EGW WritingsRevelation 3

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 22 (1907)

Lt 44, 1907

22LtMs, Lt 44, 1907, par. 14

Through His sacrifice, Christ has made provision for you, that you may become sweet in disposition, meek and lowly of heart. My brother, when you are sorely provoked to say or do things that make you a weak man, think of the promise, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in My throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] “He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations.” [Revelation 2:26.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 22 (1907)

Lt 38, 1907

22LtMs, Lt 38, 1907, par. 18

Grace abounds with Christ, and those who take their position on the side of the Redeemer become new creatures. In character they become one with God. Herein is love! God places the virtues of His character upon those who receive Him. Through His infinite sacrifice, He lifts the human race from its position of slavery to the will of Satan and makes men and women sons and daughters of the heavenly King. Only when we understand this great truth can we understand the words of Christ, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Our High Calling

Victory Is Assured, December 13

OHC 353.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

Selected Messages Book 3

Chapter 22—Emphasis on Salvation Theme—1890-1908

3SM 197.3

But many say that Jesus was not like us, that He was not as we are in the world, that He was divine, and that we cannot overcome as He overcame. But Paul writes, “Verily he took not on him the nature of angels; but he took on him the seed of Abraham. Wherefore in all things it behooved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people. For in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted” (Hebrews 2:16-18). “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need” (chap. 4:15, 16). Jesus says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21).

Sons and Daughters of God

We Sit With Christ on His Throne, December 30

SD 371.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

Testimonies for the Church, vol. 1

Chapter 62—Family Religion

1T 303.1

I have been shown the high and responsible position which God’s people should occupy. They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and they must walk even as Christ walked. They will come up through great tribulation. The present is a time of warfare and trial. Our Saviour says in Revelation 3:21: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” The reward is not given to all who profess to be followers of Christ, but to those who overcome even as He overcame. We must study the life of Christ and learn what it is to confess Him before the world.

Testimonies for the Church, vol. 6

Need of Repentance

6T 297.3

The unfaithful steward did not enrich himself with his master’s goods; he merely wasted them. He let idleness take the place of sincere, wholehearted labor. He was unfaithful in the appropriation of his lord’s goods. Unfaithful steward, do you not see that you will lose your soul if you do not co-operate with God and make the most of your talents for the Master? Your mind was given that you might understand how to work. Your eyes were given that you might be keen to discern your God-given opportunities. Your ears are to listen for the commands of God. Your knees are to bow three times a day in heartfelt prayer. Your feet are to run in the way of God’s commandments. Thought, effort, talent, should be put into exercise, that you may be prepared to graduate into the school above and hear from the lips of One who has overcome all temptations in our behalf the words: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” “Thus saith the Lord of hosts; If thou wilt walk in My ways, and if thou wilt keep My charge, then thou shalt also judge My house, and shalt also keep My courts, and I will give thee places to walk among these that stand by.” Revelation 3:21; Zechariah 3:7. If you do not co-operate with the Lord by giving yourself to Him and doing His service you will be judged unfit to be a subject of His pure, heavenly kingdom.

That I May Know Him

The Conflict Is for Us, September 7

TMK 256.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

That I May Know Him

The Challenge of the Difficult, October 25

TMK 304.3

Said Christ, “Strive”—agonize—“to enter in....” We must feel our continual dependence upon God and the great weakness of our own wisdom and our own judgment and strength, and then depend wholly upon Him who has conquered the foe in our behalf, because He pitied our weakness and knew we should be overcome and perish if He did not come to our help.... Think not that by any easy or common effort you can win the eternal reward. You have a wily foe upon your track. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21). Here is the battle to overcome as Christ has overcome. His life of temptation, of trial, of toil and conflict, is before us for us to imitate. We may make efforts in our own strength, but not succeed. But when we fall all helpless and suffering and needy upon the Rock of Christ, feeling in our inmost soul that our victory depends upon His merits, that all our efforts of themselves without the special help of the great Conqueror will be without avail, then Christ would send every angel out of glory to rescue us from the power of the enemy rather than that we should fall.33Letter 1b, 1873.

The Acts of the Apostles

Chapter 53—John the Beloved

AA 543.2

Long afterward, when John had been brought into sympathy with Christ through the fellowship of His sufferings, the Lord Jesus revealed to him what is the condition of nearness to His kingdom. “To him that overcometh,” Christ said, “will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” Revelation 3:21. The one who stands nearest to Christ will be he who has drunk most deeply of His spirit of self-sacrificing love,—love that “vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, ... seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil” (1 Corinthians 13:4, 5),—love that moves the disciple, as it moved our Lord, to give all, to live and labor and sacrifice even unto death, for the saving of humanity.

Christ Triumphant

Jesus Will Give Us Power to Overcome, October 7

CTr 287.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

The Great Controversy

Chapter 23—What is the Sanctuary?

GC 416.3

He “shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne.” Not now “upon the throne of His glory;” the kingdom of glory has not yet been ushered in. Not until His work as a mediator shall be ended will God “give unto Him the throne of His father David,” a kingdom of which “there shall be no end.” Luke 1:32, 33. As a priest, Christ is now set down with the Father in His throne. Revelation 3:21. Upon the throne with the eternal, self-existent One is He who “hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows,” who “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” that He might be “able to succor them that are tempted.” “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father.” Isaiah 53:4; Hebrews 4:15; 2:18; 1 John 2:1. His intercession is that of a pierced and broken body, of a spotless life. The wounded hands, the pierced side, the marred feet, plead for fallen man, whose redemption was purchased at such infinite cost.

