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John Gossner's Treasury
Devotional: January 7th

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Who then can be saved? Matthew 19:25. He that endureth to the end shall be saved. Matthew 10:22.

There are many who would be saved, but they will not do that which is required in order to be saved, namely, to endure in piety, and to walk in the grace vouchsafed to the end. They wish blessedness in Christ; but they also wish to be merry, or rich, or admired in this world. Hence they may believe in Christ; but withal they love the world, thinking that they can find some joy and blessedness in both. But they will lose both and be eternally wretched. Perseverance is a blessing for which we must daily ask the Savior on our knees; for He only, who has called us unto salvation, can keep us and further us therein. Security, the false knowledge concerning the doctrine of grace without enduring therein, deceives many; they do not continue to live in Him who has called and awakened them. They return to their slumbers and dream that they still live, though they remain lying on the pillow of mere knowledge and twaddle; they do not continue in their first love.

Awake, awake! Pray for this one thing, the holy fire of love, which burns forever, and is never extinguished.

My soul, be on thy guard;

Ten thousand foes arise:

And hosts of sin are pressing hard

To draw thee from the skies.

Oh, watch, and fight, and pray!

The battle ne’er give o’er;

Renew it boldly every day,

And help divine implore.

Ne’er think the victory won.

Nor lay thine armor down;

Thine arduous work will not be done.

Till thou obtain the crown.

Fight on, my soul, till death

Shall bring thee to thy God!

He’ll take thee at thy parting breath.

Up to His blest abode.

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