EGW WritingsJohn 14
Ellen G. White · Page 7 of 7
Read John 14 in the BibleJohn 14:21-24
Manuscript Releases, vol. 18 [Nos. 1301-1359]
MR No. 1310—Christ and the Law
18MR 75.3
“He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him.... If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make our abode with him. He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings, and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father’s which sent Me” [John 14:21, 23, 24]. This is the truth in regard to the plan of salvation. No other foundation can be laid than that which is laid.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 15 (1900)
Lt 90, 1900
15LtMs, Lt 90, 1900, par. 13
To all who engage heart and soul in this work, Christ says, “I am with you in this work to guide, comfort, sanctify, and sustain you. I will render you successful in awakening the attention of men to a purpose. Your success will be of the Lord in convincing and convicting men of what constitutes sin, that they shall believe in Me, and know that all sin is the transgression of the law of God. Your work is to preach, teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you.” “If ye love me, keep my commandments.” [1 John 3:4.] “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ... If a man love me he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.” [John 14:21, 23, 24.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Ms 89, 1897
12LtMs, Ms 89, 1897, par. 20
“He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself to us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said to him, If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” [John 14:21-23.] Precious assurance, to be realized as true by those who are obedient.12LtMs, Ms 89, 1897, par. 21
“He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.” [Verse 24.] “As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you; continue ye in my love.” Shall we not continue in God’s love by obeying implicitly all His commandments? “If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, even as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” [John 15:9-11.] Full and entire obedience brings joy, not mourning, doubt, and uncertainty.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Lt 107, 1897
12LtMs, Lt 107, 1897, par. 2
“He that hath (knoweth) my commandments, he it is that loveth me, and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered, and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings. And the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.” [John 14:21-24.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)
Lt 6, 1903
18LtMs, Lt 6, 1903, par. 23
Of His disciples Christ says: “He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him. He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings: and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father’s which sent Me.” [John 14:21-24.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)
Ms 55, 1903
18LtMs, Ms 55, 1903, par. 5
We have our Bibles. Why, then, do we not practice the teachings of Christ? He says, “He that hath My commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me; and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him. He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings; and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father’s which sent Me.” [John 14:21-24.]John 14:21-26
Manuscript Releases, vol. 12 [Nos. 921-999]
MR No. 933—The Christian Life
12MR 53.1
Where is our dependence? Where is our help? God’s Word tells us: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). The Holy Spirit is ready to cooperate with all who will receive Him and be taught by Him. All who lay hold on the truth and are sanctified through the truth are so united with Christ that they can represent Him in word and action. They have put on Christ, and they possess a power that enables them to reveal the truth to others. May the Holy Spirit speak to the hearts of God’s chosen people, that their words may be as choice as gold, as they give the bread of life to those in transgression and sin. [John 14:21, 23, 24, quoted.]Manuscript Releases, vol. 12 [Nos. 921-999]
MR No. 954—Study of Growth of Ellen White’s Theological Understanding
12MR 141.2
Learn by Searching the Scriptures—The law of God cannot be made void by the law of a nation. When the law is trampled in the dust, the sacredness of the commandments of God will be vindicated by those who are loyal to Him. We are to make no railing accusation against the nations, for this would close our way so that we could not set the light before the people. Every objection raised against the commandments of God will make a way for the advancement of truth and enable its advocates to present its value before men. There is a beauty and force in the truth that nothing can make so apparent as opposition and persecution. When this is revealed, many will be converted to the truth. Many who profess the truth do not know its preciousness, nor realize the richness of the assurances God has given. And they will not understand this until they are pressed into places of difficulty. But then they will understand what the Saviour means when He says, “I will manifest Myself unto them.” (See John 14:21.) When surrounded by those who have not the love of God, the Christian will realize how precious it is to have communion with God and to obtain views of eternal redemption.12MR 144.2
The Gift of the Holy Spirit—“The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). There is a multitude of errors in our world, but the truth is a unit always. Those who cherish the truth in the heart will manifest its sanctifying power, for true faith works by love and purifies the soul. “Nevertheless I tell you the truth,” Christ declared, “It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you” (John 16:7).Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)
Lt 38, 1896
11LtMs, Lt 38, 1896, par. 4
The largest promise that Christ could give to His disciples when He left them was the promise of the Holy Spirit. He was in search of the strongest consolation He could leave them, to do them good after His departure. Of all the subjects that were of the most importance to them, He chose that of the Holy Spirit. And what did He predict concerning the Spirit? “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] Truths had been buried beneath the rubbish of misinterpretation, the maxims of men, the sayings of finite beings that had been exalted as being of more consequence that the Word of the living God.11LtMs, Lt 38, 1896, par. 21
“Then the high priest rose up, and all they that were with him, (which is the sect of Sadducees,)” who held that there would be no resurrection of the dead. [Verse 17.] The assertions made by the apostles that they had seen Jesus after His resurrection, and that he had ascended to heaven, were overthrowing the fundamental principles of the Sadducean doctrine. This was not to be allowed. The priests and rulers were filled with indignation, and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison. The disciples were not intimidated or cast down. The words of Christ in His last lessons to them were brought to mind, “He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” [John 14:21.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Ms 148, 1897
12LtMs, Ms 148, 1897, par. 13
Where is our dependence? Where is our help? God’s Word tells us: “The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] The Holy Spirit is ready to co-operate with all who will receive Him and be taught by Him. All who lay hold on the truth and are sanctified through the truth are so united with Christ that they can represent Him in word and action. They have put on Christ, and they possess a power that enables them to reveal the truth to others.12LtMs, Ms 148, 1897, par. 14
May the Holy Spirit speak to the hearts of God’s chosen people, that their words may be as choice as gold as they give the bread of life to those in transgression and sin. “He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me, and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. ... If a man love me, he will keep my words, and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings, and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.” [Verses 21, 23, 24.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)
Lt 6, 1896
11LtMs, Lt 6, 1896, par. 3
The spirit which was manifested to the believers by those who established the work in Battle Creek, led them to understand that there was no hidden closet. All was open and clear as the light of day. But the Lord’s holy purpose has been grieved. Heaven has manifested its purpose to impart power to those who believe; and the Holy Spirit has been revealed. “He that hath my commandments and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me; and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered, and said unto him, if a man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.” [John 14:21-24.]11LtMs, Lt 6, 1896, par. 4
Obedience is the first price of eternal life. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [Verse 26.] This is the work of the Holy Spirit. The Comforter is to reveal Himself, not in any specified, precise way that man may mark out, but in the order of God; in unexpected times and ways that will honor His own name. Those who are unbelieving do not receive the richest endowment of grace, which would make them wise unto salvation, patient, forbearing, quick of perception to appreciate heavenly ministrations, quick to discern Satan’s devices, and strong to resist him. God cannot do His mighty works for them because of their unbelief.John 14:21-27
The Acts of the Apostles
Chapter 8—Before the Sanhedrin
AA 84.1
Shortly before His crucifixion Christ had bequeathed to His disciples a legacy of peace. “Peace I leave with you,” He said, “My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” John 14:27. This peace is not the peace that comes through conformity to the world. Christ never purchased peace by compromise with evil. The peace that Christ left His disciples is internal rather than external and was ever to remain with His witnesses through strife and contention.AA 85.1
What was the strength of those who in the past have suffered persecution for Christ’s sake? It was union with God, union with the Holy Spirit, union with Christ. Reproach and persecution have separated many from earthly friends, but never from the love of Christ. Never is the tempest-tried soul more dearly loved by his Saviour than when he is suffering reproach for the truth’s sake. “I will love him,” Christ said, “and will manifest Myself to him.” John 14:21. When for the truth’s sake the believer stands at the bar of earthly tribunals, Christ stands by his side. When he is confined within prison walls, Christ manifests Himself to him and cheers his heart with His love. When he suffers death for Christ’s sake, the Saviour says to him, They may kill the body, but they cannot hurt the soul. “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” “Fear thou not; for I am with thee: be not dismayed; for I am thy God: I will strengthen thee; yea, I will help thee; yea, I will uphold thee with the right hand of My righteousness.” John 16:33; Isaiah 41:10.John 14:22-27
Manuscript Releases, vol. 21 [Nos. 1501-1598]
MR No. 1525—Divinely Led to Buy Elmshaven; Warning Against Fanatical Movements; Search the Word, and Believe its Promises
21MR 132.2
Just before His crucifixion one of His disciples asked Him the question, “How is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth Me not keepeth not My sayings, and the word which ye hear is not Mine, but the Father’s which sent Me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” [John 14:22-27].Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 15 (1900)
Lt 132, 1900
15LtMs, Lt 132, 1900, par. 42
Just before His crucifixion one of His disciples asked Him the question, “How is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto them, If any man love me, he will keep my words; and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings, and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you: my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:22-27.]15LtMs, Lt 132, 1900, par. 44
Let us believe the Word. He who thus eats the bread of heaven is nourished every day, and will know what these words mean, “Needeth not that any man teach you.” [1 John 2:27.] We have lessons pure from the lips of Him who owns us, who has bought us with the price of His own blood. The precious Word of God is a solid foundation upon which to build. When men come to you with their supposed suppositions, tell them that the Great Teacher has left you His Word, which is of incalculable value, that He has sent a Comforter in His own name, even the Holy Ghost. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if a man eat of this bread he shall live forever, and the bread that I give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” [John 6:51.]John 14:23
Letters to Physicians and Ministers
An Appeal for Greater Consecration
SpTB01 25.4
Jesus is coming soon. O my brother, I want you and your wife to make ready for His appearing. I want you to wash your robes of character, and make them white in the blood of the Lamb. I greatly desire that you shall be sanctified, body, soul, and spirit, through the truth. I lift before you a crucified and risen Saviour, whom we are to receive as our regenerator. I say to you, “Look, and live.” It is our privilege to enjoy the abiding presence of Christ in our hearts. He says, “If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.” John 14:23. This is the identification that we must have with Christ in this world, if we are identified as His saints in the mansions that He has gone to prepare for those that love Him. We must know Christ here if we ever see the King in His beauty. We are to show to the world the power that comes to those who live the life of Christ.The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials
Chapter 126—To A. T. Jones
1888 1037.1
Now the very highest missionary work to be done by the chosen of God, is that they are earnest doers of the words of Christ “Ye have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in My name, He may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another.” John 15:16, 17. “Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto Him, and make our abode with Him.” John 14:23.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Lt 40, 1892
7LtMs, Lt 40, 1892, par. 21
God has given us Jesus, and in Him is the revelation of God. Our Redeemer says, “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.” [John 14:23.] “Let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning. If that which ye have heard from the beginning should remain in you, ye shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.” [1 John 2:24.] If we know God, and Jesus Christ whom He has sent, unspeakable gladness will come to the soul. Oh how we need the divine presence! For the baptism of the Holy Spirit every worker should be breathing out his prayers to God. Companies should be gathered together to call upon God for special help, for heavenly wisdom, that the people of God may know how to plan and devise and execute the work. Especially should men pray that the Lord will choose His agents and baptize His missionaries with the Holy Spirit.In Heavenly Places
In Right Relation to God, January 26
HP 32.1
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)
Lt 18, 1895
10LtMs, Lt 18, 1895, par. 18
God would have His messengers, when they know the spirit of their opponents, keep on their own ground, and not go out of the way to learn what their opponents say of the truth. Satan inspires them when you come into their presence. Never say or do anything that would keep them away from your assemblies. Keep to your legitimate work. “The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him, and he will show them his covenant.” [Psalm 25:14.] “The Lord sitteth upon the floods, yea, the Lord sitteth king forever. The Lord will give strength unto his people: the Lord will bless his people with peace.” [Psalm 29:10, 11.] “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn.” “This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord, and their righteousness is of me, saith the Lord.” [Isaiah 54:17.] “If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come and make our abode with him.” [John 14:23.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)
Ms 63, 1899
14LtMs, Ms 63, 1899, par. 35
No one need to spend sleepless moments in regard to his life insurance papers. His title deed as heir of God and joint-heir with Jesus Christ [is] to an inheritance incorruptible, undefiled, and that fadeth not away. God is responsible for every soul who wears the sign of His government, who is loyal and true to the Sabbath, and through obedience to the Sabbath, true to every principle in the Decalogue. “He that keepeth my words, loveth me,” Christ said. [John 14:23.] Thus faith and works are combined, the inward working of the Holy Spirit, and outward demonstration of practical godliness. The proof of heart-love is obedience to God’s commandments. All who love God will study His words. They will eat His flesh and drink His blood, living and acting in constant submission to His will.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)
Ms 68, 1899
14LtMs, Ms 68, 1899, par. 17
“He that keepeth my words loveth me.” [John 14:23.] Love for Christ changes the heart. This love is the first work in creation. The first proof of this love in the converted man is his obedience to the commandments of God. Obedience to the Lord’s Sabbath, the seventh day, is the sign which we bear to the world that we are loyal subjects of the kingdom which endureth forever. In our perfect obedience to God’s commands we give evidence that we are born again.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)
Lt 40, 1903
18LtMs, Lt 40, 1903, par. 9
What is the Bible test of character? “If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.” [John 14:23.] No one need perish in spiritual blindness. A plain “Thus saith the Lord” has been given for the guidance of all.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)
Lt 117, 1903
18LtMs, Lt 117, 1903, par. 21
Jesus is coming soon. I want you and your wife to make ready for His appearing. I want you to wash your robes of character and make them white in the blood of the Lamb. Christ said of the church at Sardis, “Thou hast a few names, even in Sardis, which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white; for they are worthy.” [Revelation 3:4.] I greatly desire that you shall be sanctified, body, soul, and spirit, through the truth. O my brother, I lift before you a crucified and risen Saviour, whom we are to receive as our Regenerator. I say to you, “Look and live.” [Numbers 21:8.] It is our privilege to enjoy the abiding presence of Christ in our hearts. He says, “If a man love Me, he will keep My words; and My Father will love him; and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.” [John 14:23.] This is the identification that we must have with Christ in this world, if we are identified as His saints in the mansions that He has gone to prepare for those that love Him. We must know Christ here if we ever see the King in His beauty. Christ must be in us and we in Him. We must sit together with Him in heavenly places.Manuscript Releases, vol. 9 [Nos. 664-770]
MR No. 669—Relation of Faith and Works
9MR 12.2
“If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him [“We,” that is, the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost], and make Our abode with him” (John 14:23). Oh, my brother, walk carefully with God. But remember that there are some whose eyes are intently fixed upon you, expecting that you will overreach the mark, and stumble, and fall. But if you keep in humility close to Jesus, all is well.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 25 (1910 - 1915)
Lt 2, 1914
25LtMs, Lt 2, 1914, par. 3
Do not talk of your inefficiency and your defects. When despair would seem to be sweeping over your soul, look to Jesus, saying, “He lives to make intercession for me.” [Hebrews 7:25.] Forget the things that are behind, and believe the promise, “I will come unto you,” and “abide with you.” [John 14:23.]The Upward Look
The Working Member, September 18
UL 275.1
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. John 14:23.John 14:23-24
The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials
Chapter 158—To A. R. Henry
1888 1314.1
But it is men that need the change. It is men that have sown their weakness and selfishness in councils that would benefit themselves. Shown it in receiving the large wages which mean the limiting of others below what they should have. The curse of God is on all such inventions. Religion must be carried into all business transactions. “If ye love me,” said our loving Redeemer, “keep my commandments.” “He that hath (a knowledge of) my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.” See John 14:23, 24.John 14:24
Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)
Lt 59a, 1895
10LtMs, Lt 59a, 1895, par. 26
The faculty of speech is precious gift. It is a wonderful means of grace, and if the noblest of the faculties, reason, is set to the task to learn God, the highest practical employment of his speech is to communicate to others that which God has communicated to him. If we do not feel the need of knowledge, we do not obtain it, and we cannot impart that which we do not acquire. Christ came to our world to assume human nature, and to come in connection with man that He could use His faculty of speech in making God known as He is. He says, “It is not my words which I speak, but the words which the Father has to give me.” [See John 14:24.] Jesus was the greatest teacher our world ever knew. He imparted knowledge. How simple, clear, and plain, was His speech. How He longed to communicate many things to His disciples, but He fully understood that they could not comprehend them; and He said, “I have many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” [John 16:12.]John 14:25-26
Ye Shall Receive Power
The Comforter, January 2
YRP 10.2
How can we stand in the day of test if we do not understand the words of Christ? He said: “These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:25, 26). It is the Holy Spirit that is to bring to our remembrance the words of Christ. The theme Christ chose to dwell upon in His last discourse to His disciples was that of the office of the Holy Spirit. He opened before them a wide tract of truth. They were to receive His words by faith, and the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, was to bring all things to their remembrance.John 14:25-27
Manuscript Releases, vol. 18 [Nos. 1301-1359]
MR No. 1313—Thoughts About the Pre-Flood World, Christ’s Love for Man, Fruit-Bearing, Peace, and Surrender to God’s Will
18MR 97.1
Christ has left His peace as His legacy to His church. “These things have I spoken unto you,” He said, “being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” [John 14:25-27]. The comfort that Christ gave to His disciples in that trying hour was that they should be under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)
Ms 72, 1902
17LtMs, Ms 72, 1902, par. 24
Christ has left His peace as His legacy to His church. “These things have I spoken unto you,” He said, “being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:25-27.] The comfort that Christ gave to His disciples in that trying hour was that they should be under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.John 14:26
Christ Triumphant
Baptism of the Holy Ghost Leads to True Religion, December 30
CTr 371.1
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26.Maranatha
A Standard You Can Trust, March 27
Mar 94.5
Jesus promised His disciples: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind, in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril....My Life Today
To Bring All Things to My Remembrance, February 10
ML 45.1
The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26.Our Father Cares
The Banquet of God’s Word, September 23
OFC 278.3
Let us believe the Word. He who thus eats the bread of heaven is nourished every day and will know what these words mean, “Needeth not that any man teach you.” We have lessons pure from the lips of Him who owns us, who has bought us with the price of His own blood. The precious Word of God is a solid foundation upon which to build. When men come to you with their suppositions, tell them that the Great Teacher has left you His Word, which is of incalculable value, that He has sent a Comforter in His own name, even the Holy Ghost. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26)....Reflecting Christ
Meeting Satan With Scripture Weapons, April 12
RC 116.6
Jesus promised His disciples: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril....Reflecting Christ
The Holy Spirit, Representative of Christ, April 25
RC 129.1
The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26.Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
The Teacher’s Need Of The Holy Spirit’s Aid
CT 357.1
The Holy Spirit has been given us as an aid in the study of the Bible. Jesus promised, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. When the Bible is made the study book, with earnest supplication for the Spirit’s guidance, and with a full surrender of the heart to be sanctified through the truth, all that Christ has promised will be accomplished. The result of such Bible study will be well-balanced minds. The understanding will be quickened, the sensibilities aroused. The conscience will become sensitive; the sympathies and sentiments will be purified; a better moral atmosphere will be created; and new power to resist temptation will be imparted. Teachers and students will become active and earnest in the work of God.Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6
Conformity to the World
6T 248.3
At times Christ reproached His disciples with the slowness of their comprehension. He placed in their possession truths of which they little suspected the value. He had been with them a long time, giving them lessons in divine truth; but their previous religious education, the erroneous interpretation which they had heard the Jewish teachers place on the Scriptures, kept their minds clouded. Christ promised them that He would send them His Spirit, who would recall His words to their minds as forgotten truths. He shall teach you all things,” Christ said, “and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26.The Faith I Live By
Comforter and Teacher, February 19
FLB 56.1
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26.The Great Controversy
Introduction
GC viii.2
Jesus promised His disciples, “The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” “When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: ... and He will show you things to come.” John 14:26; 16:13. Scripture plainly teaches that these promises, so far from being limited to apostolic days, extend to the church of Christ in all ages. The Saviour assures His followers, “I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20. And Paul declares that the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit were set in the church “for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:12, 13.The Great Controversy
Chapter 37—The Scriptures a Safeguard
GC 600.1
Jesus promised His disciples: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart,” said David, “that I might not sin against Thee.” Psalm 119:11.The Great Controversy (1888 ed.)