The Great Controversy (1888 ed.)

Chapter 23—What is the Sanctuary?

GC88 416.3

He “shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne.” Not now “upon the throne of his glory;” the kingdom of glory has not yet been ushered in. Not until his work as a mediator shall be ended, will God “give unto him the throne of his father David,” a kingdom of which “there shall be no end.” [Luke 1:32, 33.] As a priest, Christ is now set down with the Father in his throne. [Revelation 3:21.] Upon the throne with the eternal, self-existent One, is he who “hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows,” who “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” that he might be “able to succor them that are tempted.” “If any man sin, we have an Advocate with the Father.” [Isaiah 53:4; Hebrews 4:15; 2:18; 1 John 2:1] His intercession is that of a pierced and broken body, of a spotless life. The wounded hands, the pierced side, the marred feet, plead for fallen man, whose redemption was purchased at such infinite cost.

The Sanctified Life

The Value of the Soul

SL 93.3

We must come nearer to the cross of Christ. Penitence at the foot of the cross is the first lesson of peace we have to learn. The love of Jesus—who can comprehend it? Infinitely more tender and self-denying than a mother’s love! If we would know the value of a human soul, we must look in living faith upon the cross, and thus begin the study which shall be the science and the song of the redeemed through all eternity. The value of our time and our talents can be estimated only by the greatness of the ransom paid for our redemption. What ingratitude do we manifest toward God when we rob Him of His own by withholding from Him our affections and our service! Is it too much to give ourselves to Him who has sacrificed all for us? Can we choose the friendship of the world before the immortal honors which Christ proffers—“to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21)?

The Upward Look

Choose Ye Each Day, February 9

UL 54.4

Christ says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21). There are temptations that we must meet. If we yield to them, we are on the losing side, and by meeting with defeat again and again, it becomes a habit to do wrong in the place of doing right. We thus reveal that we choose to work out the principles and attributes of Satan, rather than the principles and attributes of Jesus Christ....

The Upward Look

Show Yourself a Man, February 10

UL 55.5

God is not pleased that any one of His representatives worries, wearies, and wears himself out, so that he does not diffuse the sweet fragrance of heaven in his life. We have but one life to live. Jesus has come to our world to teach us how to live that life, that we may represent the character of heaven. We must never grow fainthearted, for it will be far worse for ourselves and for others within the reach of our influence. God requires us to behave with dignity under trials and temptations. The Man of Sorrows, who was acquainted with grief, is before us as our example. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21).—Letter 7, February 10, 1885, to Daniel T. Bourdeau, early worker in Europe.

This Day With God

Let Us Hold Fast, June 17

TDG 177.3

During these sleepless hours, the subject of overcoming has been the burden of my thoughts. “To him that overcometh,” the Lord declares, “will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21).

Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing

“Blessed are the meek.”—Matthew 5:5.

MB 17.2

The meek “shall inherit the earth.” It was through the desire for self-exaltation that sin entered into the world, and our first parents lost the dominion over this fair earth, their kingdom. It is through self-abnegation that Christ redeems what was lost. And He says we are to overcome as He did. Revelation 3:21. Through humility and self-surrender we may become heirs with Him when “the meek shall inherit the earth.” Psalm 37:11.

Ye Shall Receive Power

Not in “My Own Way,” December 7, December 7

YRP 350.4

You may feel that you cannot meet the approval of heaven. You may say, “I was born with a natural tendency toward this evil, and I cannot overcome.” But every provision has been made by our heavenly Father whereby you may be able to overcome every unholy tendency. You are to overcome even as Christ overcame in your behalf. He says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21). It was sin that imperiled the human family; and before man was created the provision was made that if man failed to bear the test, Jesus would become his sacrifice and surety, that through faith in Him, man might be reconciled to God, for Christ was the Lamb “slain from the foundation of the world” (Revelation 13:8). Christ died on Calvary that man might have power to overcome his natural tendencies to sin.

Ye Shall Receive Power

Nothing More Invincible, December 15

YRP 358.3

There is hope for man. Christ says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne” (Revelation 3:21). But let us never forget that the efforts we make in our own strength are utterly worthless. Our strength is weakness; our judgment foolishness. Only in the name and strength of our Conqueror can we conquer. When we are pressed with temptation, when un-christlike desires clamor for the mastery, let us offer fervent, importunate prayer to the heavenly Father, in the name of Christ. This will bring divine aid. In the Redeemer’s name we may gain the victory.

Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene

Chapter 3—Effects of Stimulants

CTBH 40.2

It is not an easy matter to overcome the appetite for narcotics and stimulants. But in the name of Christ this great victory can be gained. His love for the fallen race was so great that he made an infinite sacrifice to reach them in their degradation, and through his divine power finally elevate them to his throne. But it rests with man whether Christ shall accomplish for him that which he is fully able to do. God cannot work against man’s will to save him from Satan’s artifices. Man must put forth his human power to resist and conquer at any cost; he must be a co-worker with Christ. Then, through the victory that it is his privilege to gain by the all-powerful name of Jesus, he may become an heir of God, and a partaker with Christ of his glory. No drunkard can inherit the kingdom of God; but “to him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Ye Shall Receive Power

A Seat Upon His Throne, December 24

YRP 367.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

Spiritual Gifts, vol. 4b

Chapter 8—Family Religion

4bSG 93.1

I have been shown the high and responsible position God’s people should occupy. They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and must walk even as Christ walked. They will come up through much tribulation. The present is a time of warfare and trial. Our Saviour says in Revelation 3:21, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” The reward is not given to all who profess to be followers of Christ, but to those who overcome, even as he overcame. We must study the life of Christ, and learn what it is to confess him before the world. No one can confess Christ unless the mind and Spirit of Christ are in him. The fruits of the Spirit are manifested outwardly, and these are a confession of Christ.

Sermons and Talks, vol. 1

Eternal Life

1SAT 246.3

Do you want to know just what to do? Say, “I rejoice that I have found out how defective I am, and I am going to overcome sin and be a victor; for He says, ‘To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne’” (Revelation 3:21). Will you overcome as Christ overcame? Shall we have the victory? Jesus Christ is our Saviour.

The Signs of the Times

October 5, 1876

ST October 5, 1876, par. 8

At half-past two I spoke upon the subject of Temperance, taking for my text Revelation 3:21: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.”

The Review and Herald

April 22, 1862

RH April 22, 1862, par. 1

I have been shown the high and responsible position God’s people should occupy. They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and must walk even as Christ walked. They will come up through much tribulation. The present is a time of warfare and trial. Our Saviour says in Revelation 3:21, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” The reward is not given to all who profess to be followers of Christ, but to those who overcome, even as he overcame. We must study the life of Christ, and learn what it is to confess him before the world. No one can confess Christ unless the mind and Spirit of Christ are in him. The fruits of the Spirit are manifested outwardly, and these are a confession of Christ.

The Review and Herald

September 6, 1877

RH September 6, 1877, par. 12

My lungs and throat pained me very much, yet I believed God would help me upon that important occasion. My text was, “To him that overcometh,” etc. Revelation 3:21. The Lord gave me great freedom in addressing that immense crowd upon the subject of Christian Temperance. I labored to show that temperance must be lived out in our homes; that our children must be trained to temperate habits from the cradle, in order for them to be firm of principle, correct in their morals, and able, not only to withstand all temptations to intemperance themselves, but to wield a powerful influence over others in favor of the right. In their ignorance or carelessness, parents give their children the first lessons in intemperance. At the table, loaded with injurious condiments, rich food, and spiced knickknacks, the child acquires a taste for that which is hurtful to him, which tends to irritate the tender coats of the stomach, inflame the blood, and strengthen the animal passions. The appetite soon craves something stronger, and tobacco is used to gratify that craving. This indulgence only increasing the unnatural longing for stimulants, liquor-drinking is soon resorted to, and drunkenness follows. This is the course of the great highway to intemperance.

Testimony Treasures, vol. 1

Family Religion

1TT 101.1

I have been shown the high and responsible position which God’s people should occupy. They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and they must walk even as Christ walked. They will come up through great tribulation. The present is a time of warfare and trial. Our Saviour says in (Revelation 3:21): “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” The reward is not given to all who profess to be followers of Christ, but to those who overcome even as He overcame. We must study the life of Christ and learn what it is to confess Him before the world.

From Trials to Triumph

Christ Wants Only Willing Surrender

TT 285.1

Long afterward, the Lord Jesus revealed to John the condition of nearness to His kingdom: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” Revelation 3:21. The one who stands nearest to Christ will be he who has drunk most deeply of His spirit of self-sacrificing love—love that moves the disciple to labor and sacrifice even unto death for the saving of humanity.

Christ in His Sanctuary

Christ’s Ministry in the Heavenly Sanctuary

CIHS 138.4

He “shall sit and rule upon His throne; and He shall be a priest upon His throne.” Not now “upon the throne of His glory;” the kingdom of glory has not yet been ushered in. Not until His work as a mediator shall be ended will God “give unto Him the throne of His father David,” a kingdom of which “there shall be no end.” Luke 1:32, 33. As a priest, Christ is now set down with the Father in His throne. Revelation 3:21. Upon the throne with the eternal, self-existent One is He who “hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows,” who “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin,” that He might be “able to succor them that are tempted.” “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father.” Isaiah 53:4; Hebrews 4:15; 2:18; 1 John 2:1. His intercession is that of a pierced and broken body, of a spotless life. The wounded hands, the pierced side, the marred feet, plead for fallen man, whose redemption was purchased at such infinite cost.

Testimony for the Church — No. 8

Testimony for the Church

T08 1.1

I have been shown the high and responsible position God’s people should occupy. They are the salt of the earth and the light of the world, and must walk even as Christ walked. They will come up through much tribulation. The present is a time of warfare and trial. Our Saviour says in Revelation 3:21, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” The reward is not given to all who profess to be followers of Christ, but to those who overcome, even as he overcame. We must study the life of Christ, and learn what it is to confess him before the world. No one can confess Christ unless the mind and Spirit of Christ are in him. The fruits of the Spirit are manifested outwardly, and these are a confession of Christ.

