p. 16 | The Resurrection Life

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Apr 11, 1911

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 38, No. 15.

The Resurrection Life

Sin in this world is an ever-present fact. It abides with us. It is incarnate — infleshed. We must meet its influence and power within, without, constantly. If we are Christians, we must under Christ endeavor to become saviors to those under its power. To do this we must have life, life that sin does not possess, life that the devil and his agents do not know. We must have the resurrection life of Christ. Without that life, religion becomes a mere choice of theories. For "if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." "If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins." "But now is Christ risen," and He gives constant, daily power. The resurrection life is constant. It is as full in winter as in spring.

Our belief is largely influenced by our desire; for desire oftentimes closes the mind to evidence as it closes the heart to truth. He who desires above all things else to do God's will, assuredly will be led to the knowledge of His will. With all the mighty evidences of the Messiahship of Jesus before the Pharisees, Jesus intimated that it was not possible for them to believe, because they sought their own honor, not God's. John 5:44. Then, too, some little near-by thing hides all the grandeur and glory of God's eternal truth.