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Chapter 28


The Victorious Christ
Empowers Our Will



      As the will of man cooperates with the will of God, it becomes omnipotent. Whatever is to be done at His command may be accomplished in His strength. All His biddings are enablings. COL 333

      The all-powerful grace of God, uniting with the efforts and will of man, works the transformation in the life and character of man, and brings him into a position where he can prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God. 1ST 71

      It is by continual surrender of the will, by continual obedience, that the blessing of justification is retained. 1SM 397

      The love that God puts into the heart is a love dictated by holy impulses, sustained by a sense of duty, and cherished by a resolute will. In the soul where this love is cherished, virtue will grow like a tree in a well-cultivated garden. YI 499

      There is nothing that can keep you away from God but a rebellious will. Place your will on the side of God’s will. YI 122

      Let no one say, I cannot remedy my defects of character. If you come to this decision, you will certainly fail of obtaining everlasting life. The impossibility lies in your own will. If you will not, then you can not overcome. The real difficulty arises from the corruption of an unsanctified heart, and an unwillingness to submit to the control of God. COL 331

      We may place our will on the side of God’s will, and in His strength and grace resist the temptations of the enemy. 3ST 62

      Gird up the loins of your mind, and go to work with all the strong powers of your will. 1RH 455

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      The passions are to be controlled by the will, which is itself to be under the control of God. PK 489

      Every struggle of the human mind against sin, every effort to conform to the law of God, is Christ working through His appointed agencies upon the human will; and if the will is submitted to God, we shall not transgress the holy principles of His law. 2ST 451

      When we allow God to work His will in us, we shall harbor no sin. In the refining furnace all dross will be consumed. 4RH 422

      If the soul is not drawn to Christ, it is because the will is not on the side of God’s will, but on the side of the enemy. If man will but cooperate with God, God will work in him to will and to do of His good pleasure, and man will work out his own salvation with fear and trembling. 2ST 492

      We are left free to act as we choose. If we turn from disloyalty, and place ourselves under the banner of Christ, it is because that of our own free will we choose to do this. YI 477

      All heaven is waiting the sinner’s co-operation, and the only barrier that stands in his way is one which he alone can remove, - his own will. 3RH 344

      His followers give evidence that they are controlled by a will-power that is higher than any human will. 2RH 455

      . . . only by the grace of God, united with your own persistent efforts, can you become conqueror over your will. 4T 92

      You need the transforming grace of Christ; you need His fashioning hand laid upon you, that your wills, and even your thoughts, may be brought into subjection to the will of God. 1ST 435

      . . . the true ground to take is that the human will must be in subjection to the divine will. The will of man is not to be forced into cooperation with divine agencies, but must be voluntarily submitted. 3ST 98

      Our lives will be a power for good, because the Holy Spirit will fill our minds with the things of God. The religion of Christ will be practised by us; for our wills are in perfect conformity to the will of God. 3RH 461

      Man’s will and inclination are to be wholly yielded to God. 3RH 525

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      After the precious message of truth is heard and received, the heart is touched and convicted; and when it turns to Jesus, the will is brought into subjection to Christ. The soul temple is cleansed from moral defilement and made ready for Christ’s indwelling. 4ST 69

      Without employing any compulsion, any violence, He conforms the will of the human subject to the will of God, making the life complete, bringing perfection to the character. 4ST 282

      So the sinner must freely surrender his own will to God, and accept Christ as his substitute and surety. He must rely upon Him as the only one who can change a sinner to a saint. 4ST 140

      Our will should be in harmony with the will of Christ as His will is in harmony with the will of His Father. 2RH 313

      . . . through the agency of the Holy Spirit, the character is transformed, and the mind and will of the human agent are brought into perfect conformity to the divine will, and this is conformity to the divine standard of righteousness. YI 332

      If men are willing to be molded, there will be brought about a sanctification of the whole being. The Spirit will take the things of God and stamp them on the soul. AA 53

      The Holy Spirit takes possession of every one who has a willing mind. YI 217

      Those who have a sanctified will, that is in unison with the will of Christ, will day by day have their wills bound to the will of Christ, which will act in blessing others, and react upon themselves with divine power. 3ST 160

      Our will must be wholly yielded to the divine will, our feelings, desires, interests, and honor, identified with the prosperity of Christ’s kingdom and the honor of His cause, we constantly receiving grace from Him, and Christ accepting gratitude from us. 5T 229

      Subjection to the will of Christ means restoration to perfect manhood. YI 477

      If we abide in Christ, if the love of God dwells in the heart, our feelings, our thoughts, our actions, will be in harmony with the will of God. The sanctified heart is in harmony with the precepts of God’s law. AA 563

      Let no one say, “I cannot overcome my defects of character;” for if this is your decision, then you cannot have eternal life. The

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impossibility is all in your will. If you will not, that constitutes the cannot. YI 145

      The tempted one needs to understand the true force of the will. This is the governing power in the nature of man, the power of decision, of choice. Everything depends on the right action of the will. MH 176

      Nothing but his own choice can prevent any man from becoming a partaker of the promise in Christ by the gospel. DA 403

      Our finite will must be brought into submission to the will of the Infinite; the human will must be blended with the divine. This will bring the Holy Spirit to our aid; and every conquest will tend to the recovery of God’s purchased possession, to the restoration of His image in the soul. 3RH 387

      Our finite will must be brought into submission to the will of the Infinite; the human will must be blended with the divine. This will bring the Holy Spirit to our aid; and every conquest will tend to the recovery of God’s purchased possession, to the restoration of His image in the soul. 4RH 492

      . . . Satan will always rule the will that is not under the control of the Spirit of God, When we place our will in unison with the will of God, the obedience that was exemplified in the life of Christ will be seen in our lives. God requires us to keep His commandments, that we may cultivate the attributes which made the Saviour’s life pure, holy, and undefiled. 4ST 82

      Will to serve Him, and in acting upon His Word you will receive strength. Whatever may be the evil practise, the master-passion, which through long indulgence binds you soul and body, Christ is able and longs to deliver. He will impart life to the soul that is “dead in trespasses;” He will set free the captive that is held by weakness and misfortune and the chains of sin. 4ST 323

      None but Christ can fashion anew the character that has been ruined by sin. He came to expel the demons that had controlled the will. He came to lift us up from the dust, to reshape the marred character after the pattern of His divine character, and to make it beautiful with His own glory. DA 38

      All true obedience comes from the heart. It was heart work with Christ. And if we consent, He will so identify Himself with our thoughts and aims, so blend our hearts and minds into conformity to His will, that when obeying Him we shall be but carrying out our own impulses. The will, relined and sanctified, will find its highest delight in doing His service. DA 668

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      Put your will on the side of Christ. Will to serve Him, and in acting upon His word you will receive strength. Whatever may be the evil practise, the master passion which through long indulgence binds both soul and body, Christ is able and longs to deliver. He will impart life to the soul that is “dead in trespasses.” He will set free the captive that is held by weakness and misfortune and the chains of sin. MH 85

      . . . by resisting or enduring temptation, circumstances are controlled by the might of the will in the name of Jesus. This is overcoming as Christ overcame. “This is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” 4T 346



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