November 18: Glad Tidings.
The Joy of Doing What Is Right.
Where there is no relation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.--Proverbs 29:18, NKJV
OBEDIENCE TO GOD is the first duty of the Christian.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 610
The man who attempts to keep the commandments of God from a sense of obligation merely--because he is required to do so--will never enter into the joy of obedience. He does not obey. When the requirements of God are accounted a burden because they cut across human inclination, we may know that the life is not a Christian life. True obedience is the outworking of a principle within. It springs from the love of righteousness, the love of the law of God. The essence of all righteousness is loyalty to the Redeemer. This will lead us to do right because it is right--because right doing is pleasing to God.--Christ's Object Lessons, 97.
Christ lays loving claims on all for whom He has given His life; they are to obey His will if they would share the joys that He has prepared for all who reflect His character here.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, 284.
Of Christ it is written: "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:4. He is the Fountain of life. Obedience to Him is the life-giving power that gladdens the soul.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, 288.
All the nations you made
will come and bow before you, Lord;
they will praise your holy name.
For you are great and perform wonderful deeds.
You alone are God.
Teach me your ways, O Lord,
that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
so that I may honor you.
--Psalm 86:9-11, NLT
The Joy of Doing What Is Right.
Where there is no relation, the people cast off restraint; but happy is he who keeps the law.--Proverbs 29:18, NKJV
OBEDIENCE TO GOD is the first duty of the Christian.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, 610
The man who attempts to keep the commandments of God from a sense of obligation merely--because he is required to do so--will never enter into the joy of obedience. He does not obey. When the requirements of God are accounted a burden because they cut across human inclination, we may know that the life is not a Christian life. True obedience is the outworking of a principle within. It springs from the love of righteousness, the love of the law of God. The essence of all righteousness is loyalty to the Redeemer. This will lead us to do right because it is right--because right doing is pleasing to God.--Christ's Object Lessons, 97.
Christ lays loving claims on all for whom He has given His life; they are to obey His will if they would share the joys that He has prepared for all who reflect His character here.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9, 284.
Of Christ it is written: "In Him was life; and the life was the light of men." John 1:4. He is the Fountain of life. Obedience to Him is the life-giving power that gladdens the soul.--Testimonies for the Church, vol. 8, 288.
All the nations you made
will come and bow before you, Lord;
they will praise your holy name.
For you are great and perform wonderful deeds.
You alone are God.
Teach me your ways, O Lord,
that I may live according to your truth!
Grant me purity of heart,
so that I may honor you.
--Psalm 86:9-11, NLT
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