Fascinating Quotations
"Trial is part of the education given in the school of
Christ, to purify God's children from the dross of earthliness. It is because
God is leading His children that trying experiences come to them. Trials and
obstacles are His chosen methods of discipline, and His appointed conditions of
success."--Acts of the Apostles, p. 524.
"Sanctification is not the work of a moment, an hour, a day,
but a lifetime."--The Acts of the Apostles, p. 560.
"He will make plain His word to all who seek Him in sincerity
of heart. Those who study the word of God with hearts open to the enlightenment
of the Holy Spirit, will not remain in darkness as to the meaning of the word."--Christ's
Object Lessons, p. 36.
"In every command and in every promise of the word of God is
the power, the very life of God, by which the command may be fulfilled and the
promise realised. He who by faith receives the word is receiving the very life
and character of God."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 38.
"Thus in the homes of professed Christians many youth are
educated to be infidels. And the parents question why their children are so
little interested in the gospel, and so ready to doubt the truth of the Bible.
They wonder that it is so difficult to reach them with moral and religious
influences. They do not see that their own example has hardened the hearts of
their children. The good seed finds no place to take root, and Satan catches it
away."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 46.
"Many receive the gospel as a way of escape from suffering,
rather than as a deliverance from sin."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 47.
"If we love Jesus, we shall love to live for Him, to present
our thank offerings to Him, to labour for Him. The very labour will be light.
For His sake we shall covet pain and toil and sacrifice. We shall sympathise
with His longing for the salvation of men. We shall feel the same tender craving
for souls that He has felt. This is the religion of Christ. Anything short of it
is a deception."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 49, 50.
"Instead of regarding wealth as a talent to be employed for
the glory of God and the uplifting of humanity, they [those who love riches]
look upon it as a means of serving themselves. Instead of developing in man the
attributes of God, riches thus used are developing in him the attributes of
Satan."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 52.
"Even the church, which should be the pillar and ground of
the truth, is found encouraging the selfish love of pleasure. When money is to
be raised for religious purposes, to what means do many churches resort? To
bazaars, suppers, fancy fairs, even to lotteries, and like devices. Often the
place set apart for God's worship is desecrated by feasting and drinking,
buying, selling, and merrymaking. Respect for the house of God and reverence for
His worship are lessened in the minds of the youth. The barriers of
self-restraint are weakened. Selfishness, appetite, the love of display, are
appealed to, and they strengthen as they are indulged."--Christ's Object
Lessons, p. 54.
"True, we cannot change ourselves; but the power of choice is
ours, and it rests with us to determine what we will become."--Christ's
Object Lessons, p. 56.
"At the very outset of the Christian life every believer
should be taught its foundation principles. He should be taught that he is not
merely to be saved by Christ's sacrifice, but that he is to make the life of
Christ his life and the character of Christ his character."--Christ's Object
Lessons, p. 57, 58.
"The word of God often comes in collision with man's
hereditary and cultivated traits of character and his habits of life. But the
good-ground hearer, in receiving the word, accepts all its conditions and
requirements. His habits, customs, and practices are brought into submission to
God's word."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 60.
"Through conflict the spiritual life is strengthened. Trials
well borne will develop steadfastness of character and precious spiritual
graces. The perfect fruit of faith, meekness, and love often matures best amid
storm clouds and darkness."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 61.
"Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation
of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly
reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own."--Christ's
Object Lessons, p. 69.
"Many who think themselves Christians will at last be found
wanting. Many will be in heaven who their neighbours supposed would never enter
there."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 72.
"It is not the capabilities you now possess, or ever will,
that will give you success. It is that which the Lord can do for you...He longs
to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things
from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as spiritual
matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your
talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will be given you."--Christ’s
Object Lessons, p. 146.
"We are not forgiven because we forgive, but as
we forgive."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 251.
"Through the grace of Christ we may accomplish everything
that God requires."--Christ's Object Lessons, p. 301.
