Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

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upon God. "They that wait upon God shall renew their
strength." By this attitude of devotion the earnest,
devout souls of the past have found a measure of
strength and peace.
After a time, which for some may
not be long, but for others very long, the eyes of the soul
will open and the white light of the Divine presence will
be seen. Perhaps this will appear very dim and uncertain
at first, but by faithful persistence that light
will grow brighter and nearer until it surrounds and fills
all the body, thus we may "walk in the light," the pres~
ence of God.
In that light of the Divine presence is the will of the
Infinite.
The next step is to lay hold of the strength of
that will. This is a step that apparently one must take
without a teacher, for it seems to be something that one
cannot well teach another; but by the time one gets
where they are conscious of the presence of God, they
will find that that Spirit will teach them all that they
need to know, for the entering in of the Spirit is the anointing
of God, making one an anointed one, a christ, a
son of God, and it is written of such as have received
this anointing, "But the anointing that ye have received
of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man
teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all
things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath
taught you, ye shall abide in him." (1 John ii. 27.)
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"I say unto you, that even so there shall be joy in
heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over
ninety and nine just persons that need no repentance."
"LikewiseI say unto you, there is joy in the presence
of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth."