportunity, if circumstances were favorable, they would
• 3:13:43
  Speaker 4: do a great and good work. But they are awaiting
• 3:13:46
  Speaker 4: the opportunity. They despise the narrowness of the poor niggard
• 3:13:50
  Speaker 4: who grudges even a pittance to the needy. They see
• 3:13:53
  Speaker 4: that he is living for self, and that he is
• 3:13:55
  Speaker 4: responsible for his misused talents. With much complacency, they draw
• 3:13:59
  Speaker 4: the contrast between themselves and such narrow minded ones, feeling
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  Speaker 4: that their own condition is much more favorable than that
• 3:14:05
  Speaker 4: of their mean souled neighbors. But they are deceiving themselves.
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  Speaker 4: The mere possession of unused qualities only increases their responsibility.
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  Speaker 4: Those who possess large affections are under obligation to God
• 3:14:18
  Speaker 4: to bestow them, not merely on their friends, but on
• 3:14:21
  Speaker 4: all who need their help. Social advantages are talents and
• 3:14:25
  Speaker 4: are to be used for the benefit of all within
• 3:14:27
  Speaker 4: reach of our influence. The love that gives kindness to
• 3:14:30
  Speaker 4: only a few is not love but selfishness. It will
• 3:14:34
  Speaker 4: not in any way work for the good of souls
• 3:14:36
  Speaker 4: or the glory of God. Those who thus leave their
• 3:14:39
  Speaker 4: master's talents unimproved are even more guilty than other ones
• 3:14:42
  Speaker 4: for whom they feel such contempt to them. It will
• 3:14:45
  Speaker 4: be said, ye knew your master's will, but did it not?
• 3:14:50
  Speaker 4: Talents multiplied by use. Talents used are talents multiplied. Success
• 3:14:56
  Speaker 4: is not the result of chance or of destiny. It
• 3:14:58
  Speaker 4: is the outworking of God's his own providence, the reward
• 3:15:01
  Speaker 4: of faith and discretion, of virtue and persevering effort. The
• 3:15:06
  Speaker 4: Lord desires us to use every gift we have, and
• 3:15:09
  Speaker 4: if we do this, we shall have greater gifts to use.
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  Speaker 4: He does not supernaturally endow us with the qualifications we lack.
• 3:15:16
  Speaker 4: But while we use that which we have, he will
• 3:15:18
  Speaker 4: work with us to increase and strengthen every faculty. By
• 3:15:23
  Speaker 4: every wholehearted, earnest sacrifice for the Master's service, our powers
• 3:15:27
  Speaker 4: will increase while we yield ourselves as instruments for the
• 3:15:30
  Speaker 4: Holy Spirit's working. The grace of God works in us
• 3:15:34
  Speaker 4: to deny old inclinations, to overcome powerful propensities, and to
• 3:15:38
  Speaker 4: form new habits. As we cherish and obey the promptings
• 3:15:41
  Speaker 4: of the Spirit, our hearts are enlarged to receive more
• 3:15:44
  Speaker 4: and more of His power and to do more and
• 3:15:47
  Speaker 4: better work. Dormant energies are aroused and palsied faculties receive
• 3:15:51
  Speaker 4: new life. The humble worker who obediently responds to the
• 3:15:55
  Speaker 4: call of God may be sure of receiving divine assistance.
• 3:15:59
  Speaker 4: To accept so great and holy a responsibility is itself
• 3:16:02
  Speaker 4: elevating to the character. It calls into action the highest
• 3:16:06
  Speaker 4: mental and spiritual powers, and strengthens and purifies the mind
• 3:16:10
  Speaker 4: and heart through faith in the power of God. It
• 3:16:13
  Speaker 4: is wonderful how strong a weak man may become, how
• 3:16:16
  Speaker 4: decided his efforts, how prolific of great results. He who
• 3:16:20
  Speaker 4: begins with a little knowledge in a humble way, and
• 3:16:22
  Speaker 4: tells what he knows, while seeking diligently for further knowledge,
• 3:16:26
  Speaker 4: will find the whole heavenly treasure awaiting his demand. The
• 3:16:30
  Speaker 4: more he seeks to impart light. The more light he
• 3:16:32
  Speaker 4: will receive. The more one tries to explain the word
• 3:16:35
  Speaker 4: of God to others with the love for souls, the
• 3:16:38
  Speaker 4: plainer it becomes to himself. The more we use our
• 3:16:41
  Speaker 4: knowledge and exercise our powers, the more knowledge and power
• 3:16:44
  Speaker 4: we shall have. Every effort made for Christ will react
• 3:16:48
  Speaker 4: in blessing upon ourselves. If we use our means for
• 3:16:52
  Speaker 4: His glory, he will give us more. As we seek
• 3:16:55
  Speaker 4: to win others to Christ. Bearing the burden of souls
• 3:16:57
  Speaker 4: in our prayers, our own hearts will throb with the
• 3:17:00
  Speaker 4: quickening influence of God's grace. Our own affections will glow
• 3:17:03
  Speaker 4: with more divine fervor. Our whole Christian life will be
• 3:17:07
  Speaker 4: more of a reality, more earnest, more prayerful. The value
• 3:17:11
  Speaker 4: of man is estimated in Heaven according to the capacity
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  Speaker 4: of the heart to know God. This knowledge is the
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  Speaker 4: spring from which flows all power. God created man that
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  Speaker 4: every faculty might be the faculty of the Divine mind.
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  Speaker 4: He is ever seeking to bring the human mind into
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  Speaker 4: association with the divine He offers us the privilege of
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  Speaker 4: cooperation with Christ in revealing his grace to the world,
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  Speaker 4: that we may receive increased knowledge of heavenly things. Looking
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  Speaker 4: unto Jesus, we obtain brighter and more distinct views of God,
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  Speaker 4: and by beholding we become changed. Goodness. Love for our
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  Speaker 4: fellow men becomes our natural instinct. We develop a character
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  Speaker 4: which is the counterpart of the divine character. Growing into
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  Speaker 4: his likeness, we enlarge our capacity for knowing God. More
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  Speaker 4: and more we enter into fellowship with the heavenly world,
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  Speaker 4: and we have continually increasing power to receive the riches
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  Speaker 4: of the knowledge and wisdom of eternity. The one talent,
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  Speaker 4: the man who received the one talent went and digged
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  Speaker 4: in the earth and hid his Lord's money. It was
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  Speaker 4: the one with the smallest gift who left his talent unimproved.
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  Speaker 4: In this is given a warning to all who feel
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  Speaker 4: that the smallness of their endowments excuses them from service
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  Speaker 4: for Christ. If they could do some great thing, how
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  Speaker 4: gladly would they undertake it. But because they can serve
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  Speaker 4: only in little things, they think themselves justified in doing nothing.
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  Speaker 4: In this they err The Lord, in his distribution of
• 3:18:40
  Speaker 4: gifts is testing character. The man who neglected to improve
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  Speaker 4: his talent proved himself an unfaithful servant. Had he received
• 3:18:48
  Speaker 4: five talents, he would have buried them as he buried
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  Speaker 4: the one. His misuse of the one talent showed that
• 3:18:54
  Speaker 4: he despised the gifts of heaven. He that is faithful
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  Speaker 4: in that which is least is faithful also in much.
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  Speaker 4: The importance of the little things is often underrated because
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  Speaker 4: they are small, but they supply much of the actual
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  Speaker 4: discipline of life. There are really no non essentials in
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  Speaker 4: the Christian's life. Our character building will be full of
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  Speaker 4: peril while we underrate the importance of the little things.
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  Speaker 4: He that is unjust in the least is unjust also
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  Speaker 4: in much. By unfaithfulness in even the smallest duties, man
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  Speaker 4: robs his maker of the service which is his due.
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  Speaker 4: This unfaithfulness reacts upon himself. He fails of gaining the grace,
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  Speaker 4: the power, the force of character which may be received
• 3:19:34
  Speaker 4: through an unreserved surrender to God. Living apart from Christ,
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  Speaker 4: he is subject to Satan's temptations, and he makes mistakes
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  Speaker 4: in his work for the Master, because he is not
• 3:19:44
  Speaker 4: guided by right principles in little things, he fails to
• 3:19:47
  Speaker 4: obey God in the great matters, which he regards as
• 3:19:49
  Speaker 4: his special work. The defects cherished in dealing with life's
• 3:19:53
  Speaker 4: minor details pass into more important affairs. He acts on
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  Speaker 4: the principles to which he has accustomed himself. Thus actions
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  Speaker 4: repeated form habits. Habits form character, and by the character,
• 3:20:05
  Speaker 4: our destiny for time and for eternity is decided only
• 3:20:09
  Speaker 4: by faithfulness in the little things. Can the soul be
• 3:20:11
  Speaker 4: trained to act with fidelity under larger responsibilities. God brought
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  Speaker 4: Daniel and his fellows into connection with the great men
• 3:20:18
  Speaker 4: of Babylon, that these heathen men might become acquainted with
• 3:20:21
  Speaker 4: the principles of true religion in the midst of a
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  Speaker 4: nation of idolators. Daniel was to represent the character of God.
• 3:20:29
  Speaker 4: How did he become fitted for a position of so
• 3:20:31
  Speaker 4: great trust and honor? It was his faithfulness in the
• 3:20:34
  Speaker 4: little things that gave complexion to his whole life. He
• 3:20:38
  Speaker 4: honored God in the smallest duties, and the Lord cooperated
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  Speaker 4: with him. To Daniel and his companions. God gave knowledge
• 3:20:45
  Speaker 4: and skill in all learning and wisdom, and Daniel had
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  Speaker 4: understanding in all visions and dreams. As God called Daniel
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  Speaker 4: to witness for him in Babylon, so he calls us
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  Speaker 4: to be his witnesses in the world today. In the
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  Speaker 4: smallest as well as the largest affairs of life. He
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  Speaker 4: desires us to reveal to men the principles of his kingdom.
• 3:21:04
  Speaker 4: Christ in his life on earth, taught the lesson of
• 3:21:07
  Speaker 4: careful attention to the little things. The great work of
• 3:21:10
  Speaker 4: redemption weighed continually upon his soul as he was teaching
• 3:21:14
  Speaker 4: and healing. All the energies of mind and body were
• 3:21:17
  Speaker 4: taxed to the utmost. Yet he noticed the most simple
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  Speaker 4: things in life and in nature. His most instructive lessons
• 3:21:23
  Speaker 4: were those in which, by the simple things of nature
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  Speaker 4: he illustrated the great truths of the Kingdom of God.
• 3:21:29
  Speaker 4: He did not overlook the necessities of the humblest of
• 3:21:32
  Speaker 4: his servants. His ear heard every cry of need. He
• 3:21:36
  Speaker 4: was awake to the touch of the afflicted woman in
• 3:21:38
  Speaker 4: the crowd. The very slightest touch of faith brought a response.
• 3:21:42
  Speaker 4: When he raised from the dead the daughter of Gyrus,
• 3:21:45
  Speaker 4: he reminded her parents that she must have something to eat.
• 3:21:48
  Speaker 4: When by his own mighty power he rose from the tomb,
• 3:21:51
  Speaker 4: he did not disdain to fold and put carefully in
• 3:21:53
  Speaker 4: the proper place the grave clothes in which he had
• 3:21:56
  Speaker 4: been laid away. The work to which as Christians we
• 3:21:59
  Speaker 4: are called is to co operate with Christ for the
• 3:22:01
  Speaker 4: salvation of souls. This work we have entered into covenant
• 3:22:06
  Speaker 4: with Him to do. To neglect the work is to
• 3:22:08
  Speaker 4: prove disloyal to Christ. But in order to accomplish this work,
• 3:22:12
  Speaker 4: we must follow his example of faithful, conscientious attention to
• 3:22:16
  Speaker 4: the little things. This is the secret of success in
• 3:22:19
  Speaker 4: every line of Christian effort and influence. The lawd desires
• 3:22:23
  Speaker 4: his people to reach the highest round of the latter,
• 3:22:25
  Speaker 4: that they may glorify Him by possessing the ability he
• 3:22:29
  Speaker 4: is willing to bestow. Through the grace of God. Every
• 3:22:31
  Speaker 4: provision has been made for us to reveal that we
• 3:22:34
  Speaker 4: act upon better plans than those upon which the world acts.
• 3:22:38
  Speaker 4: We are to show a superiority in intellect, in understanding,
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  Speaker 4: in skill and knowledge, because we believe in God and
• 3:22:44
  Speaker 4: in his power to work upon human hearts. But those
• 3:22:48
  Speaker 4: who have not a large endowment of gifts need not
• 3:22:50
  Speaker 4: become discouraged. Let them use what they have, faithfully guarding
• 3:22:55
  Speaker 4: every weak point in their characters, seeking by divine grace
• 3:22:58
  Speaker 4: to make it strong. In every action of life, we
• 3:23:01
  Speaker 4: are to weave faithfulness and loyalty, cultivating the attributes that
• 3:23:05
  Speaker 4: will enable us to accomplish the work. Habits of negligence
• 3:23:09
  Speaker 4: should be resolutely overcome. Many think it is a sufficient
• 3:23:12
  Speaker 4: excuse for the grossest errors to plead forgetfulness. But do
• 3:23:16
  Speaker 4: they not, as well as others, possess intellectual faculties. Then
• 3:23:20
  Speaker 4: they should discipline their minds to be retentive. It is
• 3:23:22
  Speaker 4: a sin to forget, a sin to be negligent. If
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  Speaker 4: you form a habit of negligence, you may neglect your
• 3:23:28
  Speaker 4: own soul's salvation and at last find that you are
• 3:23:31
  Speaker 4: unready for the kingdom of God. Great truths must be
• 3:23:34
  Speaker 4: brought into little things. Practical religion is to be carried
• 3:23:38
  Speaker 4: into the lowly duties of daily life. The greatest qualification
• 3:23:42
  Speaker 4: for any man is to obey implicitly the word of
• 3:23:45
  Speaker 4: the Lord. Because they are not connected with some directly
• 3:23:48
  Speaker 4: religious work, many feel that their lives are useless, that
• 3:23:51
  Speaker 4: they are doing nothing for the advancement of God's kingdom.
• 3:23:54
  Speaker 4: But this is a mistake. If their work is that
• 3:23:57
  Speaker 4: which someone must do, they should not accuse themselves of uselessness.
• 3:24:00
  Speaker 4: In the great household of God, the humblest duties are
• 3:24:04
  Speaker 4: not to be ignored. Any honest work is a blessing
• 3:24:07
  Speaker 4: and faithfulness in it may prove a training for higher trusts.
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  Speaker 4: However lowly, any work done for God with a full
• 3:24:14
  Speaker 4: surrender of self is as acceptable to Him as the
• 3:24:16
  Speaker 4: highest service. No offering is small that is given with
• 3:24:20
  Speaker 4: true heartedness and gladness of soul. Wherever we may be,
• 3:24:25
  Speaker 4: Christ bids us to take up the duty that presents itself.
• 3:24:28
  Speaker 4: If this is in the home, take hold willingly and
• 3:24:30
  Speaker 4: earnestly to make home a pleasant place. If you are
• 3:24:33
  Speaker 4: a mother, train your children for Christ. This is as
• 3:24:37
  Speaker 4: verily a work for God as is that of the
• 3:24:39
  Speaker 4: minister in the pulpit. If your duty is in the kitchen,
• 3:24:42
  Speaker 4: seek to be a perfect cook. Prepare food that will
• 3:24:45
  Speaker 4: be healthful, nourishing, and appetizing. And as you employ the
• 3:24:49
  Speaker 4: best ingredients in preparing food, remember that you are to
• 3:24:52
  Speaker 4: give your mind the best thoughts. If it is your
• 3:24:55
  Speaker 4: work to till the soil, or to engage in any
• 3:24:57
  Speaker 4: other trade or occupation, make a success of the present duty.
• 3:25:01
  Speaker 4: Put your mind on what you are doing. In all
• 3:25:03
  Speaker 4: your work, represent Christ. Do as He would do in
• 3:25:06
  Speaker 4: your place. However small your talent, God has a place
• 3:25:10
  Speaker 4: for it that one talent wisely used will accomplish its
• 3:25:14
  Speaker 4: appointed work. By faithfulness in little duties. We are to
• 3:25:17
  Speaker 4: work on the plan of addition, and God will work
• 3:25:20
  Speaker 4: for us on the plan of multiplication. These littles will
• 3:25:23
  Speaker 4: become the most precious influences in His work. Let a
• 3:25:27
  Speaker 4: living faith run like threads of gold through the performance
• 3:25:30
  Speaker 4: of even the smallest duties. Then all the daily work
• 3:25:33
  Speaker 4: will promote Christian growth. There will be a continual looking
• 3:25:36
  Speaker 4: unto Jesus. Love for Him will give vital force to
• 3:25:39
  Speaker 4: everything that is undertaken. Thus, through the right use of
• 3:25:43
  Speaker 4: our talents, we may link ourselves by a golden chain
• 3:25:46
  Speaker 4: to the higher world. This is true sanctification, for sanctification
• 3:25:50
  Speaker 4: consists in the cheerful performance of daily duties in perfect
• 3:25:54
  Speaker 4: obedience to the will of God. But many Christians are
• 3:25:57
  Speaker 4: waiting for some great work to be brought to them.
• 3:25:59
  Speaker 4: Because they cannot find a place large enough to satisfy
• 3:26:02
  Speaker 4: their ambition, they fail to perform faithfully the common duties
• 3:26:05
  Speaker 4: of life. These seem to them uninteresting. Day by day,
• 3:26:09
  Speaker 4: they let slip opportunities for showing their faithfulness to God.
• 3:26:12
  Speaker 4: While they are waiting for some great work, life passes
• 3:26:15
  Speaker 4: away its purposes unfulfilled, its work unaccomplished. The talents returned
• 3:26:23
  Speaker 4: after a long time. The lord of these servants cometh
• 3:26:26
  Speaker 4: and reckoneth with them. When the Lord takes account of
• 3:26:29
  Speaker 4: his servants, the return from every talent will be scrutinized.
• 3:26:32
  Speaker 4: The work done reveals the character of the worker. Those
• 3:26:36
  Speaker 4: who have received the five and the two talents return
• 3:26:38
  Speaker 4: to the Lord the entrusted gifts with their increase. In
• 3:26:42
  Speaker 4: doing this, they claim no merit for themselves. Their talents
• 3:26:45
  Speaker 4: are those that have been delivered to them. They have
• 3:26:47
  Speaker 4: gained other talents, but there could have been no gain
• 3:26:49
  Speaker 4: without the deposit. They see that they have done only
• 3:26:52
  Speaker 4: their duty. The capital was the lord's, the improvement is his.
