Love Makes Our Heaven—It is the love of Christ that makes our heaven. But when we seek to tell of this love, language fails us. We think of His life on earth, of His sacrifice for us; we think of His work in heaven as our advocate, of the mansions He is preparing for those who love Him; and we can but exclaim, “Oh, the heights and depths of the love of Christ!” As we linger beneath the cross, we gain a faint conception of the love of God, and we say, “Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins” (1 John 4:10). But in our contemplation of Christ, we are only lingering round the edge of a love that is measureless. His love is like a vast ocean, without bottom or shore.—The Review and Herald, May 6, 1902. {1MCP 251.2}

Se tilbage på Guds kærlighed. - Tak Gud for de lyse billeder, han har vist os. Lad os samle de dyrebare forsikringer om hans kærlighed sammen, så vi altid kan betragte dem. At Guds søn forlod sin Faders trone og klædte sin guddom i menneskelighed, for at han kunne udfri menneskene af Satans magt; hans sejr for os, hvorved han åbnede himmelen for menneskene og åbenbarede Guddommens herlighed for dem; den faldne slægt, løftet op af den ødelæggelsens afgrund, hvori synden havde styrtet den, og atter bragt i samfund med den evige Gud, iført Kristi retfærdighed og ophøjet til hans trone når de ved troen på vor Forløser har holdt ud i prøven, disse er de billeder, som Gud ønsker, vi skal dvæle ved. - Vtk 174 (1892).