Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

compassion has not been stirred to relieve the
wants of the oppressed, neither have you had a
heart to aid the cause of God with your means or to
distribute to the necessities of the suffering. Your
heart is on your earthly treasures. Unless you
overcome your love of the things of the world you
will have no place in the kingdom of heaven.
The lawyer asked Jesus what he should do that
he might inherit eternal life. Jesus referred him to
the commandments of His Father, telling him that
obedience to them was necessary for his salvation.
Christ told him that he knew the commandments,
and that if he obeyed them, he should have life.
Mark his answer: "Master, all these have I
observed from my youth." Jesus looks upon this
deceived young man with pity and love. He is
about to reveal to him that there is a failure upon
his part to keep, from the heart, the commandments
that he confidently asserted he was obeying. Jesus
says unto him: "One thing thou lackest: go thy
way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and
come, take up the cross, and follow Me."
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