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We Are Assured of Life Everlasting, February 10
Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have
right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the
city.
Revelation 22:14
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The affections of the pleasure lover are drawn away from heavenly to
earthly things. He subordinates the glories of eternity to the engrossing
interests of time. In his desire to possess earthly riches, the heavenly
treasure is lost from view. The claims of the future life are disregarded,
and the interests of this life hold sway....
Christ brings the nobler world to view. He presents the advantages of
citizenship in that city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker
is God. He takes us to the threshold of infinity, and shows us its glories,
declaring them to be within the reach of all who will live in harmony with
the laws of God. Through obedience to the laws of Jehovah, the human
family may become a united, happy family in the city of God; but there is
no room there for those who have no regard for the will of the Lord. All
who will may gain everlasting life, but they must gain it by accepting the
law of God as their guide in this life instead of seeking to follow their own
laws.... To those who will live a life that is in harmony with the Father,
Christ will impart the virtues of His life
Think ye that the commandment-keepers will be sorry, and mourn
when the pearly gates of the Golden City of God are swung back upon
their glittering hinges, and they are welcomed in? No, never. They will
then rejoice, that they are not under the bondage of the law, but that they
have kept God’s law, and therefore are free from it. They will have right
to the tree of life, a right to its healing leaves
The God of heaven has placed a benediction upon them that keep the
commandments of God
He who has been faithful over the “few things” of earth, will be made
ruler over “many things” in the eternal world of glory
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Ellen G. White
Manuscript 49, 1907
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28
The Review and Herald, June 10, 1852
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29
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 1:1104
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30
The General Conference Bulletin, October 1, 1899
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