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221 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 24.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The “honest and good heart” of which the parable speaks, is not a heart without sin; for the gospel is to be preached to the lost. Christ said, “I came not to call the …
222 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 26.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… 6:5-15 .
223 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 26.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Jesus Himself, while He dwelt among men, was often in prayer. Our Saviour identified Himself with our needs and weakness, in that He became a suppliant, a petitioner …
224 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 27.5 (Ellen Gould White)
When we come to ask mercy and blessing from God we should have a spirit of love and forgiveness in our own hearts. How can we pray, “Forgive us our debts, as we forgive …
225 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 27.8 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” 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 …
226 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 30.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Henceforth you are not your own; you are bought with a price. “Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold; ... but with the precious blood of …
227 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 32.5 (Ellen Gould White)
He went a little distance from them—not so far but that they could both see and hear Him—and fell prostrate upon the ground. He felt that by sin He was being separated from His Father. The Desire of Ages, 685, 686 .
228 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 33.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Turning away, Jesus sought again His retreat, and fell prostrate, overcome by the horror of a great darkness. The humanity of the Son of God trembled in that …
229 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 34.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Turning to the priests and elders, Christ fixed upon them His searching glance.... With dignity He said: You come out against Me with swords and staves as you would …
230 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 36.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Simon had heard of Jesus. His sons were believers in the Saviour, but he himself was not a disciple. The bearing of the cross to Calvary was a blessing to Simon …
231 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 37.5 (Ellen Gould White)
That prayer of Christ for His enemies embraced the world. It took in every sinner that had lived or should live, from the beginning of the world to the end of …
232 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 38.5 (Ellen Gould White)
There is no question now. There are no doubts, no reproaches. When condemned for his crime, the thief had become hopeless and despairing; but strange, tender …
233 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 39.5 (Ellen Gould White)
At the ninth hour the darkness lifted from the people, but still enveloped the Saviour.... Then “Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” “My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?” ...
234 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 41.5 (Ellen Gould White)
“And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven.” ... “His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.” ...
235 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 42.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The soldiers were horrified at the thought of bringing upon themselves the charge of sleeping at their post. This was an offense punishable with death....
236 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 43.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The priests, in putting Christ to death, had made themselves the tools of Satan. Now they were entirely in his power. They were entangled in a snare from which …
237 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 44.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The promise of Christ's second coming was ever to be kept fresh in the minds of His disciples. The same Jesus whom they had seen ascending into heaven, would …
238 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 46.5 (Ellen Gould White)
The Bible unfolds truth with a simplicity and a perfect adaptation to the needs and longings of the human heart, that has astonished and charmed the most …
239 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 47.5 (Ellen Gould White)
By faith we may look to the hereafter and grasp the pledge of God for a growth of intellect, the human faculties uniting with the divine, and every power of the …
240 A Call To Stand Apart, p. 48.5 (Ellen Gould White)
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ …