"The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly." - John 10:10, KJV
"All heaven is interested in the happiness of man. Our heavenly Father does not close the avenues of joy to any of His creatures." - Steps to Christ, p. 46.
"It is Satan's work to discourage the soul; it is Christ's work to inspire with faith and hope." - Desire of Ages, p. 249.
"Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth."
-Psalms 119: 90, KJV
God is reasonable, and desires us to be reasonable also. He will reason with us. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." -Isaiah 1:18, KJV
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost." -Matthew 18: 11
"And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation]." - Exodus 34: 6&7, KJV
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring." Acts 17:28, KJV
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." -Hebrews 12:2, KJV
"If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." -Acts 4: 9-12, KJV
"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." - Hebrews 13:5, KJV
It is Satan's work to discourage the soul; it is Christ's work to inspire with faith and hope. Desire of Ages, p. 249.
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:" - John 11:25, KJV
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9, KJV
"All heaven is interested in the happiness of man. Our heavenly Father does not close the avenues of joy to any of His creatures." - Steps to Christ, p. 46.
"It is Satan's work to discourage the soul; it is Christ's work to inspire with faith and hope." - Desire of Ages, p. 249.
"Thy faithfulness is unto all generations:
thou hast established the earth, and it abideth."
-Psalms 119: 90, KJV
God is reasonable, and desires us to be reasonable also. He will reason with us. "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." -Isaiah 1:18, KJV
"For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost." -Matthew 18: 11
"And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear [the guilty]; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth [generation]." - Exodus 34: 6&7, KJV
"For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring." Acts 17:28, KJV
"Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God." -Hebrews 12:2, KJV
"If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, [even] by him doth this man stand here before you whole. This is the stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is become the head of the corner.Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." -Acts 4: 9-12, KJV
"Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." - Hebrews 13:5, KJV
It is Satan's work to discourage the soul; it is Christ's work to inspire with faith and hope. Desire of Ages, p. 249.
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:" - John 11:25, KJV
"If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness." - 1 John 1:9, KJV