The faith I live by

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by  Ellen Dugan, Ellen G. White, Ellen G. White

The Faith I Live By

Ellen G. White

1958

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Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith.

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Contents

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Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Further Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Word to the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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January—The Word and Works of God
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A Light for My Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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My Defense in Temptation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Its Promises Are Mine
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Lesson Book for All Mankind
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The Bible From Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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All the Bible Inspired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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An Infallible Revelation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Mysteries We Cannot Fathom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Book That Endures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Evidence of Experience
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Christ the Living Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Secret of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Born of the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Food for My Soul . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Life in God’s Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Table Set Before Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Linked to the Divine
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Origin by Creation
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Nature Speaks of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Heavens Are Telling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Creation Not Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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All Nature Upheld by God
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The Crowning Act of Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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What Is Your Life?
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Instituted at Creation
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A Holy Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Special Sign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Preparing for the Holy Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sanctified for Worship
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Happiest Day of the Week
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To Be Kept in Eternity
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February—The Three Dignitaries of Heaven
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Our Loving Heavenly Father . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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His Majesty and Greatness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Personal God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Holy and Reverend Is His Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Faithful and True
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His Wonderful Love Expressed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Perfect in All His Ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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God’s Gift to the Human Race
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His Eternal Pre-existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Great “I AM” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Creator Incarnate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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His Blameless Life
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He Died for Us
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Jesus’ Resurrection and the New Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Third Person of the Godhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Gift of God to You . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Mysterious and Tender Presence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Agent in Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Comforter and Teacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Indwelling Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Grieve Not the Spirit
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God Is Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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No Respecter of Persons
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Infinitely Wise and Good . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Divine Presence With Us Always
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His Gentle, Loving Care
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The Saving Providences of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Lover of All Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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March—Satan And The Great Rebellion
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The Uprising of Rebellion
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Ambition Brings Sorrow
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Pride Comes Before a Fall
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Guard Against Untruthfulness! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Sin—Exceedingly Sinful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Life or Death? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Rebellion Will Be Put Down . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Waywardness of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Way of Transgressors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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First Promise of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Saviour From Eternity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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God’s Plan to Ransom Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Man’s Inability to Save Himself
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Our Angel Friends and Guardians
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God’s Commandments Are Sure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Tampering With the Commandments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Man a Free Moral Agent
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In Harmony With Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Wondrous Things in God’s Law
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Jesus’ Example in Law Keeping
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The Great Principle of the Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Our Helpless Condition in Sin
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The Gospel for Both Dispensations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Abundant Grace for Obedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Faith That Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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How Faith Is Made Perfect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Do We Contradict Our Profession? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Does Faith Cancel Obedience? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Great Element of Saving Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Praying for a Larger Experience
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The Saving Power of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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April—God’s Remedy For Sin
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The Saviour of Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Sinner’s Friend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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A Wellspring of Life
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My Guide and Pilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
The Sacrificial Blood of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Justified by His Blood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Peace Through the Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
A Glorious Substitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
A Perfect Atonement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Type Meets Antitype
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Redemption and Forgiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Self-righteousness Insufficient
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Filled With His Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
The First Steps in Justification
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The Righteousness of Christ Sufficient . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
His Righteousness Obtained by Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Clothed in His Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Proving the Will of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Faith Demonstrated by Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Sanctification the Work of a Lifetime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
A Hatred of Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
“If Any Man Sin—” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
The Test of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

The Ladder to Perfection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Joy and Peace in the Holy Ghost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
What Is Faith? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Faith Comes Through the Promises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
The Good Fight of Faith
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The Just Shall Live by Faith
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Faith Is the Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

May—Conversion And The New Life
127

True Sorrow for Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Sincere Confession Essential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
The Meaning of Forgiveness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
The Sons and Daughters of God
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Forgiven as We Forgive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Restitution Is Required . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Come Just as You Are . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
A Personal Pardon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Union With Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Help for the Poor in Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
A Change of Heart Needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Blessings on the Humble Man
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A New Life Altogether . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Holiness of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Strengthened by the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Amazing Transformation of Character . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Our Lord’s Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
“This Is My Beloved Son”
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Born of Water and the Spirit
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Baptized Into His Death and Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Walking in His Steps
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When Rebaptism Is Appropriate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Our Lord’s Command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Changed by Beholding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Taking Up Our Cross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Developing Good Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Unashamed of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
The Right Exercise of the Will . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
The Sowing Time of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Don’t Get Discouraged! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
A Life Insurance Policy for You
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June—Here And Hereafter
158

