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  GAIN OR LOSS
  by Mary Wilder Tileston
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of gaining the Kingdom of
God and the consequences of losing it, encouraging listeners to make the
most of the time they have to gain spiritual growth and confront
rebellion and besetting sins.

Topics: "Kingdom Living", "Spiritual Warfare"
Scripture References: Luke 9:23

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Mary Wilder Tileston emphasizes the importance of striving to be counted
worthy of the Kingdom of God, urging believers to daily seek victory
over their own evil inclinations and self-will, and to express gratitude
to the Lord for His mercies. She highlights the significance of engaging
in selfless acts, overcoming selfishness, fulfilling responsibilities
faithfully, and battling against passions and sins to ultimately secure
or lose the Kingdom of God.

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That ye may be counted worthy of the Kingdom of God.

2 THESSALONIANS 1:5

FEAR not, for He hath sworn;

Faithful and true His name;

The glorious hours are onward borne;

'Tis lit, th'immortal flame;

It glows around thee; kneel, and strive, and win

Daily one living ray--'twill brighter glow within.

JOHN KEBLE

COUNT that day lost (though thou mayest have despatched much business
therein) in which thou hast neither gained some victory over thine own
evil inclinations and thy self-will, nor returned thanks to thy Lord for
His mercies.

LORENZO SCUPOLI

Between dawn and dark there is time enough for the collisions of
disinterestedness with selfishness in our dealings with our fellow-
creatures, in the life of our own homes; time enough to meet or to evade
the demands of homely faithfulness in our several work, time enough to
confront the sturdy rebellion of passions and besetting sins against our
spiritual nature, time enough to win or to lose heaven in.

HENRY WILDER FOOTE

It is no small matter to lose or to gain the Kingdom of God.

THOMAS À KEMPIS

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