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12761 Education, p. 146.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… . In God’s word alone is found such delineation.
12762 Education, p. 147.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… by God’s promise, Jacob resorted to fraud, and he reaped the harvest in his brother’s hatred. Through twenty years of exile he was himself wronged and defrauded …
12763 Education, p. 147.2 (Ellen Gould White)
But God says: “I will not contend forever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before Me, and the souls which I have made. For the iniquity …
12764 Education, p. 147.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… from God. “Yea, he had power over the Angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication.” “And He blessed him there.” Hosea 12:4; Genesis 32:29. In the power of His might …
12765 Education, p. 147.4 (Ellen Gould White)
At eventide there was light. Jacob, reviewing his life-history, recognized the sustaining power of God—“the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil.” Genesis 48:15, 16 .
12766 Education, p. 148.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God does not annul His laws. He does not work contrary to them. The work of sin He does not undo. But He transforms. Through His grace the curse works out blessing.
12767 Education, p. 148.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… from God, “I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.” Genesis 49:7. But repentance wrought reformation; and by their faithfulness to God amidst the …
12768 Education, p. 148.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God’s service. They were the teachers of the people, guests at all their festivities, and everywhere honored as servants and representatives of God. To …
12769 Education, p. 149.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… . Leaving God out of the question, the multitude echoed the decision of the unbelieving spies, “We be not able to go up against the people; for they are stronger …
12770 Education, p. 149.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… , counting God’s promise superior to giants, walled cities, or chariots of iron. For them their word was true. Though they shared with their brethren the forty …
12771 Education, p. 150.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God’s holy law, has perverted his noble gifts into a lure to sin. Genius, talent, sympathy, even generous and kindly deeds, may thus become decoys of Satan to …
12772 Education, p. 150.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… why God has given so many examples showing the results of even one wrong act. From the sad story of that one sin which “brought death into the world and all our …
12773 Education, p. 151.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… for God upon Mount Carmel. Through the power of faith, idolatry was cast down, and the blessed rain testified to the showers of blessing waiting to be poured …
12774 Education, p. 151.2 (Ellen Gould White)
But God had marked the heart service of His servant. Elijah was not to perish in discouragement and solitude in the wilderness. Not for him the descent to the tomb, but the ascent with God’s angels to the presence of His glory.
12775 Education, p. 151.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… that God’s mercy reaches to the deepest depths; that faith lifts up the repenting soul to share the adoption of the sons of God.
12776 Education, p. 151.4 (Ellen Gould White)
All who in this world render true service to God or man receive a preparatory training in the school of sorrow. The weightier the trust and the higher the service, the closer is the test and the more severe the discipline.
12777 Education, p. 152.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… in God his comfort, his support, his life. He learned that only by God’s power could he come to the throne; only in His wisdom could he rule wisely. It was through …
12778 Education, p. 152.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… his God, Solomon entered on a reign that gave high promise of prosperity and honor. Nations marveled at the knowledge and insight of the man to whom God had …
12779 Education, p. 153.3 (Ellen Gould White)
By his own bitter experience, Solomon learned the emptiness of a life that seeks in earthly things its highest good. He erected altars to heathen gods, only to learn how vain is their promise of rest to the soul.
12780 Education, p. 154.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… love God, those who are “the called according to His purpose” ( Romans 8:28 ), Bible biography has a yet higher lesson of the ministry of sorrow. “Ye are My witnesses …