"Jesus said: "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent."
All that was done and said had this one object in view,--to rivet truth in their minds that they might attain unto everlasting life.
--Jesus did not come to astonish men with some great announcement of some special time when some great event would occur, but he came to instruct and save the lost.
--He did not come to arouse and gratify curiosity; for he knew that this would but increase the appetite for the curious and the marvelous.
--It was his aim to impart knowledge whereby men might increase in spiritual strength, and advance in the way of obedience and true holiness.
--He did not make new revelations to men, but opened to their understanding truths that had long been obscured or misplaced through the false teaching of the priests and teachers.
And after giving them this precious instruction, he promised to give them the Holy Spirit whereby all things that he had said unto them should be brought to their remembrance."
R&H 1892 E.G.W./John 17:3
All that was done and said had this one object in view,--to rivet truth in their minds that they might attain unto everlasting life.
--Jesus did not come to astonish men with some great announcement of some special time when some great event would occur, but he came to instruct and save the lost.
--He did not come to arouse and gratify curiosity; for he knew that this would but increase the appetite for the curious and the marvelous.
--It was his aim to impart knowledge whereby men might increase in spiritual strength, and advance in the way of obedience and true holiness.
--He did not make new revelations to men, but opened to their understanding truths that had long been obscured or misplaced through the false teaching of the priests and teachers.
Jesus replaced the gems of divine truth in their proper setting, in the order in which they had been given to patriarchs and prophets.
And after giving them this precious instruction, he promised to give them the Holy Spirit whereby all things that he had said unto them should be brought to their remembrance."
R&H 1892 E.G.W./John 17:3
