My Words by Epsilon

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 26, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 13.

"My Words."

By Epsilon

To REJECT the words of Jesus is to reject him. There are two ways of rejecting his words. One is to deny that he is the Son of God, and treat his words as those of a common man. The other is to say, "Lord, Lord," and then pervert his words so as to make them teach what he never taught. To thus pervert his teachings, is to make of him another Jesus, a rival of himself. He who perverts the words of Jesus in order to uphold "my church," denies him as positively as does the professed infidel.

"For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels." Luke 9: 26. "And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him; the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day." John 12: 47, 48. "Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words. . . . He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings." John 14: 23, 24. "Why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?" Luke 6: 46.

These scriptures are too plain to be misunderstood. To reject the words of Jesus is to reject him. To say unto him, "Lord, Lord," as thousands are now doing, does not make men disciples. A disciple is a learner, and he who refuses to learn an unpopular truth has denied Jesus and his words. His saying, "Lord, Lord," does not help him. EPSILON.