• 3:26:57
  Speaker 4: Had not the Savior bestowed upon them his love and grace,
• 3:26:59
  Speaker 4: they would have been bankrupt for eternity. But when the
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  Speaker 4: Master receives the talents, he approves and rewards the workers
• 3:27:06
  Speaker 4: as though the merit were all their own. His countenance
• 3:27:09
  Speaker 4: is full of joy and satisfaction. He is filled with
• 3:27:12
  Speaker 4: delight that he can bestow blessings upon them for every
• 3:27:15
  Speaker 4: service and every sacrifice He requites them, not because it
• 3:27:19
  Speaker 4: is a debt he owes, but because his heart is
• 3:27:21
  Speaker 4: overflowing with love and tenderness. Well done, thou, good and
• 3:27:25
  Speaker 4: faithful servant, He says, thou hast been faithful over a
• 3:27:28
  Speaker 4: few things. I will make thee ruler over many things.
• 3:27:32
  Speaker 4: Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord. It is
• 3:27:35
  Speaker 4: the faithfulness, the loyalty to God, the loving service that
• 3:27:39
  Speaker 4: wins divine approval. Every impulse of the Holy Spirit leading
• 3:27:42
  Speaker 4: men to goodness and to God is noted in the
• 3:27:45
  Speaker 4: books of Heaven and in the Day of God. The
• 3:27:47
  Speaker 4: workers through whom He has wrought will be commended. They
• 3:27:51
  Speaker 4: will enter into the joy of the Lord as they
• 3:27:53
  Speaker 4: see in his kingdom, those who have been redeemed through
• 3:27:55
  Speaker 4: their instrumentality, and they are privileged to participate in His
• 3:27:59
  Speaker 4: work there because they have gained a fitness for it.
• 3:28:01
  Speaker 4: By participation in His work here. What we shall be
• 3:28:05
  Speaker 4: in heaven is the reflection of what we are now
• 3:28:08
  Speaker 4: in character and holy service. Christ said of himself, the
• 3:28:12
  Speaker 4: son of Man came not to be ministered unto but
• 3:28:14
  Speaker 4: to minister this. His work on earth is his work
• 3:28:18
  Speaker 4: in heaven. And our reward for working with Christ in
• 3:28:21
  Speaker 4: this world is the greater power and wider privilege of
• 3:28:24
  Speaker 4: working with Him in the world to come. Then he
• 3:28:28
  Speaker 4: which had received the one talent came and said, Lord,
• 3:28:31
  Speaker 4: I knew THEE that thou art a hard man, reaping
• 3:28:33
  Speaker 4: where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast
• 3:28:36
  Speaker 4: not strewed. And I was afraid and went and hid
• 3:28:39
  Speaker 4: thy talent in the earth. Lo there thou hast that
• 3:28:42
  Speaker 4: is thine. Thus men excuse their neglect of God's gifts.
• 3:28:45
  Speaker 4: They look upon God as severe and tyrannical, as watching
• 3:28:49
  Speaker 4: to spy out their mistakes and visit them with judgments.
• 3:28:52
  Speaker 4: They charge him with demanding what he has never given,
• 3:28:55
  Speaker 4: with reaping where he has not sown. There are many who,
• 3:28:58
  Speaker 4: in their hearts charge God with being a h master,
• 3:29:00
  Speaker 4: because he claims their possessions and their service. But we
• 3:29:04
  Speaker 4: can bring to God nothing that is not already his.
• 3:29:07
  Speaker 4: All things come of THEE, said King David. And of
• 3:29:10
  Speaker 4: thine own have we given THEE. All things are Gods,
• 3:29:13
  Speaker 4: not only by creation, but by redemption. All the blessings
• 3:29:17
  Speaker 4: of this life and of the life to come are
• 3:29:19
  Speaker 4: delivered to us stamped with the cross of Calvary. Therefore,
• 3:29:23
  Speaker 4: the charge that God is a hard master, reaping where
• 3:29:26
  Speaker 4: he has not sown is false. The Master does not
• 3:29:29
  Speaker 4: deny the charge of the wicked servant unjust as it is,
• 3:29:32
  Speaker 4: but taking him on his own ground, he shows that
• 3:29:35
  Speaker 4: his conduct is without excuse. Ways and means had been
• 3:29:38
  Speaker 4: provided whereby the talent might have been improved to the
• 3:29:41
  Speaker 4: onus Prophet, thou aughtest he said, to have put my
• 3:29:45
  Speaker 4: money to the exchanges, and then at my coming I
• 3:29:47
  Speaker 4: should have received mine own with ursery. Our heavenly Father
• 3:29:50
  Speaker 4: requires no more nor less than he has given us
• 3:29:53
  Speaker 4: ability to do. He lays upon his servants no burdens
• 3:29:56
  Speaker 4: that they are not able to bear. He knoweth our frame.
• 3:30:00
  Speaker 4: He remembereth that we are dust. All that He claims
• 3:30:03
  Speaker 4: from us, we, through divine grace, can render unto whomsoever
• 3:30:07
  Speaker 4: much is given of him, much shall be required. We
• 3:30:10
  Speaker 4: shall individually be held responsible for doing one jot less
• 3:30:14
  Speaker 4: than we have ability to do. The Lord measures with
• 3:30:16
  Speaker 4: exactness every possibility for service. The unused capabilities are as
• 3:30:21
  Speaker 4: much brought into account as are those that are improved.
• 3:30:25
  Speaker 4: For all that we might become through the right use
• 3:30:27
  Speaker 4: of our talents, God holds us responsible. We shall be
• 3:30:30
  Speaker 4: judged according to what we ought to have done but
• 3:30:33
  Speaker 4: did not accomplish because we did not use our powers
• 3:30:35
  Speaker 4: to glorify God. Even if we do not lose our souls,
• 3:30:39
  Speaker 4: we shall realize in eternity the result of our unused talents.
• 3:30:43
  Speaker 4: For all the knowledge and ability that we might have
• 3:30:45
  Speaker 4: gained and did not, there will be an eternal loss.
• 3:30:49
  Speaker 4: But when we give ourselves wholly to God and in
• 3:30:51
  Speaker 4: our work follow his directions, he makes himself responsible for
• 3:30:55
  Speaker 4: its accomplishment. He would not have as conjecture as to
• 3:30:58
  Speaker 4: the success of our honest inness. Not once should we
• 3:31:02
  Speaker 4: even think of failure. We are to co operate with
• 3:31:05
  Speaker 4: one who knows no failure. We should not talk of
• 3:31:08
  Speaker 4: our own weakness and inability. This is a manifest distrust
• 3:31:12
  Speaker 4: of God, a denial of his word. When we murmur
• 3:31:15
  Speaker 4: because of our burdens, or refuse the responsibilities he calls
• 3:31:18
  Speaker 4: upon us to bear, we are virtually saying that He
• 3:31:21
  Speaker 4: is a hard master, that he requires what he has
• 3:31:23
  Speaker 4: not given us power to do, the spirit of the
• 3:31:27
  Speaker 4: slothful servant. We are often fain to call humility, but
• 3:31:30
  Speaker 4: true humility is widely different. To be clothed with humility
• 3:31:34
  Speaker 4: does not mean that we are to be dwarfs in intellect,
• 3:31:37
  Speaker 4: deficient in aspiration and cowardly in our lives, shunning burdens
• 3:31:40
  Speaker 4: lest we fail to carry them successfully. Real humility fulfills
• 3:31:45
  Speaker 4: God's purposes by depending upon his strength. God works by
• 3:31:49
  Speaker 4: whom he will. He sometimes selects the humblest instrument to
• 3:31:52
  Speaker 4: do the greatest work, for His power is revealed through
• 3:31:55
  Speaker 4: the weakness of men. We have our standard, and by
• 3:31:59
  Speaker 4: it we pronounce one thing great and another small. But
• 3:32:02
  Speaker 4: God does not estimate according to our rule. We are
• 3:32:05
  Speaker 4: not to suppose that what is great to us must
• 3:32:07
  Speaker 4: be great to God, or that what is small to
• 3:32:09
  Speaker 4: us must be small to him. It does not rest
• 3:32:12
  Speaker 4: with us to pass judgment on our talents or to
• 3:32:15
  Speaker 4: choose our work. We are to take up the burdens
• 3:32:17
  Speaker 4: that God appoints, bearing them for his sake, and ever
• 3:32:21
  Speaker 4: going to him for rest. Whatever our work. God is
• 3:32:24
  Speaker 4: honored by wholehearted, cheerful service. He is pleased when we
• 3:32:28
  Speaker 4: take up our duties with gratitude, rejoicing that we are
• 3:32:31
  Speaker 4: accounted worthy to be co laborers with him. The talent
• 3:32:35
  Speaker 4: removed upon this slothful servant. The sentence was, take therefore
• 3:32:41
  Speaker 4: the talent from him and give it unto him, which
• 3:32:43
  Speaker 4: hath ten talents. Here, as in the reward of the
• 3:32:47
  Speaker 4: faithful worker, is indicated not merely the reward at the
• 3:32:50
  Speaker 4: final judgment, but the gradual process of retribution. In this life,
• 3:32:55
  Speaker 4: as in the natural, so in the spiritual world. Every
• 3:32:58
  Speaker 4: power unused will weaken, and activity is the law of life.
• 3:33:03
  Speaker 4: Idleness is death. The manifestation of the spirit is given
• 3:33:07
  Speaker 4: to every man to profit withal employed to bless others,
• 3:33:10
  Speaker 4: his gifts increase, shut up to self serving, they diminish
• 3:33:14
  Speaker 4: and are finally withdrawn. He who refuses to impart that
• 3:33:18
  Speaker 4: which he has received will at last find that he
• 3:33:20
  Speaker 4: has nothing to give. He is consenting to a process
• 3:33:23
  Speaker 4: that surely dwarfs and finally destroys the faculties of the soul.
• 3:33:28
  Speaker 4: Let none suppose that they can live a life of selfishness,
• 3:33:31
  Speaker 4: and then, having served their own interests, enter into the
• 3:33:34
  Speaker 4: joy of their Lord. In the joy of unselfish love.
• 3:33:37
  Speaker 4: They could not participate. They would not be fitted for
• 3:33:40
  Speaker 4: the heavenly courts. They could not appreciate the pure atmosphere
• 3:33:44
  Speaker 4: of love that pervades heaven. The voices of the angels
• 3:33:47
  Speaker 4: and the music of their harps would not satisfy them
• 3:33:50
  Speaker 4: to their minds. The science of heaven would be as
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  Speaker 4: an enigma. In the Great judgment day, those who have
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  Speaker 4: not worked for Christ, those who have drifted along carrying
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  Speaker 4: no rescis responsibility, thinking of themselves, pleasing themselves, will be
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  Speaker 4: judged by the judge of all the earth with those
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  Speaker 4: who did evil. They will receive the same condemnation. Many
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  Speaker 4: who profess to be Christians neglect the claims of God,
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  Speaker 4: and yet they do not feel that in this there
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  Speaker 4: is any wrong. They know that the blasphema, the murderer,
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  Speaker 4: the adulter, deserves punishment. But as for them, they enjoy
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  Speaker 4: the services of religion. They love to hear the gospel preached,
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  Speaker 4: and therefore they think themselves Christians. Though they have spent
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  Speaker 4: their lives in caring for themselves. They will be as
• 3:34:31
  Speaker 4: much surprised as was the unfaithful servant in the Parable
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  Speaker 4: to hear the sentence take the talent from him. Like
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  Speaker 4: the Jews, they mistake the enjoyment of their blessings for
• 3:34:40
  Speaker 4: the use they should make of them. Many who excuse
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  Speaker 4: themselves from Christian effort plead their inability for the work.
• 3:34:46
  Speaker 4: But did God make them so incapable? No, Never this
• 3:34:50
  Speaker 4: inability has been produced by their own inactivity and perpetuated
• 3:34:54
  Speaker 4: by their deliberate choice. Already in their own characters, they
• 3:34:58
  Speaker 4: are realizing the result of the sen take the talent
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  Speaker 4: from him. The continual misuse of their talents will effectually
• 3:35:05
  Speaker 4: quench for them the Holy Spirit, which is the only light.
• 3:35:08
  Speaker 4: The sentence cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness
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  Speaker 4: sets Heaven's seal to the choice which they themselves have
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  Speaker 4: made for eternity. End of Talents, Part two, Chapter twenty seven, Friends,
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  Speaker 4: by the mammon of unrighteousness. Christ's coming was at a
• 3:35:28
  Speaker 4: time of intense worldliness. Men were subordinating the eternal to
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  Speaker 4: the temporal, the claims of the future to the affairs
• 3:35:35
  Speaker 4: of the present. They were mistaking phantoms for realities and
• 3:35:38
  Speaker 4: realities for phantoms. They did not, by faith behold the
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  Speaker 4: unseen world. Satan presented before them the things of this
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  Speaker 4: life as all attractive and all absorbing, and they gave
• 3:35:49
  Speaker 4: heed to his temptations. Christ came to change this order
• 3:35:53
  Speaker 4: of things. He sought to break the spell by which
• 3:35:56
  Speaker 4: men were infatuated and ensnared in his teacher. He sought
• 3:36:00
  Speaker 4: to adjust the claims of heaven and earth, to turn
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  Speaker 4: men's thoughts from the present to the future, from their
• 3:36:06
  Speaker 4: pursuit of the things of time, he called them to
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  Speaker 4: make provision for eternity. There was a certain rich man,
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  Speaker 4: he said, which had a steward, and the same was
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  Speaker 4: accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. The
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  Speaker 4: rich man had left all his possessions in the hands
• 3:36:23
  Speaker 4: of this servant. But the servant was unfaithful, and the
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  Speaker 4: master was convinced that he was being systematically robbed. He
• 3:36:29
  Speaker 4: determined to retain him no longer in his service, and
• 3:36:32
  Speaker 4: he called for an investigation of his accounts. How is it,
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  Speaker 4: he said, that I hear this of thee give an
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  Speaker 4: account of thy stewardship, for thou mayest be no longer steward.
• 3:36:44
  Speaker 4: With the prospect of discharge before him, the steward saw
• 3:36:46
  Speaker 4: three paths open to his choice. He must labor, beg,
• 3:36:50
  Speaker 4: or starve. And he said within himself, what shall I do,
• 3:36:54
  Speaker 4: for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship. I
• 3:36:57
  Speaker 4: cannot dig to beg. I am ashamed. I am resolved
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  Speaker 4: what to do that when I am put out of
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  Speaker 4: the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. So
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  Speaker 4: he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him,
• 3:37:09
  Speaker 4: and he said, unto the first, how much owest thou
• 3:37:12
  Speaker 4: unto my lord? And he said an hundred measures of oil?
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  Speaker 4: And he said, unto him, take thy bill and sit
• 3:37:18
  Speaker 4: down quickly and write fifty. Then he said to another,
• 3:37:22
  Speaker 4: and how much owest thou? And he said, an hundred
• 3:37:25
  Speaker 4: measures of wheat? And he said, unto him, take thy
• 3:37:27
  Speaker 4: bill and write fourscore. This unfaithful servant made others share
• 3:37:32
  Speaker 4: as with him in his dishonesty. He defrauded his master
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  Speaker 4: to advantage them, and by accepting this advantage, they placed
• 3:37:39
  Speaker 4: themselves under obligation to receive him as a friend into
• 3:37:42
  Speaker 4: their homes. And the Lord commended the unjust steward because
• 3:37:46
  Speaker 4: he had done wisely. The worldly man praised the sharpness
• 3:37:50
  Speaker 4: of the man who had defrauded him. But the rich
• 3:37:52
  Speaker 4: man's commendation was not the commendation of God. Christ did
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  Speaker 4: not commend the unjust steward, but he made use of
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  Speaker 4: a well known occurrence to illustrate the lesson he desired
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  Speaker 4: to teach. Make to yourselves friends, by means of the
• 3:38:06
  Speaker 4: mammon of unrighteousness. He said, that when it shall fail,
• 3:38:09
  Speaker 4: they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. The Savior
• 3:38:13
  Speaker 4: had been censured by the Pharisees for mingling with publicans
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  Speaker 4: and sinners, but his interest in them was not lessened,
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  Speaker 4: nor did his efforts for them cease. He saw that
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  Speaker 4: their employment brought them into temptation. They were surrounded by
• 3:38:26
  Speaker 4: enticements to evil. The first wrong step was easy, and
• 3:38:29
  Speaker 4: the descent was rapid, to greater dishonesty and increased crimes.
• 3:38:33
  Speaker 4: Christ was seeking by every means to win them to
• 3:38:36
  Speaker 4: higher aims and nobler principles. This purpose he had in
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  Speaker 4: mind in the story of the Unfaithful Steward. There had
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  Speaker 4: been among the publicans just such a case as that
• 3:38:45
  Speaker 4: represented in the Parable, and in Christ's description, they recognized
• 3:38:49
  Speaker 4: their own practices. Their attention was arrested, and from the
• 3:38:53
  Speaker 4: picture of their own dishonest practices, many of them learned
• 3:38:56
  Speaker 4: a lesson of spiritual truth. The Parable was, however, spoken
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  Speaker 4: directly to the disciples. To them first, the leaven of
• 3:39:04
  Speaker 4: truth was imparted, and through them it was to reach others.
• 3:39:07
  Speaker 4: Much of Christ's teaching the disciples did not at first understand,
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  Speaker 4: and often his lessons seemed to be almost forgotten, but
• 3:39:14
  Speaker 4: under the influence of the Holy Spirit, these truths were
• 3:39:17
  Speaker 4: afterwards revived with distinctness, and through the disciples, they were
• 3:39:20
  Speaker 4: brought vividly before the new converts who were added to
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  Speaker 4: the church, and the Savior was speaking also to the Pharisees.
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  Speaker 4: He did not relinquish the hope that they would perceive
• 3:39:29
  Speaker 4: the force of his words. Many had been deeply convicted,
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  Speaker 4: and as they should hear the truth under the dictation
• 3:39:35
  Speaker 4: of the Holy Spirit, not a few would become believers
• 3:39:38
  Speaker 4: in Christ. The Pharisees had tried to bring Christ into
• 3:39:42
  Speaker 4: disrepute by accusing him of mingling with publicans and sinners.