"As the will of man co-operates with the will of God, it
becomes omnipotent. What ever is to be done at His command may be accomplished
in His strength. All His biddings are enablings."--Christ's Object Lessons,
p. 333.
"More than one thousand will soon be converted in one day,
most of whom will trace their first convictions to the reading of our
publications."--Colporteur Ministry, p. 151.
"Christ was treated as we deserve, that we might be treated
as He deserves. He was condemned for our sins, in which He had no share, that we
might be justified by His righteousness, in which we had no share. He suffered
the death which was ours, that we might receive the life which was His."--The
Desire of Ages, p. 25.
"It would be well for us to spend a thoughtful hour each day
in contemplation of the life of Christ. We should take it point by point,
and let the imagination grasp each scene, especially the closing ones. As
we thus dwell upon His great sacrifice for us, our confidence in Him will be
more constant, our love will be quickened, and we shall be more deeply imbued
with His spirit."--The Desire of Ages, page 83.
"God never leads His children otherwise than they would
choose to be led, if they could see the end from the beginning, and discern the
glory of the purpose which they are fulfilling as co-workers with Him. "--The
Desire of Ages, pp. 224, 225.
"There is no limit to the usefulness of one who, by putting
self aside, makes room for the working of the Holy Spirit upon his heart, and
lives a life wholly consecrated to God." --The Desire of Ages, pp. 250,
251.
"Salvation is like sunshine. It belongs to the whole world.
"--The Desire of Ages, p. 307.
"God's ideal for His children is higher than the highest
human thought can reach."--The Desire of Ages, p. 311.
"When the soul surrenders itself to Christ, a new power takes
possession of the new heart. A change is wrought which man can never accomplish
for himself. It is a supernatural work, bringing a supernatural element into
human nature. The soul that is yielded to Christ becomes His own fortress, which
He holds in a revolted world, and He intends that no authority shall be known in
it except His own. A soul thus kept in possession by the heavenly agencies is
impregnable to the assaults of Satan."--Desire of Ages, p. 324.
"Worry is blind, and cannot discern the future; but Jesus
sees the end from the beginning. In every difficulty He has His way prepared to
bring relief. Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of
which we know nothing."--The Desire of Ages, p. 330.
"It is faith that connects us with heaven. "--The Desire
of Ages, p. 429.
"Every soul is as fully known to Jesus as if he were the only
one for whom the Saviour died."--The Desire of Ages, p. 480.
"All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work
with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts
and aims, so blend our hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when
obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses. The will, refined and
sanctified, will find its highest delight in doing His service. When we know God
as it is our privilege to know Him, our life will be a life of continual
obedience. Through an appreciation of the character of Christ, through communion
with God, sin will become hateful to us."--Desire of Ages, p. 668.
"Circumstances may separate us from every earthly friend; but
no circumstance, no distance, can separate us from the heavenly Comforter.
Wherever we are, wherever we may go, He is always at our right hand to support,
sustain, uphold, and cheer."--The Desire of Ages, p. 670.
"Christ did not fail, neither was He discouraged, and His
followers are to manifest a faith of the same enduring nature."--Desire of
Ages, p. 679.
"The greatest want of the world is the want of men---men who
will not be bought or sold, men who in their inmost souls are true and honest,
men who do not fear to call sin by its right name, men whose conscience is as
true to duty as the needle to the pole, men who will stand for the right though
the heavens fall."--Education, p. 57.
"God's unwillingness to have His people perish, has been the
reason of so long delay."--Evangelism, p. 694.
"A kind, courteous Christian is the most powerful
argument that can be produced in favour of Christianity."--Gospel Workers,
p. 122.
"It is a part of God' s plan to grant us, in answer to the
prayer of faith, that which He would not bestow did we not thus ask."--The
Great Controversy, p. 525.
"The strongest argument in favour of the gospel is a loving
and loveable Christian."-- Help in Daily Living, p. 2.
"We have nothing to fear for the future, except as we shall
forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history."--Life
Sketches, p. 196.
"Those who in everything make God first and last and best,
are the happiest people in the world."--Messages to Young People,
p. 38.
