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    January 20, 1898

    “‘Not Far’ Means ‘Near’” The Present Truth 14, 3, p. 41.

    ATJ

    HAVE you ever thought that God was away off from you, and you did not know how to get hear to him?PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.1

    His answer to all that is that “he is not far from every one of us.”PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.2

    To be “not far” is to be near. Then as he is not far from every one of us, he is certainly near to every one of us.PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.3

    Had it occurred to you that this word—“he is not far from every one of us”—was first spoken to a great crowd of heathen, Greek heathen, too, sunken to the very depths of idolatry and all other Greek heathen abominations; and that there was not a single even professed Christian there, except the man who spoke it?PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.4

    That is the truth: it was spoken by Paul at Athens; and he was there “alone,” and he spoke it to a crowd of none but heathen. To them all he said, by inspiration of God, “He is not far from every one of us.”PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.5

    That being true of heathen, and such heathen, too, how is it, then, with you who do believe in Him and love Him? Is He far from you?—No, no; He is not far from you; He is near to you.PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.6

    Yes, He is more than near to you: He says, “Lo, I am with you.” More than that: He says: “I am with you always.” Yea, even more than that: He says, “I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.7

    Then please, please, never think again that God is far from you. Nobody but the devil can ever suggest such a thing. Please believe the Lord rather than the devil.PTUK January 20, 1898, page 41.8

    A. T. JONES.

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