Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

When We Can "See" Our Nakedness We Will
Naturally Have Discernment
The third item Jesus specifies is the "eyesalve,
that you may see" (verse 18). The Lord tells us to
anoint our eyes with the eyesalve He offers. Once
we "buy" the "gold" and the "white garments," our
vision will automatically be clarified. We will
begin to see ourselves as the watching universe
sees us and as thoughtful people see us (who we
say are still in "Babylon"). The picture is clearly
more than the need merely of individuals.
What is at stake is the image of the Seventhday
Adventist Church at view in current world
history. Our divine destiny requires us to make a
far greater impact on world thinking. That impact
of the future will not be our charitable "works," in
which others will always far out-do us. It will be
the Good News content of our message. It will be a
distinct, unique presentation of righteousness by
faith—in a message that goes far beyond the
message by the same name of the popular
churches. Once we learn to "see," we shall
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