"You cannot give to God anything that He has not first given
you."-Messages to Young People, p. 407.
"Christ's method alone will give true success in reaching the
people. The Saviour mingled with men as one who desired their good. He showed
His sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Then
He bade them, 'Follow Me.'"--Ministry of Healing, p. 143.
"The family tie is the closest, the most tender and sacred,
of any on earth."--The Ministry of Healing, p. 356.
"If you will find voice and time to pray, God will find time
and voice to answer."--My Life Today, p. 16.
"When souls are converted their salvation is not yet
accomplished. They then have the race to run; the arduous struggle is before
them to do, what? "To fight the good fight of faith," to press forward to the
mark for the prize of the high calling which is in Christ Jesus. There is no
release in this warfare; the battle is lifelong, and must be carried forward
with determined energy proportionate to the value of the object you are in
pursuit of, which is eternal life"--My Life Today, p. 313.
"The cultivation of a uniform courtesy, a willingness to do
to others as we would wish them to do to us, would annihilate half the ills of
life."--Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 133.
"Faith is the gift of God, but the power to exercise it is
ours.' --Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 431.
"God hates sin, but He loves the sinner."--Prophets
and Kings, p. 84.
"When it is in the heart to obey God, when efforts are put
forth to this end, Jesus accepts this disposition and effort as man's best
service, and He makes up for the deficiency with His own divine merit.
"--Selected Messages, Book 1, p. 382.
"The Warfare against self is the greatest battle that was
ever fought."--Steps to Christ, p. 27.
"None are so sinful that they cannot find strength, purity,
and righteousness in Jesus, who died for them."--Steps to Christ, p. 35.
"The closer you come to Jesus, the more faulty you will
appear in your own eyes; for your vision will be clearer, and your imperfections
will be seen in broad and distinct contrast to His perfect nature."--Steps to
Christ, p. 44.
"There are those who profess to serve God, while they rely
upon their own efforts to obey His law, to form a right character, and secure
salvation. Their hearts are not moved by any deep sense of the love of Christ,
but they seek to perform the duties of the Christian life as that which God
requires of them in order to gain heaven. Such religion is worth nothing."--Steps
to Christ, p. 44.
"Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to
pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heaven's storehouse,
where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence?--Steps to Christ,
p. 94.
"Keep your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, and
your fears, before God. You cannot burden Him; you cannot weary Him. He who
numbers the hairs of your head is not indifferent to the wants of His children.
'The Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.' James 5:11. His heart of love
is touched by our sorrows, and even by our utterances of them. Take to Him
everything that perplexes the mind. Nothing is too great for Him to bear, for He
holds up worlds. He rules over ail the affairs of the universe. Nothing that in
any way concerns our peace is too small for Him to notice. There is no chapter
in our experience too dark for Him to read; there is no perplexity too difficult
for Him to unravel .... No sincere prayer... [can] escape the lips, of which our
heavenly Father is unobservant, or in which He takes no immediate interest."--Steps
to Christ, p. 100.
"God never asks us to believe, without giving sufficient
evidence on which to base our faith. "---Steps to Christ, p. 105.
"Love those best who love Christ most."--Testimonies,
vol. 2, p. 48.
"Every man who praises himself brushes the lustre from his
best efforts."--Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 607.
"Death before dishonour or the transgression of GOD' s law
should be the motto of every Christian."--Testimonies, vol. 5,
p. 147.
"In choosing men and women for His service, God does not ask
whether they possess learning or eloquence or worldly wealth. He asks: "Do they
walk in such humility that I can teach them my way? Can I put My words into
their lips? Will they represent me?"--Testimonies, vol. 7, p. 144.
"If we would humble ourselves before God, and be kind and
courteous and tender-hearted and pitiful, there would be one hundred conversions
to the truth where now there is only one."--Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 189.
Not by painful struggles or wearisome toil, not by gift or
sacrifice, is righteousness obtained; but it is freely given to every soul who
hungers and thirsts to receive it."--Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing,
p. 18.
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