Christ says, “Lo, I am with
you alway, even unto the end of
the world.” (Matthew 28:20)
How few comprehend the full-
ness of this promise! The disci-
ples did not take it in, they did
not comprehend the
meaning of these
words, until the Holy
Spirit was poured out
upon them. Of him Je-
sus had said: “When
he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into
all truth: for he shall not
speak of himself; but whatso-
ever he shall hear, that shall
he speak: and he will show
you things to come. He shall
glorify me: for he shall re-
ceive of mine, and shall shew
it unto you.” (John 16:13, 14)
As we contemplate
these words, our
hearts should
glow with
love
to our Saviour, because he has left
nothing unsaid that concerns our sal-
vation. Though we may be harassed
and beset with trials and temptations
that come to us through the devices of
the synagogue of Satan, yet we have
one who is fully able, and always will-
ing, to give us the very help that we re-
quire in the time of need.
We have been invited to ask help,
to come boldly to the throne of grace,
to ask what we will, that it may be
done unto us. And if the words of
Christ abide in us, we are the elect
of God, and will bring forth fruit in
steady faith, cherishing the faith
that works by love and purifies the
soul from every
moral defilement.
“Much fruit” is
the evidence that
the words of
Christ abide and
work in the soul.
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love,
joy, peace, long-suffering, gentle-
ness, goodness, faith, meekness, tem-
perance; against such there is no law.
And they that are Christ’s have cruci-
fied the flesh with the affections and
lusts. If we live in the
Spirit, let us also walk in
the Spirit.” (Galatians
5:22-25)
When we are enlight-
ened by the Spirit of God,
we shall behold only the
glory of Jesus. Seeing
nothing but deformity in
ourselves, we shall fix our
eyes in faith upon Jesus.
And as we contemplate
the beauty of Christ’s
character, we become
transformed into the di-
vine likeness. “We all,
with open face beholding
as in a glass the glory of
the Lord, are changed into
the same image from glory to
glory, even as by the Spirit of
the Lord.” (2 Corinthians 3:18)
[The Signs of the Times, February
20, 1896 and December 13, 1899;
used with permission.]
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Woman to Woman
Vol. 2, No. 5
“And ye are complete in him.” Colossians 2:10
Sept./Oct. 1999
Our Mission Statement: Believing that we can find
completeness in all areas of our lives only “in him, who
is the head of all principality and power” (Colossians
2:10), it is the mission of Hearth to Hearth to provide a
forum for Christian women to reach out to each other in
friendship, with joy and hope; and to encourage each
other to find our completeness in Christ as we sojourn
here on our way to the kingdom.
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