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March 3 The Gift of Truth
Pure, Flawless Commandments
“Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth”
(Psalm 119:151).
With His own finger God wrote His commandments on two
tables of stone. These tables were not left in the keeping of men, but
were placed in the ark; and in the great day when every case is decided,
these tables, inscribed with the commandments, will be placed so
that all the world will see and understand. The witness against them
will be unanswerable. . . . The pure truth for this time requires a reformation
in the life. 6
The Lord designed that His church should not receive the commandments
of men, but acknowledge His law alone. He designed
that the pure, unadulterated truth should be proclaimed in the world.
Self-denial and cross-bearing was to characterize His children. They
were to represent to the world the character of Christ, and keep before
the world a representation of the eternal world; for among them was
to be found the spirit, the character, that should be developed by coming
under the control of the divine government. They were to be obedient
to higher laws than the princes of this world originate, and yield
submission to a greater power than kings can command.
While all the world is under the care of God, and angels are commissioned
to do service in all parts of it, yet the church is the special
object of God’s love and care. In the church, He is making experiments
of mercy and love, and drawing men to Himself. Through the
grace of Christ an amazing transformation is taking place in the corrupt
hearts of men. The work wrought in the characters of sinners
through the grace of Christ is a greater work than to perform a miracle
upon the bodies of men. The old, carnal nature dies, and a new
creature appears after the likeness of Christ. At this mighty work,
angels look and rejoice. They see that upon this sin-cursed earth,
Christ has His training schools. He takes the ignorant children of
darkness and of wrath, and brings them as willing subjects to His feet
to learn of Him. 7
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