To be near unto God - pagina 83

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at the root of all religion. It is the futile of a little, insignificant world, of which self is the great center, whose mind understands everything, whose will controls everything, whose

money can buy

everything, and whose power everything before it. This makes self a miniature god in a little temple. In this sinful isolation one is, of necessity, icy cold, frozen away from the living God and unfit to dwell under the carries

shadow

of his wings.

honesty we can say: Such is not my my dependence, my lack of strength and my utter helplessness, then that we might have fellowship with God, we must unlearn our sinful leaning on people. We need not necessarily cut ourselves loose from every one. Far from it. The faith of another strengthens ours. The courage of another shames us out of cowardice. The example set by another can double our strength. We are disposed to society both in matIf in all

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ters of life and belief. But we must give up all Dependence that sinful dependence upon others. takes a man for more than an instmment appointed of God for our help, as long as he allows must not build on man, in order it, is sinful. when human help fails to turn to the Divine. Our

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help must always be from God, whether power to save springs from ourselves or comes to us from without. Even in this way, that when at length all human help fails, nothing is lost. For the unchangeable God always remains the same. This assured confidence is maintained, as long as we faithfully endeavor to eradicate, root and branch, the doubt v/hich wearily makes us ask whether salvation is for us. To entertain this

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