8- If ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well:

9- But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.

10- For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all.

Phil. 2:3-4

3- Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

4- Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.

Romans 13:9-10

9- For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

10- Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Our High Calling
Page 235

Christ treats anger as murder. . . . Passionate words are a savor of death unto death. He who utters them is not cooperating with God to save his fellow man. In heaven this wicked railing is placed in the same list as common swearing. While hatred is cherished in the soul there is not one iota of the love of God there.

1 John 4:12

12- No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and his love is perfected in us.

Jude 21

Keep yourselves in the love of God, looking for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life.

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In The Blessed Hope
Avalee

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Originally posted by Avalee Lohman:

Our High Calling
Page 235

Christ treats anger as murder. . . . Passionate words are a savor of death unto death. He who utters them is not cooperating with God to save his fellow man. In heaven this wicked railing is placed in the same list as common swearing. While hatred is cherished in the soul there is not one iota of the love of God there.

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The above quote is a really heavy one and one we need to be really cautious about.

In other words, we should definitely make sure our anger is truly righteous anger.

To play it safe we really should never get angry.

I think we all have work to do in this area in MSDAOL and elsewhere.

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In His Love, Mercy & Grace

Daryl

In The Blessed Hope
Avalee

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The Lord is the strength of my life and my portion forever.

Proverbs 14:2
There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

The Desire of Ages
Page 172

He who is trying to reach heaven by his own works in keeping the law is attempting an impossibility. There is no safety for one who has merely a legal religion, a form of godliness. The Christian's life is not a modification or improvement of the old, but a transformation of nature. There is a death to self and sin, and a new life altogether. This change can be brought about only by the effectual working of the Holy Spirit.

S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 6
Page 1075

Many Buried Alive.--The new birth is a rare experience in this age of the world. This is the reason why there are so many perplexities in the churches. Many, so many, who assume the name of Christ are unsanctified and unholy. They have been baptized, but they were buried alive. Self did not die, and therefore they did not rise to newness of life in Christ (MS 148, 1897).

S.D.A. Bible Commentary Vol. 6
Page 1101

Grace Not Inherited.--The old nature, born of blood and the will of the flesh, cannot inherit the kingdom of God. The old ways, the hereditary tendencies, the former habits, must be given up; for grace is not inherited. The new birth consists in having new motives, new tastes, new tendencies. Those who are begotten unto a new life by the Holy Spirit, have become partakers of the divine nature, and in all their habits and practices they will give evidence of their relationship to Christ.

2 Cor. 5:17-18
17 Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
18 And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation

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In The Blessed Hope

Avalee

Matthew 5:20
For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing
Page 54
Chapter Title: The Spirituality of the Law

While the law is holy, the Jews could not attain righteousness by their own efforts to keep the law. The disciples of Christ must obtain righteousness of a different character from that of the Pharisees, if they would enter the kingdom of heaven. God offered them, in His Son, the perfect righteousness of the law. If they would open their hearts fully to receive Christ, then the very life of God, His love, would dwell in them, transforming them into His own likeness; and thus through God's free gift they would possess the righteousness which the law requires. But the Pharisees rejected Christ; "being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness" (Romans 10:3), they would not submit themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Jesus proceeded to show His hearers what it means to keep the commandments of God--that it is a reproduction in themselves of the character of Christ. For in Him, God was daily made manifest before them.

Eph. 2:8-10
8-For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:
9-Not of works, lest any man should boast.
10-For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Phil. 3:8-9
8-Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
9-And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith

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In The Blessed Hope

Avalee

Christ's Object Lessons
Page 406

As Christ sat looking upon the party that waited for the bridegroom, He told His disciples the story of the ten virgins, by their experience illustrating the experience of the church that shall live just before His second coming.

The two classes of watchers represent the two classes who profess to be waiting for their Lord. They are called virgins because they profess a pure faith. By the lamps is represented the word of God. The psalmist says, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto may path." Ps. 119:105. The oil is a symbol of the Holy Spirit.

