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The Seventh Day Adventist Church Truth, as a fruit of the Spirit, isn’t just what we know—it’s what we do. Living in God’s light means more than just knowledge. “Whoever loves his brother abides in the light, and in him there is no cause for stumbling.” (1 John 2:10). ...Walking in the light... is more than just keeping the Ten Commandments...If we ar...e sharp, cross, unforgiving, vengeful, hateful, unsympathetic... then we are walking in darkness.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church No question, the more we continue in evil, and the more we do what we know is wrong, the more defiled our conscience becomes and the further from the Truth we get. The final fires will, unfortunately, have way too many folks who knew more than enough objective truths to be saved. But... objective truth alone is not a f...ruit of the Spirit. Truth lived out in our life, that’s the fruit we need to bear.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church “When you look for me with all your heart, you will find me.” Jer. 29:13. “With all your heart” means “sincerely,” true in word and act. Sincerity is important because the... one whose heart isn’t committed to what’s true and right, is someone with a divided heart... As long as this person still allows those other alle...giances a place, the heart cannot be... complete. The key, then, is a complete letting go of self.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church "Only when the truth is accompanied to the heart by the Spirit will it quicken the conscience or transform the life. One might be able to present the letter of the word of God, he might be familiar with all its commands and promises; but unless the Holy Spirit sets home the truth, no souls will fall on the Rock and be broken.” - Desire of Ages p. 671
The Seventh Day Adventist Church It is not enough to believe the theory of truth... to make a profession of faith in Christ and have our names registered on the church roll. ‘Those who obey God's commandments live in fellowship with him, and he with them. And we know he lives in us because the Holy Spirit lives in us.’ ‘And how can we be sure that we ...belong to him? By obeying his commandments.’ 1 John 3:24; 2:3 NLT.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church "The essence of all righteousness is loyalty to our Redeemer. This will lead us to do right because it is right—because right doing is pleasing to God.”—Christ’s Object Lessons, pp. 97, 98. Love of God, and not the fear of hell and condemnation, should be the power that motivates our lives, and nothing will cause us t...o love God more than focusing on the Cross and the riches and promises that are ours through it.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church Though we are covered by the righteousness of Christ, that righteousness must be revealed in our lives. Righteousness isn’t just a legal declaration. It also becomes a reality in the life of the person who has it. How carefully we should heed John’s words: “Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth rig...hteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous” (1 John 3:7).
The Seventh Day Adventist Church Romans 3:28 - "For we hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law." There are still those who believe that what they do is more important than what they believe, and that if they act like a Christian on the outside, they can be what they like on the inside. However... no amount of work, displays of ...humility and charity, or acting the way we think a Christian should act will get us to heaven.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church According to the Bible... a “do-it-yourself” approach to true righteousness is impossible. There is nothing that we can do of ourselves... to be righteous before God. Our righteousness is as “filthy rags” (Isa. 64:6). In fact, seeking to make yourself righteous often leads to the opposite result. The crucial thing for ...Christians to understand is how utterly dependent they are upon Christ for their righteousness.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church We understand righteousness in two ways. First, there is the imputed righteousness of Christ, which is what Jesus has done for us, ... Second, there is the imparted righteousness of Christ, which is what He does in us...Thus understood, righteousness has two inseparable components, even though it's all really one right...eousness--the righteousness of Christ, without which we would have no hope of salvation.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church A temperate life is one of habitual self-control... Temperance is not what you don’t do. It’s all the good things you choose to do. If we fill our bodies with healthful food, our minds with wholesome study, our ears and eyes with God’s blessings, and our leisure time with acts of generosity, our lives will produce the fruit of the Holy Spirit.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church Every skill has to be practiced. Self-control doesn't come in a day. It comes in hits and misses, in successes and failures, as we try to practice it day after day. "Fight the good fight of faith" (1 Tim. 6:12, NKJV); "Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of tha...t for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me" (Phil. 3:12, NKJV).
The Seventh Day Adventist Church Though Christ paved the way for all people to share in His victory, the battle for our hearts and flesh is being fought, indeed, in our hearts and our flesh. Sure, Christ won it all for us. But we have to choose to claim His victory all the time and, by the choices we make, we are deciding for one side or another in the great controversy.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church If we want to think a certain way, we need to focus on things that are associated with that way, for by beholding we become changed. We must set our minds on things above, store our treasures in heaven, and love not the world. We must focus on Christ, & learn to think the way He thinks, for He is our perfect Example. O...nce we have control over our minds, it will be easier to control our speech.
