The crisis in his life has come; everything is at stake. … Through humiliation, repentance, and self-surrender, this sinful, erring mortal prevailed with the Majesty of heaven.
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The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 6
[Matthew 5:17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.Matthew 5:18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.—KJV] In answerContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 6”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 5
[John 15:12 This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.—KJV] In Wesley’s time, as in all ages of the church’s history, men of different gifts performed their appointed work. They did not harmonize upon every point of doctrine, but all were moved by the Spirit of God, and unitedContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 5”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 4
[1 John 4:18 There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear: because fear hath torment. He that feareth is not made perfect in love.—KJV] John and Charles Wesley, after being ordained to the ministry, were sent on a mission to America. On board the ship was a company of Moravians. ViolentContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 3
[Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.—KJV] In England the establishment of Protestantism as the national religionContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Later English Reformers—Chapter 14, Part 3”
Gethsemane: The Longing Heart, Baptism of Blood
“Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel, and thy garments like him that treadeth in the winefat?“I have trodden the winepress alone; and of the people there was none with me: … and I will stain all my raiment” (Isaiah 63:2, 3 KJV). The human heart longs for sympathy in suffering. This longing Christ feltContinue reading “Gethsemane: The Longing Heart, Baptism of Blood”
Priceless, the Widow’s Mite, But Woes to Hypocrites
“Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation” (Matthew 23:14, KJV). “Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites,” said Jesus; “for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neitherContinue reading “Priceless, the Widow’s Mite, But Woes to Hypocrites”