03/06/2026
The malignant nature of sin is revealed as we
trust in self rather than in God’s Word!
Could this be the reason why there is in our world today
an unprecedented call from every class of society for self-expression? Nations are demanding independence. Cities,
towns and villages are all declaring their own authority.
Families are being broken almost as fast as they are formed.
Children are “doing their own thing” as a direct result of the
self-expression atmosphere that permeates the world.
Satan is doing his work well. Thus, self-assertiveness
and self-worth are declared to be the answer to personal, as
well as public, problems. Think what this spirit started in
heaven so long ago. “We cannot retain self and yet enter
the kingdom of God. If we ever attain unto holiness, it will
be through the renunciation of self and the reception of the
mind of Christ.” Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, p. 143.
Selfish thoughts not only unfit us for heaven, but “when
self is woven into our labors, then the truth we bear to others
does not sanctify, refi ne, and ennoble our own hearts; it
will not testify that we are fi t vessels for the Master’s use.”
Selected Messages, book 1, p. 405.