Homeward Bound

Finally: a Position Above Angels, April 30

HB 139.1

To him who overcomes I will grant to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.—Revelation 3:21.

With God at Dawn

God’s Throne Shared with the Overcomer, December 18

WGD 354.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875)

Lt 1b, 1873

2LtMs, Lt 1b, 1873, par. 5

Think not, my children, that by any easy or common effort you can win the eternal reward. You have a wily foe upon your track. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” Revelation 3:21. Here is the battle to overcome as Christ has overcome. His life of temptation, of trial, of toil and conflict, is before us for us to imitate. We may make efforts in our own strength, but not succeed. But when we fall all helpless and suffering and needy upon the Rock of Christ, feeling in our inmost soul that our victory depends upon His merits, that all our efforts of themselves, without the special help of the great Conqueror, will be without avail, [then] Christ would send every angel out of glory to rescue us from the power of the enemy rather than that we should fall.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 2 (1869 - 1875)

Lt 44, 1875

2LtMs, Lt 44, 1875, par. 1

I have just spoken one hour to the patients at the Health Institute. They were very attentive and many of the patients were affected to tears. I took this text: “To him that overcometh” [Revelation 2:7, 17; 3:21], and I had perfect freedom. I spoke at the commencement of the Sabbath in the college building and not a few tears were shed. I prayed with them and the Lord indited prayer. I seemed to fasten upon the promises of God with faith. I never pitied the youth as I do now. There seems to be so little moral power in our world to withstand and resist temptation. My heart is drawn out in yearning tenderness for youth and children. I long to see them fastening their hopes upon Jesus and possessing that joy and grace which will enable them to be ever cheerful, ever hopeful, full of joy because they may come to such a precious Redeemer. He will be their strength and righteousness, and clothe them with His salvation.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 4 (1883 - 1886)

Lt 17, 1883

4LtMs, Lt 17, 1883, par. 14

Jesus died on Calvary’s cross. The Son of the infinite God came to our world and was not aping the rich at all; He dressed in very humble apparel; He became poor for our sakes, that we through His poverty might be made rich. If Jesus was, in His life, clothed with gorgeous apparel, if this example is given us, then we may imitate Him. If His life was meek and lowly, pure and full of good works, then the very best thing we can do is to imitate Jesus. He says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father upon His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] God keeps a reckoning with every individual. Will you please, dear children, consider what that reckoning must be in your account?

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 4 (1883 - 1886)

Ms 15, 1884

4LtMs, Ms 15, 1884, par. 13

We tried to encourage the exercise of faith. We could not teach the unconverted or the backslider or those who were seeking for a deeper experience in the things of God, that they had nothing to do but to believe. This doctrine is pleasant to a very large class, that Jesus has done it all, and they have nothing to do but believe. [This doctrine] is a deception of Satan. There is something for every one of us to do, if we ever enter the golden gates of the city of God. Said Jesus, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne.” Revelation 3:21. We all have the opportunity of studying the life of Christ and seeing how He conducted Himself in our world. We are to be as He was in this world. Jesus was tempted in all points like as we are.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 4 (1883 - 1886)

Lt 7, 1885

4LtMs, Lt 7, 1885, par. 24

God wants His ministers to communicate that which is heavenly and divine, for they are representatives of Him. God has designed that the power of influence shall be of heavenly birth. We shall be either a light to cheer, to illume, or a tempest to destroy. God is not pleased that any one of His representatives shall worry, weary and wear themselves out, so that they shall not diffuse the sweet fragrance of heaven in their lives. We have but one life to live. Jesus has come to our world to teach us how to live that life, that we may represent the character of heaven. We must never grow faint-hearted, for it will be far worse for ourselves and for others within the reach of our influence. God requires us to behave with dignity under trials and temptations. The Man of sorrows, who was acquainted with grief, is before us as our example. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Conflict and Courage

A Fond Mother’s Request, November 4

CC 314.1

To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. Revelation 3:21.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 4 (1883 - 1886)

Ms 29, 1886

4LtMs, Ms 29, 1886, par. 13

Paul declared that he kept his body under, lest after he had preached to others, he himself should be a castaway. [1 Corinthians 9:27.] Those who in ancient time ran for a prize realized the importance of temperate habits, and how much more should we, who are running a race for a heavenly crown. We should put forth every effort to overcome evil. Christ came to set us an example of how to overcome. He endured a fast of forty days, and He has made it possible for man to overcome on the point of appetite. The battle is before us. We must fight valiantly. If we are successful, we shall one day realize the fulfilment of the promise, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)

Lt 39, 1887

5LtMs, Lt 39, 1887, par. 26

God is not pleased to have his representatives worry and wear themselves out so that they cannot diffuse the sweet fragrance of heaven in their lives. We have but one life to live in this world. Jesus came to teach us how to live that life, that we may represent the character of heaven. We must never grow fainthearted; for it would be far worse for ourselves and others within the sphere of our influence than if we bore our trials with courage and fortitude. God requires us to behave with dignity under trials and temptations. The man of sorrows who was acquainted with grief is before us as our example. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Let us ever preserve the love of Jesus, presenting the truth as it is in Him.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)

