FINISHING THE WORK by J. E. F.

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 24, 1915

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 42, No. 33.

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FINISHING THE WORK

By J. E. F.

1. GoD has given a work to be finished. John 5: 36.

2. It was Christ's meat to do God's will, and finish His work. John 4: 34.

3. And at last, when His life work on earth was ended, He could say, "I have finished the work." John 17: 4.

4. A few hours later, on the cross, He cried, "It is finished." John 19: 30.

5. Paul's desire also was to "finish" God's work. Acts 20: 24.

6. When his active life was about to close, he could say, "I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course." 2 Tim. 4: 7.

7. "In the days [or years] of the voice of the seventh [the last] angel, when he shall begin to sound [he began in 1844], the mystery of God [which is the gospel] should be finished." Rev. 10: 7. This angel sounds from 1844 till the end of the millennium; but in the years when he shall begin to sound, the preaching of God's truth must be brought to a close. That work is soon to be finished.

8. The Word tells us that God "will finish the work, and cut it short in righteousness." Rom. 9: 28. This text means that the great work of preaching the message to all the world will be finished speedily. May God give us all the spirit of Jesus, whose meat was to do God's will, and whose chiefest desire was to finish His work! All are to be missionaries. J. E. F.