From Heaven With Love

499 Pages·2014·2.66 MB·English

by  Ellen G. White

From Heaven With Love
Ellen G. White
1984
Copyright © 2014
Ellen G. White Estate, Inc.

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languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of
spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted
Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one’s faith.
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A condensation of The Desire of Ages
This condensation is not a paraphrase. The author’s own words are
retained throughout, except when it has been necessary to substitute
a proper noun for a pronoun to avoid confusion, to change a verb
tense to maintain meaning and continuity, or to supply a word or
phrase to make a sentence read more smoothly.
Why You Should Read This Book
In the heart of all people is an inexpressible longing for some-
thing they do not naturally possess. This longing, implanted by
a merciful God, has been perverted by Satan. He makes people
believe that this deep hunger may be satisfied by pleasure, wealth,
ease, fame, or power. But those who have been thus deceived by
him find that all these things leave the soul unsatisfied.
God designs, however, that this longing shall lead to the One
who alone is able to satisfy it. The desire is of Him that it may lead
to Him, the fullness and fulfillment of that desire. That fullness is
found in Jesus Christ, the Son of the Eternal God. Haggai calls Him
“the Desire of all nations,” and we may well call Him “the Desire of
all ages,” God’s Son, sent from heaven with love.
This book sets forth Jesus Christ as the One in whom the deep
yearnings of every heart may be satisfied. It is not, however, the
purpose of this work to provide a harmony of the Gospels or to
set forth in strictly chronological order the important events and
wonderful lessons of the life of Christ. Its purpose is to present the
love of God as revealed in His Son, the divine beauty of the life of
Christ.
In the following pages the author opens before the reader un-
dreamed-of riches from the life of Jesus. New and glorious light
flashes forth from many familiar passages of Scripture. Jesus Christ
is revealed as the Fullness of the Godhead, the infinitely merciful
Saviour of sinners, the Sun of Righteousness, the merciful High
Priest, mankind’s compelling Example, the Healer of all human mal-
adies and diseases, the tender, compassionate Friend, the Prince of
[6] Peace, the Coming King, the culmination and fruition of the desires
and hopes of all the ages.
We send forth this book with the prayer that the Holy Spirit will
make its words, words of life to millions whose longings and desires
are yet unsatisfied.
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Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
Why You Should Read This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Chapter 1—Christ Before Coming to Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
In Heaven This Law Was Broken!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
A Voluntary Sacrifice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Treated As We Deserve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 2—The People Who Should Have Welcomed Him. . . 20
How They Perverted the Sanctuary Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Expecting a False Messiah . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Chapter 3—Man’s Sin and the “Fullness of the Time” . . . . . . . 23
Many Longed for a Deliverer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
How Satan Almost Succeeded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
God Pities the Lost World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 4—Born in a Stable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Only the Shepherds Cared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 5—Joseph and Mary Dedicate Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Venerable Simeon Recognized Jesus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
The Anguish Christ’s Mother Must Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
How Everyone Will Judge Himself . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 6—“We Have Seen His Star” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
A Journey by Night. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Herod’s Jealousy Aroused . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
No Royal Guard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Herod’s Terrible Massacre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Chapter 7—The Child Jesus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Nature Supplemented the Bible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
As a Carpenter, Christ Honored Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
A Cheerful Singer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Chapter 8—The Passover Visit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
His Parents Become Worried . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Jesus Helps His Mother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Chapter 9—Christ’s Problems as a Child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
How Jesus Respected All People Alike . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Jesus’ Problems With His Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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