Author’s Preface
GC88 e.4
Jesus promised his disciples, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth; ... and he will show you things to come.” John 14:26; 16:13. Scripture plainly teaches that these promises, so far from being limited to apostolic days, extend to the church of Christ in all ages. The Saviour assures his followers, “I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20. And Paul declares that the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit were set in the church “for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ; till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:12, 13.The Great Controversy (1888 ed.)
Chapter 37—The Scriptures a Safeguard
GC88 600.1
Jesus promised his disciples, “The Comforter, the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind, in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril. “Thy Word have I hid in mine heart,” said David, “that I might not sin against thee.” [Psalm 119:11.]This Day With God
The Banquet of God’s Word, October 10
TDG 292.3
Let us believe the Word. He who thus eats the bread of heaven is nourished every day and will know what these words mean, “Needeth not that any man teach you.” We have lessons pure from the lips of Him who owns us, who has bought us with the price of His own blood. The precious Word of God is a solid foundation upon which to build. When men come to you with their suppositions, tell them that the Great Teacher has left you His Word, which is of incalculable value, that He has sent a Comforter in His own name, even the Holy Ghost. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26)....To Be Like Jesus
True Learners Accept the Scriptures as God’s Voice, April 30
BLJ 130.3
Those only who read the Scriptures as the voice of God speaking to them are true learners. They tremble at the voice of God, for to them it is a living reality. They open their understanding to divine instruction and pray for grace, that they may obtain a preparation for service. As the heavenly torch is placed in their hands, the seekers for truth see their own frailty, their infirmity, the hopelessness of looking to themselves for righteousness. They see that there is in them nothing that can recommend them to God. They pray for the Holy Spirit, the representative of Christ, to be their constant guide, to lead them into all truth. They repeat the promise “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things” (John 14:26)....Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students
An Unerring Guide
CT 450.1
Those only who read the Scriptures as the voice of God speaking to them, are true learners. They tremble at the voice of God, for to them it is a living reality. They open their understanding to divine instruction and pray for grace, that they may obtain a preparation for service. As the heavenly torch is placed in his hand, the seeker for truth sees his own frailty, his infirmity, the hopelessness of looking to himself for righteousness. He sees that there is in him nothing that can recommend him to God. He prays for the Holy Spirit, the representative of Christ, to be his constant guide, to lead him into all truth. He repeats the promise, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things.” John 14:26.Ye Shall Receive Power
Obedience, March 25
YRP 93.5
Where is our dependence? Where is our help? God’s Word tells us: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). The Holy Spirit is ready to cooperate with all who will receive Him and be taught by Him. All who lay hold on the truth and are sanctified through the truth are so united with Christ that they can represent Him in word and action.—Manuscript Releases 12:52, 53.Ye Shall Receive Power
Dependence, March 30
YRP 98.4
In the gift of Christ all heaven was poured out, and through Christ the Holy Spirit is promised to the believer. Jesus said to His disciples, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). Christ not only offers pardon to the believing, repenting soul, but He promises him the constant aid of the Holy Spirit.Ye Shall Receive Power
With a Prayerful Spirit, April 13
YRP 112.5
Jesus promised His disciples: “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril. “Thy word have I hid in mine heart,” said David, “that I might not sin against thee” (Psalm 119:11).—The Great Controversy, 599, 600.Sermons and Talks, vol. 1
Work and Baptism of Holy Spirit Needed
1SAT 171.2
You see, He bids them tarry in Jerusalem until a certain time; and when was it? Until the Holy Ghost should come upon them. We have altogether too little to say in our churches, in our camp meetings, in our assemblies, in our homes, about the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the people of God. The explanation is given here in the 14th chapter of John [as to] what is the Holy Ghost. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” [Verse 26].The Kress Collection
Conforming to the World
KC 56.3
At times Christ reproached His disciples with the slowness of their comprehension. He placed in their possession truths of which they little suspected the value. He had been with them a long time, giving them lessons in clear lines, but their previous religious education, the erroneous interpretations which they had heard the Jewish teachers place on the Scriptures, kept their minds clouded. Christ promised them that He would send them His Spirit, who would recall His words to their minds as forgotten truths. “He shall teach you all things,” Christ said, “and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26.Education
A Lesson in Love
Ed 94.2
“It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him.” “All things that I have heard of My Father I have made known unto you.” And “the Comforter, ... whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 16:7; 15:15; 14:26.From Trials to Triumph
God Has Not Restricted His Gift
TT 29.3
The Holy Spirit convicts of sin. See John 16:8. If the sinner responds, he will be brought to repentance and aroused to the importance of obeying the divine requirements. To the repentant sinner, the Holy Spirit reveals the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world. Christ said, “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26.From Here to Forever
Lifting the Veil on the Future
HF 10.3
Jesus promised His disciples, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” “When he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: ... and he will show you things to come.” John 14:26; 16:13. Scripture plainly teaches that these promises, so far from being limited to apostolic days, extend to the church of Christ in all ages. The Saviour assures His followers, “I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.” Matthew 28:20. And Paul declares that the gifts and manifestations of the Spirit were set in the church “for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.” Ephesians 4:12, 13.From Here to Forever
Results of Neglect of Prayer and Bible Study
HF 365.3
“He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril.The Great Hope (Condensed)
Results of Neglect of Prayer and Bible Study
GrH_c 33.1
“He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. But the teachings of Christ must previously have been stored in the mind in order for the Spirit of God to bring them to our remembrance in the time of peril.Homeward Bound
The Work of the Holy Spirit, March 12
HB 89.3
To the repentant sinner, hungering and thirsting for righteousness, the Holy Spirit reveals the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world. “He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you,” Christ said. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” (John 16:14; 14:26.)Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 4 (1883 - 1886)
Ms 15, 1886
4LtMs, Ms 15, 1886, par. 19
While Christ unfolded the iniquity and sorrow that must come to His disciples, the persecutions, and the trials they must bear, and the rejection of their testimony, He did not design that they should cloud their lives by looking on the dark side. He assured them that they would not be left alone, but be sustained by His Holy Spirit, which would guide them into all truth. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,” He said, “whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26. “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come.” John 16:12, 13.In Heavenly Places
The Gift All May Possess, November 25
HP 336.1
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. John 14:26.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 6 (1889-1890)
Ms 22, 1890
6LtMs, Ms 22, 1890, par. 34
Sometimes the thought arises, Is it the will of God for me to stand <almost> alone, as it were, with those who ought to be standing with me and sustaining me working in various ways to counteract the testimonies given me by God? These reflections are extremely painful, but when I stand before the people, the power of God comes upon me, and I am strengthened to speak the word of reproof and warning. And the promise is fulfilled, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [Verse 26.]February 8. “He Shall Teach You All Things.” [John 14:26.]
Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Lt 92, 1891
7LtMs, Lt 92, 1891, par. 5
There is a work to be wrought in the heart of each one, that you may not sow tares. When the lips of the watchman are touched with a live coal from off the altar by the Lord of hosts, the trumpet will give a certain sound, very different from the sound we have hitherto heard. God has a living testimony for the world. This tame, lifeless sermonizing is not after God’s order. I appeal to you, men in responsible positions, do not seek to meet the world’s standard, to catch the world’s ideas. Do not speak smooth things, prophesying deceit. The Comforter, the Holy Spirit of God, whom “the Father shall send in my name,” said Christ, “shall convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.” [John 14:26; 16:8.] The ministers of the Lord are to “reprove, rebuke, exhort, with all long-suffering and doctrine.” [2 Timothy 4:2.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Ms 84, 1891
7LtMs, Ms 84, 1891, par. 5
Men give the Lord but very little chance to work. They plan only in their line, in their way—not always in the best way, and according to the best methods. But Christ has done a vast amount of planning which men need to bring into their plans. The promise of the great gift of the Holy Spirit was frequently on the lips of Christ. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance.” [John 14:26.] The fulfillment of the promise is the infallible Guide, possessing power to transform all who accept the gift into spiritual worshipers, humble and beautified by the Sun of Righteousness. They have an eye single to God’s glory.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Ms 35, 1891
7LtMs, Ms 35, 1891, par. 5
We have altogether too little to say in our churches, in our camp meetings, in our assemblies, in our homes, about the descent of the Holy Ghost upon the people of God. The explanation is given here in the 14th chapter of John [as to] what is the Holy Ghost. “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] Why could they not receive it and accept it while Jesus Christ was with them on the earth? It is because of the false ideas which are constantly put forth by those who are in error, by those who are in darkness concerning the truth.7LtMs, Ms 35, 1891, par. 7
I want to tell you, dear friends, just now, prior to the second appearing of Christ, you mingle with the earth, you mingle with the world; your business, your cares, your perplexities crowd upon you; the earthly becomes supreme, the heavenly subordinated to the earthly. Thus it was with the disciples. In order for them to understand the words of God and the Scriptures there must be an application of the truth, a special divine enlightenment which they had not hitherto had; and He tells them that when the Holy Ghost shall come, the Comforter, He should bring all things that Christ had said unto them to their remembrance, and there would be an opening of their understanding. [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Lt 18, 1892
7LtMs, Lt 18, 1892, par. 11
These men have fallen because of their human ideas of science. I know if you had stood in the clear light, if you, in your position of trust, had felt that you needed to walk humbly and carefully before God, if you had daily felt the need of His grace, His power, His wisdom, you could have been as a light shining in a dark place and could have guided these poor souls to Jesus, their only hope. Now, I do not present this matter to discourage you but to warn you, that you may not make crooked paths for your feet and lead others astray. You need to have divine enlightenment through an experimental knowledge of God and our Saviour. My much respected brother, you need the divine touch. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.]Lift Him Up
Constantly Increasing in Discernment, April 17
LHU 121.1
The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John 14:26.LHU 121.3
Those only who read the Scriptures as the voice of God speaking to them are true learners. They tremble at the voice of God, for to them it is a living reality. They open their understanding to divine instruction, and pray for grace, that they may obtain a preparation for service. As the heavenly torch is placed in his hand, the seeker for truth sees his own frailty, his infirmity, the hopelessness of looking to himself for righteousness. He sees that there is in him nothing that can recommend him to God. He prays for the Holy Spirit, the representative of Christ, to be his constant guide, to lead him into all truth. He repeats the promise, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things” (John 14:26)....Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)
Ms 71, 1896
11LtMs, Ms 71, 1896, par. 13
The work of the Holy Spirit is to bring men to repentance by revealing truth. Not new truth alone, but old truth, which has been forgotten and buried up, is to be presented to man in a forcible light. “He shall testify of me,” said Christ of the Holy Spirit. [John 15:26.] “He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you.” [John 16:14.] “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] After His resurrection, Christ appeared to the two disciples as they travelled to Emmaus, “and beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself.” [Luke 24:27.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Lt 150, 1897
12LtMs, Lt 150, 1897, par. 11
If we believe the Word of God, we shall be strong in the strength which the Lord through Jesus Christ has provided for us. We need to bear in mind constantly the efficiency of the Holy Spirit. Why is it that we have so little of the power of the Spirit of God? It is because we do not lay hold of the provision made for us. What subject did our Lord rely upon to comfort His disciples when He was about to leave them? He had many subjects to bring before them, but out of the multitude He chose that of the promise of the Holy Spirit. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance.” [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Ms 13, 1897
12LtMs, Ms 13, 1897, par. 21
Those who do not eat the Word of God will never have spiritual efficiency. The Holy Spirit is close by the side of every searcher after truth. There are few who know us as we really are, and therefore their words, in comfort or reproof, may often go far from the mark. The devil deals in flattery, as well as in accusation and condemnation. But the Word is made applicable and appropriate to all. “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance.” [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)
Ms 84, 1898
13LtMs, Ms 84, 1898, par. 7
In this work they will receive special help from divine agencies. As they impart grace, they will receive grace for grace, for they are doing their appointed work. “Let your light so shine before men,” Christ said, “that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.” [Matthew 5:16.] Heavenly angels are commissioned to co-operate with those who seek to obey this instruction. It is the divine intelligences that make an impression on human hearts. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)
Ms 67, 1898
13LtMs, Ms 67, 1898, par. 12
Only those who read the Scriptures as the voice of God speaking to them are true learners. They tremble at the Word of God for them it is a living reality. They study, they search for the hidden treasure. They open their understanding and heart to receive, and they pray for heavenly grace, that they may obtain a preparation for the future, immortal life. As the heavenly torch is placed in his hand, man sees his own frailty, his infirmity, his hopelessness in looking to himself for righteousness. In himself there is nothing that can recommend him to God. He prays for the Holy Spirit, the representative of Christ to be his constant guide, to lead him unto all truth. He repeats the promise of Christ, “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father shall send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, even as I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)
Ms 70, 1898
13LtMs, Ms 70, 1898, par. 16
In Maitland and Newcastle the standard of truth has not yet been elevated. If we believe the Word of God, our greatest aim and object should be to educate and train young men and young women to go forth to do missionary work. Thus they can use the truth that has been so faithfully presented to them. As they go forth to visit families, the precious discourses they have heard, the drill they have had on Bible themes, will be brought to their mind. As they read and explain the Word, the Comforter will be by their side, to refresh their memory. Not only will those who know not the truth be encouraged, but those who are telling of the preciousness of Christ will be greatly blessed. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.]Manuscript Releases, vol. 11 [Nos. 851-920]
MR No. 859—Miscellaneous Counsels
11MR 34.2
The largest promise that Christ could give to His disciples when He left them was the promise of the Holy Spirit. He was in search of the strongest consolation He could leave them, to do them good after His departure. Of all the subjects that were of the most importance to them, He chose that of the Holy Spirit. And what did He predict concerning the Spirit? “He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). Truths had been buried beneath the rubbish of misinterpretation—the maxims of men, the sayings of finite beings that had been exalted as being of more consequence than the word of the living God.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)
Ms 15, 1898
13LtMs, Ms 15, 1898, par. 10
Christ promised His disciples that He would send them the Holy Spirit, who would bring all these things to their remembrance. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)
Lt 44, 1899
14LtMs, Lt 44, 1899, par. 8
“The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. Of sin, because they believed not on me; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.” [John 16:8-11.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)
Lt 204, 1899
14LtMs, Lt 204, 1899, par. 5
At times Christ reproached the disciples with the slowness of their comprehension. He placed in their possession truths of which they little suspected the value. He had been with them a long time, giving them lessons in clear lines, but their previous religious education, the erroneous interpretation which they had heard the Jewish teachers place on the Scriptures, kept their minds clouded. Christ promised them that He would send His Spirit, who would recall His words to their minds as forgotten truths. “He shall teach you all things,” Christ said, “and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)
Ms 169, 1899
14LtMs, Ms 169, 1899, par. 20
At times Christ’s reproached His disciples with the slowness of their comprehension. He placed in their possession truths for which they little suspected the value. He had been with them a long time, giving them lessons in clear lines, but their previous religious education, the erroneous interpretations which they had heard the Jewish teachers place on the Scriptures, kept their minds clouded. Christ promised them that He would send them His Spirit, who would recall His words to their minds as forgotten truths. “He shall teach you all things,” Christ said, “and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” John 14:26.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)
Ms 117, 1902
17LtMs, Ms 117, 1902, par. 12
The disciples, by their slowness of comprehension, lost much of the power of Christ’s words. They did not understand His lessons in their highest spiritual meaning. When He tried to show them that it was necessary for Him to die on the cross, in order to bear the penalty of transgression in man’s behalf, they frankly acknowledged that they could not understand the meaning of His words. Christ reproved them for failing to see the meaning of the work He had come to this earth to accomplish. And then, in tender sympathy and compassionate love, He promised to send them His Spirit, who would bring to their minds the words He had spoken to them while on this earth. “The Comforter ... whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” [John 14:26.] After His resurrection, He appeared to two of His disciples, and “opened their understanding, that they might understand the Scriptures.” [Luke 24:45.]Manuscript Releases, vol. 11 [Nos. 851-920]
MR No. 873—Christian Integrity in the Ministry
11MR 88.1
While Christ unfolded the iniquity and sorrow that must come to His disciples, the persecutions, and the trials they must bear, and the rejection of their testimony, He did not design that they should cloud their lives by looking on the dark side. He assured them that they would not be left alone, but be sustained by His Holy Spirit, which would guide them into all truth. “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost,” He said, “whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you” (John 14:26). “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come” (John 16:12, 13).Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 19 (1904)
Lt 99, 1904
19LtMs, Lt 99, 1904, par. 4
Keep repeating the words, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance.” [John 14:26.] We must be more diligent students of the Word of God. We must eat the Word, as represented in the sixth chapter of John, making its divine principles a part of the life.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 23 (1908)
Ms 115, 1908
23LtMs, Ms 115, 1908, par. 62
“During the night of the first Sabbath of the Newcastle meeting, I seemed to be in a meeting, presenting the necessity and importance of our receiving the Spirit. This was the burden of my labor—the opening of our hearts to the Holy Spirit. On one occasion Christ told His disciples, ‘I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.’ [John 16:12.] Their limited comprehension put a restraint on Him. He could not open to them the truths He longed to unfold; for while their hearts were closed to them, His unfolding of these truths would be labor lost. They must receive the Spirit before they could fully understand Christ’s lessons. ‘The Comforter which is the Holy Ghost,’ Christ said, ‘whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.’ [John 14:26.]John 14:26-27
Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)
Ms 7, 1902
17LtMs, Ms 7, 1902, par. 10
Christ is to be known by the blessed name of Comforter. “The Comforter,” said Christ to His disciples, “which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in My name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you, Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:26, 27.]John 14:27
Christ Triumphant
Christ Came to Impart Peace to His People, September 10
CTr 260.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.CTr 260.2
In the East the customary greeting when visiting the house of a friend was “Peace be to this house,” and in leaving it the same words were used. But Christ’s farewell is of an altogether different character. [John 14:27 quoted.] Much is embodied in these words. They are of richest import, and will be reechoed to earth’s remotest bounds....Our High Calling
Christ’s Legacy of Peace, November 18
OHC 328.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.Reflecting Christ
Jesus Willed Us Peace, September 21
RC 278.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.Steps to Christ
Chapter 13—Rejoicing in the Lord
SC 124.1
The Lord would have all His sons and daughters happy, peaceful, and obedient. Jesus says, “My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” “These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” John 14:27; 15:11.The Desire of Ages
Chapter 72—“In Remembrance of Me”
DA 659.1
But the Communion service was not to be a season of sorrowing. This was not its purpose. As the Lord’s disciples gather about His table, they are not to remember and lament their shortcomings. They are not to dwell upon their past religious experience, whether that experience has been elevating or depressing. They are not to recall the differences between them and their brethren. The preparatory service has embraced all this. The self-examination, the confession of sin, the reconciling of differences, has all been done. Now they come to meet with Christ. They are not to stand in the shadow of the cross, but in its saving light. They are to open the soul to the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness. With hearts cleansed by Christ’s most precious blood, in full consciousness of His presence, although unseen, they are to hear His words, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” John 14:27.The Faith I Live By
“The New Testament in My Blood,” October 22
FLB 301.3
But the communion service was not to be a season of sorrowing. This was not its purpose. As the Lord’s disciples gather about His table, they are not to remember and lament their shortcomings. They are not to dwell upon their past religious experience, whether that experience has been elevating or depressing. They are not to recall the differences between them and their brethren. The preparatory service has embraced all this. The self-examination, the confession of sin, the reconciling of differences, has all been done. Now they come to meet with Christ. They are not to stand in the shadow of the cross, but in its saving light. They are to open the soul to the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness. With hearts cleansed by Christ’s most precious blood, in full consciousness of His presence, although unseen, they are to hear His words, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” John 14:27.85The Desire of Ages, 656, 657.The Ministry of Healing
Bible Principles of Cure
MH 247.1
Abiding peace, true rest of spirit, has but one Source. It was of this that Christ spoke when He said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.” Matthew 11:28. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” John 14:27. This peace is not something that He gives apart from Himself. It is in Christ, and we can receive it only by receiving Him.Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing
“Blessed are the meek.”—Matthew 5:5.
