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Faith vs. Unbelief—We do not realize how much we lose through
unbelief. Without faith we shall be engaged in a losing battle. We have
a Saviour who understands every phase of our life. He knows of our
discouragements, and He knows just what help we need. We want a
faith in Him, a faith that works by love and purifies the soul.—MS 41,
1908.
Faith grows by conflicts with doubts; virtue gathers strength by
resistance to temptation.—
The Youth’s Instructor, April 1873
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Cherish Faith.—There is no encouragement given for unbelief.
The Lord manifests His grace and His power over and over again, and
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this should teach us that it is always profitable under all circumstances
to cherish faith, to talk faith, to act faith. We are not to have our hearts
and hands weakened by allowing the suggestions of suspicious minds
to plant in our hearts the seeds of doubt and distrust.—Lt 97, 1898.
(
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 7:928
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Doubt Induces Nervous Diseases—The assurance of God’s ap-
proval will promote physical health. It fortifies the soul against doubt,
perplexity, and excessive grief that so often sap the vital forces and in-
duce nervous diseases of a most debilitating and distressing character.
The Lord has pledged His unfailing word that His eye shall be over the
righteous and His ear open to their prayer, while He is against all them
that do evil. We make very hard work for ourselves in this world when
we take such a course that the Lord is against us.—
The Review and
Herald, October 16, 1883
. (
The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 3:1146
.)
No Suspicion to Possess the Mind—No suspicion or distrust is
to take possession of our minds. No apprehension of the greatness of
God is to confuse our faith. May God help us to humble ourselves in
meekness and lowliness. Christ laid aside His royal robe and kingly
crown that He might associate with humanity and show that human
beings may be perfect. Clad in the garments of mercy, He lived in
our world a perfect life to give us evidence of His love. He has done
that which should make unbelief in Him impossible. From His high
command in the heavenly courts He stooped to take human nature
upon Him. His life is an example of what our lives may be. That no
apprehension of God’s greatness should come in to efface our belief in
God’s love, Christ became a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.
The human heart, given up to Him, will become a sacred harp, sending
forth sacred music.—Lt 365, 1904. (
Selected Messages 2:254
.)