“Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.”—Matthew 5:6. Righteousness is holiness, likeness to God, and “God is love.” 1 John 4:16. It is conformity to the law of God, for “all Thy commandments are righteousness” (Psalm 119:172), and “love is the fulfilling of the law” (Romans 13:10). RighteousnessContinue reading “Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing: The Beatitudes, Part 4”
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The Great Controversy: Modern Revivals—Chapter 27, Part 5
“Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? for ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20. He whose body isContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Modern Revivals—Chapter 27, Part 5”
Righteousness As A Mighty Stream
“But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” (Amos 5:24 KJV). The flowing of the water from the rock in the desert was celebrated by the Israelites, after their establishment in Canaan, with demonstrations of great rejoicing. In the time of Christ this celebration had become a most impressive ceremony.Continue reading “Righteousness As A Mighty Stream”