“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.”—Matthew 5:7. The heart of man is by nature cold and dark and unloving; whenever one manifests a spirit of mercy and forgiveness, he does it not of himself, but through the influence of the divine Spirit moving upon his heart. “We love, because He first loved us.” 1Continue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Beatitudes, Part 5”
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Toward Calvary: So Heavy the Cross
“Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.“Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach” (Hebrews 13:12, 13 KJV) “And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified Him.” DA 741.1 “That He might sanctify theContinue reading “Toward Calvary: So Heavy the Cross”
True Religion: What It Is, Pt. 1
“And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.“And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live” (Luke 10:27, 28 KJV). In theContinue reading “True Religion: What It Is, Pt. 1”