• 3:39:46
  Speaker 4: Now he turns the rebuke on these accusers. The scene
• 3:39:49
  Speaker 4: known to have taken place among the publicans he holds
• 3:39:52
  Speaker 4: up before the Pharisees, both as representing their course of
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  Speaker 4: action and as showing the only way in which they
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  Speaker 4: can redeem their errors to the unf faithful steward. His
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  Speaker 4: Lord's goods had been entrusted for benevolent purposes, but he
• 3:40:04
  Speaker 4: had used them for himself. So with Israel, God had
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  Speaker 4: chosen the seed of Abraham with a high arm. He
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  Speaker 4: had delivered them from bondage in Egypt. He had made
• 3:40:14
  Speaker 4: them the depositories of sacred truth for the blessing of
• 3:40:17
  Speaker 4: the world. He had entrusted to them the living oracles,
• 3:40:20
  Speaker 4: that they might communicate the light to others. But his
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  Speaker 4: stewards had used these gifts to enrich and exalt themselves.
• 3:40:28
  Speaker 4: The Pharisees, filled with self importance and self righteousness, were
• 3:40:31
  Speaker 4: missupplying the goods lent them by God to use for
• 3:40:34
  Speaker 4: his glory. The servant in the parable had made no
• 3:40:37
  Speaker 4: provision for the future. The goods entrusted to him for
• 3:40:40
  Speaker 4: the benefit of others he had used for himself. But
• 3:40:43
  Speaker 4: he had thought only of the present. When the stewardship
• 3:40:46
  Speaker 4: should be taken from him, he would have nothing to
• 3:40:49
  Speaker 4: call his own. But his master's goods were still in
• 3:40:51
  Speaker 4: his hands, and he determined to use them so as
• 3:40:54
  Speaker 4: to secure himself against future want. To accomplish this, he
• 3:40:58
  Speaker 4: must work on a new plan. Instead of gathering for himself,
• 3:41:02
  Speaker 4: he must impart to others. Thus he might secure friends, who,
• 3:41:05
  Speaker 4: when he should be cast out, would receive him. So
• 3:41:09
  Speaker 4: with the Pharisees. The stewardship was soon to be taken
• 3:41:12
  Speaker 4: from them, and they were called upon to provide for
• 3:41:14
  Speaker 4: the future. Only by seeking the good of others could
• 3:41:17
  Speaker 4: they benefit themselves. Only by imparting God's gifts in the
• 3:41:21
  Speaker 4: present life could they provide for eternity. After relating the parable,
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  Speaker 4: Christ said, the children of this world are in their
• 3:41:29
  Speaker 4: generation wiser than the children of Light, that is, worldly
• 3:41:33
  Speaker 4: wise men display more wisdom and earnestness in serving themselves
• 3:41:36
  Speaker 4: than do the professed children of God in their service
• 3:41:38
  Speaker 4: to him. So it was in Christ's day, so it
• 3:41:42
  Speaker 4: is now. Look at the life of many who claim
• 3:41:45
  Speaker 4: to be Christians. The Lord has endowed them with capabilities
• 3:41:48
  Speaker 4: and power and influence. He has entrusted them with money,
• 3:41:51
  Speaker 4: that they may be co workers with him in the
• 3:41:53
  Speaker 4: Great redemption. All His gifts are to be used in
• 3:41:56
  Speaker 4: blessing humanity, in relieving the suffering and the needy. We
• 3:42:00
  Speaker 4: are to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to
• 3:42:03
  Speaker 4: care for the widow and the fatherless, to minister to
• 3:42:06
  Speaker 4: the distressed and downtrodden. God never meant that the widespread
• 3:42:09
  Speaker 4: misery in the world should exist. He never meant that
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  Speaker 4: one man should have an abundance of the luxuries of life,
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  Speaker 4: while the children of others should cry for bread, The
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  Speaker 4: means over and above the actual necessities of life are
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  Speaker 4: entrusted to man to do good, to bless humanity. The
• 3:42:24
  Speaker 4: Lord says, sell that ye have, and give alms, be
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  Speaker 4: ready to distribute, willing to communicate. When thou makest a feast,
• 3:42:32
  Speaker 4: Call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind, Loose
• 3:42:36
  Speaker 4: the bands of wickedness, Undo the heavy burdens, Let the
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  Speaker 4: oppressed go free, break every yoke. Deal thy bread to
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  Speaker 4: the hungry. Bring the poor that are cast out to
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  Speaker 4: thy house. When thou seest the naked, cover him, satisfy
• 3:42:50
  Speaker 4: the afflicted soul. Go ye into all the world, and
• 3:42:53
  Speaker 4: preach the Gospel to every creature. These are the Lord's commands.
• 3:42:58
  Speaker 4: Are the great body of professed Christians doing this work alas?
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  Speaker 4: How many are appropriating to themselves the gifts of God.
• 3:43:05
  Speaker 4: How many are adding house to house and land to land.
• 3:43:08
  Speaker 4: How many are spending their money for pleasure, for the
• 3:43:11
  Speaker 4: gratification of appetite, for extravagant houses, furniture, and dress. Their
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  Speaker 4: fellow beings are left to misery and crime, to disease
• 3:43:19
  Speaker 4: and death. Multitudes are perishing with that one pitying look,
• 3:43:23
  Speaker 4: one word, or deed of sympathy. Men are guilty of
• 3:43:26
  Speaker 4: robbery toward God. Their selfish use of means robs the
• 3:43:29
  Speaker 4: Lord of the glory that should be reflected back to
• 3:43:32
  Speaker 4: him in the relief of suffering humanity and the salvation
• 3:43:35
  Speaker 4: of souls. They are embezzling his entrusted goods. The Lord declares,
• 3:43:40
  Speaker 4: I will come near to you to judgment, and I
• 3:43:43
  Speaker 4: will be a swift witness against those that oppress the
• 3:43:45
  Speaker 4: hireling in his wages, the widow and the fatherless, and
• 3:43:49
  Speaker 4: that turn aside the stranger from his right? Will a
• 3:43:51
  Speaker 4: man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye
• 3:43:55
  Speaker 4: say wherein have we robbed thee in tides and offerings?
• 3:43:59
  Speaker 4: Ye are cursed with a curse, for ye have robbed
• 3:44:01
  Speaker 4: me even this whole nation. Go too now, ye rich men.
• 3:44:05
  Speaker 4: Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth eaten.
• 3:44:09
  Speaker 4: Your gold and silver is cankered, and the rust of
• 3:44:11
  Speaker 4: them shall be a witness against you. Ye have heaped
• 3:44:14
  Speaker 4: treasure together for the last days. Ye have lived in
• 3:44:17
  Speaker 4: pleasure on earth and been wanton. Behold the hire of
• 3:44:21
  Speaker 4: the labors who have reaped down your fields, which is
• 3:44:23
  Speaker 4: of you kept back by fraud crieth, and the cries
• 3:44:27
  Speaker 4: of them which have reaped are entered into the ears
• 3:44:29
  Speaker 4: of the Lord of Sabaot. Every one will be required
• 3:44:33
  Speaker 4: to render up his entrusted gifts. In the day of
• 3:44:36
  Speaker 4: final judgment. Men's hoarded wealth will be worthless to them.
• 3:44:40
  Speaker 4: They have nothing they can call their own. Those who
• 3:44:43
  Speaker 4: spend their lives in laying up worldly treasure show less wisdom,
• 3:44:46
  Speaker 4: less thought, and care for their eternal well being than
• 3:44:49
  Speaker 4: did the unjust steward for his earthly support. Less wise
• 3:44:53
  Speaker 4: than the children of this world in their generation are
• 3:44:55
  Speaker 4: these professed children of the light. These are they of
• 3:44:58
  Speaker 4: whom the prophet declared in his vision of the great
• 3:45:01
  Speaker 4: judgment day. A man shall cast the idols of his
• 3:45:04
  Speaker 4: silver and the idols of his gold, which they made,
• 3:45:07
  Speaker 4: each one for himself to worship, to the moles and
• 3:45:10
  Speaker 4: to the bats, to go into the clefts of the rocks,
• 3:45:12
  Speaker 4: and into the tops of the ragged rocks, for fear
• 3:45:15
  Speaker 4: of the Lord and for the glory of his majesty.
• 3:45:17
  Speaker 4: When he ariseth to shake terribly the earth, make to
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  Speaker 4: yourselves friends, by means of the mammon of unrighteousness. Christ
• 3:45:25
  Speaker 4: says that when it shall fail, they may receive you
• 3:45:28
  Speaker 4: into the eternal tabernacles. God and Christ and angels are
• 3:45:33
  Speaker 4: all ministering to the afflicted, the suffering, and the sinful.
• 3:45:36
  Speaker 4: Give yourself to God for this work. Use his gifts
• 3:45:39
  Speaker 4: for this purpose, and you enter into partnership with heavenly beings.
• 3:45:43
  Speaker 4: Your heart will throb in sympathy with theirs. You will
• 3:45:46
  Speaker 4: be assimilated to them in character. To you, these dwellers
• 3:45:50
  Speaker 4: in the eternal tabernacles will not be strangers. When earthly
• 3:45:54
  Speaker 4: things shall have passed away, the watchers at Heaven's gates
• 3:45:57
  Speaker 4: will bid you welcome. And the means used to blos
• 3:46:00
  Speaker 4: less others will bring returns. Riches. Rightly employed will accomplish
• 3:46:03
  Speaker 4: great good. Souls will be one to Christ. He who
• 3:46:07
  Speaker 4: follows Christ's plan of life will see in the courts
• 3:46:10
  Speaker 4: of God those for whom He has labored and sacrificed
• 3:46:13
  Speaker 4: on earth. Gratefully will the ransomed ones remember those who
• 3:46:16
  Speaker 4: have been instrumental in their salvation. Precious will heaven be
• 3:46:20
  Speaker 4: to those who have been faithful in the work of
• 3:46:22
  Speaker 4: saving souls. The lesson of this parable is for all.
• 3:46:26
  Speaker 4: Everyone will be held responsible for the grace given him
• 3:46:29
  Speaker 4: through Christ. Life is too solemn to be absorbed in
• 3:46:32
  Speaker 4: temporal or earthly matters. The Lord desires that we shall
• 3:46:36
  Speaker 4: communicate to others that which the eternal and unseen communicates
• 3:46:39
  Speaker 4: to us. Every year, millions upon millions of human souls
• 3:46:44
  Speaker 4: are passing into eternity, unwarned and unsaved. From hour to
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  Speaker 4: hour in our varied life, opportunities to reach and save
• 3:46:51
  Speaker 4: souls are open to us. These opportunities are continually coming
• 3:46:55
  Speaker 4: and going. God desires us to make the most of them. Days,
• 3:46:59
  Speaker 4: week and months are passing. We have one day, one week,
• 3:47:03
  Speaker 4: one month less in which to do our work. A
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  Speaker 4: few more years the longest, and the voice which we
• 3:47:08
  Speaker 4: cannot refuse to answer, will be heard saying, give an
• 3:47:11
  Speaker 4: account of thy stewardship. Christ calls upon every one to
• 3:47:16
  Speaker 4: consider make an honest reckoning. Put into one scale Jesus,
• 3:47:20
  Speaker 4: which means eternal treasure, life, truth, Heaven, and the joy
• 3:47:24
  Speaker 4: of Christ in souls redeemed. Put into the other every
• 3:47:28
  Speaker 4: attraction the world can offer into one scale. Put the
• 3:47:31
  Speaker 4: loss of your own soul and the souls of those
• 3:47:34
  Speaker 4: whom you might have been instrumental in saving, into the other,
• 3:47:38
  Speaker 4: for yourself and for them, a life that measures with
• 3:47:41
  Speaker 4: the life of God weigh for time and for eternity.
• 3:47:45
  Speaker 4: While you are thus engaged, Christ speaks, what shall it
• 3:47:48
  Speaker 4: profit a man if he gain the whole world and
• 3:47:51
  Speaker 4: lose his own soul? God desires us to choose the
• 3:47:54
  Speaker 4: heavenly in place of the earthly. He opens before us
• 3:47:57
  Speaker 4: the possibilities of a heavenly investment. He would give encouragement
• 3:48:01
  Speaker 4: to our loftiest aims, security to our choicest treasure. He declares,
• 3:48:06
  Speaker 4: I will make a man more precious than fine gold,
• 3:48:09
  Speaker 4: even a man than the golden wedge of offear. When
• 3:48:12
  Speaker 4: the riches that moth devours and rust corrupts shall be
• 3:48:15
  Speaker 4: swept away, Christ's followers can rejoice in their heavenly treasure,
• 3:48:19
  Speaker 4: the riches that are imperishable. Better than all the friendship
• 3:48:23
  Speaker 4: of the world is the friendship of Christ's redeemed. Better
• 3:48:26
  Speaker 4: than a title to the noblest palace on earth, is
• 3:48:29
  Speaker 4: a title to the mansions our Lord has gone to prepare.
• 3:48:32
  Speaker 4: And better than all the words of earthly praise will
• 3:48:35
  Speaker 4: be the Saviour's words to his faithful servants. Come, ye,
• 3:48:38
  Speaker 4: blessed of my Father inherit the kingdom prepared for you
• 3:48:41
  Speaker 4: from the foundation of the world to those who have
• 3:48:45
  Speaker 4: squandered His goods, Christ still gives opportunity to secure lasting riches.
• 3:48:50
  Speaker 4: He says, give and it shall be given unto you.
• 3:48:53
  Speaker 4: Provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in
• 3:48:56
  Speaker 4: the heavens that faileth not, when no thief approacheth, neither
• 3:49:00
  Speaker 4: moth corrupteth. Charge them that are rich in this world,
• 3:49:04
  Speaker 4: that they do good, That they be rich in good works,
• 3:49:07
  Speaker 4: ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store
• 3:49:10
  Speaker 4: for themselves a good foundation against the time to come,
• 3:49:13
  Speaker 4: that they may lay hold on eternal life. Then let
• 3:49:18
  Speaker 4: your property go beforehand to heaven. Lay up your treasure
• 3:49:21
  Speaker 4: beside the throne of God. Make sure your title to
• 3:49:24
  Speaker 4: the unsearchable riches of Christ. Make to yourself friends by
• 3:49:28
  Speaker 4: means of the mammon of unrighteousness, that when it shall fail,
• 3:49:31
  Speaker 4: they may receive you into the eternal tabernacles. End of
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  Speaker 4: chapter twenty seven.
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  Speaker 6: Who is my neighbor? Based on Luke Chapter ten, verses
• 3:49:42
  Speaker 6: twenty five through thirty seven. Among the Jews, the question
• 3:49:47
  Speaker 6: who is my neighbor cause the endless dispute. They had
• 3:49:51
  Speaker 6: no doubt as to the heathen and the Samaritans. These
• 3:49:54
  Speaker 6: were strangers and enemies. But where should the distinction be
• 3:49:58
  Speaker 6: made among the people of their own nes nation and
• 3:50:00
  Speaker 6: among the different classes of society. Whom should the priest,
• 3:50:05
  Speaker 6: the rabbi, the elder regard as their neighbour. They spent
• 3:50:08
  Speaker 6: their lives in a round of ceremonies to make themselves pure.
• 3:50:12
  Speaker 6: Contact with the ignorant and careless multitude they thought would
• 3:50:17
  Speaker 6: cause defilement that would require wearisome effort to remove. Were
• 3:50:21
  Speaker 6: they to regard the unclean as neighbours. This question Christ
• 3:50:25
  Speaker 6: answered in the Parable of the Good Samaritan. He showed
• 3:50:28
  Speaker 6: that our neighbor does not mean merely one of the
• 3:50:30
  Speaker 6: church or faith to which we belong. It has no
• 3:50:33
  Speaker 6: reference to race, color, or class distinction. Our neighbour is
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  Speaker 6: every person who needs our help. Our neighbour is every
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  Speaker 6: soul who is wounded and bruised by the adversary. Our
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  Speaker 6: neighbor is everyone who is the property of God. The
• 3:50:49
  Speaker 6: Parable of the Good Samaritan was called forth by a
• 3:50:52
  Speaker 6: question put to Christ by a doctor of the law.
• 3:50:55
  Speaker 6: As the Savior was teaching, a certain lawyer stood up
• 3:50:58
  Speaker 6: and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to
• 3:51:02
  Speaker 6: inherit eternal life. The Pharisees had suggested this question to
• 3:51:06
  Speaker 6: the lawyer in the hope that they might entrap Christ
• 3:51:09
  Speaker 6: in his words, and they listened eagerly for his answer.
• 3:51:13
  Speaker 6: But the Savior entered into no controversy. He required the
• 3:51:17
  Speaker 6: answer from the questioner himself. What is written in the law?
• 3:51:21
  Speaker 6: He asked, how readest thou. The Jews still accused Jesus
• 3:51:25
  Speaker 6: of lightly regarding the law given from Sinai, but he
• 3:51:28
  Speaker 6: turned the question of salvation upon the keeping of God's commandment.
• 3:51:32
  Speaker 6: The lawyer said, thou shalt love the Lord thy God,
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  Speaker 6: with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and
• 3:51:38
  Speaker 6: with all thy strength, and with all thy mind, and
• 3:51:41
  Speaker 6: thy neighbor as thyself. Thou hast answered right, Christ said
• 3:51:46
  Speaker 6: this do, and thou shalt live. The lawyer was not
• 3:51:49
  Speaker 6: satisfied with the position and works of the Pharisees. He
• 3:51:53
  Speaker 6: had been studying the scriptures with a desire to learn
• 3:51:56
  Speaker 6: their real meaning. He had a vital interest in the matter,
• 3:52:00
  Speaker 6: and he asked, insincerity, what shall I do? In his
• 3:52:04
  Speaker 6: answer as to the requirements of the law, he passed
• 3:52:07
  Speaker 6: by all the mass of ceremonial and ritualistic precepts. For
• 3:52:12
  Speaker 6: these he claimed no value, but presented the two great
• 3:52:16
  Speaker 6: principles on which hang all the law and the prophets.
