Pattern of Goodness
So He said to him, “Why do you call Me good?”—Matthew 19:17 The great controversy between the Prince of light and the prince of darkness has not abated one jot or tittle of its fierceness as time has gone on. The stern conflict between light and darkness, between error and truth, is deepening in its […]
Patient Sufferer
Surely He has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows.—Isaiah 53:4 Above the throne is revealed the cross; and like a panoramic view appear the scenes of Adam’s temptation and fall, and the successive steps in the great plan of redemption. The Saviour’s lowly birth; His early life of simplicity and obedience; His baptism in […]
Dearly Beloved
He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.—Colossians 1:13 I have been shown the great love and condescension of God in giving His Son to die that humanity might find pardon and live. I was shown Adam and Eve, who were privileged […]
Antitype of the Wave Sheaf
But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming.—1 Corinthians 15:23 In the summer of 1844, midway between the time when it had been first thought that the 2300 days would end, and the autumn of the same year, to which it was afterward found that […]
Commander of Heaven
But made Himself of no reputation, taking the form of a bondservant, and coming in the likeness of men.—Philippians 2:7 Christ was the only sinless one who ever dwelt on earth; yet for nearly thirty years He lived among the wicked inhabitants of Nazareth. This fact is a rebuke to those who think themselves dependent […]
King in His Beauty
Behold, He is coming with clouds, and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him.—Revelation 1:7 Oh, how many who have not sought their souls’ salvation will soon make the bitter lamentation: “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved”! We are living in the closing scenes of […]
