CHARACTER

"We are forming characters for heaven.
No character can be complete without trial and suffering.
We must be tested, we must be tried.
Christ bore the test of character in our behalf that we might bear this test in our own behalf through the divine strength He has brought to us.

Christ is our example in patience,

in forbearance,

in meekness

and lowliness of mind.

He was at variance and at war with the whole ungodly world, yet He did not give way to passion and violence manifested in words and actions, although receiving shameful abuse in return for good works. He was afflicted, He was rejected and despitefully treated, yet He retaliated not. He possessed self-control, dignity, and majesty. He suffered with calmness and for abuse gave only compassion, pity, and love."
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Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory;

but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

 Philippians 2:3

 "Human nature is ever struggling for expression,

ready for contest;

but he who learns of Christ is emptied

of self,

of pride,

of love of supremacy,

and there is silence in the soul.

It is the love of self that destroys our peace. While self is all alive, we stand ready continually to guard it from mortification and insult; but when we are dead, and our life is hid with Christ in God, we shall not take neglects or slights to heart."

Thoughts From The Mount Of Blessing p.14,15 E.G.W.