• 3:52:20
  Speaker 6: The Saviour's commendation of his answer placed him on a
• 3:52:23
  Speaker 6: vantage ground with the rabbis. They could not condemn him
• 3:52:26
  Speaker 6: for sanctioning that which had been advanced by an expositor
• 3:52:30
  Speaker 6: of the law. This do, and thou shalt live, Christ
• 3:52:33
  Speaker 6: said in his teaching. He ever presented the law as
• 3:52:36
  Speaker 6: a divine unity, showing that it is impossible to keep
• 3:52:40
  Speaker 6: one precept and break another, for the same principle runs
• 3:52:43
  Speaker 6: through all. Man's destiny will be determined by his obedience
• 3:52:47
  Speaker 6: to the whole law. Christ knew that no one could
• 3:52:50
  Speaker 6: obey the law in his own strength. He desired to
• 3:52:54
  Speaker 6: lead the lawyer to a clearer and more critical research
• 3:52:57
  Speaker 6: that he might find the truth. Only by acccepting the
• 3:53:00
  Speaker 6: virtue and grace of Christ can we keep the law.
• 3:53:03
  Speaker 6: Belief in the propitiation for sin enables fallen man to
• 3:53:07
  Speaker 6: love God with his whole heart and his neighbor as himself.
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  Speaker 6: The lawyer knew that he had kept neither the first
• 3:53:14
  Speaker 6: four nor the last six commandments. He was convicted under
• 3:53:18
  Speaker 6: Christ's searching words, But instead of confessing his sin, he
• 3:53:22
  Speaker 6: tried to excuse it. Rather than acknowledged the truth. He
• 3:53:25
  Speaker 6: endeavored to show how difficult the fulfillment of the commandment is.
• 3:53:30
  Speaker 6: Thus he hoped both to parry conviction and to vindicate
• 3:53:34
  Speaker 6: himself in the eyes.
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  Speaker 7: Of the people.
• 3:53:36
  Speaker 6: The Saviour's words had shown that his question was needless,
• 3:53:39
  Speaker 6: since he was able to answer it himself. Yet he
• 3:53:43
  Speaker 6: put another question, saying, who is my neighbor? Again, Christ
• 3:53:48
  Speaker 6: refused to be drawn into controversy. He answered the question
• 3:53:52
  Speaker 6: by relating an incident, the memory of which was fresh
• 3:53:55
  Speaker 6: in the minds of his hearers. A certain man, he said,
• 3:54:01
  Speaker 6: went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among thieves,
• 3:54:05
  Speaker 6: which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed,
• 3:54:08
  Speaker 6: leaving him half dead.
• 3:54:09
  Speaker 7: In journeying from.
• 3:54:10
  Speaker 6: Jerusalem to Jericho, the traveler had to pass through a
• 3:54:13
  Speaker 6: portion of the wilderness of Judea. The road led down
• 3:54:17
  Speaker 6: a wild, rocky ravine which was infested with robbers and
• 3:54:21
  Speaker 6: was often the scene of violence. It was here that
• 3:54:24
  Speaker 6: the traveler was attacked, stripped of all that was valuable,
• 3:54:28
  Speaker 6: and left half dead by the wayside as he lay. Thus,
• 3:54:32
  Speaker 6: a priest came that way. He saw the man lying
• 3:54:35
  Speaker 6: wounded and bruised, weltering in his own blood, but he
• 3:54:38
  Speaker 6: left him without rendering any assistance. He passed by on
• 3:54:42
  Speaker 6: the other side. Then a levite appeared, curious to know
• 3:54:46
  Speaker 6: what had happened. He stopped and looked at the sufferer.
• 3:54:48
  Speaker 6: He was convicted of what he ought to do, but
• 3:54:51
  Speaker 6: it was not an agreeable duty. He wished that he
• 3:54:53
  Speaker 6: had not come that way, so that he would not
• 3:54:56
  Speaker 6: have seen the wounded man. He persuaded himself that the
• 3:54:59
  Speaker 6: case was no con sert of his, and he too
• 3:55:01
  Speaker 6: passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan traveling
• 3:55:05
  Speaker 6: the same road saw the sufferer, and he did the
• 3:55:08
  Speaker 6: work that the others had.
• 3:55:09
  Speaker 7: Refused to do.
• 3:55:10
  Speaker 6: With gentleness and kindness. He ministered to the wounded man.
• 3:55:14
  Speaker 6: When he saw him, he had compassion on him, and
• 3:55:17
  Speaker 6: went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in
• 3:55:20
  Speaker 6: oil and wine, and set him on his own beasts,
• 3:55:23
  Speaker 6: and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
• 3:55:26
  Speaker 6: And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out
• 3:55:28
  Speaker 6: two pence and gave them to the host, and said
• 3:55:31
  Speaker 6: to him, take care of him, and whatsoever thou spendest more.
• 3:55:35
  Speaker 6: When I come again, I will repay thee. The priest
• 3:55:38
  Speaker 6: and the Levite both professed piety, but the Samaritan showed
• 3:55:42
  Speaker 6: that he was truly converted. It was no more agreeable
• 3:55:45
  Speaker 6: for him to do the work than for the priest
• 3:55:47
  Speaker 6: and the Levite. But in spirit and works he proved
• 3:55:50
  Speaker 6: himself to be in harmony with God. In giving this lesson,
• 3:55:54
  Speaker 6: Christ presented the principles of the law in a direct,
• 3:55:58
  Speaker 6: forcible way, showing his hearers that they had neglected to
• 3:56:01
  Speaker 6: carry out these principles. His words were so definite and
• 3:56:04
  Speaker 6: pointed that the listeners could find no opportunity to Cavil.
• 3:56:08
  Speaker 6: The lawyer found in the lesson nothing that he could criticize.
• 3:56:12
  Speaker 6: His prejudice in regard to Christ was removed, but he
• 3:56:15
  Speaker 6: had not overcome his national dislike to sufficiently give credit
• 3:56:19
  Speaker 6: to the Samaritan by name. When Christ asked, which now
• 3:56:23
  Speaker 6: of these three thinkest thou was neighbor unto him that
• 3:56:26
  Speaker 6: fell among the thieves, he answered he that showed mercy
• 3:56:30
  Speaker 6: on him. Then Jesus said, unto him, go and do
• 3:56:33
  Speaker 6: thou likewise show the same tender kindness to those in need?
• 3:56:37
  Speaker 6: Thus you will give evidence that you keep the whole law.
• 3:56:41
  Speaker 6: The great difference between the Jews and the Samaritans was
• 3:56:43
  Speaker 6: a difference in religious belief, a question as to what
• 3:56:47
  Speaker 6: constitutes true worship. The Pharisees would say nothing good of
• 3:56:51
  Speaker 6: the Samaritans, but poured their bitterest curses on them. So
• 3:56:55
  Speaker 6: strong was the antipathy between the Jews and the Samaritans
• 3:56:58
  Speaker 6: that to the Samaritans woman, it seemed a strange thing
• 3:57:02
  Speaker 6: for Christ to ask her for a drink. How is
• 3:57:05
  Speaker 6: it she said that thou, being a Jew, askest drink
• 3:57:09
  Speaker 6: of me, which am a woman of Samaria For adds
• 3:57:13
  Speaker 6: the evangelist, the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.
• 3:57:17
  Speaker 6: And when the Jews were so filled with murderous hatred
• 3:57:20
  Speaker 6: against Christ that they rose up in the temple to
• 3:57:23
  Speaker 6: stone him, they could find no better words by which
• 3:57:26
  Speaker 6: to express their hatred. Then say we not well, that
• 3:57:30
  Speaker 6: thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil. Yet the
• 3:57:33
  Speaker 6: priests and the Levite neglected the very work the Lord
• 3:57:37
  Speaker 6: had enjoined on them, leaving a hated and despised Samaritan
• 3:57:41
  Speaker 6: to minister to one of their own countrymen. The Samaritan
• 3:57:45
  Speaker 6: had fulfilled the command thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,
• 3:57:50
  Speaker 6: thus showing that he was more righteous than those by
• 3:57:53
  Speaker 6: whom he was denounced, risking his own life, he had
• 3:57:56
  Speaker 6: treated the wounded man as his brother. The Samaritan represents Christ,
• 3:58:02
  Speaker 6: our savior. Manifested for us a love that the love
• 3:58:05
  Speaker 6: of man can never equal. When we were bruised and dying,
• 3:58:09
  Speaker 6: he had pity on us. He did not pass by
• 3:58:12
  Speaker 6: on the other side and leave us helpless and hopeless
• 3:58:15
  Speaker 6: to perish. He did not remain in his holy, happy home,
• 3:58:20
  Speaker 6: where he was beloved by all the heavenly host. He
• 3:58:23
  Speaker 6: beheld our sore need. He undertook our case and identified
• 3:58:28
  Speaker 6: his interest with those of humanity. He died to save
• 3:58:32
  Speaker 6: his enemies. He prayed for his murderers. Pointing to his
• 3:58:36
  Speaker 6: own example, he says to his followers these things, I
• 3:58:40
  Speaker 6: command you, that ye love one another as I have
• 3:58:44
  Speaker 6: loved you, That ye also love one another. The priest
• 3:58:48
  Speaker 6: and the levite had been for worship to the temple,
• 3:58:51
  Speaker 6: whose service was appointed by God himself. To participate in
• 3:58:55
  Speaker 6: that service was a great and exalted privilege, and the
• 3:58:59
  Speaker 6: priest and Levi felt that, having thus been honored, it
• 3:59:02
  Speaker 6: was beneath them to minister to an unknown sufferer by
• 3:59:05
  Speaker 6: the wayside. Thus they neglected the special opportunity which God
• 3:59:10
  Speaker 6: had offered them as his agents to bless a fellow
• 3:59:13
  Speaker 6: human being. Many today are making a similar mistake. They
• 3:59:17
  Speaker 6: separate their duties into two distinct classes. The one class
• 3:59:21
  Speaker 6: is made up of great things, to be regulated by
• 3:59:24
  Speaker 6: the law of God. The other class is made up
• 3:59:26
  Speaker 6: of so called little things, in which the command thou
• 3:59:30
  Speaker 6: shalt love thy neighbor as thyself is ignored. This sphere
• 3:59:34
  Speaker 6: of work is left to caprice, subject to inclination or impulse.
• 3:59:39
  Speaker 6: Thus the character is marred and the religion of Christ misrepresented.
• 3:59:44
  Speaker 6: There are those who would think it lowering to their
• 3:59:46
  Speaker 6: dignity to minister to suffering humanity. Many look with indifference
• 3:59:51
  Speaker 6: and contempt upon those who have laid the temple of
• 3:59:54
  Speaker 6: the soul in ruins. Others neglect the poor from a
• 3:59:57
  Speaker 6: different motive. They are working, as they believe in the
• 4:00:00
  Speaker 6: cause of Christ, seeking to build up some worthy enterprise.
• 4:00:04
  Speaker 6: They feel that they are doing a great work, and
• 4:00:07
  Speaker 6: they cannot stop to notice the wants of the needy
• 4:00:10
  Speaker 6: and distressed. In advancing their supposedly great work, they may.
• 4:00:14
  Speaker 7: Even oppress the poor.
• 4:00:16
  Speaker 6: They may place them in hard and trying circumstances, deprive
• 4:00:20
  Speaker 6: them of their rights, or neglect their needs. Yet they
• 4:00:23
  Speaker 6: feel that all this is justifiable because they are, as
• 4:00:27
  Speaker 6: they think, advancing the cause of Christ. Many will allow
• 4:00:31
  Speaker 6: a brother or a neighbor to struggle unaided under adverse
• 4:00:34
  Speaker 6: circumstances because they profess to be Christians. He may be
• 4:00:38
  Speaker 6: led to think that, in their cold selfishness, they are
• 4:00:42
  Speaker 6: representing Christ. Because the Lord's profess servants are not in
• 4:00:45
  Speaker 6: cooperation with him, the love of God, which should flow
• 4:00:49
  Speaker 6: forth from them, is in great degree cut off from
• 4:00:53
  Speaker 6: their fellow men, and a large revenue of praise and
• 4:00:56
  Speaker 6: thanksgiving from human hearts and human lips is prevented from
• 4:01:00
  Speaker 6: flowing back to God. He is robbed of the glory
• 4:01:03
  Speaker 6: due his holy name. He is robbed of the souls
• 4:01:06
  Speaker 6: for whom Christ died, souls whom He longs to bring
• 4:01:10
  Speaker 6: into his kingdom to dwell in his presence through endless ages.
• 4:01:14
  Speaker 6: Divine truth exerts little influence upon the world when it
• 4:01:17
  Speaker 6: should exert much influence through our practice. The mere profession
• 4:01:22
  Speaker 6: of religion abounds, but it has little weight. We may
• 4:01:25
  Speaker 6: claim to be followers of Christ. We may claim to
• 4:01:28
  Speaker 6: believe every truth in the Word of God, but this
• 4:01:31
  Speaker 6: will do our neighbor no good unless our belief is
• 4:01:34
  Speaker 6: carried into our daily life. Our profession may be as
• 4:01:38
  Speaker 6: high as heaven, but it will save neither ourselves nor
• 4:01:41
  Speaker 6: our fellow men unless we are Christians. A right example
• 4:01:45
  Speaker 6: will do more to benefit the world than all our profession.
• 4:01:49
  Speaker 6: By no selfish practices can the cause of Christ be served.
• 4:01:53
  Speaker 6: His cause is the cause of the oppressed and the poor.
• 4:01:57
  Speaker 6: In the hearts of his professed followers, there is need
• 4:02:00
  Speaker 6: of the tender sympathy of Christ, a deeper love for
• 4:02:03
  Speaker 6: those whom He has so valued as to give his
• 4:02:07
  Speaker 6: own life for their salvation. These souls are precious, infinitely
• 4:02:11
  Speaker 6: more precious than any other offering we can bring to God.
• 4:02:15
  Speaker 6: To bend every energy towards some apparently great work, while
• 4:02:19
  Speaker 6: we neglect the needy or turn the stranger from his
• 4:02:22
  Speaker 6: right is not a service that will meet his approval.
• 4:02:26
  Speaker 6: The sanctification of the soul by the working of the
• 4:02:28
  Speaker 6: Holy Spirit is the implanting of Christ's nature in humanity.
• 4:02:32
  Speaker 6: Gospel religion is Christ in the life, a living, active principle.
• 4:02:37
  Speaker 6: It is the grace of Christ revealed in character and
• 4:02:39
  Speaker 6: wrought out in good works. The principles of the Gospel
• 4:02:42
  Speaker 6: cannot be disconnected from any department of practical life. Every
• 4:02:47
  Speaker 6: line of Christian experience and labor is to be a
• 4:02:50
  Speaker 6: representation of the life of Christ. Love is the basis
• 4:02:54
  Speaker 6: for Godliness, whatever the profession. No man has pure love
• 4:02:58
  Speaker 6: to God unless he has ans selfish love for his brother.
• 4:03:01
  Speaker 6: But we can never come into possession of the Spirit
• 4:03:04
  Speaker 6: by trying to love others. What is needed is the
• 4:03:07
  Speaker 6: love of Christ in the heart. When self is merged
• 4:03:10
  Speaker 6: in Christ, love springs forth spontaneously. The completeness of Christian
• 4:03:16
  Speaker 6: character is attained when the impulse to help and bless
• 4:03:19
  Speaker 6: others springs constantly from within. When the sunshine of Heaven
• 4:03:23
  Speaker 6: fills the heart and is revealed in the countenance. It
• 4:03:26
  Speaker 6: is not possible for the heart in which Christ abides
• 4:03:30
  Speaker 6: to be destitute of love. If we love God because
• 4:03:33
  Speaker 6: He first loved us, we shall love all for whom
• 4:03:36
  Speaker 6: Christ died. We cannot come in touch with Divinity without
• 4:03:41
  Speaker 6: coming in touch with humanity. For in Him who sits
• 4:03:44
  Speaker 6: upon the throne of the universe, Divinity and humanity are
• 4:03:48
  Speaker 6: combined connected with Christ. We are connected with our fellow
• 4:03:53
  Speaker 6: men by the golden links of the chain of Love,
• 4:03:56
  Speaker 6: then the pity and compassion of Christ.
• 4:03:58
  Speaker 7: Will be manifest in our lives life.
• 4:04:00
  Speaker 6: We shall not wait to have the needy and unfortunate
• 4:04:03
  Speaker 6: brought to us. We shall not need to be entreated
• 4:04:07
  Speaker 6: to feel.
• 4:04:07
  Speaker 7: For the woes of others.
• 4:04:09
  Speaker 6: It will be as natural for us to minister to
• 4:04:11
  Speaker 6: the needy and suffering as it was.
• 4:04:14
  Speaker 7: For Christ to go about doing good.
• 4:04:16
  Speaker 6: Wherever there is an impulse of love and sympathy, wherever
• 4:04:20
  Speaker 6: the heart reaches out to bless and uplift others, there
• 4:04:24
  Speaker 6: is reveal the working of God's Holy Spirit. In the
• 4:04:27
  Speaker 6: depths of Heathenism, men who have had no knowledge of
• 4:04:30
  Speaker 6: the written law of God, who have never heard the
• 4:04:33
  Speaker 6: name of Christ, have been kind to His servants, protecting
• 4:04:37
  Speaker 6: them at the risk of their own lives. Their acts
• 4:04:40
  Speaker 6: show the working of a divine power. The Holy Spirit
• 4:04:43
  Speaker 6: is implanted the grace of Christ in the heart of
• 4:04:45
  Speaker 6: the savage, quickening his sympathies contrary to his nature, contrary
• 4:04:50
  Speaker 6: to his education. The light which lighteth every man that
• 4:04:54
  Speaker 6: cometh into the world is shining in his soul and
• 4:04:58
  Speaker 6: This light, if heated, will guide his feet to the
• 4:05:01
  Speaker 6: Kingdom of God. The glory of heaven is lifting up
• 4:05:04
  Speaker 6: the fallen, comforting the distressed. And wherever Christ abides in
• 4:05:08
  Speaker 6: human hearts, he will be revealed in the same way.
• 4:05:11
  Speaker 6: Wherever it acts, the religion of Christ will bless where
• 4:05:15
  Speaker 6: it works. There is brightness. No distinction on account of nationality, race,
• 4:05:21
  Speaker 6: or caste is recognized by God. He is the maker
• 4:05:25
  Speaker 6: of all mankind. All men are of one family by creation,
• 4:05:30
  Speaker 6: and all are one through redemption. Christ came to demolish
• 4:05:34
  Speaker 6: every wall of partition, to throw open every compartment of
• 4:05:38
  Speaker 6: the Temple, that every soul may have free.
• 4:05:41
  Speaker 7: Access to God.