Ms 25, 1887

5LtMs, Ms 25, 1887, par. 20

Christ was so interested in us that He fasted forty days that He might bring light to the world on overcoming appetite. Who appreciates it? It is, “What shall I eat?” and “What shall I drink?” [Matthew 6:25.] When Sunday comes, where is our life? The mind is beclouded by an overburdened stomach, and we have no freedom in prayer. In this meeting are two parties. Here are Christ and His angels. They are here to help the truth find our hearts. Here are Satan and his angels to rob us of the blessings we might receive. In the morning evil angels will try to cause you to lose all these things. How important it is that we be under Christ’s banner, that we may have more than human strength to overcome. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with My Father in His throne.” Revelation 3:21. What does this little life amount to? This earth will soon pass away. If we build on hay and stubble, the fires of the last days will consume our work. But if we build on gold and precious stones, all will stand in that day.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 5 (1887-1888)

Lt 49, 1887

5LtMs, Lt 49, 1887, par. 8

I cannot see what other course they could take toward you than they have done at Basel. I feel the tenderest feeling of pity, and of love for your soul; but false words of sympathy to sustain you in rebellion and defiance of those whom God has placed in responsible positions in His work shall never be traced by my pen. I have too much regard for your soul than to tell you as some surely will do, that it shall be well with you when you are taking such a course dishonoring your manhood, defacing the moral image of God in your soul, deceiving your own heart, dishonoring the God who has bought you with the price of His own blood. God has said, “To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with Me on My throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with My Father on His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Now are you overcoming, or are you being overcome by your own lusts and appetites and passions? I feel deeply for your soul.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 6 (1889-1890)

Ms 32, 1889

6LtMs, Ms 32, 1889, par. 15

Man’s nature is enmity against God. Christ came clothed with humanity and then humanity touched humanity, and by living faith men grasp Christ and repent that they have transgressed the law of God. As they repent He forgives their transgressions. So it is Christ from first to last. Now we want our brethren to see this. What is man to do? Have faith. What kind of faith? To believe that Christ is the propitiation for our sins, and that He brought immortality to light. But what are we to do? Why, this faith is a working faith. Will a farmer fail to sow seed yet expect a harvest? No more will you unless you are active workers in the cause of God and put to the stretch every muscle, every energy. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] What does that mean? He overcame in our behalf and we are to overcome in His strength.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 6 (1889-1890)

Ms 1, 1889

6LtMs, Ms 1, 1889, par. 52

The Prince of Life and the prince of darkness were in conflict. The Prince of Life prevailed, but at an infinite cost. His triumph is our salvation. He is our Substitute and Surety, and what He says to him that overcometh tells whether man has anything to do or not. How? “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I overcame, and am sit down with My Father in His throne.” Revelation 3:21.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 6 (1889-1890)

Ms 16, 1890

6LtMs, Ms 16, 1890, par. 85

Those who claim that it was not possible for Christ to sin cannot believe that He really took upon Himself human nature; but was not Christ actually tempted, not only by Satan in the wilderness, but all through His life from childhood to manhood? In all points He was tempted as we are, and because He successfully resisted temptation under every form, He gave man the perfect example; and through the ample provisions Christ has made, we may become partakers of His divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world through lust. Jesus says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Here is the beginning of our confidence which we must hold steadfast unto the end.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Ms 1, 1892

7LtMs, Ms 1, 1892, par. 27

We are not to serve God as if we were not human, but we are to serve Him in the nature we have, that has been redeemed by the Son of God; through the righteousness of Christ we shall stand before God pardoned, and as though we had never sinned. We will never gain strength in considering what we might do if we were angels. We are to turn in faith to Jesus Christ, and show our love to God through obedience to His commands. Jesus “was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.” [Hebrews 4:15.] Jesus says, “Follow Me.” “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.” [Matthew 16:24.] Jesus leads the way. Do not wait and continue in disobedience, hoping circumstances may change, making it easier for you to obey. Go forward, for you know the will of God. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Faith and Works

The Crucial Point in the Great Controversy

FW 74.4

The Prince of Life and the prince of darkness were in conflict. The Prince of Life prevailed, but at an infinite cost. His triumph is our salvation. He is our Substitute and Surety, and what He says to him that overcometh tells whether man has anything to do or not. How? “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne” (Revelation 3:21).

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Lt 94, 1892

7LtMs, Lt 94, 1892, par. 28

Oh, that you would turn square about and through the grace of Christ be just what He has made provision for you to be. The whole matter rests with you. What this one has done, or another has failed to do, will be no excuse for you. You know your duty, and they must answer to God for themselves; you must answer for yourself. Help has been abundantly provided for you. Looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of your faith, He will tell you the good and the right way. Gather up the rays of light God has given you and do His will now; this is your only hope. Jesus says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Ms 19, 1892

7LtMs, Ms 19, 1892, par. 30

During these sleepless hours, the subject of overcoming has been the burden of my thoughts. “To him that overcometh,” the Lord declares, “will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Ms 33, 1892

7LtMs, Ms 33, 1892, par. 13

During these sleepless hours, the subject of overcoming has been the burden of my thoughts. “To him that overcometh,” the Lord declares, “will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” Revelation 3:21.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 7 (1891-1892)

Lt 43, 1892

7LtMs, Lt 43, 1892, par. 1

How full and complete is the promise, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 8 (1893)

Lt 8, 1893

8LtMs, Lt 8, 1893, par. 10

In this probationary time, man is deciding his own eternal destiny. The promise of Christ is addressed to every soul, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Will my brother heed this invitation?

