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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 4, 1913

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 40, No. 5.

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Obedience

GOD does not command men to do anything which He will not give them grace to perform. Or, to put it in another way, He has strength awaiting the call of faith that will enable them to obey His will. This, all will admit, or else hold God to be unjust. But God is not unjust. In this light, consider the following: “Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free.” Gal. 5:1. From what has Christ made us free?—“Being then made free from sin.” Rom. 6:18. Whom the Son makes free, is “free indeed.” John 8:36. If then we stand fast in this liberty from sin, we will not serve sin; in other words, we will keep the law of God, its righteousness will be fulfilled in us. 1 John 2:6; Rom. 8:4. But we will do this, not in our own strength, but in the strength of Christ, freely vouchsafed to all who believe.