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Desire of Ages: Chapter 5 – The Dedication
Chapter 5—The Dedication This chapter is based on Luke 2:21-38. About forty days after the birth of Christ, Joseph and Mary took Him to Jerusalem, to present Him to the Lord, and to offer sacrifice. This was according to the Jewish law, and as man’s substitute Christ must conform to the law in every particular.…
Read MoreDesire of Ages: Chapter 4 – Unto You a Saviour
Chapter 4—Unto You a Saviour This chapter is based on Luke 2:1-20. The King of glory stooped low to take humanity. Rude and forbidding were His earthly surroundings. His glory was veiled, that the majesty of His outward form might not become an object of attraction. He shunned all outward display. Riches, worldly honor, and…
Read MoreDesire of Ages: Chapter 3 – “The Fullness of the Time”
Chapter 3—“The Fullness of the Time” “When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son, … to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons.” Galatians 4:4, 5. The Saviour’s coming was foretold in Eden. When Adam and Eve first heard the promise, they…
Read MoreDesire of Ages: Chapter 2 – The Chosen People
Chapter 2—The Chosen People For more than a thousand years the Jewish people had awaited the Saviour’s coming. Upon this event they had rested their brightest hopes. In song and prophecy, in temple rite and household prayer, they had enshrined His name. And yet at His coming they knew Him not. The Beloved of heaven…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 58 – The Church Triumphant
Chapter 58—The Church Triumphant More than eighteen centuries have passed since the apostles rested from their labors, but the history of their toils and sacrifices for Christ’s sake is still among the most precious treasures of the church. This history, written under the direction of the Holy Spirit, was recorded in order that by it…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 57 – The Revelation
Chapter 57—The Revelation In the days of the apostles the Christian believers were filled with earnestness and enthusiasm. So untiringly did they labor for their Master that in a comparatively short time, notwithstanding fierce opposition, the gospel of the kingdom was sounded to all the inhabited parts of the earth. The zeal manifested at this…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 56 – Patmos
Chapter 56—Patmos More than half a century had passed since the organization of the Christian church. During that time the gospel message had been constantly opposed. Its enemies had never relaxed their efforts, and had at last succeeded in enlisting the power of the Roman emperor against the Christians. In the terrible persecution that followed,…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 55 – Transformed by Grace
Chapter 55—Transformed by Grace In the life of the disciple John true sanctification is exemplified. During the years of his close association with Christ, he was often warned and cautioned by the Saviour; and these reproofs he accepted. As the character of the Divine One was manifested to him, John saw his own deficiencies, and…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 54 – A Faithful Witness
Chapter 54—A Faithful Witness This chapter is based on the Epistles of John. After the ascension of Christ, John stands forth as a faithful, earnest laborer for the Master. With the other disciples he enjoyed the outpouring of the Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, and with fresh zeal and power he continued to speak…
Read MoreThe Acts of the Apostles: Chapter 53 – John the Beloved
Chapter 53—John the Beloved John is distinguished above the other apostles as “the disciple whom Jesus loved.” John 21:20. He seems to have enjoyed to a pre-eminent degree the friendship of Christ, and he received many tokens of the Saviour’s confidence and love. He was one of the three permitted to witness Christ’s glory upon…
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