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Chapter 21


Christ’s Victory Means
We Can Reflect The Moral Image of God



      What a character was that of Christ! By beholding Him, we shall become changed into His image, from character to character. 3ST 265

      It is by beholding the loveliness of the character of Christ that we are to be changed into His image. 2ST 370

      The believer is to study the life and character of Christ, that by beholding he may become changed into His divine image in life and character. 3ST 40

      There is need of a humbling of self, that Christ may restore the moral image of God in man. 5RH 449

      Christian worth does not depend upon brilliant talents, lofty birth, wonderful powers, but on a clean heart, - a heart which, purified and refined, reflects the image of divinity. 5RH 92

      Lift Him up, higher and still higher, that by beholding Him, you may be changed into the same image. 5RH 127

      Constantly beholding Christ, he will be changed into the same image from character to character. 5RH 329

      Look not at those around you. Look instead at the only perfect pattern, the man Christ Jesus. Beholding Him, you will be changed into the same image. YI 548

      Sinful and worthless creatures though we are, through a vital connection with Christ we yet may be renewed in knowledge and true holiness, and thus reflect the glory and image of our Creator and Redeemer. 3RH 92

      He suffered all this that He might rescue man from moral degradation, and restore to the soul the lost image of God. 3RH 145

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      Let the work begin, that the heart may be softened, and that Christ may mold and fashion you after His own divine image. 2ST 466

      If we are partakers of the divine nature, we shall reflect in life and character the image of our divine Lord. We cannot be indolent in seeking this perfection of character. 2ST 154

      With the power and efficacy brought by the Holy Spirit (Christians) are to carry forward His plan for the restoration of the divine image in humanity. 5RH 17

      By beholding the character of their Redeemer, (youth of today) will become changed into His image, having His mind, and being partakers of the divine nature. YI 198

      No one can be truly righteous unless his soul reflects the image of God. . . . YI 182

      Young friends, Jesus can renew His image in your soul, but it must be by your consent and cooperation. YI 66

      Jesus came to our world to correct mistakes, to restore the moral image of God in man. 4ST 57

      He was rejected, maligned, crucified, that we might reflect His image, and be made perfect in His righteousness. 2ST 195

      The Christian life is constantly an onward march. Jesus sits as a refiner and purifer of His people; and when His image is perfectly reflected in them, they are perfect and holy, and prepared for translation. 1T 340

      The more man views his Saviour, and becomes acquainted with Him, the more he will become assimilated to His image, and work the works of Christ. 4T 488

      Christ is our example. By beholding Him we are to be changed into His image, from glory to glory, from character to character. 1SM 172

      The experimental knowledge of God and of Jesus Christ whom He has sent, transforms man into the image of God. It gives to man the mastery of himself, bringing every impulse and passion of the lower nature under the control of the higher powers of the mind. COL 114

      We must look away from self to Jesus, for He has provided that we may have joy and peace in the Holy Ghost; and as we behold the matchless charms of Christ, we shall be changed into the same image. 2ST 321

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      It is the glory of the gospel that it is founded upon the principle of restoring in the fallen race the divine image by a constant manifestation of benevolence. 9T 254

      Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of his faith, (the Christian) is changed into the same image. 4RH 120

      We must study the life of Christ, and imitate the divine Pattern. We must dwell upon the perfection of His character, and be changed into His image. 6RH 297

      By beholding we become changed. Through close study and earnest contemplation of the character of Christ, His image is reflected in our own lives. 6RH 325

      The words of Christ will fall with living power upon obedient hearts; the perfect image of God will be reproduced, and in heaven it will be said, “Ye are complete in Him.” 4ST 243

      Beholding Christ, we are to become changed into His image, reflecting His light to the world. 4ST 149

      He would lift man from the lowest degradation of sin up to purity again, and restore to him his moral image. 2ST 147

      Fasten your eyes upon Jesus, dear friends, and by beholding you will become assimilated to His image. 2ST 157

      Jesus ascended to the Father as a representative of the human race, and God will bring those who reflect His image to behold and share with Him His glory. 2ST 182

      But if the mind dwells upon the perfect life of Christ, and the thoughts and conversation are centered upon Him, we shall be changed to the same image. 2ST 209

      Beholding Him, we may be changed into His image. 4ST 112

      In the fallen race the very image of God is to be reflected. 3ST 434

      The very image of God is to be reproduced in humanity. The honor of God, the honor of Christ is involved in the perfection of the character of His people. 5RH 42

      The Son of God was given that we might be renewed, refined, elevated, ennobled, that God might see His image restored in the heart of man. 3RH 496

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      The more man views his Saviour, the more will he become assimilated to His image, and work the works of Christ. 3RH 506

      As we behold Christ, we shall be changed into His image, and made fit to meet Him at His coming. 3RH 484

      It becomes all who expect to see Jesus as He is, to follow Him daily, in order that their characters may be molded after the divine image. 3RH 255

      Satan strives to hold them. He assails them with various temptations; but the Spirit works to renew them after the image of Him who created them. 3RH 241

      There is no safety for any of us except as we daily receive a new experience in looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Day by day we are to behold Him, and to become changed into His image. 3RH 204

      The word of Christ will fall with living power upon obedient hearts; and through the application of divine truth, the perfect image of God will be reproduced, and in heaven it will be said, “Ye are complete in Him.” Col. 2:10; 6T 167

