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| What I wished to say to the church in Fresno is, Everyone is accountable to God for his own course of action. If one has light, it is not to be placed under a bushed or a bed, but it is to shine forth through good works. "Ye are the light of the world." They are not to be living epistles of E. P. Daniel's, but of Jesus Christ. He will give them his light, which they are to give to the world in clear, sharp rays. Every true Christian is Christ-like; he is a doer of the word of God. Fathers, mothers, children, neighbors, superior or inferior, must walk as Christ walked, in all humility, all purity, all meekness and forbearance and Christian fidelity, or else they are not Christians. The Christian's faith must be strong, his zeal consistent, his prayers fervent, and his faithful, incessant admonitions must be heard against all wrong; for he is responsible for the salvation of other souls. Teach it in the home and in the church, that all religious manifestations which do not proceed from heart-felt piety, must necessarily be utterly powerless for good. A religion which shines out in good works, emits a clear, sure, safe light. {PH028 24.2} |
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| Let those who handle Christ's Object Lessons pray in faith that the Lord will help them to speak words which will be a blessing to those whom they meet while presenting the book for sale. Carefully improve the opportunities to sow the seeds of truth. Do not introduce doctrinal subjects nor engage in controversy, but speak of the Christian's faith and hope. Thus you will become acquainted with persons whom you may afterwards visit Bible in hand, and upon whom you may reflect the light which God has given to you. You will find opportunities to comfort the depressed and discouraged, and to lift up those that are bowed down. {19MR 4.1} |
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| The Waldenses longed to break to those starving souls the bread of life, to open to them the messages of peace in the promises of God, and to point them to Christ as their only hope of salvation. The doctrine that good works can make satisfaction for transgression of God's law, they held to be based upon falsehood. Reliance upon human merits intercepts the view of Christ's infinite love. Jesus died as men's sacrifice, because they can do nothing to recommend themselves to God. The merits of a crucified and risen Saviour are the foundation of the Christian's faith. The union of the soul to Christ by faith is as real, as close, as that of a limb to the body, or of a branch to the vine. {4SP 78.1} |
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| THESE DISCUSSIONS BEGAN IN THE WEEK-LONG MINISTERIAL INSTITUTE, WHEN, ACCORDING TO THE AGENDA, SUCH TOPICS AS THE TEN KINGDOMS, THE DIVINITY OF CHRIST, THE HEALING OF THE DEADLY WOUND, AND JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH WERE TO BE CONSIDERED. THE DISCUSSION OF THE TEN KINGDOMS GREW BITTER AND CONSUMED A DISPROPORTIONATE AMOUNT OF TIME. SOME TOPICS SCHEDULED WERE CROWDED OUT. NEAR THE CLOSE OF THE INSTITUTE ELDER E. J. WAGGONER, ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF THE SIGNS OF THE TIMES, BEGAN A SERIES OF STUDIES, ON THE LAW IN GALATIANS, THAT MERGED INTO HIS PRESENTATION OF THE CHRISTIAN'S FAITH AND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. THESE CONTINUED THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE SESSION. {3SM 157.6} |
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