• 4:05:42
  Speaker 6: His love is so broad and deep, so full, that
• 4:05:46
  Speaker 6: it penetrates everywhere. It lifts out of Satan's circle. The
• 4:05:50
  Speaker 6: poor souls who have been deluded by His deceptions. It
• 4:05:54
  Speaker 6: places them within reach of the throne of God, the
• 4:05:57
  Speaker 6: throne encircled by the rainbow of pres In Christ, there
• 4:06:01
  Speaker 6: is neither Jew nor Greek, bond or free. All are
• 4:06:05
  Speaker 6: brought nigh by His precious blood. Whatever the difference in
• 4:06:09
  Speaker 6: religious belief, a call from suffering humanity must be heard
• 4:06:13
  Speaker 6: and answered. Where bitterness of feeling exists because of difference
• 4:06:17
  Speaker 6: in religion. Much good may be done by personal service.
• 4:06:21
  Speaker 6: Loving ministry will break down prejudice and win souls to God.
• 4:06:25
  Speaker 6: We should anticipate the sorrows and difficulties, the troubles of others.
• 4:06:30
  Speaker 6: We should enter into the joys and cares of both
• 4:06:33
  Speaker 6: high and low, Rich and poor. Freely have received. Christ says,
• 4:06:38
  Speaker 6: freely give. All around us are poor, tried souls that
• 4:06:42
  Speaker 6: need sympathizing words and helpful deeds. There are widows who
• 4:06:47
  Speaker 6: need sympathy and assistance. There are orphans whom Christ has
• 4:06:50
  Speaker 6: bidden his followers receive as a trust from God. Too
• 4:06:54
  Speaker 6: often these are passed by with neglect. They may be ragged, uncouth,
• 4:06:59
  Speaker 6: and seemingly in every way unattractive. Yet they are God's property.
• 4:07:04
  Speaker 6: They have been bought with a price, and they are
• 4:07:07
  Speaker 6: as precious in His sight as we are. They are
• 4:07:10
  Speaker 6: members of God's great household, and Christians, as his stewards,
• 4:07:14
  Speaker 6: are responsible for them their souls. He says, will I
• 4:07:18
  Speaker 6: require at thy hand. Sin is the greatest of all evils,
• 4:07:22
  Speaker 6: and it is ours to pity and help the sinner.
• 4:07:25
  Speaker 6: But not all can be reached in the same way.
• 4:07:28
  Speaker 6: There are many who hide their soul hunger. These would
• 4:07:31
  Speaker 6: be greatly helped by a tender word or a kind remembrance.
• 4:07:35
  Speaker 6: There are others who are in their greatest need, yet
• 4:07:38
  Speaker 6: they know it not, They do not realize the terrible
• 4:07:41
  Speaker 6: destitution of the soul. Multitudes are so sunken in sin
• 4:07:46
  Speaker 6: that they have lost the sins of eternal realities, lost
• 4:07:49
  Speaker 6: the similitude of God. And they hardly know whether they
• 4:07:53
  Speaker 6: have souls to be saved or not. They have neither
• 4:07:56
  Speaker 6: faith in God nor confidence in man. Many of these
• 4:07:59
  Speaker 6: can be reached only through acts of disinterested kindness. Their
• 4:08:03
  Speaker 6: physical wants must first be cared for. They must be fed, cleansed,
• 4:08:08
  Speaker 6: and decently clothed. As they see the evidence of your
• 4:08:11
  Speaker 6: unselfish love, it will be easier for them to believe
• 4:08:14
  Speaker 6: in the love of Christ. There are many who err,
• 4:08:18
  Speaker 6: and who feel their shame and their folly. They look
• 4:08:21
  Speaker 6: upon their mistakes and errors, and they are driven almost
• 4:08:25
  Speaker 6: to desperation. These souls we are not to neglect. When
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  Speaker 6: one has to swim against the stream, there is all
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  Speaker 6: the force of the current driving him back. Let a
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  Speaker 6: helping hand then be held out to him, as was
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  Speaker 6: the elder brother's hand to the sinking Peter. Speak to
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  Speaker 6: him hopeful words, words that will establish confidence and awaken love.
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  Speaker 6: Thy brother, sick in spirit, needs thee as thou thyself
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  Speaker 6: has needed a brother's love. He needs the experience of
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  Speaker 6: one who has been as weak as he, one who
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  Speaker 6: can sympathize with.
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  Speaker 7: Him and help him.
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  Speaker 6: The knowledge of our own weakness should help us to
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  Speaker 6: help another in his bitter need. Never should we pass
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  Speaker 6: by one suffering soul without seeking to impart to him
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  Speaker 6: the comfort wherewith we are comforted of God. It is
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  Speaker 6: fellowship with Christ, personal contact with a living Savior, that
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  Speaker 6: enables the mind, in heart and soul to triumph over
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  Speaker 6: the lower nature. Tell the wanderer of the almighty hand
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  Speaker 6: that will hold him up, of an infinite humanity in
• 4:09:27
  Speaker 6: Christ that pities him. It is not enough for him
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  Speaker 6: to believe in law and force things that have no pity,
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  Speaker 6: and never hear the cry for help. He needs to
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  Speaker 6: clasp a hand that is warm, to trust in a
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  Speaker 6: heart full of tenderness. Keep his mind stayed upon the
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  Speaker 6: thought of a divine presence ever beside him, ever looking
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  Speaker 6: upon him with pitying love. Bid him think of the
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  Speaker 6: Father's heart that ever grieves over sin, of a father's
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  Speaker 6: hand stretched out still, of a father's voice saying, let
• 4:09:59
  Speaker 6: him take hold of my strength, that he may make
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  Speaker 6: peace with me, and he shall make peace. As you
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  Speaker 6: engage in this work, you have companions unseen by human eyes.
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  Speaker 6: Angels of heaven were beside the Samaritan who cared for
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  Speaker 6: the wounded stranger. Angels from the heavenly courts stand by
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  Speaker 6: all who do God's service in ministering to their fellow men.
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  Speaker 6: And you have the cooperation of Christ himself. He is
• 4:10:24
  Speaker 6: the restorer, and as you work under his supervision, you
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  Speaker 6: will see great results upon your faithfulness in this work,
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  Speaker 6: not only the well being of others, but your own
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  Speaker 6: eternal destiny depends. Christ is seeking to uplift all who
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  Speaker 6: have been lifted to companionship with himself, that we may
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  Speaker 6: be one with him as he is one with the Father.
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  Speaker 6: He permits us to come in contact with suffering and
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  Speaker 6: calamity in order to call us out of our selfishness.
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  Speaker 6: He seeks to develop in us the attributes of his character, compassion, tenderness,
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  Speaker 6: and love. By accepting this work of Minuay, we place
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  Speaker 6: ourselves in his school to be fitted for the courts
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  Speaker 6: of God. By rejecting it, we reject his instruction and
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  Speaker 6: choose eternal separation from His presence. If thou wilt keep
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  Speaker 6: my charge, the Lord declares, I will give thee places
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  Speaker 6: to walk among these that stand by, even among the
• 4:11:19
  Speaker 6: angels that surround his throne. By cooperating with heavenly beings
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  Speaker 6: in their work on earth, we are preparing for their
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  Speaker 6: companionship in heaven, ministering spirits sent forth to minister for
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  Speaker 6: them who shall be heirs of salvation. Angels in heaven
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  Speaker 6: will welcome those who on earth have lived, not to
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  Speaker 6: be ministered unto, but to minister. In this blessed companionship.
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  Speaker 6: We shall learn to our eternal joy all that is
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  Speaker 6: wrapped up in the question who is my neighbor? End
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  Speaker 6: of Chapter twenty eight.
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  Speaker 4: Chapter twenty nine. The reward of grace. The truth of
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  Speaker 4: God's free grace had been almost sight of by the Jews.
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  Speaker 4: The rabbis taught that God's favor must be earned, the
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  Speaker 4: reward of the righteous they hoped to gain by their
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  Speaker 4: own works. Thus their worship was prompted by a grasping
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  Speaker 4: mercenary spirit. From this spirit, even the disciples of Christ
• 4:12:15
  Speaker 4: were not wholly free, and the Savior sought every opportunity
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  Speaker 4: of showing them their error. Just before he gave the
• 4:12:22
  Speaker 4: Parable of the Laborers, an event occurred that opened the
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  Speaker 4: way for him to present the right principles. As he
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  Speaker 4: was walking by the way, a young ruler came running
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  Speaker 4: to him and, kneeling reverently, saluted him, Good Master. He said,
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  Speaker 4: what good thing shall I do that I may have
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  Speaker 4: eternal life? The ruler had addressed Christ merely as an
• 4:12:43
  Speaker 4: honored rabbi, not discerning in him the son of God.
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  Speaker 4: The Savior said, why callest thou me good? There is
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  Speaker 4: none good but one that is God. On what ground
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  Speaker 4: do you call me good? God is the one good.
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  Speaker 4: If you recognize me as such, you must receive me
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  Speaker 4: as His son and representative if thou wilt enter into life.
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  Speaker 4: He added, keep the commandments. The character of God is
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  Speaker 4: expressed in his law, and in order for you to
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  Speaker 4: be in harmony with God, the principles of his law
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  Speaker 4: must be the spring of your every action. Christ does
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  Speaker 4: not lessen the claims of the law in unmistakable language.
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  Speaker 4: He presents obedience to it as the condition of eternal life,
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  Speaker 4: the same condition that was required of Adam before his fall.
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  Speaker 4: The Lord expects no less of the soul now than
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  Speaker 4: he expected of man in paradise, perfect obedience, unblemished righteousness.
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  Speaker 4: The requirement under the Covenant of Grace is just as
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  Speaker 4: broad as the requirement made in Eden harmony with God's law,
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  Speaker 4: which is wholly just and good. To the words, keep
• 4:13:47
  Speaker 4: the commandments, the young man answered, which he supposed that
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  Speaker 4: some ceremonial precept was meant. But Christ was speaking of
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  Speaker 4: the law given from Sinai. He mentions several commanders from
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  Speaker 4: the second table of the Decalogue, then summoned them all
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  Speaker 4: up in the precept. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself,
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  Speaker 4: The young man answered, without hesitation, All these things have
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  Speaker 4: I kept from my youth? Up what lackye?
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  Speaker 8: Yet?
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  Speaker 4: His conception of the law was external and superficial, judged
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  Speaker 4: by a human standard. He had preserved an unblemished character
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  Speaker 4: to a great degree. His outward life had been free
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  Speaker 4: from guilt. He verily thought that his obedience had been
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  Speaker 4: without a flaw. Yet he had a secret fear that
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  Speaker 4: all was not right between his soul and God. This
• 4:14:35
  Speaker 4: prompted the question, what lacky yet? If thou wilt be perfect.
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  Speaker 4: Christ said, go and sell all that thou hast, and
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  Speaker 4: give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven,
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  Speaker 4: and come and follow me. But when the young man
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  Speaker 4: heard that saying, he went away sorrowful, for he had
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  Speaker 4: great possessions. The lover of self is a transgressor of
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  Speaker 4: the law. This Jesus desired to reveal to the young man,
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  Speaker 4: and he gave him a test that would make manifest
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  Speaker 4: the selfishness of his heart. He showed him the plague
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  Speaker 4: spot in his character. The young man desired no further enlightenment.
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  Speaker 4: He had cherished an idol in the soul. The world
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  Speaker 4: was his God. He professed to have kept the commandments,
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  Speaker 4: but he was destitute of the principle, which is the
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  Speaker 4: very spirit and life of them all. He did not
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  Speaker 4: possess true love for God or man. This want was
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  Speaker 4: the want of everything that would qualify him to enter
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  Speaker 4: the kingdom of heaven. In his love of self and
• 4:15:32
  Speaker 4: worldly gain, he was out of harmony with the principles
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  Speaker 4: of heaven. When this young ruler came to Jesus, his
• 4:15:39
  Speaker 4: sincerity and earnestness won the Saviour's heart. He beholding him
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  Speaker 4: loved him. In this young man, he saw one who
• 4:15:47
  Speaker 4: might do service as a preacher of righteousness. He would
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  Speaker 4: have received this talented and noble youth as readily as
• 4:15:54
  Speaker 4: he received the poor fisherman who followed him. Had the
• 4:15:58
  Speaker 4: young man devoted his ability to the world work of
• 4:16:00
  Speaker 4: saving souls, he might have become a diligent and successful
• 4:16:04
  Speaker 4: laborer for Christ. But first he must accept the conditions
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  Speaker 4: of discipleship. He must give himself unreservedly to God. At
• 4:16:12
  Speaker 4: the Savior's call, John, Peter, Matthew, and their companions left.
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  Speaker 4: All rose up and followed him. The same consecration was
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  Speaker 4: required of the young ruler. And in this Christ did
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  Speaker 4: not ask a greater sacrifice than he himself had made.
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  Speaker 4: He was rich. Yet for your sakes he became poor,
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  Speaker 4: that ye, through his poverty, might be rich. The young
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  Speaker 4: man had only to follow where Christ led the way.
• 4:16:38
  Speaker 4: Christ looked upon the young man and longed after his soul.
• 4:16:42
  Speaker 4: He longed to send him forth as a messenger of
• 4:16:45
  Speaker 4: blessing to men in the place of that which he
• 4:16:48
  Speaker 4: called upon him to surrender. Christ offered him the privilege
• 4:16:51
  Speaker 4: of companionship with himself follow me. He said, this privilege
• 4:16:56
  Speaker 4: had been counted a joy by Peter, James, and John.
• 4:17:00
  Speaker 4: The young man himself looked upon Christ with admiration. His
• 4:17:03
  Speaker 4: heart was drawn toward the Savior, but he was not
• 4:17:07
  Speaker 4: ready to accept the Saviour's principle of self sacrifice. He
• 4:17:11
  Speaker 4: chose his riches before Jesus. He wanted eternal life, but
• 4:17:15
  Speaker 4: would not receive into the soul that unselfish love, which
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  Speaker 4: alone is life. And with a sorrowful heart, he turned
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  Speaker 4: away from Christ. As the young man turned away, Jesus
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  Speaker 4: said to his disciples, how hardly shall they that have
• 4:17:30
  Speaker 4: riches enter into the Kingdom of God. These words astonish
• 4:17:34
  Speaker 4: the disciples. They had been taught to look upon the
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  Speaker 4: rich as the favorites of heaven, worldly power, and riches
• 4:17:41
  Speaker 4: they themselves hoped to receive in the Messiah's kingdom. If
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  Speaker 4: the rich were to fail of entering the kingdom, what
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  Speaker 4: hope could there be for the rest of men. Jesus
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  Speaker 4: answereth again and saith unto them children, How hard is
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  Speaker 4: it for them that trust in riches to enter into
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  Speaker 4: the Kingdom of God. It is easier for a camel
• 4:18:00
  Speaker 4: to go through the eye of a needle than for
• 4:18:02
  Speaker 4: a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God,
• 4:18:05
  Speaker 4: and they were astonished out of measure. Now they realized
• 4:18:09
  Speaker 4: that they themselves were included in the solemn warning. In
• 4:18:13
  Speaker 4: the light of the Saviour's words, their own secret longing
• 4:18:16
  Speaker 4: for power and riches was revealed. With misgivings for themselves,
• 4:18:20
  Speaker 4: they exclaimed, who then can be saved? Jesus looking upon them,
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  Speaker 4: saith with men. It is impossible, but not with God.
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  Speaker 4: For with God all things are possible. A rich man
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  Speaker 4: as such cannot enter Heaven. His wealth gives him no
• 4:18:36
  Speaker 4: title to the inheritance of the saints. In light, it
• 4:18:39
  Speaker 4: is only through unmerited grace of Christ that any man
• 4:18:42
  Speaker 4: can find entrance into the City of God. To the rich,
• 4:18:46
  Speaker 4: no less than to the poor are the words of
• 4:18:48
  Speaker 4: the Holy Spirit spoken. Ye are not your own, for
• 4:18:52
  Speaker 4: ye are bought with a price. When men believe this,
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  Speaker 4: their possessions will be held as a trust, to be
• 4:18:58
  Speaker 4: used as God shall do, for the saving of the
• 4:19:01
  Speaker 4: lost and the comfort of the suffering and the poor.
• 4:19:04
  Speaker 4: With man, this is impossible for the heart clings to
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  Speaker 4: its earthly treasure. The soul that is bound in service
• 4:19:10
  Speaker 4: to Mammon is deaf to the cry of human need.
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  Speaker 4: But with God, all things are possible. By beholding the
• 4:19:17
  Speaker 4: matchless love of Christ. The selfish heart will be melted
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  Speaker 4: and subdued. The rich man will be led, as was
• 4:19:24
  Speaker 4: Saul the Pharisee, to say, what things were gained to me?
• 4:19:27
  Speaker 4: Those I counted loss for Christ, yea doubtless And I
• 4:19:31
  Speaker 4: count all things but loss for the excellency of the
• 4:19:34
  Speaker 4: knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord. Then they will not
• 4:19:38
  Speaker 4: count anything their own. They will joy to regard themselves
• 4:19:41
  Speaker 4: as stewards of the manifold grace of God, and for
• 4:19:44
  Speaker 4: his sake, servants of all men. Peter was the first
• 4:19:48
  Speaker 4: to rally from the secret conviction wrought by the Savior's words.