MB 15.2
When we receive Christ as an abiding guest in the soul, the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The Saviour’s life on earth, though lived in the midst of conflict, was a life of peace. While angry enemies were constantly pursuing Him, He said, “He that sent Me is with Me: the Father hath not left Me alone; for I do always those things that please Him.” John 8:29. No storm of human or satanic wrath could disturb the calm of that perfect communion with God. And He says to us, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.” “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest.” John 14:27; Matthew 11:29. Bear with Me the yoke of service for the glory of God and the uplifting of humanity, and you will find the yoke easy and the burden light.To Be Like Jesus
The Holy Spirit Illuminates the Word, April 22
BLJ 122.4
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:27). These words are not half comprehended by individuals, by families, or by church members, to whom and through whom, as His family, God would represent pure, unadulterated truth, which, if received and properly digested, brings eternal life.—Manuscript Releases 21:131, 132.From Heaven With Love
The Reasons for Celebrating the Lord’s Supper
HLv 443.1
But the Communion service was not to be a season of sorrowing. As the Lord’s disciples gather about His table, they are not to lament their shortcomings. They are not to recall differences between them and their brethren. The preparatory service has embraced all this. Now they come to meet with Christ. They are not to stand in the shadow of the cross, but in its saving light. They are to open the soul to the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness. They are to hear His words, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” John 14:27.Homeward Bound
Abiding Peace, April 23
HB 132.1
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you.—John 14:27.HB 132.2
When we receive Christ as an abiding guest in the soul, the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, will keep our hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. The Saviour’s life on earth, though lived in the midst of conflict, was a life of peace. While angry enemies were constantly pursuing Him, He said, “He that sent Me is with Me: the Father hath not left Me alone; for I do always those things that please Him.” (John 8:29.) No storm of human or satanic wrath could disturb the calm of that perfect communion with God. And He says to us, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.” “Take My yoke upon you, and learn of Me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest.” (John 14:27; Matthew 11:29.) Bear with Me the yoke of service for the glory of God and the uplifting of humanity, and you will find the yoke easy and the burden light.Homeward Bound
Power in the Church, August 9
HB 246.4
In His discourse to the disciples, Jesus made no mournful allusion to His own sufferings and death. His last legacy to them was a legacy of peace. He said, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you.” (John 14:27.)—The Desire of Ages, 671, 672.With God at Dawn
Peace, September 16
WGD 261.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 4 (1883 - 1886)
Lt 68, 1886
4LtMs, Lt 68, 1886, par. 4
I feel deeply the need of our workers cultivating personal piety, having their spirit, their thoughts and words under subjection to Christ. There should be no shirking responsibilities, no laboring for supremacy, but a most devoted zeal to do each one his very best. And the Lord will not be pleased to have one carry the heavy load and another go lightloaded. He would not have one eased and another burdened. It is your privilege, my brother, to unload and to seek to be rested that you may gather back vigor that has been lost through overwork and overanxiety. Christ says, My peace I give unto you [John 14:27]; this is the element you want to come in to your life, the peace and rest that is in Jesus. You want to repose in God, reap the comforts derived from the trustful faith in Jesus. Now, my dear brother, may the Lord imbue you with His Spirit. May the atmosphere around your soul be heavenly and your meditations of Jesus’ love and mercy, purity and excellence, be strength to your soul, vigor to your faith and wisdom, sanctification, and righteousness. O then how precious will be your experience. “If ye abide in Me and My words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is My Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be My disciples. As the Father hath loved Me, so have I loved you. Continue ye in My love. These things have I spoken unto you, that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” [John 15:7-11.] Then let not a restless, confused spirit be cherished.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 6 (1889-1890)
Ms 44, 1890
6LtMs, Ms 44, 1890, par. 20
I knelt by my chair to pray, feeling disheartened in reference to my journeying. Many appointments were before me. I had not uttered a word when the whole room seemed filled with a soft, silvery light, and my pain and disappointment and discouragement were removed. I was filled with comfort and hope and the peace of Christ. “My peace will I give unto you.” [John 14:27.] I knew it was upon me. The presence of Jesus was in the room. Genesis 28:12-15. I could better understand the meaning of these words. And Jacob said, “Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.” Verses 16, 17. And he was in a desolate wilderness.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Lt 15, 1892
7LtMs, Lt 15, 1892, par. 14
My heart goes out after God day by day, but much more intensely night after night when, because of suffering nerves, I cannot sleep more than two hours through those long Australian winter nights. But I do often feel the comfort of His promise. “My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” [John 14:27.] Never during my experience have I realized the preciousness of the Saviour as in this long trial of suffering and unrelieved pain.Counsels for the Church
A Reminder of Christ’s Second Coming
CCh 301.5
Now they come to meet with Christ. They are not to stand in the shadow of the cross, but in its saving light. They are to open the soul to the bright beams of the Sun of Righteousness. With hearts cleansed by Christ’s most precious blood, in full consciousness of His presence, although unseen, they are to hear His words, “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” John 14:27.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 8 (1893)
Lt 28, 1893
8LtMs, Lt 28, 1893, par. 6
Our hearts are to be prepared to catch the bright beams from the Sun of Righteousness, and catch the melodies of heavenly strains, and reflect light in cheerful words of hope, faith, compassion, and love in the every day life. There are souls around us starving for light. They are hungry for kindly, sympathizing words. Words of appreciation which will be uplifting and [will] strengthen them in moral courage to work righteousness. We long to tell every one, Look to Jesus. Trust in Jesus. He will never disappoint you. You will find in Him all that precious depth and love of affection that you cannot find in any human being. He carries the balm of Gilead. He can soothe the restless discontents. He can heal by a love that is immeasurable. The soul can rest for its satisfying in Jesus Christ our sufficiency. “If any man thirst, let him come unto me and drink.” “The water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” [John 7:37; 4:14.] As Christ was about to leave His disciples, to yield His life as a sacrifice for man, He said to them, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 8 (1893)
Lt 144, 1893
8LtMs, Lt 144, 1893, par. 8
We must study the life of Christ; read His self-denial and His self-sacrifice, and then we must give heed to His words: “He that will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me. So shall he be my disciple.” [Matthew 16:24.] Every day we are making history; every day we are deciding on our own destiny for eternity. Solemn thought! Weaving our future eternal welfare in the events of today! Our works today are registered, and we must today watch unto prayer. Today we will make sincere work. The peace of God is of highest value, and Jesus has left us His promise: “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)
Lt 34, 1894
9LtMs, Lt 34, 1894, par. 22
“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.] “Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? Let him show out of a good conversation his works with meekness and wisdom. But if ye have bitter envyings and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. This wisdom descendeth not from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish. For where envyings and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy. And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.” [James 3:13-18.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)
Lt 12, 1894
9LtMs, Lt 12, 1894, par. 19
Jesus says, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you.” [John 14:27.] The truth received into the heart sanctifies the soul. We have a faith which enables us to rest, soul, body, and spirit, in Jesus our Substitute and Surety. Good is the Lord, and greatly to be praised. We shall be tried sorely, for Satan will come in every conceivable form to distress, annoy, and delude every follower of Jesus. We must live by faith, not by feeling. We must advance step by step into a more experimental knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ whom He hath sent. There is need of daily, hourly communion with God. Our life, our soul, hid with Christ in God, is safe. Jesus, precious Jesus, is stronger than the strong man armed.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)
Lt 26, 1895
10LtMs, Lt 26, 1895, par. 16
Dear Brother Haskell, you ask me why it is [that] you awake in the night and feel enclosed in darkness? I often feel in the same way myself, but these desponding feelings are no evidence that God has forsaken you or me. We must cultivate faith and hope until it is second nature to believe in the promises of God. Jesus says, “My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.] The peace spoken of by the great Teacher is larger and fuller than we have imagined. Christ is ready to do large things for us, to restore our natures by making us partakers of His divine nature. He waits to link our hearts with His heart of infinite love, in order that we may be fully reconciled to God.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)
Lt 32, 1895
10LtMs, Lt 32, 1895, par. 6
The Great Healer speaks to you, “Believe in Me; trust the keeping of your soul to Me.” There is not a sorrow, there is not a grievance, there is not a human weakness for which God has not provided a remedy. He has not passed you by; temptest-tossed you may be, but listen to the voice of Jesus as He says, “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.] “There is balm in Gilead; there is a physician there.” [See Jeremiah 8:22.] He wants you to trust Him implicitly. He wants you to put away your doubts, and rejoice in His loving-kindness and tender pitying love. Whatever difficulties you labor under, which weigh down soul and body like a cruel bondage, He waits to make you free.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)
Ms 23b, 1896
11LtMs, Ms 23b, 1896, par. 2
