There is an eloquence far more powerful than the eloquence of words in the quiet, consistent life of a pure, true Christian. What a man is has more influence than what he says.VSS 77.
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The Pharisees believed in the resurrection & they could not but see that this miracle was an evidence that the Messiah was among them. But they had ever opposed Christ’s work. From the first they had hated Him because He had exposed their hypocritical pretensions. He had torn aside the cloak of rigorous rites under which their moral deformity was hidden. The pure religion that He taught had condemned their hollow professions of piety. They thirsted to be revenged upon Him for His pointed rebukes. They had tried to provoke Him to say or do something that would give them occasion to condemn Him. Several times they had attempted to stone Him, but He had quietly withdrawn & they had lost sight of Him…They represented that He was seeking to set up a rival kingdom & consulted with them how to destroy Him. To excite the Romans against Him, they had represented Him as trying to subvert their authority. They tried every pretext to cut Him off from influencing the people. But so far their attempts had been foiled. The multitudes who witnessed His works of mercy & heard His pure & holy teachings knew that these were not the deeds & words of a Sabbathbreaker or blasphemer. Even the officers sent by the Pharisees had been so influenced by His words that they could not lay hands on Him. In desperation the Jews had finally passed an edict that any man who professed faith in Jesus should be cast out of the synagogue. So, as the priests, rulers, & elders gathered for consultation, it was their fixed determination to silence Him who did such marvelous works that all men wondered. Pharisees & Sadducees were more nearly united than ever before. Divided hitherto, they became one in their opposition to Christ. DA 538. #egw #TheDesireOfAges
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