WAY OF LIFE by D. G. Harden

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 5, 1899

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 25, No. 14.

WAY OF LIFE.

By D. G. Harden

GOD is the author of life, and it comes direct from God. It is not in its nature the turning over a new leaf and the forming of a new resolution. To be born again in the spirit is a "new birth," a new life in itself, "and is an act of God. It is something outside of ourselves."

Perhaps you say, "What is it? and how can you prove I need this new life?" "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God." John 3:3. Perhaps you say, "How can I be born again?" "Being born again not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth forever. For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away; but the Word of the Lord endureth forever." 1 Peter 1:23-25. "As many as received Him to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on His name." John 1:12.

Born of God. Now the old remedy for sin in this world is to be born again, and I do not believe man has ever found any other way.

When Christ comes into his heart and dwells there, and thus becomes his Saviour and his Redeemer, He gives him power over sin. And the reign of sin will not be broken until Christ comes into the heart of man and takes possession.

That is not, mark you, a creed. It is "as many as receive Him." You may say it is a mystery. To be sure it is a mystery. "There is a mystery about the Bible to this day." You see the fields of growing grain, and there is a mystery. Wherever there is life there is mystery. You can become an heir of glory by partaking of this life.

D. G. HARDEN.