• 4:19:52
  Speaker 4: He thought with satisfaction of what he and his brethren
• 4:19:54
  Speaker 4: had given up for Christ. Behold, he said, we have
• 4:19:58
  Speaker 4: forsaken all and follow Thee. Remembering the conditional promise to
• 4:20:02
  Speaker 4: the young ruler, thou shalt have treasure in heaven, he
• 4:20:05
  Speaker 4: now asked what he and his companions were to receive
• 4:20:08
  Speaker 4: as a reward for their sacrifices. The Saviour's answer thrilled
• 4:20:12
  Speaker 4: the hearts of those Galileean fishermen. It pictured honors that
• 4:20:16
  Speaker 4: fulfilled their highest dreams. Verily, I say unto you that
• 4:20:20
  Speaker 4: ye which have followed me in the Regeneration, when the
• 4:20:23
  Speaker 4: Son of Man shall sit in the throne of his glory,
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  Speaker 4: ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve
• 4:20:30
  Speaker 4: tribes of Israel. And he added, there is no man
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  Speaker 4: that hath left house or brethren, or sisters, or father
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  Speaker 4: or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my
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  Speaker 4: sake and the gospels. But he shall receive an hundredfold
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  Speaker 4: now in this time houses and brethren and sisters and
• 4:20:48
  Speaker 4: mothers and children, and lands with persecutions, and in the
• 4:20:52
  Speaker 4: world to come eternal life. But Peter's question what shall
• 4:20:57
  Speaker 4: we have? Therefore had revealed a spirit that, uncorrected, would
• 4:21:02
  Speaker 4: unfit the disciples to be messengers for Christ, for it
• 4:21:05
  Speaker 4: was the spirit of a hireling. While they had been
• 4:21:08
  Speaker 4: attracted by the love of Jesus, the disciples were not
• 4:21:11
  Speaker 4: wholly free from pharisaism. They still worked with the thought
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  Speaker 4: of meriting a reward in proportion to their labor. They
• 4:21:18
  Speaker 4: cherished a spirit of self exaltation and self complacency, and
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  Speaker 4: made comparisons among themselves. When one of them failed in
• 4:21:26
  Speaker 4: any particular, the others indulged feelings of superiority. Lest the
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  Speaker 4: disciples should lose sight of the principles of the gospel,
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  Speaker 4: Christ related to them a parable illustrating the manner in
• 4:21:38
  Speaker 4: which God deals with his servants and the spirit in
• 4:21:40
  Speaker 4: which he desires them to labor for him. The kingdom
• 4:21:44
  Speaker 4: of heaven, he said, is like unto a man, that is,
• 4:21:47
  Speaker 4: an householder which went out early in the morning to
• 4:21:50
  Speaker 4: hire laborers into his vineyard. It was the custom for
• 4:21:54
  Speaker 4: men seeking employment to wait in the market places, and
• 4:21:57
  Speaker 4: thither the employers went to find servants. The man in
• 4:22:00
  Speaker 4: the parable is represented as going out at different hours
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  Speaker 4: to engage workmen. Those who are hired at the earliest
• 4:22:07
  Speaker 4: hours agreed to work for a stated sum. Those hired
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  Speaker 4: later leave their wages to the discretion of the householder.
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  Speaker 4: So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard
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  Speaker 4: saith unto his steward, call the laborers and give them
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  Speaker 4: their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And
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  Speaker 4: when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour,
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  Speaker 4: they received every man a penny. But when the first came,
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  Speaker 4: they supposed that they should have received more, and they
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  Speaker 4: likewise received every man a penny. The householders dealing with
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  Speaker 4: the workers in his vineyard represents God dealing with the
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  Speaker 4: human family. It is contrary to the customs that prevail
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  Speaker 4: among men. In worldly business, compensation is given according to
• 4:22:49
  Speaker 4: the work accomplished. The laborer expects to be paid only
• 4:22:52
  Speaker 4: that which he earns. But in the parable, Christ was
• 4:22:55
  Speaker 4: illustrating the principles of his kingdom, a kingdom not of
• 4:22:59
  Speaker 4: this world. He is not controlled by any human standard.
• 4:23:03
  Speaker 4: The Lord says, my thoughts are not your thoughts. Neither
• 4:23:07
  Speaker 4: are your ways my ways. For as the heavens are
• 4:23:10
  Speaker 4: higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than
• 4:23:12
  Speaker 4: your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. In the parable,
• 4:23:17
  Speaker 4: the first laborers agreed to work for a stipulated sum,
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  Speaker 4: and they received the amount specified, nothing more. Those hired
• 4:23:24
  Speaker 4: later believed the Master's promise, whatsoever is right, that shall
• 4:23:29
  Speaker 4: ye receive. They showed their confidence in him by asking
• 4:23:32
  Speaker 4: no question in regard to wages. They trusted to his
• 4:23:36
  Speaker 4: justice and equity. They were rewarded not according to the
• 4:23:40
  Speaker 4: amount of their labor, but according to the generosity of
• 4:23:43
  Speaker 4: his purpose. So God desires us to trust him who
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  Speaker 4: justifieth the ungodly. His reward is given not according to
• 4:23:50
  Speaker 4: our merit, but according to his own purpose, which he
• 4:23:54
  Speaker 4: purposed in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Not by works of
• 4:23:57
  Speaker 4: righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy
• 4:24:00
  Speaker 4: he saves us, and for those who trust in him
• 4:24:04
  Speaker 4: he will do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask
• 4:24:07
  Speaker 4: or think. Not the amount of labor performed or its
• 4:24:10
  Speaker 4: visible results, but the spirit in which the work is
• 4:24:13
  Speaker 4: done makes it to value with God. Those who came
• 4:24:17
  Speaker 4: into the vineyard at the eleventh hour were thankful for
• 4:24:19
  Speaker 4: an opportunity to work. Their hearts were full of gratitude
• 4:24:22
  Speaker 4: to the one who had accepted them, And when at
• 4:24:25
  Speaker 4: the close of the day the householder paid them for
• 4:24:28
  Speaker 4: a full day's work, they were greatly surprised. They knew
• 4:24:31
  Speaker 4: they had not earned such wages, and the kindness expressed
• 4:24:35
  Speaker 4: in the countenance of their employer filled them with joy.
• 4:24:38
  Speaker 4: They never forgot the goodness of the householder or the
• 4:24:41
  Speaker 4: generous compensation they had received. Thus it is with the sinner, who,
• 4:24:45
  Speaker 4: knowing his unworthiness, has entered the master's vineyard at the
• 4:24:48
  Speaker 4: eleventh hour. His time of service seems so short he
• 4:24:52
  Speaker 4: feels that he is undeserving of reward. But he is
• 4:24:55
  Speaker 4: filled with joy that God has accepted him at all.
• 4:24:58
  Speaker 4: He works with a humble, trusting spear, thankful for the
• 4:25:01
  Speaker 4: privilege of being a co worker with Christ. This spirit
• 4:25:04
  Speaker 4: God delights to honor. The Lord desires us to rest
• 4:25:08
  Speaker 4: in Him without a question as to our measure of reward.
• 4:25:11
  Speaker 4: When Christ abides in the soul, the thought of reward
• 4:25:14
  Speaker 4: is not uppermost. This is not the motive that actuates
• 4:25:18
  Speaker 4: our service. It is true that in a subordinate sense
• 4:25:22
  Speaker 4: we should have respect to the recompense of reward. God
• 4:25:25
  Speaker 4: desires us to appreciate his promised blessings, but He would
• 4:25:29
  Speaker 4: not have us eager for rewards, nor feel that for
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  Speaker 4: every duty we must receive compensation. We should not be
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  Speaker 4: so anxious to gain the reward as to do what
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  Speaker 4: is right. Irrespective of all, gain love to God and
• 4:25:41
  Speaker 4: to our fellow men should be our motive. This parable
• 4:25:44
  Speaker 4: does not excuse those who hear the first call to labor,
• 4:25:47
  Speaker 4: but who neglect to enter the Lord's vineyard. When the
• 4:25:50
  Speaker 4: householder went to the market place at the eleventh hour
• 4:25:53
  Speaker 4: and found men unemployed, he said, why stand ye here
• 4:25:57
  Speaker 4: all day idle? The answer was cause no man hath
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  Speaker 4: hired us, None of those called later in the day
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  Speaker 4: were there in the morning. They had not refused the call.
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  Speaker 4: Those who refuse and afterward repent do well to repent.
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  Speaker 4: But it is not safe to trifle with the first
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  Speaker 4: call of mercy. When the laborers in the vineyard received
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  Speaker 4: every man a penny, those who had begun work early
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  Speaker 4: in the day were offended. Had they not worked for
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  Speaker 4: twelve hours, they reasoned, And was it not right that
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  Speaker 4: they should receive more than those who had worked for
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  Speaker 4: only one hour in the cooler part of the day.
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  Speaker 4: These last have brought but one hour, they said, And
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  Speaker 4: thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne
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  Speaker 4: the burden and heat of the day. Friend the householder
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  Speaker 4: replied to one of them, I did thee no wrong?
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  Speaker 4: Didst thou not agree with me? For a penny? Take
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  Speaker 4: that thine is, and go thy way. I will give
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  Speaker 4: unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not
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  Speaker 4: lawful for me to do what I will with mine own?
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  Speaker 4: Is thine eye evil? Because I am good? So shall
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  Speaker 4: the last be first and the first? For many be called,
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  Speaker 4: but few chosen. The first. Laborers of the parable represent
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  Speaker 4: those who, because of their services, claim preference above others.
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  Speaker 4: They take up their work in a self gratulatory spirit
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  Speaker 4: and do not bring into it self denial and sacrifice.
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  Speaker 4: They may have professed to serve God all their lives.
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  Speaker 4: They may have been foremost in enduring hardship, privation, and trial,
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  Speaker 4: and they therefore think themselves entitled to a large reward.
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  Speaker 4: They think more of the reward than of the privilege
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  Speaker 4: of being servants of Christ. In their view, labors and
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  Speaker 4: sacrifices entitle them to receive honor above others, and because
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  Speaker 4: this claim is not recognized, they are offended. Did they
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  Speaker 4: bring into their work a loving, trusting spirit, they would
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  Speaker 4: continue to be first. But their querulous, complaining disposition is
• 4:27:48
  Speaker 4: unchrist like and proves them to be unworthy. It reveals
• 4:27:52
  Speaker 4: their desire for self advancement, their distrust of God, and
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  Speaker 4: their jealous, grudging spirit towards their brethren. The Lord's goodness
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  Speaker 4: and liberality is to them only an occasion of murmuring.
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  Speaker 4: Thus they show that there is no connection between their
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  Speaker 4: souls and God. They do not know the joy of
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  Speaker 4: co operation with the Master Worker. There is nothing more
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  Speaker 4: offensive to God than this narrow, self caring spirit. He
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  Speaker 4: can not work with any who manifest these attributes, they
• 4:28:20
  Speaker 4: are insensible to the working of His spirit. The Jews
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  Speaker 4: had been first called into the Lord's vineyard, and because
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  Speaker 4: of this they were proud and self righteous. Their long
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  Speaker 4: years of service they regarded as entitling them to receive
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  Speaker 4: a larger reward than others. Nothing was more exasperating to
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  Speaker 4: them than an intimation that gentiles were to be admitted
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  Speaker 4: to equal privileges with themselves and the things of God.
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  Speaker 4: Christ warned the disciples who had been first called to
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  Speaker 4: follow him, lest the same evil should be cherished among them.
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  Speaker 4: He saw that the weakness the curse of the church
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  Speaker 4: would be a spirit of self righteousness. Men would think
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  Speaker 4: they could do something toward earning a place in the
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  Speaker 4: Kingdom of heaven. They would imagine that when they have
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  Speaker 4: made certain advancement, the Lord would come in to help them.
• 4:29:05
  Speaker 4: Thus there would be an abundance of self and little
• 4:29:08
  Speaker 4: of Jesus. Many who had made a little advancement would
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  Speaker 4: be puffed up and think themselves superior to others. They
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  Speaker 4: would be eager for flattery, jealous, if not thought most important.
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  Speaker 4: Against this danger, Christ seeks to guard his disciples all
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  Speaker 4: boasting of merit in ourselves is out of place. Let
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  Speaker 4: not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let
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  Speaker 4: the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the
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  Speaker 4: rich man glory in his riches. But let him that
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  Speaker 4: glorieth glory in this that he understandeth and knoweth me,
• 4:29:40
  Speaker 4: that I and the Lord which exercise loving kindness, judgment,
• 4:29:44
  Speaker 4: and righteousness in the earth. For in these things I delight,
• 4:29:48
  Speaker 4: saith the Lord. The reward is not of works, lest
• 4:29:51
  Speaker 4: any man should boast, but it is all of grace.
• 4:29:55
  Speaker 4: What shall we say, then, that Abraham our father, as
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  Speaker 4: pertaining to the flesh, hath found. For if Abraham were
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  Speaker 4: justified by works, he hath whereof to glory, but not
• 4:30:05
  Speaker 4: before God. For what saith the scripture. Abraham believed God,
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  Speaker 4: and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Now to
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  Speaker 4: him that worketh is the reward, not reckoned of grace
• 4:30:16
  Speaker 4: but of debt. But to him that worketh not, but
• 4:30:19
  Speaker 4: believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is
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  Speaker 4: counted for righteousness. Therefore, there is no occasion for one
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  Speaker 4: to glory over another or to grudge against another. No
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  Speaker 4: one is privileged above another, nor can any one claim
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  Speaker 4: the reward as a right. The first and the last
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  Speaker 4: are to be sharers in the great eternal reward, and
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  Speaker 4: the first should gladly welcome the last. He who grudges
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  Speaker 4: the reward to another forgets that he himself is saved
• 4:30:47
  Speaker 4: by grace alone. The parable of the laborers rebukes all
• 4:30:52
  Speaker 4: jealousy and suspicion. Love rejoices in the truth, and institutes
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  Speaker 4: no envious comparisons. He who possesses love compares only the
• 4:31:01
  Speaker 4: loveliness of Christ and his own imperfect character. This parable
• 4:31:05
  Speaker 4: is a warning to all laborers, however long their service,
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  Speaker 4: however abundant their labors, that without love to their brethren,
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  Speaker 4: without humility before God, they are nothing. There is no
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  Speaker 4: religion in the enthronement of self. He who makes self
• 4:31:19
  Speaker 4: glorification his aim will find himself destitute of that grace
• 4:31:23
  Speaker 4: which alone can make him efficient in Christ's service. Whenever
• 4:31:27
  Speaker 4: pride and self complacency are indulged, the work is marred.
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  Speaker 4: It is not the length of time we labor, but
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  Speaker 4: our willingness and fidelity in the work that makes it
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  Speaker 4: acceptable to God. In all our service, a full surrender
• 4:31:40
  Speaker 4: of self is demanded. The smallest duty done in sincerity
• 4:31:44
  Speaker 4: and self forgetfulness is more pleasing to God than the
• 4:31:47
  Speaker 4: greatest work. When marred with self seeking, he looks to
• 4:31:50
  Speaker 4: see how much of the spirit of Christ we cherish,
• 4:31:53
  Speaker 4: and how much of the likeness of Christ our work reveals.
• 4:31:56
  Speaker 4: He regards more the love and faithfulness with which we
• 4:31:59
  Speaker 4: work than the amount we do. Only when selfishness is dead,
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  Speaker 4: when strife for supremacy is banished, when gratitude fills the
• 4:32:07
  Speaker 4: heart and love makes fragrant the life. It is only
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  Speaker 4: then that Christ is abiding in the soul, and we
• 4:32:13
  Speaker 4: are recognized as laborers together with God. However, trying their labor,
• 4:32:18
  Speaker 4: the true workers do not regard it as drudgery. They
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  Speaker 4: are ready to spend and be spent, but it is
• 4:32:24
  Speaker 4: a cheerful work done with a glad heart. Joy in
• 4:32:27
  Speaker 4: God is expressed through Jesus Christ. Their joy is the
• 4:32:31
  Speaker 4: joy set before Christ to do the will of Him
• 4:32:33
  Speaker 4: that sent me, and to finish his work. They are
• 4:32:36
  Speaker 4: in cooperation with the Lord of Glory. This thought sweetens
• 4:32:40
  Speaker 4: all toil, It braces the will, It nerves the spirit,
• 4:32:44
  Speaker 4: for whatever may befall. Working with unselfish heart ennobled by
• 4:32:48
  Speaker 4: being partakers of Christ's sufferings, sharing his sympathies, and co
• 4:32:52
  Speaker 4: operating with him in his labor, they help to swell
• 4:32:55
  Speaker 4: the tide of his joy and bring honor and praise
• 4:32:58
  Speaker 4: to His exalted name. This is the spirit of all
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  Speaker 4: true service for God. Through a lack of this spirit,
• 4:33:05
  Speaker 4: many who appear to be first will become last, while
• 4:33:08
  Speaker 4: those who possess it, though account at last, will become first.
• 4:33:12
  Speaker 4: There are many who have given themselves to Christ, yet
• 4:33:15
  Speaker 4: who see no opportunity for doing a large work or
• 4:33:18
  Speaker 4: making a great sacrifice in His service. These may find
• 4:33:22
  Speaker 4: comfort in the thought that it is not necessarily the
• 4:33:25
  Speaker 4: martyr's self surrender which is most acceptable to God. It
• 4:33:29
  Speaker 4: may not be the missionary who has daily faced danger
• 4:33:31
  Speaker 4: and death that stands highest in Heaven's records. The Christian
• 4:33:36
  Speaker 4: who is such in his private life, in the daily
• 4:33:38
  Speaker 4: surrender of self, in sincerity of purpose and purity of thought,
• 4:33:43
  Speaker 4: in meekness under provocation, in faith, and piety, in fidelity,
• 4:33:47
  Speaker 4: in that which is least, the one who in the
• 4:33:50
  Speaker 4: home life represents the character of Christ. Such a one may,
• 4:33:54
  Speaker 4: in the sight of God be more precious than even
• 4:33:56
  Speaker 4: the world renowned missionary or martyr. Oh, how different are
• 4:34:00
  Speaker 4: the standards by which God and men measure character. God
• 4:34:04
  Speaker 4: sees many temptations resisted, of which the world and even
• 4:34:07
  Speaker 4: near friends never know, temptations in the home. In the heart,
• 4:34:12
  Speaker 4: he sees the soul's humility in view of its own weakness,
• 4:34:16
  Speaker 4: the sincere repentance over even a thought that is evil.
• 4:34:20
  Speaker 4: He sees the wholehearted devotion to his service. He has
• 4:34:24
  Speaker 4: noted the hours of hard battle with self, battle that
• 4:34:27
  Speaker 4: won the victory. All this God and angels know a
• 4:34:31
  Speaker 4: book of remembrance is written before him. For them that
• 4:34:34
  Speaker 4: fear the Lord, and that think upon his name. Not
• 4:34:37
  Speaker 4: in our learning, not in our position, not in our
• 4:34:41
  Speaker 4: numbers or intrusted talents, not in the will of man,
• 4:34:44
  Speaker 4: is to be found the secret of success. Feeling our inefficiency,
• 4:34:48
  Speaker 4: we are to contemplate Christ, and through Him who is
• 4:34:51
  Speaker 4: the strength of all strength, the thought of all thought,
• 4:34:55
  Speaker 4: the willing and obedient will gain victory after victory. And
• 4:35:00
  Speaker 4: however short our service or humble our work, if in
• 4:35:03
  Speaker 4: simple faith we follow Christ, we shall not be disappointed
• 4:35:06
  Speaker 4: in the reward that which even the greatest and wisest
• 4:35:10
  Speaker 4: cannot earn, the weakest and most humble may receive Heaven's
• 4:35:14
  Speaker 4: golden gate opens not to the self exalted. It is
• 4:35:18
  Speaker 4: not lifted up to the proud in spirit, but the
• 4:35:21
  Speaker 4: everlasting portals will open wide to the trembling touch of
• 4:35:24
  Speaker 4: a little child. Blessing will be the recompense of grace
• 4:35:28
  Speaker 4: to those who have wrought for God in the simplicity
• 4:35:31
  Speaker 4: of faith and love. End of Chapter twenty nine, Chapter thirty.
