The Rags of Self-righteousness
Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked. Revelation 3:17. How plainly is pictured the position of those who think they have all the truth, who take pride in their knowledge of the […]
Am I a Laodicean?
I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Revelation 3:15, 16. The condition of many of those who claim to be the children of God is […]
Where Apostasy Begins
Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. 2 Peter 3:17. In these last days, when iniquity shall abound, and the love of many shall wax cold, God will have a people to glorify His name, […]
High Time to Awake
And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. Romans 13:11. The great controversy is nearing its end. Every report of calamity by sea or land is a testimony to the fact that the end of all things […]
A Distinct and Peculiar People
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12. God’s people are to be distinguished as a people who serve Him fully, wholeheartedly, taking no honor to themselves, and remembering that by a most solemn covenant they have bound themselves to […]
In the Testing Time
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations. Deuteronomy 7:9. Where shall we be before the thousand generations mentioned in this scripture are ended? Our fate will have been decided for eternity. […]
