Who Receive the Seal?

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for August 21
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Who Receive the Seal?

And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without
fault before the throne of God. Rev. 14:5. 


Only those who receive the seal of the living God will have
the passport through the gates of the Holy City. . . . 

The seal of the living God will be placed upon those only
who bear a likeness to Christ in character. 

As wax takes the impression of the seal, so the soul is to
take the impression of the Spirit of God and retain the
image of Christ. 

Many will not receive the seal of God because they do not
keep His commandments or bear the fruits of righteousness. 

The great mass of professing Christians will meet with
bitter disappointment in the day of God. They have not upon
their foreheads the seal of the living God. Lukewarm and
halfhearted, they dishonor God far more than the avowed
unbeliever. They grope in darkness, when they might be
walking in the noonday light of the Word, under the
guidance of One who never errs. . . . 

Those whom the Lamb shall lead by the fountains of living
waters, and from whose eyes He shall wipe away all tears,
will be those now receiving the knowledge and understanding
revealed in the Bible, the Word of God. . . . 

We are to copy no human being. There is no human being wise
enough to be our criterion. We are to look to the man
Christ Jesus, who is complete in the perfection of
righteousness and holiness. He is the author and finisher
of our faith. He is the pattern man. His experience is the
measure of the experience that we are to gain. His
character is our model. Let us, then, take our minds off
the perplexities and the difficulties of this life, and fix
them on Him, that by beholding we may be changed into His
likeness. We may behold Christ to good purpose. We may
safely look to Him; for He is all-wise. As we look to Him
and think of Him, He will be formed within, the hope of
glory. 

Let us strive with all the power that God has given us to
be among the hundred and forty-four thousand.

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