Chapter 23—Revelation of Christ
Our Saviour the Topic of Conversation—Do not talk of the in-
iquity and wickedness that are in the world, but elevate your minds
and talk of your Saviour. When you see iniquity all around you, it
makes you all the more glad that He is your Saviour and we are His
children.—
Mind, Character, and Personality 2:582
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Main Theme: Christ Crucified—Christ crucified—talk it, pray
it, sing it, and it will break and win hearts. Set, formal phrases, the
presentation of merely argumentative subjects, is productive of little
good.—
The Review and Herald, June 2, 1903
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Green Pastures for the Sheep of God’s Fold—Many voices are
advocating error; let your voice advocate truth. Present subjects that
will be as green pastures to the sheep of God’s fold. Do not lead your
hearers into waste tracts, where they will be no nearer the fountain of
living water than they were before hearing you. Present the truth as it
is in Jesus, making plain the requirements of the law and the gospel.
Present Christ, the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and tell of His power
to save all who come to Him.—
Gospel Workers, 154
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Christ’s Grace and Salvation—What is more worthy to engross
the mind than the plan of redemption? It is a subject that is exhaustless.
The love of Jesus, the salvation offered to fallen man through His
infinite love, holiness of heart, the precious, saving truth for these last
days, the grace of Christ—these are subjects which may animate the
soul, and cause the pure in heart to feel that joy which the disciples
felt when Jesus came and walked with them as they traveled toward
Emmaus.
He who has centered his affections upon Christ will relish this
kind of hallowed association, and will gather divine strength by such
intercourse; but he who has no relish for this kind of conversation,
and who is best pleased to talk sentimental nonsense, has wandered
far away from God, and is becoming dead to holy and noble aspira-
tions. The sensual, the earthly, is interpreted by such to be heavenly.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:600
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