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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Tuesday, February 24, 1885

FromThe Review and Herald, Vol. 62, No. 8

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LOVE AND ASSURANCE.

By J. F. Bahler

BY J. F. BAHLER.
God possesses many attributes, and the greatest is that of love. His heart is so endued with it that all heaven has become impregnated with the same nature. A church that has much of this loving nature, and is living up to the requirements of God, and is possessed with the firm principles of the truths of the Bible, is almost a heaven of itself. To dwell in the presence of the holy and mighty God and his angels, every day we must supplant our unprofitable lives and depraved natures by the nature and the love of our Heavenly Father; and thus we shall become fit subjects for a place where peace, union, gentleness, honor, glory, might, strength, and happiness are complete, because love has supreme sway.
The kingdom of heaven can never be gained unless we are constantly walking according to God’s holy, loving law, and in the footsteps of the faith of Jesus. The promises to the law-abiding people are indelibly stamped with the loving seal as contained in the Sabbath commandment. Without this precious seal the whole thing would be a farce. Thank God that we are not left without his seal. Divine assurance clusters around the author’s seal—praise his holy name for it. Thank God for his love manifested to man; his words, his acts, are all imbued with love. He so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son to die, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have everlasting life. God grant that the work may go on in our hearts, that we may with complete faith receive in them a great supply of his love, and thus be led to “add to our faith, virtue; and to virtue, knowledge; and to knowledge, temperance; and to temperance, patience; and to patience, godliness; and to godliness, brotherly-kindness; and to brotherly-kindness, charity,” the great and holy crown of all virtues.
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