Emancipation
"Learn of Me,"
says Jesus,
"for I am meek and lowly in heart:
and ye shall find rest."
We are to enter the school of Christ,
to learn from Him meekness and lowliness.
Redemption is that process
by which the soul is trained for heaven.
This training means a knowledge
of Christ.
It means emancipation from ideas,
habits, and practices
that have been gained
in the school of the prince of darkness.
The soul must be delivered
from all that is opposed to
loyalty to God.
The Desire of Ages, page 330
Jesus knows the circumstances of every soul. The greater the
sinner's guilt, the more he needs the Saviour.
His
heart of divine love and sympathy is drawn out most of all for the one who is
the most hopelessly entangled in the snares of the enemy.
With His own blood
He has signed the emancipation papers
of the race.
Jesus does
not desire those who have been purchased at such a cost to become the sport of
the enemy's temptations.
He
does not desire us to be overcome and perish.
He who
curbed the lions in their den, and walked with His faithful witnesses amid
the fiery flames, is just as ready to work in our behalf to subdue every
evil in our nature.
Today He
is standing at the altar of mercy, presenting before God the prayers of
those who desire His help.
He
turns no weeping, contrite one away.
Freely will He
pardon all who come to Him for forgiveness and restoration.
He
does not tell to any all that He might reveal, but He bids every trembling
soul take courage.
Whosoever will, may take hold of God's strength, and make
peace with Him, and He will make peace.
The Ministry of Healing, page 89 - 90
The path is so narrow, so holy,
that sin cannot be tolerated therein,
yet
access to the path has been made for all,
and not one desponding, doubting, trembling soul needs to say,
"God cares nought for me."
Every soul is precious in His sight.
When Satan was triumphing
as the prince of the world,
when he claimed the world
as his kingdom,
when we were all marred
and corrupted with sin,
God sent His
messenger from heaven,
even His only
begotten Son,
to proclaim to all the inhabitants of the world, "I
have found a ransom.
I have made a way
of escape
for all the perishing.
I have your
emancipation papers
provided for you,
sealed by the Lord of
heaven and earth."
Our High Calling, page 38
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