God's Amazing Grace

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by  Ellen G. White

God’s Amazing Grace
Ellen G. White
1973
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Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Good News of the Kingdom, January 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
For Sinners Only, January 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
At God’s Appointed Time, January 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The Message of the First Advent, January 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
A Spiritual Kingdom, January 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Unlike Earthly Kingdoms, January 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
The Ensign of Christ’s Kingdom, January 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
God’s Kingdom in the Heart, January 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Like Mustard Seed, January 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Like Yeast, January 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Established by Christ’s Death, January 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Its Principles of Government, January 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Our Top Priority, January 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Entrance Requirement, January 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
By God’s Grace, January 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
The Royal Robe, January 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
An Inheritance in Heaven, January 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
The Gracious Invitation, January 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Embraces the Whole World, January 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Ambassadors of the Kingdom, January 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
The Army of the Lord, January 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
A Girdle of Truth, January 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
A Breastplate for Safety, January 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Gospel Shoes for a Mission of Peace, January 24 . . . . . . . . . 62
A Shield for Defense, January 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
A Helmet for Protection, January 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
A Sword for Battle, January 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
The Battlefield, January 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Loyalty a Must, January 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Marching Orders, January 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
The Victory, January 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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February . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Adam and Eve—Rulers in Eden, February 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
The Rulership Forfeited, February 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Christ the Second Adam, February 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Israel’s Invisible King, February 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Our Ruler in the Heavens, February 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
God with Us, February 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
The Kingdom Threatened, February 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
A Kingly Procession, February 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Jerusalem’s King, February 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
King of Glory, February 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Ruler Over All Nations, February 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Limits to God’s Forbearance, February 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Qualifying for the Kingdom, February 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sonship, February 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Adopted Sons and Daughters, February 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
The Redemption Price, February 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Abraham and His Children, February 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Citizens of Heaven, February 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
The Test of Loyalty, February 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
God’s Claims are First, February 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Above Earthly Kingdoms, February 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Blessings Through Obedience, February 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Stewards of God’s Grace, February 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Stewards of Truth, February 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Stewards of Strength, February 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Stewards of Influence, February 26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Your Royal Birth, February 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
A Share in Christ’s Kingdom, February 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Heaven’s Highest Attraction, March 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Christ is Priest Upon the Throne, March 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Encircled by a Rainbow, March 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
In the Most Holy Place, March 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Guarded by Seraphim, March 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Founded on Righteousness, March 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Established in Justice and Judgment, March 7. . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fountain of Life and Power, March 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
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Center of Worship, March 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Source of Compassion and Mercy, March 10. . . . . . . . . . . . 154
A Sympathizing High Priest, March 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Christ Shares His Father’s Throne, March 12 . . . . . . . . . . . 158
God’s Law is Linked with His Throne, March 13 . . . . . . . . 160
Help in Resisting Temptation, March 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Where Sins May Be Blotted Out, March 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Where We Find Deliverance from Sin, March 16 . . . . . . . . 166
Accessible to All, March 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Christ’s Name Our Password, March 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Prayers Like Fragrant Incense, March 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Press Your Case, March 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Elijah’s Example, March 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
When Affliction Comes, March 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Sharing Christ’s Suffering, March 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Come with Reverence, March 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Come in Humility and Holy Fear, March 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
A Sacred Experience, March 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
A Hallowed Name, March 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Our Continual Dependence, March 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
A Throne in Every Heart, March 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Undivided Occupancy, March 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Even for Ever, March 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
To Draw Us to God, April 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
To Change the Heart, April 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Brings Peace and Rest, April 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Exalts God’s Law, April 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Gives Power to Obey, April 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Breaks the Hold of Evil, April 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Magnifies the Lord, April 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
To Uproot Selfishness, April 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
To Break Bad Habits, April 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Creates Hatred for Satan, April 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
To Banish Unrest and Doubt, April 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
To Unify the Church, April 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
That We Might be Overcomers, April 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
To Build Noble Characters, April 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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To Strengthen and Encourage, April 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
For Times of Trial, April 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
To Establish the Home, April 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
To Sustain the Burden Bearer, April 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
For Each Day’s Need, April 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
To Lift the Most Sinful, April 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Gives Life to the Soul, April 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
To Make Us Holy, April 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
To Adorn the Christian, April 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
To Bring Comfort, April 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Makes Our Foundation Sure, April 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
A Preserving Power, April 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
A Light to Shine, April 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Workers with God, April 28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Fishers of Men, April 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
A Completed Work, April 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
May. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Before Creation, May 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Everlasting, May 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
In Eden, May 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Shared with Noah, May 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Renewed to Abraham, May 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Terms of the Covenant, May 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
The Promises of Men, May 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Better Promises, May 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Written on the Heart, May 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
The Gift of Repentance, May 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
The Gift of Pardon, May 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Accepted by Faith, May 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
God’s Law is its Standard, May 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
The Pledge of Obedience, May 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
The Role of Baptism, May 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Not a Substitute for the Law, May 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Includes Love to God and Man, May 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Involves Character Building, May 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Demands Purity, May 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Encourages Christlikeness, May 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
With All the Heart, May 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
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A Mutual Pact, May 22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Blessings of the Covenant, May 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Ratified by Christ’s Blood, May 24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Sealed by Christ’s Atonement, May 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Christ the Mediator, May 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
The Blood of the Covenant, May 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
The Covenant and the Sabbath, May 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
God’s Eternal Pledge, May 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Perpetual and Unalterable, May 30 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
The Symbol of the Covenant, May 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
June. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Exile from Heaven’s Throne, June 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Matchless Condescension, June 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Incomparable Temptations, June 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Unutterable Loneliness, June 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Unequaled Test, June 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Infinite Suffering, June 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Agonizing Prayer, June 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Whole Nights of Prayer, June 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Gethsemane’s Anguish, June 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
The Father’s Frown, June 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Forsaken by His Father, June 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
The Sins of the World, June 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
What a Price, June 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
The Worth of One Soul, June 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
The Sacrifice of Love, June 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Heaven Itself Imperiled, June 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
The Father’s Immeasurable Sacrifice, June 17 . . . . . . . . . . . 357
The Only Acceptable Ransom, June 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
God’s Unspeakable Gift, June 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
So Costly—and Yet Free, June 20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Bought Without Money, June 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Grace Enough For All, June 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Unmerited Favor, June 23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Christ Our Righteousness, June 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
The Bright Side of Religion, June 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
“Worthy is the Lamb!” June 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Mystery of Mysteries, June 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377