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fallini; away, aiul the impossibility of renewal. We have the
hope that our word of warning will bear fruit, and that b}- the
grace of God, which has already wrought in you, \ou will
be stirred to rise up out of all sloth and unbelief and press
forward. We look to God Himself to perfect His work in you.
For God is
not unrighteous to forget your work and the
love which ye showed toward His name, in that ye ministered
to the saints, and still do minister. If there was much in the
present state to make him anxious, the writer encourages himself
and them by pointing to the past. When the gospel was
preached among them they had received Christ's messengers with
joy, and stood by them in
sharing reproach and spoiling for His
name. Even now still there was among them a love towards
God's people. And God is not unrighteous to forget what has
been done for His name and people ;
the reward of the cup
of cold water may be remembered by God even when the
has grown cold, and may come in
again. God does not only remember sin ; He
giver
the blessing that restores him
much rather
remembers the work of lo\e.
And we desire that each one of you may show the same
diligence unto the fulness of hope even unto the end. In all
worldly business diligence is the secret of success. VV'ithout
attention and trouble and heart)' effort we cannot expect our
work to prosper. And yet there are many Christians who
imagine that in the Christian life things will come right of
themselves. When they arc told that Jesus undertakes to do
all, they count this as a pass to a life of ease. Verily no. Jesus
will indeed do all ; but he undertakes it, just to inspire us with
His own spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion to the heather's will.
His own readiness to forsake all ease and comfort to please God
and man. His own unwearying diligence in working while it was