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 8 (1893)

Lt 12a, 1893

8LtMs, Lt 12a, 1893, par. 11

What is meant by the term Christian can only be understood by a daily, prayerful study of the Scriptures. The struggle which the Christian must wage is a lifelong one, for Satan is ever watching for an opportunity to take advantage of every one who claims to follow Christ, that he may ensnare the soul. When a soul is captured from the ranks of Christ the synagogue of Satan sing in hellish triumph. Jesus says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] There are many things to be overcome. Every day the Christian must battle with the foe. There is no time to be careless, light, trifling, cheap, and easygoing. There is no time to be foolish [and] pleasure-loving, to be enjoying what is called a good time with young men or young women. Those who are satisfied with this kind of nonsense will have all the heaven they will have while engaging in their pleasures, unless they are converted.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)

Ms 12, 1894

9LtMs, Ms 12, 1894, par. 20

Do you want to know just what to do? Say, “I rejoice that I have found out how defective I am and I am going to overcome sin and be a victor; for He says, ‘To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me on my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.’” [Revelation 3:21.] Will you overcome as Christ overcame? Shall we have the victory? Jesus Christ is our Saviour.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)

Ms 65, 1894

9LtMs, Ms 65, 1894, par. 5

There is hope for man. Jesus says, “To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] The work before us is to overcome as Christ overcame. He fasted forty days and suffered the keenest pangs of hunger. Christ suffered on our account beyond our comprehension, and we should welcome trial and suffering on our own account for Christ’s sake, that we may overcome as Christ also overcame and be exalted to the throne of our Redeemer. Let us consider the life and suffering of our precious Saviour in our behalf, and remember that if we are not willing to endure trial, toil, and conflict, if we are not willing to be partakers with Christ of His sufferings, we shall be found unworthy of a seat upon His throne.

Manuscript Releases, vol. 8 [Nos. 526-663]

MR No. 548—How Ellen White Bore Suffering

8MR 46.1

June 17—... During these sleepless hours, the subject of overcoming has been the burden of my thoughts. “To him that overcometh,” the Lord declares, “will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne” (Revelation 3:21)....

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)

Ms 49, 1894

9LtMs, Ms 49, 1894, par. 8

Everything that pertains to godliness, everything that pertains to the salvation of the human soul is to be placed within the reach of every human being upon the face of the earth. There is no excuse for one of us why we should falter and fail in any respect in the work of overcoming, for Christ has said, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I overcame, and am set down with my father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Now He places Himself right upon the scale with humanity. Humanity is to overcome as He overcame. And here is the promise that humanity may become partakers of the divine nature, and that is what Christ came to our earth to do, to open a way that man shall be so united with God, that he shall be partaker of the nature of God, that he shall have the power and the strength which come from God in the work of overcoming.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 9 (1894)

Lt 9, 1894

9LtMs, Lt 9, 1894, par. 6

What scenes will be witnessed in that great day when every man shall be rewarded as his works have been. The very ones who have been reviled, falsified, abused for Christ’s sake and treated with contempt and derision, will stand forth justified before angels and men, and the benediction will fall upon their ears, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things.” [Matthew 25:21.] All who engage in this warfare, if they obtain the victory, must be true and pure and holy. Jesus says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 11 (1896)

Ms 2, 1896

11LtMs, Ms 2, 1896, par. 6

Christ says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am sat down with my Father on his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] There are temptations that we must meet. If we yield to them we are on the losing side, and by meeting with defeat again and again, it becomes a habit to do wrong in the place of doing right. We thus reveal that we choose to work out the principles and attributes of Satan, rather than the principles and attributes of Jesus Christ. Such an advance is made in wrong doing by this course that the Word describes it as “wise to do evil.” [Jeremiah 4:22.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 12 (1897)

Ms 34, 1897

12LtMs, Ms 34, 1897, par. 48

And Christ declares, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] The work of Christ is before us. We are to follow His example of complete obedience, of self-denial, or self-sacrifice, of devotion to the uplifting and saving of fallen man. Shall we not take hold of this work now, and who that we will work the works of Jesus Christ, giving all there is of us to this sacred work? Christ has declared, “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and my enter in through the gates into the city.” [Revelation 22:14.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)

Ms 110, 1898

13LtMs, Ms 110, 1898, par. 10

The worldly-wise man, who meditates and plans and devises, and whose business is ever in his mind, should seek to become wise in matters of eternal interest. If this were the only world we were to have, this intense desire for worldly gain on the part of the professed Christian would not be so inconsistent. If men would put forth a tenth part of their capabilities and energies to secure the heavenly treasure, and that life that measures with the life of God, what good they could do in working in Christ’s lines! Thoughts, efforts, talents, would be put into exercise to prepare their souls to graduate to the school above and hear from the lips of the One who, having overcome all temptations in our behalf, understands the perils of the way. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 13 (1898)

