Daily Reading for Saturday, November 16, 2024
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:13-16
"I give thee charge in the sight of God, who quickeneth all things, and before Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; that thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukeable, until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ: which in his times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords; who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen."
Meditation:
Reference(s):
1 The Review and Herald, September 19, 1899.
1 The Signs of the Times, June 20, 1895.
"God desires us to lift up the Saviour as one who has been crucified among us. We are to think and talk of Christ, praising and magnifying His name. As servants of God we need to put away all self-importance, and abide in Christ, taking not one jot or tittle of credit to ourselves."1
"Those who are looking for the revelation of Christ in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory, as King of kings and Lord of lords, in life and character will seek to represent Him to the world. 'And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as He is pure' (1 John 3:3). They will hate sin and iniquity, even as Christ hated sin. They will keep the commandments of God, as Christ kept His Father's commandments. They will realize that it is not enough to acquiesce in the doctrines of truth, but that the truth must be applied to the heart, practiced in the life, in order that the followers of Christ may be one with Him, and that men may be as pure in their sphere as God is in His sphere."2