Sincerity

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 16, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 49.

Sincerity.—The apostle desired that God's children should be "sincere till the day of Christ. "Sincere" comes from the Latin sine, without, and cera, "wax," and means without wax. Wax can be molded. It takes the imprint of the last thing with which it comes in contact. God would not have a wax people, a people molded by worldly opinion, expediency, or policy. Without wax he would have them. His description of Christians is "living stones," grown onto the foundation Rock, Christ Jesus. Reader, what are you for Christ, wax or a stone: one whose character is molded by every change of environment, or one which is unchanged save by the life of Christ within? This is a question worthy of consideration.