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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Feb 24, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 8.

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THE WILL OF GOD.

By James White

"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven." Matt. 7: 21.
In an eminent sense the will of God to fallen man is expressed in the ten commandments. The will of an emperor is expressed in his edicts. These affirm to his subjects what they may do and what they may not do. So these precepts emphatically tell him what he may do and what he may not do, and thus is the will of God expressed. In harmony with this sentiment is the golden text, "Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city." If thou wilt enter into life keep the commandments.
But how many are saying, "Lord, Lord," while they refuse to do the will of God expressed in the commandments of God. They profess great love for the Saviour, and talk favorably of Christ, the gospel, and the cross, but they consign the will of God to the dust of the ground, and love the Saviour a great way off.
The Father and the Son are one. A sanctified scriptural faith brings our adorable Redeemer very near, and holds the will of God in the mind and heart.
J. W.