Truth Manifested in Life

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 15, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 20.

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Truth Manifested in Life

Christian brother or sister, it is not the theory of the truth which you speak that will save souls, but it is the truth that you manifest in your life that wins.
“God is Spirit,” and every part of God’s work is spiritual or should be in its purpose, in its life, in its fruitage. If this be not the case, it is because that work is operated by unconsecrated persons or on wrong principles.
The world, the unconsecrated, the carnal-minded, study facts; but the child of God feeds upon, absorbs, truth. Facts are cold and dead; truth is living, life-giving, mighty. It is well to know facts, but facts will not of themselves save. Truth alone sanctifies and saves; for Jesus is “the way, the truth, and the life.”
“New light on the Bible” is quite a common expression in connection with the discoveries of archaeologists. It would often be more correct to say that the Bible gives the light on the discoveries. After all, the best light on the Scriptures of truth comes thru implicit faith in what they say. The “Spirit of truth,” which is given to “guide us into all truth,” is the infallible guide of the true believer; and true faith is manifested in practical obedience.