      By beholding you may become changed into the divine image. 3RH 193

      To each one who will receive Him He is the hope of glory. Looking to Him, we reflect His image to all around us. 3RH 397

      You are in the service of God, and Jesus is waiting to restore to you His moral image. He loves you. He knows that your temptations are strong; but He is by your side, in order to make a way of escape, that you may be set free from the snares of the enemy. 3RH 360

      Christ came to the world to bring back the character of God to man, and to retrace on the human soul the divine image. 3RH 349

      Christ longs to reshape the marred human character, to restore the moral image of God in men. 3RH 299

      God calls upon you to behold the glory of His character, that by beholding, you may become changed into His image. 2RH 55

      The Lord has made it possible for us to have a righteous character in this life, that we may reflect the image of Christ to the world, and bring hope and joy to others. 2RH 485

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      It is in looking to Jesus and beholding His loveliness, having our eyes steadfastly fixed upon Him, that we become changed into His image. 2RH 453

      All who have made Christ their refuge will reflect His image, and they will be like Him; for they shall see Him as He is. They are to be presented to Him without “spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing.” 2RH 430

      Those who behold Jesus become changed to His image, become assimilated to His nature; and the glory of God that shines in the face of Jesus is reflected in the lives of His followers. 2RH 429

      By beholding Him, we may become changed into the same image. Faith, love, and holiness will grow in the soul. 4ST 111

      The reception of this gift will eradicate from the heart all selfishness, and transform its possessor into the image of Him who abides in the heart by faith. 3RH 149

      By beholding we become changed. The more you contemplate the character of Christ, the more you will become conformed to His image. 1RH 437

      There should be but one interest in the church; one desire should control all, and that is the desire to conform to the image of Christ. 2RH 460

      He who is conformed to the image of Christ will possess His grace, and will help to strengthen every brother in the faith. 3RH 442

      From the root of true humility springs the most precious greatness of mind, -greatness which leads men to conform to the image of Christ. 3RH 464

      Those who have, by beholding, become changed into the moral image of Christ, will put on the immortality and incorruption at His appearing, and will be caught up to be forever with the Lord. 2RH 425

      Every faculty and power of our nature must receive the imprint of Christ’s signature. We must become partakers of the divine nature. By beholding, we become changed into His image. 2RH 359

      Those who believe in Christ will reveal it in their life and character. By beholding Christ they will be changed into His image, and Christ will be represented to the world by His followers. 2RH 464

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      If we are obedient children of Christ, we shall show our love to Him, and to His children; for all who seek to imitate the lovely Pattern will reflect the moral image of God. 2RH 252

      Christ represented the Father to the world, and He represents before God the chosen ones in whom He has restored the moral image of God. They are His heritage. 4ST 40

      Follow righteous principles of action, which with their refining, ennobling influence will restore in man the moral image of God. 4ST 188

      Repentance is the only process by which infinite purity reflects the image of Christ in His redeemed subjects. 4ST 391

      If men would but receive Him as their personal Saviour, He promised to restore to them the image of God, and to redeem all that had been lost through sin. 2RH 355

      By studying the life of Christ, and by patterning after His character, we may be changed into the same image. 2RH 291

      Christ had died that the moral image of God might be restored in our souls, and might be reflected to those around us. 2RH 283

      Souls that have borne the likeness of Satan, have been transformed into the image of God. The change is itself the miracle of miracles. 4ST 419

      By beholding, by “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith,” we become changed into the same image. 2ST 43

      The spiritual life will not be dwarfed. The heart will glow with the impress of the divine image, for it will be in close sympathy with God. 2ST 48

      He is charmed with the power from God which transforms selfish human beings into the divine image. . . 2ST 88

      As (the sinner) beholds the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sins of the world, he grows to love Him, and by beholding he becomes changed into His image. 2ST 396

      If we occupy our thoughts in contemplating His love and mercy, we shall reflect the same in our life and character; for by beholding, we become changed. 1ST 325

      Heaven can be attained by every one of us if we strive lawfully, doing the will of Jesus and growing into His image. 1ST 455

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      . . . By beholding Jesus, talking of His love and perfection of character, we become changed into His image. MH 492

      God is continually at work to elevate the character, and to stamp it with His own moral image. YI 304

      Lose sight of self by beholding Christ. Then you will be changed from glory to glory into His image. 4ST 167

For Further Study:
1RH 209
1RH 300
1RH 310
1RH 508
2RH 219
2RH 236
2RH 240
2RH 287
2RH 303
2RH 305
2RH 419
2RH 483
2RH 508
2RH 608
3RH 71
3RH 166
3RH 226
3RH 261
3RH 313
3RH 422
4RH 193
4RH 214
4RH 367
5RH 56
5RH 364
5RH 511
1ST 429
1ST 494
2ST 141-2
2ST 177
2ST 185
2ST 345
2ST 393
3ST 54
3ST 86
3ST 130
3ST 268
4ST 23
4ST 220
4ST 260
4ST 371
4ST 469
YI 173
YI 345
DA 391
DA 678
COL 58
COL 96
1SM 335
1SM 346
4T 616
5T 306
5T 744
7T 146
8T 186
9T 283-4



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