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2461 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 253.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… that Christ had given, this man had revealed his selfish disposition. He could appreciate that ability of the Lord which might work for the advancement of …
2462 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 254.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… covetous. Christ virtually said, It is not My work to settle controversies of this kind. He came for another purpose, to preach the gospel, and thus to arouse …
2463 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 254.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… to Christ. He alone, for the selfish heart of sin, gives the new heart of love. Let the servants of Christ preach the gospel with the Spirit sent down from heaven …
2464 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 256.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… man, Christ showed the folly of those who make the world their all. This man had received everything from God. The sun had been permitted to shine upon his land …
2465 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 259.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of Christ to give, to sacrifice self for the good of others. “And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. He that hath …
2466 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 260.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… Lazarus, Christ shows that in this life men decide their eternal destiny. During probationary time the grace of God is offered to every soul. But if men waste …
2467 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 260.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… dependence. Christ shows that the time is coming when the position of the two classes will be reversed. Those who are poor in this world's goods, yet who trust …
2468 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 260.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… man,” Christ said, “which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at …
2469 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 262.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… for Christ, he had endured the test of his faith, and at his death he is represented as being carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom.
2470 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 262.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Lazarus represents the suffering poor who believe in Christ. When the trumpet sounds and all that are in the graves hear Christ's voice and come forth, they will receive their reward; for their faith in God was not a mere theory, but a reality.
2471 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 263.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… to Christ's words. The Saviour knew of their ideas, and He framed His parable so as to inculcate important truths through these preconceived opinions. He …
2472 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 263.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… .” Thus Christ represented the hopelessness of looking for a second probation. This life is the only time given to man in which to prepare for eternity.
2473 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 263.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… to Christ. “Remember me when Thou comest into Thy kingdom,” he said. ( Luke 23:42 .) And at once the response came, Verily I say unto thee today (as I hang on the cross in …
2474 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 265.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… nation. Christ's last and crowning miracle was the raising of Lazarus of Bethany, after he had been dead four days. The Jews were given this wonderful evidence …
2475 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 265.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… men. Christ said, Let them give heed to these evidences. If they do not listen to the voice of God in His word, the testimony of a witness raised from the dead would …
2476 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 266.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… to Christ are carried to the heavenly courts. But those who selfishly spend the Lord's gifts on themselves, leaving their needy fellow creatures without …
2477 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 267.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of Christ's righteousness, woven in the loom of heaven, can never cover him. He who once wore the richest purple, the finest linen, is reduced to nakedness. His …
2478 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 267.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… God. Christ asks, “What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Mark 8:36, 37 .
2479 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 267.3 (Ellen Gould White)
When Christ gave the parable of the rich man and Lazarus, there were many in the Jewish nation in the pitiable condition of the rich man, using the Lord's goods …
2480 Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 268.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Christ longed to let light shine into the darkened minds of the Jewish people. He said to them, “If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of Abraham …