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Sermons and Talks, Volume 1 - Ellen G. White

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Why, I ask you, are there so many families<br />

destitute of the Spirit of God? Why are there so<br />

many families that have so little of the life <strong>and</strong> love<br />

<strong>and</strong> likeness of Jesus Christ? It is because they do<br />

not know God. If they knew God, <strong>and</strong> if they<br />

would behold Him by faith in Jesus Christ who<br />

came to our world to die for man, they would see<br />

such matchless charms in the Son that they by<br />

beholding would become changed into the same<br />

image. Now you see the wrong of conforming to<br />

the world.<br />

We have a brief lifetime to live here, <strong>and</strong> we<br />

know not how soon the day may come when the<br />

arrow of death must strike our heart. We know not<br />

how soon the time may come when we shall have<br />

to give up the world <strong>and</strong> all interest in the world.<br />

Have we individually become acquainted with<br />

God, the governor of heaven, the law giver, <strong>and</strong><br />

Jesus Christ whom He hath sent into the world to<br />

represent Him?<br />

The world could not bear Him. Just three years<br />

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