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The Cross: The Glory and the Power |
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Of all professing
Christians, Seventh-day Adventists should be foremost in uplifting Christ
before the world. The proclamation of the third angel’s message calls
for the presentation of the Sabbath truth. This truth, with others
included in the message, is to be proclaimed; but the great center of
attraction, Christ Jesus, must not be left out. It is at the cross of
Christ that mercy and truth meet together, and righteousness and peace
kiss each other. (Gospel Workers
– 156) Galatians
6:14 –
The cross
speaks to the hosts of heaven, to worlds unfallen, and to the fallen
world, the value which God has placed upon men, and of His great love
wherewith He has loved us. It testifies to the world, to angels, and
to men, the immutability of the divine law. The death of God’s only
begotten Son upon the cross in the sinner’s behalf is the
unanswerable argument as to the changeless character of the law of
Jehovah.--The Review and Herald, May 23, 1899.
(7 Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
– 471) The question has been
asked me, "Do you think that the Lord has any more light for us as a
people?" I answer that He has light that is new to us, and yet it is
precious old light that is to shine forth from the Word of truth. We have
only the glimmerings of the rays of the light that is yet to come to us.
We are not making the most of the light which the Lord has already given
us, and thus we fail to receive the increased light; we do not walk in
light already shed upon us. (1 Selected Messages
– 401-402) There is much light yet to shine forth from the law of God and the gospel of righteousness. This message, understood in its true character, and proclaimed in the Spirit, will lighten the earth with its glory. (This Day with God – 314)
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