Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

The alarming truths of the word of God had stirred the people of God a little. Nowand then they would make feeble efforts to overcome, but they soon tired and sankback into the same lukewarm state. I saw that they did not have perseverance and fixeddetermination. Let the seeker for the salvation of God possess the same energy andearnestness that he would have for a worldly treasure, and the object would be gained.I saw that the church may just as well drink of a full cup, as to hold an empty one inthe hand or at the mouth.It is not the plan of God to have some eased and others burdened. Some feel theweight and responsibility of the cause, and the necessity of their acting that they maygather with Christ and not scatter abroad. Others go on free from any responsibility,acting as though they had no influence. Such scatter abroad. God is not partial. Allwho are made partakers of His salvation here, and who hope to share the glories ofthe kingdom hereafter, must gather with Christ. Each must feel that he is responsiblefor his own case, and for the influence he exerts over others. If these maintain theirChristian walk, Jesus will be in them the hope of glory, and they will love to speakforth His praise that they may be refreshed. The cause of their Master will be near anddear to them. It will be their study to advance His cause and to honor it by holy living.Said the angel: “Every talent God will require with usury.” Every Christian must goon from strength to strength, and employ all his powers in the cause of God.*****Chap. 32 - The ShakingNovember 20, 1857, I was shown the people of God, and saw them mightilyshaken. Some, with strong faith and agonizing cries, were pleading with God. Theircountenances were pale, and marked with deep anxiety, expressive of their179