A Time for Serious Reflection If there ever was a time when serious reflection becomes every one who fears God, it is now, when personal piety is essential. The inquiry should be made, What am I, and what is my work and mission in this time? On which side am I working--Christs side or the enemys side? Let every soul now humble himself or herself before God, for now we are surely living in the great Day of Atonement. The cases even now of many are passing in review before God, for they are to sleep in their graves a little season. Your profession of faith is not your guarantee in that day, but the state of your affections. Is the soul-temple cleansed of its defilement? Are my sins confessed and am I repenting of them before God, that they may be blotted out? Do I esteem myself too lightly? Am I willing to make any and every sacrifice for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ? Do I feel every moment I am not my own, but Christs property, that my service belongs to God, whose I am?--Ms 87, 1886. We should ask ourselves, For what are we living and working? And what will be the outcome of it all?--Signs of the Times, Nov. 21, 1892. Living With Reference to the Judgment Day I have questioned in my mind, as I have seen the people in our cities hurrying to and fro with business, whether they ever thought of the day of God that is just upon us. Every one of us should be living with reference to the great day which is soon to come upon us.--Sermons and Talks, vol. 1, p. 25 (1886). We cannot afford to live with no reference to the day of judgment; for though long delayed, it is now near, even at the door, and hasteth greatly. The trumpet of the Archangel will soon startle the living and wake the dead.--Child Guidance, pp. 560, 561 (1892). Ready for Christs Return If we find no pleasure now in the contemplation of heavenly things; if we have no interest in seeking the knowledge of God, no delight in beholding the character of Christ; if holiness has no attractions for us--then we may be sure that our hope of heaven is vain. Perfect conformity to the will of God is the high aim to be constantly before the Christian. He will love to talk of God, of Jesus, of the home of bliss and purity which Christ has prepared for them that love Him. The contemplation of these themes, when the soul feasts upon the blessed assurances of God, the apostle represents as tasting the powers of the world to come.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 745 (1889). If you are right with God today, you are ready if Christ should come today.--In Heavenly Places, p. 227 (1891).
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