Christ Triumphant

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White The Savior Has Intense Sorrow When We Reject His Love Today's Text: He came unto his own, and his own received him not. John 1:11 The Message:      Before them [the crowd with Jesus at His triumphal entry] lies the city of Jerusalem, with the temple of pure white marble, which is gilded with glory by the rays of the setting sun. It is a picture of unsurpassed loveliness, and well might the people apply to her the words of the prophet, "A crown of beauty in the hand of the Lord, and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God." At the entrancing sight, the throng joins with renewed fervor in their shouts of praise.... They suppose that Christ is now to take the throne of David and reign as a temporal prince. Their eyes turn to Him to see how He is impressed by the scene. But lo, the Son of man is in tears!      As Christ's eyes rest upon the te...

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G . White Jesus Triumphal Entry Witnessed by Many Today's Text: Ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them. Matthew 21:2, 3 The Message:      The time of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem was the most beautiful season of the year. The Mount of Olives was carpeted with green, and the groves were beautiful with varied foliage. Very many had come to the feast from the regions round about Jerusalem with an earnest desire to see Jesus. The crowning miracle of the Saviour in raising Lazarus from the dead had a wonderful effect upon minds, and a large and enthusiastic multitude was drawn to the place where Jesus was tarrying.      The afternoon was half spent when Jesus sent His disciples to the village of Bethphage.... This was the ...

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White Jesus Values our Gifts of Loving Service Today's Text: Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. Matthew 26:6, 7 The Message:      This incident is full of instruction. Jesus, the world's Redeemer, is drawing close to the time when He will give His life for a sinful world. Yet how little did even His disciples realize what they were about to lose. Mary could not reason upon this subject. Her heart was filled with pure, holy love. The sentiment of her heart was "What shall I render unto the Lord for all His benefits toward me?" This ointment, costly as it was estimated by the disciples, was but a poor expression of her love for her Master. But Christ could appreciate the gift as an expression of her love, and...

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White Christ Identifies with our Sorrows Today's Text: Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord ... he hath been dead four days. John 11:39 The Message:      Christ alone was able to bear the afflictions of the many. "In all their affliction he was afflicted." He never bore disease in His own flesh, but He carried the sickness of others. With tenderest sympathy He looked upon the suffering ones who pressed about Him. He groaned in spirit as He saw the work of Satan revealed in all their woe, and He made every case of need and of sorrow His own.... The power of love was in all His healing. He identified His interests with suffering humanity.      Christ was health and strength in Himself, and when sufferers were in His immediate presence, disease was always rebuked. It was for this that He d...

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White Jesus Will Give Us Eternal Life Today's Text: And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. John 17:3 The Message:      The Lord Jesus said to His disciples when He was with them, "I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now." He could have made disclosures which would have absorbed the attention of the disciples and caused them to lose sight of His former instruction that He wished to be the subject of their most earnest thought. But He withheld those things that they would have been amazed to hear, and that would have afforded them opportunity to cavil, to create misunderstanding and disaffection. He would give no occasion for persons of little faith and piety to mystify and misrepresent the truth, and thus create factions.      Jesus could have present...