The Challenge of a Mighty Work
What Is God’s Purpose for Us? Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes. Isaiah 54:2. God’s people have a mighty work before them, a work that must continually rise to greater prominence. Our efforts in missionary lines […]
We Must Seek Wisdom
What Is God’s Purpose for Us? Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. Proverbs 3:13, 14. Since God is the source of all true knowledge, it is, as we have […]
We Are to Point Men to Jesus
What Is God’s Purpose for Us? Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. John 1:29. There is a great work to be done, and every effort possible must be made to reveal Christ as the sin-pardoning Saviour, Christ as the sin-bearer, Christ as the bright and morning Star; and […]
We Must Have Love for Others
What Is God’s Purpose for Us? Thou shall love thy neighbour as thyself. Matthew 22:39. The law of love calls for the devotion of body, mind, and soul to the service of God and our fellow-men. And this service, while making us a blessing to others, brings the greatest blessing to ourselves. Unselfishness underlies all […]
We Must Work Out Our Own Salvation
What Is God’s Purpose for Us? Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, … work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure. Philippians 2:12, 13. The Christian life is a battle and a march. But […]
We Must Fear and Serve the Lord
What Is God’s Purpose for Us? Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name. Deuteronomy 10:20. It is God’s purpose to manifest through His people the principles of His kingdom. That in life and character they may reveal these principles, He […]
