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

Oil of Love Removes Bitterness.--Do not suffer resentment to ripen into malice.
Do not allow the wound to fester and break out in poisoned words, which taint the
minds of those who hear. Do not allow bitter thoughts to continue to fill your mind. . . .
Go to your brother and in humility and sincerity talk with him about the matter. . . .
{2MCP 529.5}
All heaven is interested in the interview between the one who has been injured and
the one who is in error. . . . The oil of love removes the soreness caused by the wrong.
The Spirit of God binds heart to heart, and there is music in heaven over the union
brought about.--7T 261, 262 (1902). {2MCP 529.6}
The Heart That Gives Love for Hatred.--It is not earthly rank, nor birth, nor
nationality, nor religious
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privilege, which proves that we are members of the family of God; it is love, a love that
embraces all humanity. Even sinners whose hearts are not utterly closed to God's Spirit
will respond to kindness; while they may give hate for hate, they will also give love for
love. But it is only the Spirit of God that gives love for hatred. To be kind to the
unthankful and to the evil, to do good hoping for nothing again, is the insignia of the
royalty of heaven, the sure token by which the children of the Highest reveal their high
estate.--MB 75 (1896). {2MCP 529.7}
BOOKS / 2MCP - Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 2 (1977) / Chap. 58 -
Faith
Chap. 58 - Faith
A Definition of Faith.--Faith, saving faith, is to be taught. The definition of this faith
in Jesus Christ may be described in few words: It is the act of the soul by which the
whole man is given over to the guardianship and control of Jesus Christ. He abides in
Christ and Christ abides in the soul by faith as supreme. The believer commits his soul
and body to God and with assurance may say, Christ is able to keep that which I have
committed unto Him against that day. All who will do this will be saved unto life eternal.
There will be an assurance that the soul is washed in the blood of Christ and clothed
with His righteousness and precious in the sight of Jesus. Our thoughts and our hopes
are on the second advent of our Lord. That is the day when the Judge of all the earth
will reward the trust of His people.--MS 6, 1889. {2MCP 531.1}
Other Definitions.--Through faith we receive the grace of God, but faith is not our
Saviour. It earns nothing. It is the hand by which we lay hold upon Christ and
appropriate His merits.--DA 175 (1898). {2MCP 531.2}
Faith is trusting God--believing that He loves us and knows best what is for our
good. Thus, instead of our own,