Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.] Gon's REVEAI.ED Wrr.r.. 205
But we find that those who call them~~elves God's people, do
not obey his voice nor keep his covenant, nor, as we have before
intimated, have they those hlessings which are promised to the
obedient; and the question, " Wherein shall we return? " calls
for a consideration of why they do not know the way. Oae
cause of this is that the way has been hidden from them:
"Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send,
and who will go for us? Then said I, Het·e am I; send me.
And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand
not, and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the
heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut
their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their
ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be
healed." lsa. VI. 8-10. •• For ht~ hath shut their eyes, that thPy
cannot 11ee; and their heartH, that they cannot nnderRtand,"
Isa. XJ.IV. 18.
It is not our purpose here to try to discover why God has
bli111led hi11 people in their Rin : but a considt~ration of the fact
itself, in connection with the lack of evidence of return on their
part, may, with some, occasion suftioient doubt to enable them
to look for a moment on the reverse side of the qn811tion and
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wonder if it is pos~ttble that, after all, they are mistaken in
their faith, as they do not find themselves possessed of the
marks of God's favor, and have evidently not received the
promises.
Yet. he is faithful who has promised ; and one thought to he
considered just here i11, that, until they return to God with
honest hearts, to obey his voice and to keep hi11 covenant, not
only will the people be blh•ded to the truth, but their teachers
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