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27681 Steps to Jesus, p. 25.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Any person who sees this glory from heaven will hate his own selfishness and self-love. He will search for purity of heart through Christ’s righteousness. He will want to keep God’s law and have a Christlike character.
27682 Steps to Jesus, p. 25.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… offend God because they are so different from His loving character. Unselfish love fills every heart in heaven.
27683 Steps to Jesus, p. 29.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God if something terrible happens to them. But this is not easy to do. Sin changes a person’s desires and habits. After sin has molded the character, few people …
27684 Steps to Jesus, p. 29.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… the character or one sinful desire that we will not give up will finally stop the gospel’s power from changing us. Every time we give in to Satan, we turn more …
27685 Steps to Jesus, p. 40.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… obey God would prevent us from developing our minds and characters. We would be like machines, and this is not what our Creator wants. He wants us, the crowning …
27686 Steps to Jesus, p. 41.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… serve God, but they try to obey His laws without His help. By their own works they try to develop a good character and receive salvation. Their hearts are not …
27687 Steps to Jesus, p. 54.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, our lives will show the change. We cannot change our hearts or make our characters like God’s. We must not trust in our own strength or believe that our …
27688 Steps to Jesus, p. 57.1 (Ellen Gould White)
The beauty of Christ’s character will be seen in His followers. Christ was delighted to do what His Father asked. Love to God was the guiding power in our Saviour’s life. Love made all His acts kind and beautiful.
27689 Steps to Jesus, p. 57.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… because God first loved us.” 1 John 4:19. In hearts made new by God’s grace, love is the guiding power. Love changes our characters, rules our feelings, and controls …
27690 Steps to Jesus, p. 60.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… righteous character by obeying God’s law. But Adam failed to do this. Because of his sin, we are all sinners, and we cannot make ourselves righteous. Because …
27691 Steps to Jesus, p. 60.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… . Christ’s character will stand in the place of our characters. We are accepted by God just as if we had not sinned.
27692 Steps to Jesus, p. 62.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… that God has pardoned their sins, and they really want to be His children. But they know that their characters are not perfect and their lives have many faults …
27693 Steps to Jesus, p. 64.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Our sense of need drives us to the Saviour and to the Word of God. The more we see of His beautiful character, the more we shall become like Him.
27694 Steps to Jesus, p. 65.1 (Ellen Gould White)
Our characters change when we become children of God. The Bible speaks of this change as a birth. It also says it is like the growth of good seed planted by a farmer …
27695 Steps to Jesus, p. 79.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… power. God’s Spirit will move upon our hearts, helping us develop characters that will honor Him. If we give ourselves in unselfish service for others, we are …
27696 Steps to Jesus, p. 84.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… earth. God loves beautiful things, and more than the beauty of nature, He loves a beautiful character. He wants us to grow in purity and simplicity—two things …
27697 Steps to Jesus, p. 86.5 (Ellen Gould White)
God speaks to us in His Word, the Bible. Here He tells us some things more clearly than through nature. He tells us about His character and how He deals with people …
27698 Steps to Jesus, p. 88.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… the character of our dear Redeemer and His work for us as our High Priest in heaven. We need to consider the work of Him who came to save His people from sin.
27699 Steps to Jesus, p. 89.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… . If God’s Word were studied as it should be, people would have broader minds and more noble characters. Bible study helps a person to have a purpose in life.
27700 Steps to Jesus, p. 105.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God always gives us facts and reasons before He asks us to believe. We know He lives because He is the Creator. He shows us His character by what He does for us. We know His Word is true because things have happened the way He said they would.