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 God Gives Strength to Proceed Against the Current of Sin ㅡ

 “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men,

 Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;

 Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Savior Jesus Christ;”

 (Titus 2:11-13)

 The great, grand work of bringing out a people who will have Christlike characters, and who will be able to stand in the day of the Lord, is to be accomplished.

 As long as we sail with the current of the world we need neither canvas nor oar.

 It is when we turn squarely about to stem the current that our labors begin.

 Satan will bring in every kind of theory to pervert the truth.

 The work will go hard, for since the fall of Adam it has been the fashion of the world to sin.

 But Christ is on the field of action. The Holy Spirit is at work.

 Divine agencies are combining with the human in reshaping the character according to the perfect pattern, and man is to work out that which God works in.

 If by faith we advance step by step in the right way, following the Great Leader, light will shine along our pathway; and circumstances will occur to remove the difficulties.

 The approval of God will give hope, and ministering angels will co-operate with us, bringing light and grace, and courage and gladness.

 (Testimonies for the Church Volume 6 129.2)