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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 25, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 8.

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God's Simple Way

By F. M. W.

THE whole world is sick, and in need of a Saviour; for “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” One universal remedy has been provided—Jesus Christ. He offers peace and pardon to all. “Whosoever will may come, and take of the water of life freely.” Every seeker must come in the same way. Had Heaven provided that one in coming must possess certain wealth, or education, or worldly influence, the vast majority of the sons of men would be excluded. But the provisions of God are so generous and so magnanimous that a way is opened for all,—one and the same way for the high and the low, the rich and the poor, the learned and the illiterate. The king on his throne has no precedence over the serf in the field.
He does not leave the seeker to grope his way unaided. He gives definite and explicit directions, even to the very words which he may employ, in returning to his Father’s house. To Israel he says: “Return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously.” And when they respond to this loving invitation, the Lord promises, “I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.”
After all, it is not so hard to come to God. The trouble is we too often try to reason it out, leaving God’s simple directions out of the question. Humble, contrite confession of sin, godly sorrow which will lead to the abandoning of the wrong, taking the word and promise of God for all and just what they say, believing in simple, childlike faith that God is our Father and Jesus Christ our Saviour, so that we shall be able to say with the apostle, “I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me,”—this is accepting Christ. This faith and this living experience will result in a changed life here, and a glorified life in the future.
F. M. W.