Time a Precious Talent
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A Cure for Idleness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
The True Value of Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
An Aroused Conscience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
A Living Benevolence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Faithful in Little Things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Source of All Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
He Cares for Us Every Minute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
The Great Object of Life
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One Lease of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Behind the Scenes of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Live While You Have a Chance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Seeking the Heavenly Treasure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
The Arrow of Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Light in the Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Our Blessed Dead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Man a Mere Mortal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Man’s State in Death
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A Goodness in God’s Justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
The Portion of the Wicked
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Natural Immortality A Lie
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Now is God’s Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Christ the First Fruits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Death Swallowed Up in Victory
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A Special Resurrection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
The Resurrection to Immortality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
The Resurrection to Damnation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
The Life-giver Is Coming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Sorrow With Hope
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When Eternal Life Begins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

July—The Sanctuary Of God
188

The Lord Is in This Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Keep Silence Before Him . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Purging From Sin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
The Spirit in the Soul Temple . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
The Purpose of the Sanctuary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
A Temple Built by Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Strength and Beauty in His Sanctuary
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Redeemer, Priest, and King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
A Daily Consecration to God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
The Incense of Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Christ Died for the Individual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
The Voluntary Sacrifice of Jesus
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The Blood Applied Continually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Into the Holy Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
The Very Center of His Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Appears in Heaven for Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Uttermost Salvation for His Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
The True Mediator
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The Heavenly Things Purified
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Christ Before the Ancient of Days
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The Signal to Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Our Eyes Fixed on Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Judged From the Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Each Life Passes in Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
The Blotting Out of Sins
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

A Prior Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Time Is Running Out! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
When Probation Closes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
The Saints Shall Judge the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Schemes of Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Established in the Present Truth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

August—Walking as Christ Walked
219

Jesus Our Perfect Pattern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Religion to be Supreme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Separated from the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Security Only in Right Thinking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Transformed by Searching the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Watch and Pray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Heart Communion With God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Fullness of Joy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

God’s Dwelling Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Health the Reward of Right Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Health in Obeying God’s Law
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Eating for Health and Happiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Abstaining from Harmful Indulgences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Blessing in Physical Activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Come Apart and Rest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Friendship of Christ’s Friends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Your Influence Counts! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Words of Grace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Something Better! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Closing the Door of Temptation
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Deposits in the Bank of Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
God and Caesar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Christian Youth and their Books
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Melody in the Heart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Beauty that Endures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
A Tenth for God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
The Offerings of Gratitude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
In the Channel of Blessing
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

God’s Helping Hand
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Keep Looking Up!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

The Hand that Never Lets Go . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

September—The Christ-Centered Home
250

The Eden Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
The First Marriage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Blending of Two Lives
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

A Union for Life
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Let God Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
The Love that Lasts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Far Above Rubies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Love Stands the Test
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Sunshine or Shadows?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

A Partnership that Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Kings and Queens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
The Crowning Treasure of the Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
What Kind of Inheritance?
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262

Pattern for Children and Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
The Grandest Work of All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
House-Band of the Family
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Holding the Reins of Government
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

Silken Cords of Affection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Working Together . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
“I Will Save Thy Children” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Little Children May Be Christians
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Feasting on God’s Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Sweetest Hour of the Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Singing on Life’s Way
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Day of Days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
The Royal Robe of Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
A Place of Refuge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
An Ever-Widening Circle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
A Bright and Holy Light
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278

A Welcome to the Heavenly Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279

October—A Purified Church
280

Dear to the Heart of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
A City of Refuge
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281

God Will Take Care of His Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
The Judgment-Hour Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Light Through the Darkness
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

Babylon is Fallen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
The Last Solemn Warning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Who Shall Receive God’s Seal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
God’s Ideal for His Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
The Trial of the Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Elijah and the Modern Church
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290

A Sabbathkeeping Church
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291

The Gifts of the Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
A Prophet’s Voice in Our Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
“Fear Thou Not ... I Am With Thee” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
The Testimony of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Prove All Things
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296

The Servant of Man . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Jesus’ Example in Humility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
A Proof of Loyalty
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299

In Remembrance of Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
“The New Testament in My Blood”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301

As Oft as ye Eat and Drink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Baptism and the Passion of Christ
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303

The Name the Lord has Given Us . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Builders, Not Destroyers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Riches for the Laodiceans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
A People Who Keep God’s Law
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307

