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- If we comfess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 - But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people. Hebrews 9:7 - The divine intercessor presents the plea that all who have overcome through faith in his blood be forgiven their transgressions, Great Controversy 484 - As the priest morning and evening entered the holy place at the time of incense, the daily sacrifice was ready to be offered upon the altar in the court with out. This was a time of intense interest to the worshipers who assambled at the tabernacle. Before entering into the presence of god through the ministration of the priest, they were to engage in earnest searching of heart and confession of sin. Patriarchs and Prophets 353 |
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- He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my father, and before his angels. Revelation 3:5 - And he answerd and spake unto those that stood before him, saying, take away the filthy garments from him. And unto him he said, behold, I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment. Zechariah 3:4 - That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish. Ephesians 5:27 - Then justice is good; for it is a disposition to execute the law. The Great Controversy 466 - All who have..faith claimed the blood of christ as their atoning sacrifice...as they have become partakers of the righteousness of christ.. The Great Controversy 483 |
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- How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?. Hebrews 9:14 - Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. Hebrews 10:22 - On the day of atonement the high priest, having taken an offering for the congregation, went into the most holy place with the blood and sprinkled it upon the mercy seat, above the tables of the law. Patriarchs and Prophets 356 |
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- Thus saith the Lord of host: if thou wilt walk in my ways, and if thou wilt keep my
charge, then thou shalt also judge my house, and shalt also keep my courts, and I
will give thee places to walk among these that stand by. Zechariah 3:7 - God leads his people on step by step. The christian life is a constant battle and a march. There is no rest from the warfare. It is by constant, unceasing effort that we maintain the victory over the temptations of Satan. Testimonies for Church 253 |
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- And when he hath made an end of reconciling the holy place, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and the altar, he shall bring the live goat: And Aron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man in to the wilderness. Leviticus 16:20-21 - In those days, and in that time, saith the Lord, the iniquity of israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of juda, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.In that day shall the branch of the Lord be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of israel. And it shall come to pass, that he that is left in zion, and he that remaineth in Jerusalem, shall be called holy, even every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem. Jeremiah 50:20, Isaiah 4:2,3 - And as the goat bearing these sins was sent away, they were, with him, regarded as forever separated from the people. Patriarchs and Prophets 356 - All who have truly repented of sin, and by faith claimed the blood of christ as their atoning sacrifice, have had pardon entered against their names in the books of heaven; as they have become. Partakers of the righteousness of Christ, and their characters are found to be in harmony with the law of God their sins will be blotted out, and they themselves will be accounted worthy of eternal life. The Great Controversy 483 |
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- And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels, to whom it was given to hurt the earth and the sea, saying, hurt not the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, till we have sealed the servants of our God in their foreheads. Revelations 7:2,3 - Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our characters have one spot or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the Day the pentecost. 5 Testimonies for The Church 214 - Because the time is apparently extended, many have become careless and indiferent in regard to their words and actions. The time is granted them, not to be employed in studying their own ease and becoming dwellers on the earth, but to be used in the work of overcoming every defect in their own characters and in helping others by example and personal effort, to see the beauty of holiness. 4 Testimonies for the Church 307 |
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- For if we sin wilfully afther that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. Hebrews 10:26-27 - Men cannot with impunity reject the warning which God in mercy sends them. A message sas sent from heaven to the world in Noah's day, and their salvation depend upon the manner in which they treated that message. Because the rejected the warning, the spirit of God was withdrawn from the sinful race, and they perished in the waters of the flood. The Great Controversy 431 - If any will not be purified through obeying the truth, and overcome their selfishness, their pride, and evil passions, the angels of God have the charge: "They are joined to their idols, let them alone" and they pass on to their work leaving these with their sinful traits unsubdued, to the control of evil angels. Testimonies for Church 187 |
