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534 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES "I will not be negligent," the apostle continued, ^'to put YOU always in remembrance of these things, though ye know them, and be established in the present truth. Yea, I think it meet, as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put ot¥ this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath showed me. Moreover I will endeavor that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance." The apostle was well qualified to speak of the purj^oses of God concerning the human race; for during the earthly ministry of Christ he had seen and heard much that pertained to the kingdom of God. '^We have not followed cunningly devised fables," he reminded the believers, "when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eye-witnesses of Llis majesty. For He received from God the Father honor and glory, when there came such a voice to Him from the excellent glory. This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And this voice which came from heaven we heard, when we were with Him in the holy mount." Yet convincing as was this evidence of the certainty of the believers' hope, there was another still more convincing in the witness of prophecy, through which the faith of all might be confirmed and securely anchored. "AYe have also," Peter declared, ^^a more sure word of prophecy; whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that sliineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts : knowing this first, that no