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 Leaving the Door of Heaven Open Leading to Life, Jesus Is Calling Us ㅡ

 “Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it” (Revelation 3:8)

 The city of God with all its attractions is saying, “Come.”

 If we can by a holy life, by entreaties, by prayers, by warnings, point the sinner to the way of escape and fasten their attention to the heavenly gates open to receive them; if by faith they can see that the entrance into life is an open door, everything is gained.

 The earthly attractions will fade away, the heavenly will win and charm the soul.

 The hindrances that hold us back from perfecting Christian characters are in ourselves. Jesus can remove them.

 The cross He requires us to bear will create strength in us more than it consumes, and remove our heaviest burdens to take the burden of Christ, which is light.

 Conflicts and trials we must meet in the discharge of duty.

 Christ has called us to glory and to virtue.

 The life He has through His own suffering and death prepared for us to lead, would never have cost us a pain or grief if we had never left it.

 Every self-denial and every sacrifice we make in following Christ are so many steps of the lost sheep returning to the fold.

 (This Day With God 212)

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