[Manna - November 14]
Take heed unto yourselves,...[for] grievous wolves shall enter in among you, not sparing the flock.
Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them. Acts 20:28-30
IT is necessary for the discipline, trial and final
proving of the church of God that they should be
subjected to these adverse influences; for to him that overcometh them is the promise of the great reward.
If we would reign with Christ, we must prove our
worthiness to reign by the same tests of loyalty to
God, of faith in His Word, of zeal for the Truth, of
patient endurance of reproach and persecution, even
unto death, and of unwavering trust in the power
and purpose of God to deliver and exalt His church
in due time.
To such faithful ones are the blessed
consolations of Psalm 91. Z. '04-74 R3331:3