• 4:35:38
  Speaker 4: To meet the bridegroom, Christ with his disciples is seated
• 4:35:43
  Speaker 4: upon the Mount of Olives. The sun has set behind
• 4:35:46
  Speaker 4: the mountains, and the heavens are curtained with the shades
• 4:35:49
  Speaker 4: of evening. In full view is a dwelling house lighted
• 4:35:53
  Speaker 4: up brilliantly, as if for some festive scene. The light
• 4:35:56
  Speaker 4: streams from the openings, and an expectant company weigh around,
• 4:36:00
  Speaker 4: indicating that a marriage procession is soon to appear. In
• 4:36:03
  Speaker 4: many parts of the East, wedding festivities are held in
• 4:36:06
  Speaker 4: the evening. The bridegroom goes forth to meet his bride
• 4:36:10
  Speaker 4: and bring her to his home by torchlight. The bridal
• 4:36:13
  Speaker 4: party proceed from her father's house to his own, where
• 4:36:16
  Speaker 4: a feast is provided for the invited guests. In the
• 4:36:19
  Speaker 4: scene upon which Christ looks a company are awaiting the
• 4:36:22
  Speaker 4: appearance of the bridal party, intending to join the procession.
• 4:36:27
  Speaker 4: Lingering near the bride's house are ten young women robed
• 4:36:30
  Speaker 4: in white. Each carries a lighted lamp and a small
• 4:36:33
  Speaker 4: flagon for oil. All are anxiously watching for the appearance
• 4:36:36
  Speaker 4: of the bridegroom, but there is a delay. Hour after
• 4:36:40
  Speaker 4: hour passes, the watchers become weary and fall asleep. At midnight,
• 4:36:45
  Speaker 4: the cry is heard, Behold the bridegroom cometh, go ye
• 4:36:48
  Speaker 4: out to meet him. The sleepers, suddenly awaking, spring to
• 4:36:52
  Speaker 4: their feet. They see the procession moving on, bright with
• 4:36:56
  Speaker 4: tortures and glad with music. They hear the voice of
• 4:36:59
  Speaker 4: the bridegroom and the voice of the bride. The ten
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  Speaker 4: maidens seize their lamps and begin to trim them in
• 4:37:04
  Speaker 4: haste to go forth, But five have neglected to fill
• 4:37:07
  Speaker 4: their flasks with oil. They did not anticipate so long
• 4:37:10
  Speaker 4: a delay, and they have not prepared for the emergency.
• 4:37:14
  Speaker 4: In distress, they appeal to their wiser companions, saying, give
• 4:37:17
  Speaker 4: us of your oil, for our lamps are going out.
• 4:37:20
  Speaker 4: But the waiting five, with their freshly trimmed lamps, have
• 4:37:23
  Speaker 4: emptied their flagons they have no oil to spare, And
• 4:37:27
  Speaker 4: they answer, not so lest there be not enough for
• 4:37:30
  Speaker 4: us and you. But go ye rather to them that sell,
• 4:37:33
  Speaker 4: and buy for yourselves. While they went to buy, the
• 4:37:36
  Speaker 4: procession moved on and left them behind. The five with
• 4:37:39
  Speaker 4: lighted lamps joined the throng and entered the house with
• 4:37:42
  Speaker 4: the bridle train, and the door was shut. When the
• 4:37:45
  Speaker 4: foolish virgins reached the banqueting hall, they received an unexpected denial.
• 4:37:49
  Speaker 4: The master of the feast declared, I know you not.
• 4:37:52
  Speaker 4: They were left standing without in the empty street in
• 4:37:56
  Speaker 4: the blackness of the night. As Christ sat looking upon
• 4:37:59
  Speaker 4: the party that waited for the bridegroom, he told his
• 4:38:02
  Speaker 4: disciples the story of the ten virgins, by their experience,
• 4:38:06
  Speaker 4: illustrating the experience of the church that shall live just
• 4:38:09
  Speaker 4: before his second coming. The two classes of watchers represent
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  Speaker 4: the two classes who profess to be waiting for their Lord.
• 4:38:16
  Speaker 4: They are called virgins because they profess a pure faith.
• 4:38:20
  Speaker 4: By the lamps is represented the word of God. The
• 4:38:23
  Speaker 4: Psalmist says, thy word is a lamp unto my feet,
• 4:38:27
  Speaker 4: and a light unto my path. The oil is a
• 4:38:31
  Speaker 4: symbol of the Holy Spirit. Thus the spirit is represented
• 4:38:34
  Speaker 4: in the prophecy of Zechariah. The Angel that talked with
• 4:38:38
  Speaker 4: me came again, he says, and waked me as a
• 4:38:41
  Speaker 4: man that is wakened out of his sleep, and said
• 4:38:44
  Speaker 4: unto me, what seest thou? And I said, I have looked,
• 4:38:48
  Speaker 4: and behold a candlestick all of gold, with a bowl
• 4:38:51
  Speaker 4: upon the top of it, and his seven lamps thereon,
• 4:38:54
  Speaker 4: and seven pipes to the seven lamps, which are upon
• 4:38:57
  Speaker 4: the top thereof, and two olive trees by it, one
• 4:39:00
  Speaker 4: upon the right side of the bowl and the other
• 4:39:02
  Speaker 4: upon the left side thereof. So I answered and spake
• 4:39:06
  Speaker 4: to the angel that talked with me, saying, what are these,
• 4:39:08
  Speaker 4: my Lord? Then he answered and spake unto me, saying,
• 4:39:12
  Speaker 4: this is a word of the Lord, unto Zeribabel, saying,
• 4:39:15
  Speaker 4: not by might nor by power, but by my spirit,
• 4:39:19
  Speaker 4: saith the Lord of Hosts. And I answered again and
• 4:39:22
  Speaker 4: said unto him, what be these two olive branches, which,
• 4:39:25
  Speaker 4: through the two golden pipes empty the golden oil out
• 4:39:28
  Speaker 4: of themselves? Then said he, these are the two anointed
• 4:39:32
  Speaker 4: ones that stand by the Lord of the whole earth.
• 4:39:35
  Speaker 4: From the two olive trees. The golden oil was emptied
• 4:39:38
  Speaker 4: through the golden pipes into the bowl of the candlestick,
• 4:39:40
  Speaker 4: and thence into the golden lamps that give light to
• 4:39:43
  Speaker 4: the sanctuary. So from the holy ones that stand in
• 4:39:46
  Speaker 4: God's presence, his spirit is imparted to the human instrumentalities
• 4:39:50
  Speaker 4: who are consecrated to his service. The mission of the
• 4:39:53
  Speaker 4: two anointed Ones is to communicate to God's people that
• 4:39:57
  Speaker 4: heavenly grace, which alone can make his word up lamp
• 4:40:00
  Speaker 4: to the feet and a light to the path. Not
• 4:40:03
  Speaker 4: by might nor by power, but by my spirit, saith
• 4:40:07
  Speaker 4: the Lord of Hosts. In the parable, all the ten
• 4:40:10
  Speaker 4: virgins went out to meet the bridegroom. All had lamps
• 4:40:13
  Speaker 4: and vessels for oil. For a time there was seen
• 4:40:16
  Speaker 4: no difference between them. So with the church that lives
• 4:40:19
  Speaker 4: just before Christ's second coming, all have a knowledge of
• 4:40:22
  Speaker 4: the scriptures, all have heard the message of Christ's near approach,
• 4:40:26
  Speaker 4: and confidently expect his appearing. But as in the parable,
• 4:40:30
  Speaker 4: so it is now a time of waiting intervenes. Faith
• 4:40:34
  Speaker 4: is tried, and when the cry is heard, behold the
• 4:40:37
  Speaker 4: bridegroom cometh, Go ye out to meet him. Many are unready.
• 4:40:42
  Speaker 4: They have no oil in their vessels, with their lamps.
• 4:40:44
  Speaker 4: They are destitute of the Holy Spirit. Without the Spirit
• 4:40:48
  Speaker 4: of God, a knowledge of His Word is of no avail.
• 4:40:51
  Speaker 4: The theory of truth unaccompanied by the Holy Spirit cannot
• 4:40:55
  Speaker 4: quicken the soul or sanctify the heart. One may be
• 4:40:58
  Speaker 4: familiar with the commands and promises of the Bible, but
• 4:41:01
  Speaker 4: unless the Spirit of God sets the truth home, the
• 4:41:03
  Speaker 4: character will not be transformed. Without the enlightenment of the Spirit,
• 4:41:08
  Speaker 4: men will not be able to distinguish truth from error,
• 4:41:11
  Speaker 4: and they will fall under the masterful temptations of Satan.
• 4:41:15
  Speaker 4: The class represented by the foolish virgins are not hypocrites.
• 4:41:18
  Speaker 4: They have a regard for the truth. They have advocated
• 4:41:21
  Speaker 4: the truth. They are attracted to those who believe the truth.
• 4:41:25
  Speaker 4: But they have not yielded themselves to the Holy spirits working.
• 4:41:28
  Speaker 4: They have not fallen upon the rock Christ Jesus and
• 4:41:31
  Speaker 4: permitted their old nature to be broken up. This class
• 4:41:34
  Speaker 4: are represented also by the stony ground hearers. They receive
• 4:41:38
  Speaker 4: the Word with readiness, but they fail of assimilating its principles.
• 4:41:42
  Speaker 4: Its influence is not abiding. The Spirit works upon man's
• 4:41:46
  Speaker 4: heart according to his desire and consent, implanting in him
• 4:41:50
  Speaker 4: a new nature. But the class represented by the foolish
• 4:41:53
  Speaker 4: virgins have been content with a superficial work. They do
• 4:41:57
  Speaker 4: not know God, they have not studied his character, they
• 4:42:01
  Speaker 4: have not held communion with him. Therefore they do not
• 4:42:03
  Speaker 4: know how to trust, how to look and live. Their
• 4:42:06
  Speaker 4: service to God degenerates into a form. They come unto
• 4:42:11
  Speaker 4: thee as the people cometh, and they sit before THEE
• 4:42:13
  Speaker 4: as my people, and they hear Thy words, but they
• 4:42:16
  Speaker 4: will not do them. For with their mouth they show
• 4:42:19
  Speaker 4: much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. The
• 4:42:23
  Speaker 4: apostle Paul points out that this will be the special
• 4:42:26
  Speaker 4: characteristic of those who live just before Christ's second coming.
• 4:42:30
  Speaker 4: He says, in the last days, perilous times shall come,
• 4:42:34
  Speaker 4: for men shall be lovers of their own selves, lovers
• 4:42:36
  Speaker 4: of pleasures more than lovers of God, having a form
• 4:42:39
  Speaker 4: of Godliness, but denying the power thereof. This is the
• 4:42:44
  Speaker 4: class that, in time of peril, are found crying peace
• 4:42:47
  Speaker 4: and safety. They lull their hearts into security and dream
• 4:42:51
  Speaker 4: not of danger. When startled from their lethargy, they discern
• 4:42:55
  Speaker 4: their destitution and entreat others to supply their lack. But
• 4:42:58
  Speaker 4: in spiritual things, no man can make up another's deficiency.
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  Speaker 4: The grace of God has been freely offered to every soul.
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  Speaker 4: The message of the Gospel has been heralded. Let him
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  Speaker 4: that is a thirst come, and whosoever will let him
• 4:43:12
  Speaker 4: take the water of life freely. But character is not transferable.
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  Speaker 4: No man can believe for another, No man can receive
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  Speaker 4: the spirit for another. No man can impart to another
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  Speaker 4: the character, which is the fruit of the Spirit's working.
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  Speaker 4: Though Noah, Daniel and Job were in it the land,
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  Speaker 4: as I live, saith the Lord, they shall deliver neither
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  Speaker 4: son nor daughter. They shall but deliver their own souls
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  Speaker 4: by their righteousness. It is in a crisis that character
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  Speaker 4: is revealed. When the earnest voice proclaimed at midnight, behold
• 4:43:44
  Speaker 4: the bridegroom cometh, go ye out to meet him, and
• 4:43:48
  Speaker 4: the sleeping virgins were roused from their slumbers. It was
• 4:43:51
  Speaker 4: seen who had made preparation for the event. Both parties
• 4:43:54
  Speaker 4: were taken unawares. But one was prepared for the emergency,
• 4:43:58
  Speaker 4: and the other was found without preparation. So now a
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  Speaker 4: sudden and unlooked for calamity, something that brings the soul
• 4:44:05
  Speaker 4: face to face with death, will show whether there is
• 4:44:08
  Speaker 4: any real faith in the promises of God, It will
• 4:44:11
  Speaker 4: show whether the soul is sustained by grace. The great
• 4:44:14
  Speaker 4: final test comes at the close of human probation, when
• 4:44:18
  Speaker 4: it will be too late for the soul's need to
• 4:44:20
  Speaker 4: be supplied. The ten virgins are watching in the evening
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  Speaker 4: of this earth's history. All claim to be Christians, all
• 4:44:27
  Speaker 4: have a call, a name, a lamp, and all professed
• 4:44:30
  Speaker 4: to be doing God's service. All apparently wait for Christ's appearing,
• 4:44:34
  Speaker 4: but five are unready. Five will be found surprised, dismayed
• 4:44:38
  Speaker 4: outside the banquet hall. At the final day. Many will
• 4:44:42
  Speaker 4: claim admission to Christ's kingdom, saying, we have eaten and
• 4:44:45
  Speaker 4: drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.
• 4:44:49
  Speaker 4: Lord Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? And
• 4:44:52
  Speaker 4: in thy name have cast out devils? And in thy
• 4:44:54
  Speaker 4: name done many wonderful works? But the answer is, I
• 4:44:59
  Speaker 4: tell you, I know ye not, whence he are depart
• 4:45:01
  Speaker 4: from me in this life. They have not entered into
• 4:45:04
  Speaker 4: fellowship with Christ. Therefore they know not the language of heaven.
• 4:45:08
  Speaker 4: They are strangers to its joy. What man knoweth the
• 4:45:12
  Speaker 4: things of a man save the spirit of a man
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  Speaker 4: which is in him. Even so the things of God
• 4:45:17
  Speaker 4: knoweth no man but the Spirit of God. Saddest of
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  Speaker 4: all words that ever fell on mortal ear are those
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  Speaker 4: words of doom. I know you not. The fellowship of
• 4:45:28
  Speaker 4: the Spirit which you have slighted, could alone make you
• 4:45:31
  Speaker 4: one with the joyous throng of the marriage feast. In
• 4:45:34
  Speaker 4: that scene you cannot participate. Its light would fall on
• 4:45:37
  Speaker 4: blinded eyes, its melody upon deaf ears, Its love and
• 4:45:42
  Speaker 4: joy could awake no cord of gladness in the world.
• 4:45:44
  Speaker 4: Benumbed heart, you are shut out from Heaven by your
• 4:45:47
  Speaker 4: own unfitness for its companionship. We cannot be ready to
• 4:45:52
  Speaker 4: meet the Lord by waking when the cry is heard
• 4:45:54
  Speaker 4: behold the bridegroom, and then gathering up our empty lamps
• 4:45:58
  Speaker 4: to have them replenished. We cannot keep Christ depart from
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  Speaker 4: our lives here and yet be fitted for his companionship
• 4:46:04
  Speaker 4: in heaven. In the parable, the wise virgins had oil
• 4:46:08
  Speaker 4: in their vessels. With their lamps, their light burned with
• 4:46:11
  Speaker 4: undimmed flame through the night of watching. It helped to
• 4:46:14
  Speaker 4: swell the illumination for the bridegroom's honor, shining out in
• 4:46:18
  Speaker 4: the darkness. It helped to illuminate the way to the
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  Speaker 4: home of the bridegroom to the marriage feast. So the
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  Speaker 4: followers of Christ are to shed light into the darkness
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  Speaker 4: of the world through the Holy Spirit. God's word is
• 4:46:30
  Speaker 4: a light as it becomes a transforming power in the
• 4:46:33
  Speaker 4: life of the receiver. By implanting in their hearts the
• 4:46:36
  Speaker 4: principles of his word, the Holy Spirit develops in men
• 4:46:39
  Speaker 4: the attributes of God, the light of his glory. His
• 4:46:43
  Speaker 4: character is to shine forth in his followers. Thus they
• 4:46:46
  Speaker 4: are to glorify God, to lighten the path to the
• 4:46:49
  Speaker 4: bridegroom's home, to the City of God, to the marriage
• 4:46:52
  Speaker 4: supper of the Lamb. The coming of the bridegroom was
• 4:46:55
  Speaker 4: at midnight, the darkest hour, So the coming of Christ
• 4:46:59
  Speaker 4: will take place in the darkest period of this earth's history.
• 4:47:03
  Speaker 4: The days of Noah and Lot picture the condition of
• 4:47:05
  Speaker 4: the world just before the coming of the Sun of Man.
• 4:47:08
  Speaker 4: The scriptures pointing forward to this time declare that Satan
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  Speaker 4: will work with all power and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness.
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  Speaker 4: His working is plainly revealed by the rapidly increasing darkness,
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  Speaker 4: the multitudinous errors, heresies, and delusions of these last days.
