By Smith Wigglesworth
As the elect of God, holy and beloved, put on tender mercies,
kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one
another, and forgiving one another, if anyone has a complaint
against another; even as Christ forgave you, so you also must do.
—Colossians 3:12–13
Scripture reading: Colossians 3:1–17
Take note of this: there is an elect of God. I know that God
has people who are the elect of God, and if you would ex-
amine yourself, you would be amazed to find that you are
one of them. People are tremendously afraid of this position be-
cause they have so often heard, ―Oh, you know you are the elect of
God! You are sure to be all right.‖ There have been great churches
in England that were founded upon these things. I thank God that
they have all withered. If you go to England, you will find that
those strong people who used to hold all these things are almost
withered out. Why? Because they went on to say that, if you were
elect, you were right in whatever you did. That is wrong.
The elect of God are those who are pressing forward. The elect
of God cannot hold still: they are always on the wing. Every person
who has a knowledge of the elect of God realizes it is important
that he press forward. He cannot endure sin or shady things. The
elect are so in earnest to be elect for God that they burn every
bridge behind them.
Know that first there will be a falling away (2 Thess. 2:3). God
will bring into His treasury the realities of the truth and put them
side by side: the false, the true; those that can be shaken, and those
that cannot be shaken.
Thought for today: God wants us to be built upon the foundation
of truth so that we cannot be shaken in our minds, no matter what
comes.
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