Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

malignity, revenge, lust, and ambition that surge through the soul, but have not found
expression in outward action because the opportunity, not the will, has been wanting.
And these sinful emotions will be brought into the account in the day when "God shall
bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it
be evil" (Ecclesiastes 12:14).--ST, Apr 15, 1886. (1SM 217.) {2MCP 526.2}
Murder First Exists in the Heart.--Jesus takes up the commandments separately
and explains the depth and breadth of their requirement. Instead of removing one jot of
their force, He shows how far-reaching their principles are, and exposes the fatal
mistake of the Jews in their outward show of obedience. He declares that by the evil
thought or the lustful look the law of God is transgressed. One who becomes a party to
the least injustice is breaking the law and degrading his own moral nature. Murder first
exists in the mind. He who gives hatred a
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place in his heart is setting his feet in the path of the murderer, and his offerings are
abhorrent to God.--DA 310 (1898). {2MCP 526.3}
A Violation of the Sixth Commandment.--All acts of injustice that tend to shorten
life--the spirit of hatred and revenge, or the indulgence of any passion that leads to
injurious acts toward others or causes us even to wish them harm (for "whoso hateth
his brother is a murderer")-- ... are, to a greater or less degree, violations of the sixth
commandment.--PP 308 (1890). {2MCP 527.1}
Satan Inspires With His Own Energies of Hate.-- When Satan is permitted to
mold the will, he uses it to accomplish his ends. He instigates theories of unbelief and
stirs up the human heart to war against the Word of God. With persistent, persevering
effort, he seeks to inspire men with his own energies of hate and antagonism to God
and to array them in opposition to the institutions and requirements of heaven and the
operations of the Holy Spirit. He enlists under his standard all evil agencies and brings
them into the battlefield under his generalship to oppose evil against good.--RH, Feb
10, 1903. (MYP 54.) {2MCP 527.2}
World Hated Christ Because He Was Different.-- The difference between the
character of Christ and the character of other men of His day was everywhere apparent,
and because of this difference the world hated Him. It hated Him for His goodness and
His strict integrity. And Christ declared that those who manifest the same attributes
would be likewise hated. As we near the end of time this hatred for the followers of
Christ will be more and more manifest. {2MCP 527.3}
Christ took humanity and bore the hatred of the world that He might show men and
women that they could live without sin, that their words, their actions, their spirit, might
be sanctified to God. We can be perfect Christians if we will manifest this power in our
lives. When the light of
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