Shortly before His crucifixion, Christ bequeathed to His disciples a legacy of peace: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you.” [John 14:27.] Christ bears the title of the Prince of peace, and yet He says of Himself, “Think not that I am come to find peace on earth; I am not come to send peace, but a sword.” [Matthew 10:34.] In explanation of this apparent contradiction, He has said, “In the world ye shall have tribulation;” “in me ye shall have peace.” [John 16:33.] He told them that the time would come when they would be hated of all men for His name’s sake; that they would be brought before kings and rulers; that to destroy their lives would be esteemed a service done to God and religion. This has been fulfilled. Every indignity reproach, and cruelty that Satan can instigate human hearts to devise has been visited upon the followers of Jesus.In Heavenly Places
Christ’s Legacy of Peace, August 30
HP 249.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)
Lt 37, 1896
11LtMs, Lt 37, 1896, par. 11
Do you not know that your life is hid with Christ in God? Then is not your life bound up with the life of Christ? In your own experience, when depressed and discouraged, almost ready to yield to despair, have you not felt that light has come to you amid the darkness? Have you not felt that Jesus was pouring into your life perpetual streams from the ocean fullness of His love? Bear in mind that the church militant is not the church triumphant. We see our path to the Paradise of God intercepted by the whole synagogue of Satan, who is intent on weakening our faith by intercepting the rays of the Sun of Righteousness. But our Saviour has warned us that “through much tribulation we must enter into the kingdom of God.” [Acts 14:22.] “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” “Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 16:33; 14:27.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Lt 89a, 1897
12LtMs, Lt 89a, 1897, par. 6
We want now the peace of perfect trust in God, the peace of God, “that passeth understanding.” [Philippians 4:7.] The heavenly intelligences will be our assistants in the school, for the teachers will be laborers together with God. If every worker will trust in Jesus as his efficiency, he will feel the soothing influence of the words, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters.” [Psalm 23:1, 2.] The Lord Jesus saith unto you, “My peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you.” [John 14:27.]Lift Him Up
The Atonement—Our Foundation of Peace, November 14
LHU 332.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)
Lt 11, 1903
18LtMs, Lt 11, 1903, par. 11
Before our Lord went to His agony on the cross, He made His will. He had no silver or gold or houses to leave to His disciples. He was a poor man, as far as earthly possessions were concerned. Few in Jerusalem were so poor as He. But He left His disciples a richer gift than any earthly monarch could bestow on his subjects. “Peace I leave with you,” He said. It was the peace that had been His throughout His life on earth—the peace which had been with Him amidst poverty, buffeting, and persecution, and which was to be with Him in His agony in Gethsemane and on the cruel cross. He linked Himself closely to the friends He was leaving, giving them that which brings true happiness. “My peace I give unto you,” He said; “not as the world giveth, give I unto you: let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)
Ms 173, 1903
18LtMs, Ms 173, 1903, par. 13
I am trusting in the Lord, praying and believing that His promises full of comfort and assurance will be realized this day. To be spiritually minded is life and peace. “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.] “The God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.” [Romans 15:13.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 22 (1907)
Lt 406, 1907
22LtMs, Lt 406, 1907, par. 4
When we are in perplexity and trouble, we would do well to make an earnest study of the life of Christ. He was a man of sorrows, yet He had peculiar joys—joys that did not spring from earth, but were born of His connection with divinity. He is the Saviour of those who are perishing for lack of His life. He desires to make them partakers of the divine nature, and thus escape the corruptions that are in the world through lust. Amid perplexities and inconveniences the believing soul may have the privileges of sonship with God. Looking unto Jesus, he learns of Him how to conduct himself under every circumstance; for he has the experience of Christ to guide him, and the consolation of Christ to sustain him. Christ is the consolation of His people. “In the world ye shall have tribulation,” He says, “but in Me ye shall have peace. My peace I leave with you; My peace give I unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you.” “These things have I spoken unto you that My joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full.” [John 16:33; 14:27; 15:11.]Jesus, Name Above All Names
Wellspring of Life, October 1
JNN 290.3
Abiding peace, true rest of spirit, has but one Source. It was of this that Christ spoke when He said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy-laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (John 14:27). This peace is not something that He gives apart from Himself. It is in Christ, and we can receive it only by receiving Him.Mind, Character, and Personality, vol. 2
Chapter 84—Dealing with Emotions
2MCP 762.1
The One Source of Abiding Peace—Abiding peace, true rest of spirit, has but one source. It was of this that Christ spoke when He said, “Come unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). “Peace I leave with you, My peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (John 14:27). This peace is not something that He gives apart from Himself. It is in Christ, and we can receive it only by receiving Him.—The Ministry of Healing, 247 (1905).My Life Today
Principle Not to Be Sacrificed for Peace, March 14
ML 77.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.Our Father Cares
Principle Not to Be Sacrificed for Peace, February 6
OFC 48.1
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. John 14:27.John 14:27-31
Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Ms 44, 1897
12LtMs, Ms 44, 1897, par. 12
“Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you.” [John 14:27.] The world in its busy activity will try to give us peace. Its cry is, “Peace and safety,” but no dependence is to be placed in its alluring representations. [1 Thessalonians 5:3.] The spirit of truth the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not neither knoweth Him. “There is no peace, saith my God, for the wicked.” [Isaiah 57:21.] Jesus Christ is the Prince of peace. And from Him alone comes that true peace which the world can neither give nor take away.12LtMs, Ms 44, 1897, par. 13
In the East the customary greeting when visiting the house of a friend was, “Peace be to this house,” and in leaving it the same words were used. [Luke 10:5.] But Christ’s farewell is of an altogether different character. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you; not as the world giveth give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.” [John 14:27.] Much is embodied in these words. They are of richest import, and will be re-echoed to earth’s remotest bounds.12LtMs, Ms 44, 1897, par. 15
“If ye loved me,” said Christ, “ye would rejoice because I said, I go unto the Father; for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father, as the Father hath given me commandment, even so I do.” [John 14:28-31.]12LtMs, Ms 44, 1897, par. 18
“But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise let us go hence.” [John 14:31.] Why this severe conflict with the prince of the world, when Jesus, through His childhood, youth, and manhood, had lived the law of God? The same temptations had overtaken Christ that always afflict humanity.John 14:29
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 9
Chapter 28—Sunday Labor
9T 235.2
Christ warned His disciples in regard to what they would meet in their work as evangelists. He knew what their sufferings would be, what trials and hardships they would be called upon to bear. He would not hide from them the knowledge of what they would have to encounter, lest trouble, coming unexpectedly, should shake their faith. “I have told you before it come to pass,” He said, “that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.” John 14:29. Their faith was to be strengthened, rather than weakened, by the coming of trial. They would say to one another: “He told us that this would come, and what we must do to meet it.”Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)
Lt 132, 1902
17LtMs, Lt 132, 1902, par. 13
Christ warned His disciples in regard to what they would meet in their work as evangelists. He knew what their sufferings would be, what trials and hardships they would be called upon to bear. He would not hide from them the knowledge of what they would have to encounter, lest trouble, coming unexpectedly, should shake their faith. “I have told you before it come to pass,” He said, “that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.” [John 14:29.] Their faith was to be strengthened, rather than weakened by the coming of trial. They would say to one another, “He told us that this would come, and what we must do to meet it.”John 14:30
Christ Triumphant
By His Death the Saviour Ended Satan’s Power Over Us, September 9
CTr 259.1
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 14:30.That I May Know Him
Christ Suffered, Being Tempted, January 28
TMK 34.4
Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” (John 14:30). The storms of temptation burst upon Him, but they could not cause Him to swerve from His allegiance to God.That I May Know Him
Bring Your Troubles to God, September 30
TMK 279.3
Many seem to think that it is impossible not to fall under temptation, that they have no power to overcome, and they sin against God with their lips, talking discouragement and doubt instead of faith and courage. Christ was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. He said, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” (John 14:30). What does this mean? It means that the prince of evil could find no vantage ground in Christ for his temptation. And so it may be with us....That I May Know Him
Crisis of the Ages, December 14
TMK 354.3
The “time of trouble, such as never was” (Daniel 12:1) is soon to open upon us, and we shall need an experience which many are too indolent to obtain.... Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” (John 14:30). Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.The Desire of Ages
Chapter 12—The Temptation
DA 123.3
“The prince of this world cometh,” said Jesus, “and hath nothing in Me.” John 14:30. There was in Him nothing that responded to Satan’s sophistry. He did not consent to sin. Not even by a thought did He yield to temptation. So it may be with us. Christ’s humanity was united with divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And He came to make us partakers of the divine nature. So long as we are united to Him by faith, sin has no more dominion over us. God reaches for the hand of faith in us to direct it to lay fast hold upon the divinity of Christ, that we may attain to perfection of character.The Faith I Live By
Linked to the Divine, January 17
FLB 23.3
“The prince of this world cometh,” said Jesus, “and hath nothing in me.” John 14:30. There was in Him nothing that responded to Satan’s sophistry. He did not consent to sin. Not even by a thought did He yield to temptation. So it may be with us. Christ’s humanity was united with divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And He came to make us partakers of the divine nature. So long as we are united to Him by faith, sin has no more dominion over us.68The Desire of Ages, 123.The Faith I Live By
His Blameless Life, February 12
FLB 49.1
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 14:30.The Great Controversy
Chapter 39—The Time of Trouble
GC 623.1
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” John 14:30. Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.The Great Controversy (1888 ed.)