• 4:47:25
  Speaker 4: Not only is Satan leading the world captive, but his
• 4:47:28
  Speaker 4: deceptions are leavening the professed churches of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 4:47:32
  Speaker 4: The Great Apostasy will develop into darkness, deep as midnight,
• 4:47:36
  Speaker 4: impenetrable as sackcloth of hair. To God's people. It will
• 4:47:40
  Speaker 4: be a night of trial, a night of weeping, a
• 4:47:43
  Speaker 4: night of persecution for the truth's sake. But out of
• 4:47:46
  Speaker 4: that night of darkness, God's light will shine. He causes
• 4:47:50
  Speaker 4: the light to shine out of darkness. When the earth
• 4:47:53
  Speaker 4: was without form and void, and darkness was upon the
• 4:47:56
  Speaker 4: face of the deep, the spirit of God moved upon
• 4:47:59
  Speaker 4: the face of the water, and God said, let there
• 4:48:02
  Speaker 4: be light, And there was light. So in the night
• 4:48:05
  Speaker 4: of spiritual darkness, God's word goes forth, Let there be
• 4:48:09
  Speaker 4: light to his people. He says, Arise, shine, for Thy
• 4:48:13
  Speaker 4: light is come, and the glory of the Lord is
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  Speaker 4: risen upon thee behold, says the scripture. The darkness shall
• 4:48:20
  Speaker 4: cover the earth and gross darkness the people. But the
• 4:48:24
  Speaker 4: Lord shall arise upon thee and his glory shall be
• 4:48:27
  Speaker 4: seen upon thee. It is the darkness of misapprehension of
• 4:48:30
  Speaker 4: God that is enshrouding the world. Men are losing their
• 4:48:33
  Speaker 4: knowledge of His character, it has been misunderstood and misinterpreted.
• 4:48:38
  Speaker 4: At this time, a message from God is to be proclaimed,
• 4:48:41
  Speaker 4: a message illuminating in its influence and saving in its power.
• 4:48:46
  Speaker 4: His character is to be made known. Into the darkness
• 4:48:49
  Speaker 4: of the world is to be shed the light of
• 4:48:50
  Speaker 4: his glory, the light of his goodness, mercy and truth.
• 4:48:54
  Speaker 4: This is the work outlined by the prophet Isaiah in
• 4:48:57
  Speaker 4: the words O Jerusalem, that bringest good tidings. Lift up
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  Speaker 4: thy voice with strength, lift it up. Be not afraid, say,
• 4:49:06
  Speaker 4: unto the cities of Judah, Behold your God. Behold the
• 4:49:09
  Speaker 4: Lord God will come with strong hand, and his arms
• 4:49:12
  Speaker 4: shall rule for him. Behold, his reward is with him
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  Speaker 4: and his work before him. Those who wait for the
• 4:49:19
  Speaker 4: Bridegroom's coming are to say to the people, behold your God.
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  Speaker 4: The last rays of merciful light, the last message of
• 4:49:27
  Speaker 4: mercy to be given to the world is a revelation
• 4:49:29
  Speaker 4: of his character of love. The children of God are
• 4:49:32
  Speaker 4: to manifest His glory in their own life and character.
• 4:49:36
  Speaker 4: They are to reveal what the grace of God has
• 4:49:38
  Speaker 4: done for them. The light of the Son of Righteousness
• 4:49:41
  Speaker 4: is to shine forth in good works, in words of
• 4:49:44
  Speaker 4: truth and deeds of holiness. Christ, the outshining of the
• 4:49:48
  Speaker 4: Father's glory, came to the world as its light. He
• 4:49:51
  Speaker 4: came to represent God to men and of him. It
• 4:49:54
  Speaker 4: is written that he was anointed with the Holy ghost
• 4:49:57
  Speaker 4: and with power, and went about doing good in the
• 4:50:00
  Speaker 4: synagogue at Nazareth. He said, the spirit of the Lord
• 4:50:03
  Speaker 4: is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach
• 4:50:06
  Speaker 4: the gospel to the poor. He hath sent me to
• 4:50:09
  Speaker 4: heal the broken hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives,
• 4:50:12
  Speaker 4: and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at
• 4:50:15
  Speaker 4: liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year
• 4:50:19
  Speaker 4: of the Lord. This was the work he commissioned his
• 4:50:21
  Speaker 4: disciples to do. Ye are the light of the world.
• 4:50:25
  Speaker 4: He said, let your light so shine before men, that
• 4:50:28
  Speaker 4: they may see your good works and glorify your Father,
• 4:50:31
  Speaker 4: which is in heaven. This is the work which the
• 4:50:34
  Speaker 4: prophet Isaiah describes when he said, is it not to
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  Speaker 4: deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring
• 4:50:40
  Speaker 4: the poor that are cast out to thy house? When
• 4:50:43
  Speaker 4: thou seest the naked, that thou cover him, and that
• 4:50:46
  Speaker 4: thou hidest not thyself from thine own flesh. Then shall
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  Speaker 4: thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health
• 4:50:52
  Speaker 4: shall spring forth speedily, and thy righteousness shall go before thee.
• 4:50:56
  Speaker 4: The glory of the Lord shall be thy reward. Thus,
• 4:51:00
  Speaker 4: in the night of spiritual darkness, God's glory is to
• 4:51:03
  Speaker 4: shine forth through his Church, in lifting up the bowed
• 4:51:06
  Speaker 4: down and comforting those that mourn. All around us are
• 4:51:10
  Speaker 4: heard the wails of a world's sorrow. On every hand
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  Speaker 4: are the needy and distressed. It is ours to aid
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  Speaker 4: in relieving and softening life's hardships and misery. Practical work
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  Speaker 4: will have far more effect than mere sermonizing. We are
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  Speaker 4: to give food to the hungry, clothing to the naked,
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  Speaker 4: and shelter to the homeless. And we are called to
• 4:51:30
  Speaker 4: do more than this. The wants of the soul only
• 4:51:33
  Speaker 4: the love of Christ can satisfy. If Christ is abiding
• 4:51:36
  Speaker 4: in us, our hearts will be full of divine sympathy.
• 4:51:40
  Speaker 4: The sealed fountains of earnest christ like love will be unsealed.
• 4:51:45
  Speaker 4: God calls not only for our gifts for the needy,
• 4:51:48
  Speaker 4: but for our cheerful countenance, our hopeful words, our kindly
• 4:51:52
  Speaker 4: hand clasp. When Christ healed the sick, he laid his
• 4:51:55
  Speaker 4: hands upon them. So should we come in close touch
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  Speaker 4: with those whom we seek to benefit. There are many
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  Speaker 4: from whom hope has departed. Bring back the sunshine to them.
• 4:52:06
  Speaker 4: Many have lost their courage. Speak to them words of cheer,
• 4:52:09
  Speaker 4: Pray for them. There are those who need the bread
• 4:52:12
  Speaker 4: of life. Read to them from the word of God.
• 4:52:15
  Speaker 4: Upon many is a soul, sickness which no earthly balm
• 4:52:18
  Speaker 4: can reach, nor physician heal. Pray for these souls. Bring
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  Speaker 4: them to Jesus. Tell them that there is a balm
• 4:52:24
  Speaker 4: in Gilead and a physician there. Light is a blessing,
• 4:52:28
  Speaker 4: a universal blessing, pouring forth its treasures on a world unthankful, unholy, demoralized.
• 4:52:36
  Speaker 4: So it is with the light of the sun of righteousness,
• 4:52:39
  Speaker 4: the whole earth, rapt as it is in the darkness
• 4:52:41
  Speaker 4: of sin and sorrow and pain, is to be lighted
• 4:52:44
  Speaker 4: with the knowledge of God's love. From no sect, rank,
• 4:52:48
  Speaker 4: or class of people is the light shining from Heaven's
• 4:52:51
  Speaker 4: throne to be excluded. The message of hope and mercy
• 4:52:55
  Speaker 4: is to be carried to the ends of the earth.
• 4:52:58
  Speaker 4: Whosoever will may reach forth and take hold of God's
• 4:53:01
  Speaker 4: strength and make peace with him. And he shall make peace.
• 4:53:05
  Speaker 4: No longer are the heathen to be wrapped in midnight darkness.
• 4:53:08
  Speaker 4: The gloom is to disappear before the bright beams of
• 4:53:11
  Speaker 4: the sun of righteousness. The power of hell has been overcome.
• 4:53:16
  Speaker 4: But no man can impart that which he himself has
• 4:53:19
  Speaker 4: not received in the work of God. Humanity can originate nothing.
• 4:53:24
  Speaker 4: No man can by his own effort, make himself a
• 4:53:27
  Speaker 4: light bearer for God. It was the golden oil emptied
• 4:53:30
  Speaker 4: by the heavenly messengers into the golden tubes to be
• 4:53:33
  Speaker 4: conducted from the Golden Bowl into the lamps of the
• 4:53:36
  Speaker 4: sanctuary that produced a continuous, bright and shining light. It
• 4:53:41
  Speaker 4: is the love of God, continually transferred to man, that
• 4:53:44
  Speaker 4: enables him to impart light into the hearts of all
• 4:53:48
  Speaker 4: who are united to God by faith. The golden oil
• 4:53:51
  Speaker 4: of Love flows freely to shine out again in good works,
• 4:53:55
  Speaker 4: in real, heartfelt service for God. In the great and
• 4:53:58
  Speaker 4: measureless gift of the Holy Spirit, are contained all of
• 4:54:01
  Speaker 4: Heaven's resources. It is not because of any restriction on
• 4:54:05
  Speaker 4: the part of God that the riches of his grace
• 4:54:08
  Speaker 4: do not flow earthward to men. If all were willing
• 4:54:11
  Speaker 4: to receive, all would become filled with his spirit. It
• 4:54:15
  Speaker 4: is the privilege of every soul to be a living
• 4:54:17
  Speaker 4: channel through which God can communicate to the world the
• 4:54:20
  Speaker 4: treasures of his grace, the unsearchable riches of Christ. There
• 4:54:25
  Speaker 4: is nothing that Christ desires so much as agents who
• 4:54:28
  Speaker 4: will represent to the world his spirit and character. There
• 4:54:31
  Speaker 4: is nothing that the world needs so much as the
• 4:54:34
  Speaker 4: manifestation through humanity of the Saviour's love. All heaven is
• 4:54:38
  Speaker 4: waiting for channels through which can be poured the Holy
• 4:54:41
  Speaker 4: oil to be a joy and blessing to human hearts.
• 4:54:45
  Speaker 4: Christ has made every provision that his Church shall be
• 4:54:47
  Speaker 4: a transformed body, illumined with the light of the world,
• 4:54:51
  Speaker 4: possessing the glory of Immanuel. It is his purpose that
• 4:54:55
  Speaker 4: every Christian shall be surrounded with the spiritual atmosphere of
• 4:54:58
  Speaker 4: light and peace. He desires that we shall reveal his
• 4:55:01
  Speaker 4: own joy in our lives. The indwelling of the Spirit
• 4:55:05
  Speaker 4: will be shown by the outflowing of heavenly love. The
• 4:55:09
  Speaker 4: divine fullness will flow through the consecrated human agent, to
• 4:55:12
  Speaker 4: be given forth to others. The Son of Righteousness has
• 4:55:16
  Speaker 4: healing in his wings, so from every true disciple is
• 4:55:20
  Speaker 4: to be diffused an influence for life, courage, helpfulness, and
• 4:55:24
  Speaker 4: true healing. The religion of Christ means more than the
• 4:55:28
  Speaker 4: forgiveness of sin. It means taking away our sins and
• 4:55:31
  Speaker 4: filling the vacuum with the graces of the Holy Spirit.
• 4:55:34
  Speaker 4: It means divine illumination, rejoicing in God. It means a
• 4:55:39
  Speaker 4: heart emptied of self and blessed with the abiding presence
• 4:55:42
  Speaker 4: of Christ. When Christ reigns in the soul, there is purity,
• 4:55:46
  Speaker 4: freedom from sin, the glory, the fullness, the completeness of
• 4:55:50
  Speaker 4: the Gospel plan is fulfilled in the life. The acceptance
• 4:55:54
  Speaker 4: of the Savior brings a glow of perfect peace, perfect love,
• 4:55:58
  Speaker 4: perfect assurance. The beauty and fragrance of the character of
• 4:56:02
  Speaker 4: Christ revealed in the life testifies that God has indeed
• 4:56:06
  Speaker 4: sent his son into the world to be its savior.
• 4:56:10
  Speaker 4: Christ does not bid his followers strive to shine. He says,
• 4:56:14
  Speaker 4: let your light shine. If you have received the grace
• 4:56:17
  Speaker 4: of God, the light is in you. Remove the obstructions,
• 4:56:21
  Speaker 4: and the Lord's glory will be revealed. The light will
• 4:56:24
  Speaker 4: shine forth to penetrate and dispel the darkness you cannot help,
• 4:56:29
  Speaker 4: shining within the range of your influence. The revelation of
• 4:56:32
  Speaker 4: his own glory in the form of humanity, will bring
• 4:56:35
  Speaker 4: heaven so near to men that the beauty adorning the
• 4:56:38
  Speaker 4: Inner Temple will be seen in every soul in whom
• 4:56:41
  Speaker 4: the Savior dwells. Men will be captivated by the glory
• 4:56:45
  Speaker 4: of an abide in Christ, and in currents of praise
• 4:56:48
  Speaker 4: and thanksgiving from the many souls. Thus one to God,
• 4:56:51
  Speaker 4: glory will flow back to the Great Giver. Arise, shine,
• 4:56:55
  Speaker 4: for Thy light is come, and the glory of the
• 4:56:58
  Speaker 4: Lord is risen upon thee. To those who go out
• 4:57:01
  Speaker 4: to meet the Bridegroom. Is this message given. Christ is
• 4:57:05
  Speaker 4: coming with power and great glory. He is coming with
• 4:57:08
  Speaker 4: his own glory and with the glory of the Father.
• 4:57:11
  Speaker 4: He is coming with all the Holy angels with him.
• 4:57:14
  Speaker 4: While all the world is plunged in darkness, there will
• 4:57:17
  Speaker 4: be a light in every dwelling of the saints. They
• 4:57:20
  Speaker 4: will catch the first light of his second appearing. The
• 4:57:23
  Speaker 4: unsullied light will shine from his splendor, and Christ the
• 4:57:26
  Speaker 4: Redeemer will be admired by all who have served him,
• 4:57:30
  Speaker 4: while the wicked flee from his presence. Christ's followers will rejoice.
• 4:57:34
  Speaker 4: The patriarch job looking down to the time of Christ's
• 4:57:37
  Speaker 4: second Advent said, whom I shall see for myself, and
• 4:57:41
  Speaker 4: mine eyes shall behold. And not a stranger. To his
• 4:57:46
  Speaker 4: faithful followers, Christ has been a daily companion and a
• 4:57:49
  Speaker 4: familiar friend. They have lived in close contact, in close
• 4:57:53
  Speaker 4: communion with God. Upon them, the glory of the Lord
• 4:57:56
  Speaker 4: has risen in them. The light of the knowledge of
• 4:57:59
  Speaker 4: the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ
• 4:58:02
  Speaker 4: has been reflected. Now they rejoice in the undimmed rays
• 4:58:05
  Speaker 4: of the brightness and glory of the King in his majesty.
• 4:58:09
  Speaker 4: They are prepared for the communion of heaven, for they
• 4:58:12
  Speaker 4: have heaven in their hearts, with uplifted heads, with the
• 4:58:15
  Speaker 4: bright beams of the sun of righteousness shining upon them.
• 4:58:19
  Speaker 4: With rejoicing that their redemption draweth nigh. They go forth
• 4:58:23
  Speaker 4: to meet the bridegroom, saying, Lo, this is our God.
• 4:58:26
  Speaker 4: We have waited for him, and he will save us.
• 4:58:30
  Speaker 4: And I heard, as it were the voice of a
• 4:58:32
  Speaker 4: great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and
• 4:58:36
  Speaker 4: as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying alle Luyah. For
• 4:58:40
  Speaker 4: the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and
• 4:58:43
  Speaker 4: rejoice and give honor to him, For the marriage of
• 4:58:47
  Speaker 4: the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready,
• 4:58:50
  Speaker 4: and he saith unto me. Right blessed are they which
• 4:58:54
  Speaker 4: are called unto the marriage supper of the Lamb. He
• 4:58:57
  Speaker 4: is lord of lords and king of kings, and they
• 4:59:00
  Speaker 4: that are with him a cold and chosen and faithful
• 4:59:05
  Speaker 4: end of Chapter thirty.
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  Speaker 8: Chapter thirty one. The marriage feast, Ascend, beloved to the joy.
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  Speaker 8: The festal day has come to night. The Lamb doth
• 4:59:16
  Speaker 8: feast his own to night. He with his bride, sits
• 4:59:19
  Speaker 8: down to night, puts on the spousal crown in the
• 4:59:21
  Speaker 8: great upper room. Ascend, beloved to the love. This is
• 4:59:26
  Speaker 8: the day of days. To night. The bridal song is
• 4:59:28
  Speaker 8: sung to night. Ten thousand harps are strung in sympathy
• 4:59:32
  Speaker 8: with heart and tongue unto the Lamb's high praise. The
• 4:59:36
  Speaker 8: festal lamps are lighting now in the great marriage hall
• 4:59:39
  Speaker 8: by angel hands. The board is spread by angel hands.
• 4:59:42
  Speaker 8: The sacred bread is on the golden table, laid the
• 4:59:45
  Speaker 8: king his own doth call. The gems are gleaming from
• 4:59:49
  Speaker 8: the roof like stars and nights round dome. The festal
• 4:59:53
  Speaker 8: reeds are hanging there. The festal fragrance fills the air,
• 4:59:56
  Speaker 8: and flowers of heaven divinely fair unfold their happy bloom.
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  Speaker 8: Long long deferred, now come at last the Lamb's glad
• 5:00:04
  Speaker 8: wedding day. The guests are gathering to the feast. The
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  Speaker 8: seats in heavenly order placed the royal throne above the rest.
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  Speaker 8: How bright the new array. Sorrow and sighing are no more.
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  Speaker 8: The weeping hours are past tonight. The waiting will be
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  Speaker 8: done to night. The wedding robe put on the glory,
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  Speaker 8: and the joy begun. The crown has come at last.
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  Speaker 8: Without within is light, is light. Around above is love.
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  Speaker 8: We enter to go out no more. We raise the
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  Speaker 8: song unsung before we doff the sackcloth that we wore.
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  Speaker 8: For all is joy above. Ascend, beloved to the life.
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  Speaker 8: Our days of death are o'er. Mortality has done its worst.
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  Speaker 8: The fetters of the tomb are burst. The last has
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  Speaker 8: now become the first, forever evermore, Ascend, beloved to the feast.
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  Speaker 8: Make haste. Thy day has come. Thrice Blest are they
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  Speaker 8: the Lamb doth call to share the heavenly festival in
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  Speaker 8: the new Salem Palace Hall, our everlasting home. Bonnard end
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  Speaker 8: of chapter thirty one