Ms 111, 1898

13LtMs, Ms 111, 1898, par. 25

Then can any one truly say of another, “He is saved”? No; his future life will decide his eternal destiny. If he will walk in obedience to the commandments of the Lord, he will be an overcomer; and Christ says, “To him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my throne; even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Let no one then say that which is not strictly true. We want all our words to be truth and righteousness. “I the Lord search the heart: I try the reins: even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. ... Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed: save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.” [Jeremiah 17:10, 14.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)

Ms 176, 1899

14LtMs, Ms 176, 1899, par. 5

Christ passed over the ground where Adam fell, overcoming in our behalf. He endured every test that man will ever be called upon to endure. He met all the temptations which man will meet in his life-experience. Christ has Himself travelled over the path in which He calls upon us to walk. He says, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. As I endured the test and trial, so you may endure it.” [See Luke 9:23.] He who is at last crowned conqueror, must depend, as Christ did, upon Deity. Every step Christ took was taken in full, entire dependence upon God. Had Christ transgressed the law of God in one particular, He would have been a sinner, and His offering would have been a failure, but not upon a single point did the enemy overcome Him. He declares, “Be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” [John 16:33.] “He that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 14 (1899)

Lt 6, 1899

14LtMs, Lt 6, 1899, par. 25

Christ’s glory was manifested while He was working at His trade in the carpenter’s shop. He was assailed more fiercely by temptation than were other youth, according as there was more at stake in His life. But He overcame the wicked one. The Saviour in His human character resisted all the assaults of Satan. Just as Christ overcame temptation, so every one of us may overcome. And He says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father on his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Manuscript Releases, vol. 11 [Nos. 851-920]

MR No. 879—Geographical Descriptions and Travel in the Western U.S. in 19th Century

11MR 150.4

I spoke to a crowded tent upon the subject of temperance. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne” (Revelation 3:21). I had freedom in speaking. Many outsiders were present and listened with apparent earnest interest.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Ms 141, 1901

16LtMs, Ms 141, 1901, par. 4

Those who claim that it was not possible for Christ to sin cannot believe that He really took upon Himself human nature. But was not Christ actually tempted, not only by Satan in the wilderness, but all through His life, from childhood to manhood? In all points He was tempted as we are, and because He successfully resisted temptation under every form, He gave men the perfect example, and through the ample provision Christ has made, we may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption which is in the world through lust. Jesus says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Here is the beginning of our confidence which we must hold steadfast unto the end. If Jesus resisted Satan’s temptations, He will help us to resist. He came to bring divine power to combine with human effort.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Lt 157, 1901

16LtMs, Lt 157, 1901, par. 6

“I have glorified thee on the earth; I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.” [Verse 4.] We should all bear in mind that to every man God has given his work. There is no one in the entire human family who has not been entrusted with talents to be wisely used and improved. Said Christ, “I have glorified Thee in my human character, perfecting that character for the benefit of all humanity, to show human beings that man can keep the law of God in a world of sin and transgression, and through being a partaker of the divine nature, stand as an overcomer.” “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Christ is our pattern.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Ms 147, 1901

16LtMs, Ms 147, 1901, par. 12

Christ declared that all power in heaven and earth has been given to Him, and He gives this power to those who truly believe on Him, to His disciples, that they may go forth to proclaim the message of hope and salvation to a fallen race. He takes His position at the head of humanity, covering divinity with humanity. In Him humanity and divinity are combined, and He can accomplish for the human race all that is necessary to enable them to overcome as He overcame, and to sit down with Him in His Father’s throne. What does the Word of God say about this?—“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Ms 100, 1901

16LtMs, Ms 100, 1901, par. 5

In this twelfth chapter of Romans the apostle Paul points out many principles concerning the conduct of Christians toward one another. As members of the heavenly family, we should help and strengthen each other. There is a heaven to win. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Will we think of these words? Will we work to this rule, overcoming as Christ overcame? His example is before us. No one need walk in darkness. All may be overcomers, joining in the work of helping others to overcome.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 16 (1901)

Ms 173, 1901

16LtMs, Ms 173, 1901, par. 11

We acknowledge with gratitude the donations so willingly made to the work in Nashville by our friends in College View, Denver, Boulder, Waitsburg, Portland, and Oakland. We thank you for your help. It has greatly aided the work. And we now extend the appeal for help to all our people in America. Remember that Christ does not promise the reward of the overcomer to those who are not willing to be faithful soldiers in the conflict between good and evil. Christ says, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Each believer in Christ has a personal responsibility to fulfil. No one is excused from doing his duty. God lays upon those in His service the responsibility of co-operating with Him in advancing His work. In the place of seeking to bar the way against entering new fields, every soul should try to answer the calls for help which come from unworked fields.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)

Lt 126, 1902

17LtMs, Lt 126, 1902, par. 13

You cannot understand the intense longing which fills my soul that the enemy, who is seeking to destroy your boys, shall be completely defeated. Christ declares, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Manuscript Releases, vol. 13 [Nos. 1000-1080]

MR No. 1023—A Warning Against Doctrinal Errors Issuing from Battle Creek; Counsel to Live Victoriously in the Home

13MR 162.4

Through His sacrifice, Christ has made provision for you that you may become sweet in disposition, meek and lowly of heart. My brother, when you are sorely provoked to say or do things that make you a weak man, think of the promise, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne” [Revelation 3:21]. “He that overcometh, and keepeth My works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations” [Revelation 2:26].

