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Being Made Tame

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 29, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 22.

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Being Made Tame

ELDER J. P. ANDERSON reported that in one of the villages in his territory some of the heathen appeal for a Christian teacher, in order that they might become “tame,” as they express it. This word is truly expressive of the changed condition that the grace of God will bring about in man’s nature. The apostle Paul employs the same thought when he speaks of the good olive graft taking the place of the wild.
Every man outside of the Lord Jesus Christ is wild and untamed, even as the wild animals of the forest. It is only by a change of his evil heart, forsaking his evil propensities, and taking on the meekness and gentleness of the Lord Jesus that he becomes tame. We should make it the prayer of our hearts, even as it is the desire of these heathen inquirers, that God will tame us through the grace that there is in the Lord Jesus.