Chapter 39—“The Time of Trouble”
GC88 622.4
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foot-hold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of himself, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” [John 14:30.] Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept his Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.The Upward Look
How to Meet Temptation, September 25
UL 282.4
We learn a lesson in these trials.... “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us” (Romans 5:1-5). But many are inclined to think, as these temptations fall upon us, that we must give up in discouragement, that we have no power to overcome. This is unbelief. We become weak because we fall under temptation and sin against God with our lips in talking discouragements and doubts, and talk on the off side and not on the side of hope and faith. You know Christ has had all these temptations. He was tempted in all points as we are. Christ says: “For the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” (John 14:30)....This Day With God
The Compassionate Christian, May 14
TDG 143.1
The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 14:30.Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene
Chapter 2—Our Reasonable Service
CTBH 16.1
Christ began the work of redemption just where the ruin began. His first test was on the same point where Adam failed. It was through temptations addressed to the appetite that Satan had overcome a large proportion of the human race, and his success had made him feel that the control of this fallen planet was in his hands. But in Christ he found one who was able to resist him, and he left the field of battle a conquered foe. Jesus says, He “hath nothing in me.” [John 14:30.] His victory is an assurance that we too may come off victors in our conflicts with the enemy. But it is not our heavenly Father’s purpose to save us without an effort on our part to co-operate with Christ. We must act our part, and divine power, uniting with our effort, will bring victory.The General Conference Bulletin
February 25, 1895
GCB February 25, 1895, Art. A, par. 1
It is true that Christ at one time said of himself, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” John 14:30 Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foot hold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power.GCB February 25, 1895, Art. A, par. 6
It is true that Christ at one time said of himself, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” John 14:30. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But he could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. Jesus did not consent to sin. Not even by a thought could he be brought to the power of Satan’s temptations. Yet it is written of Christ that he was tempted in all points like as we are. Many hold that from the nature of Christ it was impossible for Satan’s temptations to weaken or overthrow him. Then Christ could not have been placed in Adam’s position, to go over the ground where Adam stumbled and fell; he could not have gained the victory that Adam failed to gain. Unless he was placed in a position as trying as that in which Adam stood, he could not redeem Adam’s failure. If man has in any sense a more trying conflict to endure than had Christ, then Christ is not able to succor him when tempted. Christ took humanity with all its liabilities. He took the nature of man with the possibility of yielding to temptation, and he relied upon divine power to keep him.The Signs of the Times
August 10, 1915
ST August 10, 1915, par. 15
Jesus says, He “hath nothing in Me.” John 14:30. His victory is an assurance that we too may come off victors in our conflicts with the enemy. But it is not our heavenly Father’s purpose to save us without an effort on our part to cooperate with Christ. We must act our part; and divine power, uniting with our effort, will bring victory.From Heaven With Love
Intemperance Corrupts Morals
HLv 75.1
“The prince of this world cometh,” said Jesus, “and hath nothing in Me.” John 14:30. Nothing in Him responded to Satan’s sophistry. He did not consent to sin. Not even by a thought did He yield to temptation. So it may be with us. Christ’s humanity was united with divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And He came to make us partakers of the divine nature. God reaches for the hand of faith in us to direct it to lay fast hold on the divinity of Christ, that we may attain to perfection of character.From Here to Forever
A Faith That Endures
HF 378.1
Now, while our High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” John 14:30. Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. There was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.Homeward Bound
Preparation for the Time of Trouble, March 8
HB 85.3
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” (John 14:30.) Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)
Ms 20, 1887
5LtMs, Ms 20, 1887, par. 3
We learn a lesson in these trials in (Romans 5:1-5): “Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope in the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience experience; and experience hope; and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.” But many are inclined to think, as these temptations fall upon us, that we must give up in discouragement, that we have no power to overcome. This is unbelief. We become weak because we fall under temptation and sin against God with our lips in talking discouragements and doubts and talk on the off side and not on the side of hope and faith. You know Christ has had all these temptations. He was tempted in all points as we are. Christ says: “For the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” [John 14:30.] What does that mean? He will find nothing that will give him the least advantage or the least ground for triumph, that Satan has prevailed.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)
Ms 26, 1887
5LtMs, Ms 26, 1887, par. 8
Christ came from heaven to earth that He might unite His interest with that of man, but our heavenly Father does not propose that He shall save man without any effort on his part to co-operate with Him in the work. Man must act his part, then Christ will bring His divine power to unite with man’s human effort in the work of overcoming Satan’s temptations. Satan felt that all the power of this fallen planet was in his possession, but when Christ came to measure strength with the prince of darkness, he found One that was able to resist his temptations. The words of Christ are, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” John 14:30. There was nothing in the life of Christ that Satan could take advantage of. Satan could bruise His heel, but could not touch His head.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)
Lt 8b, 1891
7LtMs, Lt 8b, 1891, par. 22
Jesus said of Himself shortly before His death, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” [John 14:30.] Not a thought or feeling responded to Satan’s temptations. Christ came to the world sinless, He lived for years in a world of sin, but His soul was like the sunbeam, it shone upon the moral darkness, but was uncontaminated. He ascended into heaven as pure and unspotted as when He left the bosom of His Father. He was tempted in all points like as we are, yet without sin. Here was humanity and divinity combined, and provision has been made that man may become a partaker of the divine nature. Divinity and humanity combined will work out a character wholly like that of Christ and fit for heaven.God’s Amazing Grace
Incomparable Temptations, June 3
AG 162.1
The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 14:30.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 8 (1893)
Ms 27, 1893
8LtMs, Ms 27, 1893, par. 9
“And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended he afterward hungered. And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.” [Luke 4:1-4.] Here was the Son of the infinite God, and Satan came as an angel of light to him. Here he tempted him on the point of appetite. Christ was hungry and in need of food, and why did he not work this miracle? It was not in God’s plan, for Christ was to work no miracle on His own account. What was His position? He was passing over the ground where Adam fell. Adam had everything that his wants required. But fierce hunger was upon Christ, and what He wanted was food. The devil was foiled in this temptation. “Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, if thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.” [Matthew 4:5, 6.] What did he leave out the other part for, which says, “to keep thee in all thy ways”? [Psalm 91:11.] While Christ was in the ways of God, no harm could come to Him. Jesus said of Satan, “He found nothing in me.” [John 14:30.] This temptation of Satan to Christ was a dare. Satan said, “If” thou be the Son of God. What would have been gained if Christ did as Satan asked him to do? Nothing. Christ meets him with “It is written.” Satan saw he could [do] nothing there.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)
Lt 43, 1895
10LtMs, Lt 43, 1895, par. 58
Just previous to His crucifixion the Saviour said, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” [John 14:30.] Though it was the hour of the power of darkness, yet in anticipation of His triumph, Christ could say, “The prince of the world is judged.” “Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.” [John 16:11; 12:31.] Viewing the work of redemption as completed, He could even in death speak, of the great final deliverance, and represent things that were future as if present. The only begotten Son of the Infinite God could successfully carry through the great plan which made man’s salvation sure.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)
Lt 8, 1895
10LtMs, Lt 8, 1895, par. 19
The first Adam fell; the second Adam held fast to God, and His Word under the most trying circumstances, and His faith in His Father’s goodness, mercy, and love did not waver for one moment. “It is written” was His weapon of resistance, and it is the sword of the Spirit which every human being is to use. “Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me”—nothing to respond to temptation. [John 14:30.] On not one occasion was there a response to his manifold temptations. Not once did Christ step on Satan’s ground, to give him any advantage. Satan found nothing in Him to encourage his advances.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Ms 111, 1897
12LtMs, Ms 111, 1897, par. 16
Christ took humanity upon Himself, that as substitute and surety, He might act in behalf of humanity. He came to earth to bear the test that Adam failed to endure. Satan thought that this was his opportunity. United with the religious nation, the apostate strove [to] overcome God in Jesus Christ, to banish pure and undefiled religion from the earth. From the desert to the cross, temptation came to Christ like a tempest. As the fierceness of Satan’s efforts to wound the Saviour’s heel with his poisonous fangs increased, the lower Christ stepped down in the path of humiliation, self-denial and self-sacrifice. Satan approached Christ as he approached Adam and Eve in Eden, but he failed in his purpose. Christ declared, “The prince of this world cometh and hath nothing in me.” [John 14:30.]Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 21 (1906)
Lt 192, 1906
21LtMs, Lt 192, 1906, par. 10
The infinite sufficiency of Christ is demonstrated by His bearing the sins of the whole world. He occupies the double position of offerer and of offering, of priest and of victim. He was holy, harmless, undefiled, and separate from sinners. “The prince of this world cometh,” He declares, “and findeth nothing in Me.” [John 14:30.] He was a Lamb without blemish and without spot. As we look to Him, we see our work exemplified.Jesus, Name Above All Names
