The Temptation

Hello wonderfuls!

Tis interesting that this particular chapter in topic follows immediately after the last with its topic..
As we continue reading on in: the Desire of Ages;
we shall read the following chapter..
12. The Temptation
📖 http://www.ellenwhite.info/books/ellen-g-white-book-desire-of-ages-da-12.htm  

I pray when you come to read these inspired writings,
and may you also pray, that God may Bless your time with Him.
Happy reading!
 
A pertinent chapter of DOA from our readings so far; a most unequivocal must read for ALL.
Definitely a lesson we need partake of for our Christian walk!

My fave quotes from the twelfth chapter: The Temptation..
  📚 Many look on this conflict between Christ and Satan as having no special bearing on their own life; and for them it has little interest. But within the domain of every human heart this controversy is repeated. Never does one leave the ranks of evil for the service of God without encountering the assaults of Satan. The enticements which Christ resisted were those that we find it so difficult to withstand. They were urged upon Him in as much greater degree as His character is superior to ours. With the terrible weight of the sins of the world upon Him, Christ withstood the test upon appetite, upon the love of the world, and upon that love of display which leads to presumption. These were the temptations that overcame Adam and Eve, and that so readily overcome us. DA 116.4
  📚 With Christ, as with the holy pair in Eden, appetite was the ground of the first great temptation. Just where the ruin began, the work of our redemption must begin. As by the indulgence of appetite Adam fell, so by the denial of appetite Christ must overcome. “And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, He was afterward an hungred. And when the tempter came to Him, he said, If Thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread. But He answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.” DA 117.3
  📚 Of all the lessons to be learned from our Lord’s first great temptation none is more important than that bearing upon the control of the appetites and passions. In all ages, temptations appealing to the physical nature have been most effectual in corrupting and degrading mankind. Through intemperance, Satan works to destroy the mental and moral powers that God gave to man as a priceless endowment. Thus it becomes impossible for men to appreciate things of eternal worth. Through sensual indulgence, Satan seeks to blot from the soul every trace of likeness to God. DA 122.1
  📚 Let him who is struggling against the power of appetite look to the Saviour in the wilderness of temptation. See Him in His agony upon the cross, as He exclaimed, “I thirst.” He has endured all that it is possible for us to bear. His victory is ours. DA 123.1

That's as few & concise as I could get my fave quotes down to..
#sorry #notsorry
#higherpowers ☝ over 👇 #lowerpassions
#HisvictoryisOurs ✊ #AMEN

Blessings, Lani.
​Look forward to hearing your favourite quotes!