The Gospel to All the World
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

Love Begets Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Built on the Rock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310

November—Facing the Final Test
311

For Such a Time as This! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Cruel Power of the Enemy
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

The Device of Worldliness
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313

Testing the Voice of the Shepherds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Prayer for the Sick
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315

The Spirit of True Heroism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Testing Our Mettle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Safety in Vigilance
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Mystic Voices of Today . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
A Dangerous Form of Mind Cure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

“Science Falsely So Called”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Are You in Danger? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Taking Hold of God’s Strength . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Seen and Unseen Foes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

Revivals True and Counterfeit
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326

Tears and Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Physical Attacks of Satan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
In the Hour of Decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Hard Days of Persecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Safety Only in Obedience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Another Pentecost Coming! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
The Early Rain of God’s Spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Outpouring of the Latter Rain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Loud Cry of the Third Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Unmoved in the Shaking Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Prepare to Meet Thy God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
The Strange Act of God . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
“A Time of Trouble”
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

Seven Last Plagues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340

December—The Triumph of the Gospel
341

As It Was in Noah’s Day
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341

The Criers of Peace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Signs by Land and Sea
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343

Signs in the Heavens
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344

Study the Prophecies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345

The Crowning Act of Deception
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346

Saved From Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
“Even so, Come, Lord Jesus” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
The King Appears in Person
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Preparation for Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
This Same Jesus Shall Return . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
A Crown for Every Saint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
The Captivity of Satan
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

We Shall Judge Angels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Descent of the New Jerusalem
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355

The Supremacy of Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Satan and the Wicked Destroyed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
The Justice of God
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

The Eternal Weight of Glory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Living the Life of Eden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Bright Beams of Glory
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

No More Death—Ever! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
The Metropolis of the World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Two Worlds Compared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
The Blessedness of Heaven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Speculations About the Future Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Heaven Begins on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Heaven a Real Place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
The Race for Eternal Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Reward for Soul Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
The Knowledge of God Covers the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

A Word to the Reader

With the publication of this devotional volume, a demand, often expressed, for
a select group of Ellen G. White comments upon the central truths of Christianity
will be realized. The principal doctrines of the Christian faith, supported by carefully
chosen texts of scripture and spirit of prophecy statements, are here presented, not as
theological pronouncements, but as spiritual truths relating to the work of redemption
wrought out for us by Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour.
This volume, it should be noted, provides vastly more than inspiration. Here is
vital information for our youth and the readers of this book. A faith that we do not
know and comprehend cannot be shared. Sharing is dependent upon knowing.
In this E. G. White devotional book the scripture texts are presented as the basic
authority. The Bible speaks out on behalf of the foundation truths. The author’s
comments enlarge upon and exalt scripture truth, making it personal and bringing
home the lesson to the heart. In this volume we hear the scripture speaking, and
in this volume we hear the Spirit of prophecy speaking.
The two are in their
right relationship, the Bible making the doctrinal statement, the Spirit of prophecy
providing the commentary.
In finding appropriate Ellen G. White statements dealing with Bible doctrine, the
compilers have consulted the published works by the author in which representative
statements from her pen appear.
Keep in mind, however, that in addition to
well-known comments, others less known but not less forceful are here presented.
Ellen G. White supplementary material used in the Seventh-day Adventist Bible
Commentary, portions of articles from The Youth’s Instructor, Signs of the Times, the
Review and Herald, and a number of previously unpublished statements are included.
Because each daily reading is limited to just one printed page, much valuable
material on related subjects could not be used, and at times omissions had to be made
within the statements quoted. Omissions are recognized in the usual way. Frequently
as many as five or six sources are quoted on one page. In some places where a
statement is only a sentence or two in length, the compilers have faithfully observed
the thoughts expressed in the context, and so presented the sequence as to accurately
represent the ideas communicated to Mrs. Ellen G. White by the Holy Spirit.
The Faith I Live By was compiled under the direction of the Board of Trustees
of the Ellen G. White publications, who carry the responsibility of the care and
publication of the E. G. White writings. The work has been done in harmony with
Mrs. White’s instruction to the Trustees providing for the printing of compilations
from her writings.
That the brief day-by-day messages concerning the inspiring truths of the
Christian faith may serve as a daily guide and an encouragement to every reader
is the sincere prayer and wish of the Publishers and

The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate

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