p. 595 | The Children of Abraham

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 38.

The Children of Abraham

The children of Abraham are those who do the works of Abraham. This is what our blessed Lord told the Jews who said that Abraham was their father. See John 8:33-39. The same thought is expressed by John the Baptist, who told the Jews: "Think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees; therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." Matt. 3:9, 10. No ancestry, no church affiliations, no carnal connection with divine ordinances or plans, will suffice to save a single soul. The fruit is the test of the tree. The works is the test of the character.