In the parable, all the ten virgins went out to meet the bridegroom. All had lamps and vessels for oil. For a time there was seen no difference between them. So with the church that lives just before Christ's second coming. All have a knowledge of the Scriptures. All have heard the message of Christ's near approach, and confidently expect His appearing. But as in the parable, so it is now. A time of waiting intervenes, faith is tried; and when the cry is heard, "Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him," many are unready. They have no oil in their vessels with their lamps. They are destitute of the Holy Spirit.

1 John 4:13
Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us, because he hath given us of his Spirit.

Romans 8:9
But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not the Spirit of Christ, he is none of his.

Christ's Object Lessons
Page 411

The class represented by the foolish virgins are not hypocrites. They have a regard for the truth, they have advocated the truth, they are attracted to those who believe the truth; but they have not yielded themselves to the Holy Spirit's working. They have not fallen upon the Rock, Christ Jesus, and permitted their old nature to be broken up. This class are represented also by the stony-ground hearers. They receive the word with readiness, but they fail of assimilating its principles. Its influence is not abiding. The Spirit works upon man's heart, according to his desire and consent implanting in him a new nature; but the class represented the foolish virgins have been content with a superficial work. They do not know God.

Eph. 3:16-19
16- That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;

17- That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

18- May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

19- And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

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In The Blessed Hope
Avalee

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2- The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son...11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment:

12- And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.

13- Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

14- For many are called, but few are chosen.

Christ's Object Lessons
Page 317
Chapter Title: Without a Wedding Garment

In the parable, when the king inquired, "How camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment?" the man was speechless. So it will be in the great judgment day. Men may now excuse their defects of character, but in that day they will offer no excuse.

Proverbs 14:12

12 -There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Christ's Object Lessons
Page 307
Chapter Title: Without a Wedding Garment

The parable of the wedding garment opens before us a lesson of the highest consequence. By the marriage is represented the union of humanity with divinity; the wedding garment represents the character which all must possess who shall be accounted fit guests for the wedding.

Rev. 19:7-8

7- Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to him: for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.

8- And to her was granted that she should be arrayed in fine linen, clean and white: for the fine linen is the righteousness of saints.

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In The Blessed Hope

Avalee

[This message has been edited by Avalee Lohman (edited April 05, 2001).]

The wedding garment in truth isn't clothing at all as what you quoted points out.

It isn't what we wear physically that counts.

It is what we wear spiritually that truly counts.

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In His Love, Mercy & Grace

Daryl

Christ's Object Lessons
Page 310
Chapter Title: Without a Wedding Garment

...It is the righteousness of Christ, His own unblemished character, that through faith is imparted to all who receive Him as their personal Saviour.

(This whole chapter is beautiful)

Christ's Object Lessons
Page 311-312
Chapter Title: Without a Wedding Garment

This robe, woven in the loom of heaven, has in it not one thread of human devising. Christ in His humanity wrought out a perfect character, and this character He offers to impart to us. "All our righteousness are as filthy rags." Isa. 64:6. Everything that we of ourselves can do is defiled by sin. But the Son of God "was manifested to take away our sins; and in Him is no sin" 1 John 3:5. Sin is defined to be "the transgression of the law." 1 John 3:4. But Christ was obedient to every requirement of the law. He said of Himself, "I delight to do Thy will, O My God; yea, Thy law is within My heart." Ps. 40:8. When on earth, He said to His disciples, "I have kept My Father's commandments." John 15:10. By His perfect obedience He has made it possible for every human being to obey God's commandments. When we submit ourselves to Christ, the heart is united with His heart, the will is merged in His will, the mind becomes one with His mind, the thoughts are brought into captivity to Him; we live His life. This is what it means to be clothed with the garment of His righteousness. Then as the Lord looks upon us He sees, not the fig-leaf garment, not the nakedness and deformity of sin, but His own robe of righteousness, which is perfect obedience to the law of Jehovah.

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In The Blessed Hope

Avalee

[This message has been edited by Avalee Lohman (edited April 05, 2001).]