May 1, 1903
Christ is Our Hope
EGW
God has given me a word to speak to you. Strive earnestly for unity. Pray for it, work it. It will bring spiritual health, elevation of thought, nobility, heavenly mindedness. You will overcome selfishness and evil surmising, and will be more than conquerors through Him that loved you and gave Himself for you. Crucify self. Esteem others better than yourselves. Thus you will be brought into oneness with Christ. Before the heavenly universe and before the church and the world you will bear unmistakable evidence that you are God's sons and daughters. God will be glorified in the example that you set.BTS May 1, 1903, par. 1
Christ is our hope. In Him our lives are to center. Here lies the source of power, the secret of success, in our service for God. From first to last, from the foundation to the topstone, the church of God is to be built upon by Christ and in Christ. He is the ladder by which we climb to heaven. He strengthens us to press upward, till at last we step off the highest round into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.BTS May 1, 1903, par. 2
“Therefore, the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure.” Live upon the plan of addition outlined in the first chapter of 2 Peter. Add to your character the graces of the Spirit. “If these things be in you and abound, they make you that ye shall be neither barren or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” And “so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.” These words show us how we may obtain an eternal life insurance policy. Do you not want this?BTS May 1, 1903, par. 3
The world needs to see worked out before it the miracle that binds the hearts of God's people together in Christian love. It needs to see the Lord's people sitting together in heavenly places in Christ. Will you not give in your lives an evidence of what the truth of God can do for those who love and serve Him? God knows what you can be. He knows what divine grace can do for you if you will become partakers of the divine nature.BTS May 1, 1903, par. 4
“Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth.” All of God's servants have a work to do in His vineyard. In the church of God no one is to set himself up in kingly power and authority. “All ye are brethren.” Be very courteous in speech, very kindly in action. Respond to the invitation, “Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart, and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My burden is light.”BTS May 1, 1903, par. 5