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The Faith that Works

The end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto
prayer. 1 Peter 4:7.

Do you believe that the end of all things is at hand, that the scenes of
this earth's history are fast closing? If so, show your faith by your works.
A man will show all the faith he has. Some think they have a good degree of
faith, when if they have any, it is dead, for it is not sustained by works.
"Faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone." Few have that genuine
faith which works by love and purifies the soul. But all who are accounted
worthy of everlasting life must obtain a moral fitness for the same.
"Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we
shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for
we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him
purifieth himself, even as he is pure." This is the work before you. . . .

You must experience a death to self, and must live unto God. "If ye then be
risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth
on the right hand of God." Self is not to be consulted. Pride, self-love,
selfishness, avarice, covetousness, love of the world, hatred, suspicion,
jealousy, evil surmising, must all be subdued and sacrificed forever. When
Christ shall appear, it will not be to correct these evils and then give a
moral fitness for His coming. This preparation must all be made before He
comes. It should be a subject of thought, of study, and earnest inquiry,
What shall we do to be saved? What shall be our conduct that we may show
ourselves approved of God?

When tempted to murmur, censure, and indulge in fretfulness, wounding those
around you, and in so doing wounding your own soul, oh! let the deep,
earnest, anxious inquiry come from your soul, Shall I stand without fault
before the throne of God? Only the faultless will be there. None will be
translated to heaven while their hearts are filled with the rubbish of
earth. Every defect in the moral character must first be remedied, every
stain removed by the cleansing blood of Christ, and all the unlovely,
unlovable traits of character overcome.

From Maranatha - Page 58

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