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)

Ms 53, 1902

17LtMs, Ms 53, 1902, par. 7

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also have overcome, and am set down with my Father on his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] There are many things to be overcome. Day by day the battle goes on. The struggle is lifelong; for Satan watches every opportunity to take advantage of us, that he may ensnare us to our ruin.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 17 (1902)

Ms 237, 1902

17LtMs, Ms 237, 1902, par. 1

Christ in His human life gave us in this life a sample of what our life must be if we shall overcome. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father upon his throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Let every man who has accepted to take a prominent part to act in this cause for this time, in the last great closing up scenes of this earth’s history, bear in mind that as we near the time of the end we are not to lose sense of the warnings given us to act our part faithfully, not boastingly. We must now have faith in God for our own selves. Let man not lean upon man, for the help of man and his human wisdom, unless sanctified, is vain.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)

Ms 80, 1903

18LtMs, Ms 80, 1903, par. 40

Let us pitch our tent a day’s march nearer home. Let us determine to “cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord.” [2 Corinthians 7:1.] Let us come to the waters of life, and freely drink of the health-giving stream. May God help us to strike at the root of the matter. We are liable to be content with mere surface work; but we should never rest at ease until we are joyful in the Lord; and then we shall desire to labor for the conversion of others, that they, too, may receive what we have received from the Life-giver. Christ is the Life-giver and the Crown-giver. “To him that overcometh,” He promises, “will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] Thank God for such a Saviour! Thank Him with heart and soul and voice.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)

Ms 90, 1903

18LtMs, Ms 90, 1903, par. 10

Those who would preach the gospel of Christ must be familiar with His life on this earth. They must understand that He met and overcame every temptation to which man is subject. In His strength we may overcome and receive the fulfilment of the promise: “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am sat down with My Father on His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 18 (1903)

Lt 303, 1903

18LtMs, Lt 303, 1903, par. 11

Let us obey the Captain of our salvation. His title is, The Lord of Hosts. By His sufferings and humiliation He has purchased every soul. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] These are the terms of salvation. And may God forbid that poor, weak, erring, finite man should build up barriers around himself to maintain his dignity, for such a man, and all who follow his example, will lose everything of value in this life, as well as the eternal weight of glory granted to the overcomer.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 19 (1904)

Ms 164, 1904

19LtMs, Ms 164, 1904, par. 18

Parents must talk with them, and teach them from the Word that God has said that children must be brought up in the admonition and the fear of the Lord. Then here is the Word that they are to give to them. They have children to go right into the church with them to be helpers together with them. Then that church that is thus conducted will have members that are reliable. It would be so, but they have forgotten God, that they are amenable to Him. There is to be a reformation all through every household, if you are ready for judgment, if your name is in that book that is sealed, if it is such that will commend your course of action, then Christ will say, “Have a seat on My throne.” He has promised, “To him”—that falls under every temptation that comes?—no—“to him that overcometh,” He says, “They shall sit down with Me upon My throne, even as I also overcame, and am sat down with my Father on His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 20 (1905)

Ms 127, 1905

20LtMs, Ms 127, 1905, par. 14

In order that man might be placed on vantage ground with God, Christ, the only begotten Son of God, made in His express image, came to this world and in the likeness of humanity lived a perfect life. “God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” [John 3:16.] The power that enabled Him to overcome, He has placed at our disposal. In His strength we may be victors in the conquest against evil. He said, “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 10 (1895)

Lt 80a, 1895

10LtMs, Lt 80a, 1895, par. 23

Is not this a great reward? But those who will take the burdens upon themselves, who will devote their God-given abilities to the doing of the words of Christ, those who will be partakers of His sufferings in this world, will be partakers with Him of His glory. “To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame and am sat down with My Father on His throne.” Then the inspired Word follows: “He that hath ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” [Revelation 3:21, 22.]

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 20 (1905)

Ms 162, 1905

20LtMs, Ms 162, 1905, par. 34

“To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with Me in My throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with My Father in His throne.” [Revelation 3:21.] We are God’s denominated people, and by solemn covenant we have taken upon ourselves certain obligations. The charge comes that we are in no wise to be inattentive. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches.” [Verse 22.] We have placed ourselves under obligation to keep every precept of the law of God. Shall we not be loyal to the law of Jehovah? Only thus can we be subjects of His kingdom.

Letters and Manuscripts — Volume 19 (1904)

Ms 165, 1904

19LtMs, Ms 165, 1904, par. 8

And John was instructed to write in a book what he saw, and to send it to all the churches. Brethren and sisters, we want to catch the divine inspiration, as we read and study the Word of God, that the light of the world shall so impress us that when error shall arise it may have no place in our hearts. Why? Because we have a view of things that are invisible. Every laborer should feel at perfect liberty to come right to God with the greatest confidence, and hear what He has to say to the churches. “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the spirit saith unto the churches.” [Revelation 3:22.]