EGW WritingsJames 4

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)

Ms 24, 1895

10LtMs, Ms 24, 1895, par. 2

If we keep our eyes fixed upon Christ and His teaching, we will discern those things which are of supreme importance, and our course of action will be in harmony with that discernment. Our desire will be to please Christ, and we will keep inquiring, What shall I do to be saved? At best our life here is “as a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” [James 4:14.] We know not how soon the hand of death may be laid upon us, and it is of the highest importance for us to know that we have made our peace with God.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)

Ms 115, 1899

14LtMs, Ms 115, 1899, par. 6

I have been called to behold things nigh and afar off, and at the sight my head is dizzy and my heart sick. God has not ordered things as they now stand. Are we not too fond of doing, when God would have us stand as minute men, watching and praying, prepared to do what He commanded through consecrated agencies? Men who want to do something for God say, “We will do this or that;” and so a line is marked out for all to follow. [See James 4:15.] Thus selfishness is growing all the time. Man is grasping all the advantages possible, bringing in all the material he can obtain for the work he wants to do, while he deprives his fellow workers of that which they need.

Radiant Religion

Boasting, August 12

RRe 226.1

But now ye rejoice in your boastings: all such rejoicing is evil. James 4:16.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 20 (1905)

Ms 96, 1905

20LtMs, Ms 96, 1905, par. 16

To all that profess to be children of God He has given a work. In proportion to the light we have received are our responsibilities. With greater opportunities and advantages our obligations increase. We are now called upon to redeem the time. “To him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not, to him it is sin.” [James 4:17.]