Divine Model, April 19
JNN 119.1
“I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me.”—John 14:30JNN 119.3
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me” (John 14:30). Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.Last Day Events
Chapter 18—The Seven Last Plagues and the Righteous (The Great Time of Trouble, Part 2)
LDE 267.2
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation. Satan finds in human hearts some point where he can gain a foothold; some sinful desire is cherished, by means of which his temptations assert their power. But Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me.” (John 14:30). Satan could find nothing in the Son of God that would enable him to gain the victory. He had kept His Father’s commandments, and there was no sin in Him that Satan could use to his advantage. This is the condition in which those must be found who shall stand in the time of trouble.—The Great Controversy, 623 (1911).Lift Him Up
The Truth Will Conquer, October 13
LHU 300.1
The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 14:30.LHU 300.3
Upon this word Jesus rested, and He gave Satan no advantage. When the last steps of Christ’s humiliation were to be taken, when the deepest sorrow was closing about His soul, He said to His disciples, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.” “The prince of this world is judged.” Now shall he be cast out (John 14:30; 16:11; John 12:31). With prophetic eye Christ traced the scenes to take place in His last great conflict. He knew that when He should exclaim, “It is finished,” all heaven would triumph. His ear caught the distant music and the shouts of victory in the heavenly courts. He knew that the knell of Satan’s empire would then be sounded, and the name of Christ would be heralded from world to world throughout the universe.Manuscript Releases, vol. 12 [Nos. 921-999]
MR No. 999—Christ as Sacrifice and High Priest
12MR 404.3
Christ took humanity upon Himself, that as a substitute and surety, He might act in behalf of humanity. He came to earth to bear the test that Adam failed to endure. Satan thought that this was his opportunity. United with the religious nation, the apostate strove to overcome God in Jesus Christ, to banish pure and undefiled religion from the earth. From the desert to the cross, temptation came to Christ like a tempest. As the fierceness of Satan’s efforts to wound the Saviour’s heel with his poisonous fangs increased, the lower Christ stepped down in the path of humiliation, self-denial, and self-sacrifice. Satan approached Christ as he approached Adam and Eve in Eden, but he failed in his purpose. Said Christ, “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in Me” [John 14:30].Our Father Cares
The Compassionate Christian, September 12
OFC 267.1
The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. John 14:30.Reflecting Christ
Power to Prevail With God and Men, April 16
RC 120.5
Now, while our great High Priest is making the atonement for us, we should seek to become perfect in Christ. Not even by a thought could our Saviour be brought to yield to the power of temptation.... Christ declared of Himself: “The prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me” (John 14:30).—The Great Controversy, 622, 623.John 14:31
Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 19 (1904)
Ms 96, 1904
19LtMs, Ms 96, 1904, par. 2
“As the Father hath given Me commandment, so I do,” He declared. [John 14:31.] “This commandment have I received of My Father.” [John 10:18.] “In all that I do, I consult the will and fulfil the purposes of the eternal God. The words that I speak, the acts that I perform, are the fulfilment of the wishes and purposes of God. They are the manifestation of His great love for human beings.”Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 22 (1907)
Lt 172, 1907
22LtMs, Lt 172, 1907, par. 8
Said Christ, “As the Father gave Me commandment, so I do.” [John 14:31.] He came to our world on a mission from the Father. He came to bridge the gulf that sin had made between God and man. There was to be made a provision for a reconciliation, for a union [of] the human with the divine nature. Christ would sanctify all who believe in Him. In the gift of Christ to our world, God has provided for every one a power to overcome evil. He has given unto us “exceeding great and precious promises, that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.” [2 Peter 1:4.]Manuscript Releases, vol. 2 [Nos. 97-161]
MR No. 144—As the End Draws Near
2MR 225.1
All that Jesus did on the earth was done with an eye single to the glory of His Father. He says, “As the Father gave Me commandment, even so I do” [John 14:31]. “This commandment have I received of My Father” [John 10:18]. In all He did, He was working out the will of His Father, so that His life on earth was a manifestation of the divine perfection. The union of divinity with humanity in Christ, was to reveal to us God’s purpose to bring man into the closest connection with Himself. We cannot possibly be happy without Him.The Upward Look
The Need for Unity, May 15
UL 149.3
Said Christ, “As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do” (John 14:31). He came to our world on a mission from the Father. He came to bridge the gulf that sin had made between God and man. There was to be made a provision for a reconciliation, for a union of the human with the divine nature. Christ would sanctify all who believe in Him. In the gift of Christ to our world, God has provided for everyone a power to overcome evil. He has given unto us “exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust” (2 Peter 1:4).The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials
Chapter 93—To Brethren in Responsible Positions
1888 720.1
Brethren in responsible positions, you are in danger. I lift my voice in warning. Beware. Unless you watch, and keep your garments unspotted from the world, Satan will stand as your captain. It is now no time to hide your colors, no time to turn traitor, when the battle presses sore. It is no time to lay down or hide our weapons, and give Satan the advantage in the warfare. Watchmen on the walls of Zion must be wide awake. Call to your fellow-watchmen in no sleepy terms, “The morning cometh, and also the night.” Isaiah 21:12. If no response is made, then know that the watchman is unfaithful. It is now no time to relax our efforts, to become tame and spiritless; no time to hide our light under a bushel, to speak smooth things, to prophesy deceit. No, no; there is no place for sleepy watchmen on the walls of Zion. Every power is to be employed wholly and entirely for God. Maintain your allegiance, bearing testimony for God and for truth. Be not turned aside by any suggestion that the world may make. We can make no compromise. There is a living issue before us, which will be of vital importance to the remnant people of God, to the very close of this earth’s history; for eternal interests are here involved. We are to look constantly to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Captain of our salvation. All that Jesus did on the earth was done with an eye single to the glory of His Father. He says, “As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.” (John 14:31.) “This commandment have I received of my Father.” (John 10:18.) In all He did, He was working out the will of His Father, so that His life on earth was a manifestation of the divine perfection. The union of divinity with humanity in Christ, was to reveal to us God’s purpose to bring man into the closest connection with Himself. We can not possibly be happy without Him.From the Heart
Christ Connects Heaven to Earth, March 24
FH 95.1
As the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. John 14:31.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 6 (1889-1890)
Lt 1f, 1890
6LtMs, Lt 1f, 1890, par. 3
We are to look constantly to the Lord Jesus Christ, the Captain of our salvation. All that Jesus did on the earth was done with an eye single to the glory of His Father. He says, “As the Father gave me commandment, even so I do.” “This commandment have I received of my Father.” [John 14:31; 10:18.] In all He did, He was working out the will of His Father, so that His life on earth was a manifestation of the divine perfection. The union of divinity with humanity in Christ was to reveal to us God’s purpose to bring man into the closest connection with Himself. We cannot possibly be happy without Him.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)
Ms 95, 1894
9LtMs, Ms 95, 1894, par. 14
He who is daily a learner in the school of Christ can say, “As the Father gave me commandment, so I do.” [John 14:31.] Thus did the Son of God in His human life leave us an example of perfect obedience, prefacing every deed with such words as these: That which the Son seeth the Father do, he doeth also. “This commandment have I received of my Father.” [John 10:18.] The history of Christ’s human life in our world is the record of His purpose toward us for the manifestation of His divine perfection. He was the light shining in darkness, and what is the record? “And the darkness comprehended it not.” [John 1:5.] The standard is high, for Christ is our Standard, and He could justly claim perfection in all His works. But how few, in their practice, will follow the Lamb of God whithersoever He goeth. Following Jesus, imbued with His Spirit moment by moment, the human agent would represent Christ, as Christ represented the Father.Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)
Ms 152, 1897
12LtMs, Ms 152, 1897, par. 8
The original apostasy began in disbelief and denial of the truth; but if we would triumph, we must fix the eye of faith steadfastly upon Jesus, the Captain of our salvation. We are to follow the example of Christ, and in all that Jesus did on earth, He had an eye single to the glory of God. He says, “As the Father gave me commandment, even so do I.” [John 14:31.] Divinity and humanity were united in Christ, that He might reveal to us God’s purpose, and bring man into close union with Himself. This union will enable us to overcome the enemy, for through faith in Christ, we shall have divine power.EGW Writings — Ellen G. White. Ellen G. White Estate · all rights reserved
John 14:21-23
Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)
Lt 51, 1896
11LtMs, Lt 51, 1896, par. 4
Grasp the promise. Forget the things that are behind, and lay hold of the Word of promise: “I will manifest myself unto you,” “I will come unto you,” and “abide with you.” [John 14:21, 23; 15:4.] You must work, and God will work. The work He requires of you is to believe in Jesus Christ whom He has sent to save you. Your soul is of value with God. You must pray and believe and obey. You must be a laborer together with God, for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of His good pleasure.Manuscript Release No. 926
The Fannie Bolton Story: A Collection Of Source Documents
MR926 68.4
After marrying your wife, you again accepted the Sabbath. This was the right move to make, if you made it in sincerity and in the fear of God. Said Christ, [John 14:21, 23 quoted.].Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 22 (1907)
Lt 368, 1907
22LtMs, Lt 368, 1907, par. 5
“He that hath My commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth Me: and he that loveth Me shall be loved of My Father, and I will love him, and will manifest Myself to him. Judas saith unto Him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that Thou wilt manifest Thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love Me, he will keep My words: and My Father will love him, and We will come unto him, and make Our abode with him.” [John 14:21-23.]