The Cause of God | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 20, 1869

The Cause of God.

We cannot overthrow the cause of God. That rests upon a foundation that is not capable of being moved. It has a divine protection that renders it invincible as the throne of God. It shall never fail. It must and will triumph at the last. He who has undertaken the work will carry it through to a successful issue. He will not fail nor be discouraged till he have set judgment in the earth. Isa. xlii, 4.

But though the cause of Christ shall triumph, many who have connected themselves with it will meet with disastrous failure. The crowns of life which they might have had shall pass to others. The places which they might have filled, others shall occupy.

We cannot destroy the cause of God, but we can destroy souls for whom Christ died. We cannot prevent the salvation of the final overcomers, but we can prevent some from overcoming. We cannot cause the ruin of the work of God as a whole, but we may be the means of ruining many souls, who, but for our evil example and influence, would have gained eternal life. How awful the thought that we may cause the ruin of others! Our Lord tells us that it were better that a mill-stone were hanged about the neck and that we be cast into the sea, than that we cause one of the least to offend. How this solemn warning should cause us to fear and tremble, and to walk with the utmost circumspection before God.