Christian Theology - Media Sabda Org

making one who is already a child of God more holy, that he may be
more happy, more useful in the world, and bring more glory to his
heavenly Father. Great as this work is, how little, humanly speaking, is
it when compared with what God has already done for thee! But suppose
it were ten thousand times greater, is any thing too hard for God? Are not
all things possible to him that believes? And does not the blood of Christ
cleanse from all unrighteousness? Arise, then, and be baptized with a
greater effusion of the Holy Ghost, and wash away thy sin, calling on the
name of the Lord.
Art thou weary of that carnal mind which is enmity to God? Canst thou
be happy while thou art unholy? Dost thou know any thing of God's love
to thee? Dost thou not know that he has given his Son to die for thee?
Dost thou love him in return for his love? Hast thou even a little love to
him? And canst thou love him a little, without desiring to love him more?
Dost thou not feel that thy happiness grows in proportion to thy love and
subjection to him? Dost thou not wish to be happy? And dost thou not
know that holiness and happiness are as inseparable as sin and misery?
Canst thou have too much happiness or too much holiness? Canst thou
be made holy and happy too soon? Art thou not weary of a sinful heart?
Are not thy bad tempers, pride, anger, peevishness, fretfulness,
covetousness, and the various unholy passions that too often agitate thy
soul, a source of misery and wo to thee? And canst thou be unwilling to
have them destroyed? Arise, then, and shake thyself from the dust, and
call upon thy God! His ear is not heavy that it cannot hear: his hand is not
shortened that it cannot save. Behold, now is the accepted time! Now is
the day of salvation! It was necessary that Jesus Christ should die for
thee, that thou mightest be saved; but he gave up his life for thee eighteen
hundred years ago! and himself invites thee to come, for all things are
now ready. Such is the nature of God that he cannot be more willing to
save thee in any future time than he is now. He wills that thou shouldst
love him now with all thy heart; but he knows that thou canst not thus
love him till the enmity of the carnal mind is removed; and this he is
willing this moment to destroy. The power of the Lord is therefore
present to heal. Turn from every sin; give up every idol; cut off every