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35041 The Present Truth, vol. 15 March 16, 1899, page 165 paragraph 3
… of God’s character and great work of salvation. This is not of so precarious a commit nature that no one can rejoice in it unless he feels that God has somehow …
35042 The Present Truth, vol. 15 March 23, 1899, page 182 paragraph 1
… :11. God’s glory is His power, and that is His righteousness. “God is light” ( 1 John 1:5 ), so that His glory is His own personality,-His character,-and since His glory is …
35043 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 6, 1899, page 211 paragraph 8
… the character, of a servant, that Jesus took on Himself. Why did He not, in coming to earth, take the character of a servant?-Because He already had that. He came to …
35044 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 6, 1899, page 211 paragraph 9
… was “God manifest in the flesh.” When Jesus said, “Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart,” He was declaring the character of God. One does not ordinarily expect …
35045 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 6, 1899, page 212 paragraph 3
… God. He acted calmly, because He was calm within. He made no difference in His treatment of the disciples, because He felt none. His was the character of God, who …
35046 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 20, 1899, page 244 paragraph 5
… His character, arousing suspicion, contradicting and abusing Him; yet never once was He impatient. What perfect peace! And this peace He has given us. We are …
35047 The Present Truth, vol. 15 April 27, 1899, page 263 paragraph 2
… the character of God, we might well fear to be put to shame, but it is God who has chosen to reveal Himself in us, and He will justify the putting of His name upon …
35048 The Present Truth, vol. 15 May 11, 1899, page 291 paragraph 11
… Christ’s character.” But if he does those things which are inconsistent with the character of Jesus of Nazareth, then he is denying Him as surely as Peter did …
35049 The Present Truth, vol. 15 May 11, 1899, page 293 paragraph 7
… which God lays in Zion for a foundation is a “tried stone.” “God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself.” God placed His character in Christ. He had pledged …
35050 The Present Truth, vol. 15 May 25, 1899, page 323 paragraph 3
… faith? God forbid; yea, we establish the law.” Romans 3:31. The law is the perfection of the character of Christ. Whoever finds it a hardship to keep the law, thereby …
35051 The Present Truth, vol. 15 May 25, 1899, page 324 paragraph 19
… of character. Compare this with verses 13, 14. It is the same lesson that is set forth in the first chapter of Isaiah, and one which cannot be repeated too often …
35052 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 1, 1899, page 339 paragraph 6
… His character with him, and to this end He calls upon men to be His witnesses, witnesses of His loving-kindness, of His great mercy, of His willingness and power …
35053 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 1, 1899, page 339 paragraph 7
… for God and His truth, should know for himself what the character of God is. How dare he be a witness when he knows not whereof he speaks? A witness for Christ will …
35054 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 1, 1899, page 340 paragraph 1
… of God is purified. They are the means of perfecting character. But the hardest of all trials to bear is that where the world sees only defeat. When Christ was …
35055 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 8, 1899, page 368 paragraph 23
… only God’s eye was upon him, that gave him the character of a king, and the fitness for the place he ultimately occupied. God wishes us all to be “kings and priests …
35056 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 15, 1899, page 374 paragraph 3
… of character, and are always found on the wrong side. God wants men who will stand firmly for the right, though the heavens fall. Such men He can use as He used Daniel …
35057 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 15, 1899, page 377 paragraph 5
… from God! What does it avail to study history if one does not become acquainted with the most sublime character that ever lived? What will it profit a man to …
35058 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 29, 1899, page 402 paragraph 5
… was God’s free man. All was not to his liking, and therefore it was wrong, because his liking was God’s will. He liked only that which God liked. What was the trouble …
35059 The Present Truth, vol. 15 June 29, 1899, page 404 paragraph 5
… of character, and loyalty to principle are esteemed even by the world. Daniel’s course was such that he could not fail to be noted, and his prominence was only …
35060 The Present Truth, vol. 15 July 13, 1899, page 439 paragraph 8
… what God says and what God thinks of him. It is a rare thing to find men of this character, for it is directly contrary to worldly policy.