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3181 From Heaven With Love, p. 365.7 (Ellen Gould White)

… 14:5. The angels of heaven do not come to earth to rule and to exact homage, but to cooperate with men in uplifting humanity.

3182 From Heaven With Love, p. 368.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Now the disciples had a demonstration of the truth of Christ's words, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.” Luke 18:27. They saw how, through the grace of God, a rich man could enter into the kingdom.

3183 From Heaven With Love, p. 369.5 (Ellen Gould White)

To Zacchaeus the Saviour said, “This day is salvation come to this house.” Christ went to his home to give him lessons of truth, and to instruct his household in …

3184 From Heaven With Love, p. 371.5 (Ellen Gould White)

A council was called. Since the raising of Lazarus the sympathies of the people were so fully with Christ that it would be dangerous to seize Him openly. So …

3186 From Heaven With Love, p. 375.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Christ values acts of heartfelt courtesy. He did not refuse the simplest flower plucked by the hand of a child and offered to Him in love. He accepted the offerings …

3187 From Heaven With Love, p. 376.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The words spoken in indignation, “To what purpose is this waste?” brought vividly before Christ the greatest sacrifice ever made—the gift of Himself as the …

3188 From Heaven With Love, p. 377.5 (Ellen Gould White)

As did Nathan with David ( 2 Samuel 12:1-7 ), Christ threw upon His host the burden of pronouncing sentence on himself. Simon had led into sin the woman he now despised …

3189 From Heaven With Love, p. 378.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Simon was touched by the kindness of Jesus in not openly rebuking him before the guests. He had not been treated as he desired Mary to be treated. He saw that …

3190 From Heaven With Love, p. 386.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Daniel will tell you: He is the Messiah (“the Anointed One”). See Daniel 9:24-27 .

3191 From Heaven With Love, p. 387.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The entire night Jesus spent in prayer, and in the morning came again to the temple. On the way He was hungry, “and seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He came …

3192 From Heaven With Love, p. 388.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The barren fig tree, flaunting its pretentious foliage in the face of Christ, was a symbol of the Jewish nation. The Saviour desired to make plain the cause …

3193 From Heaven With Love, p. 390.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The Jewish nation was a symbol of the people of all ages who scorn the pleadings of Infinite Love. The tears of Christ when He wept over Jerusalem were for the sins of all time.

3194 From Heaven With Love, p. 391.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Christ foresaw that Jerusalem would remain impenitent, yet all the guilt lay at her own door. Thus it will be with every soul who follows the same course. The …

3195 From Heaven With Love, p. 392.5 (Ellen Gould White)

Against these practices Christ had spoken through the prophets. Isaiah, seeing in prophetic vision the apostasy of the Jews, addressed them: “What to Me is …

3196 From Heaven With Love, p. 396.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The second son represented the leading men of the Jewish nation who would not acknowledge that John came from God. They “rejected the counsel of God against …

3198 From Heaven With Love, p. 400.5 (Ellen Gould White)

And on “whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.” The people who rejected Christ were soon to see their city and nation destroyed, their glory scattered …

3199 From Heaven With Love, p. 403.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The Sadducees had not so strong a hold on the common people, but many had the influence which wealth imparts. From among them the high priest was usually chosen. The fact that they were eligible to such office gave influence to their errors.

3200 From Heaven With Love, p. 405.5 (Ellen Gould White)

The Pharisees, however, did not yet despair. They prevailed on a certain learned scribe to question Jesus as to which of the ten precepts of the law was of the …