Chapter 87—Psychology and Theology
Found in Holy Scriptures—The true principles of psychology
are found in the Holy Scriptures. Man knows not his own value. He
acts according to his unconverted temperament of character because he
does not look unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of his faith. He who
comes to Jesus, he who believes on Him and makes Him his Example,
realizes the meaning of the words, “To them gave He power to become
the sons of God” (
John 1:12
).
But when he takes his place at the feet of Jesus, he is enabled to see
mirrored in his own wicked, sinful life the awful depths of depravity to
which the unconverted human heart can sink. He catches a glimpse of
the pure character of the Sinless One, a glimpse of the perfection that
is given to the repentant, converted sinner. Clothed in the bright robe
of his Redeemer’s character, he sits together with Christ in heavenly
places.—MS 121, 1902.
God Understands Exactly the Working of the Human Mind—
The Lord God is exact and infallible in His comprehension. He un-
derstands the working of the human mind, the active principles of the
human agents He has formed, just how they will be moved upon by
the objects that come before them, and in what manner they will act
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under every temptation that can try them, and in every circumstance in
which they are placed.
“For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He
pondereth all his goings” (
Proverbs 5:21
). “The eyes of the Lord are
in every place” (
Proverbs 15:3
). “He looketh to the ends of the earth,
and seeth under the whole heaven” (
Job 28:24
). “The Lord searcheth
all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts” (
1
Chronicles 28:9
). He knows the things that come into our minds, every
one of them. “Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in His
sight: but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of Him with
whom we have to do” (
Hebrews 4:13
).—Lt 18, 1895.
God Knows All the Mysterious Workings of the Human
Mind—Will men and women consider how God regards the crea-
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