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When one finds oneself in the depths of a temptation that is almost overpowering. And the enemy assails you, you ask Jesus for help. However when you ask Jesus for help you do it with a few things firmly in mind. First you ask for help knowing that Jesus Understands the plight of your soul for Jesus decided to place himself in the depths of human woe. It would have been an infinite humiliation for Jesus to come as Adam in the garden, but Jesus decided to take on the seed of Abraham so that he could be a merciful and faithful high priest. (Hebrews 2:16-17).

Second you ask for help knowing that Jesus can help you in the problem you are dealing with. But more than taking on the seed of Abraham, Jesus was tempted in all points like as we are yet without sin (Hebrews 4:15). We can say with all assurance that Jesus Understand not just by omniscience, but by experience the depths of temptation for he was tempted and therefore he can be merciful and faithful (Hebrews 2:18).

So when temptation assails us, we can go to Jesus and call out to him. And when we call on Jesus, we can know we have a faithful and merciful High Priest listening. And that High Priest knows exactly how much strength is needed to overcome the temptation. That High Priest knows exactly how much grace we need. And thus we can boldy come to the throne of grace to obtain the mercy (Hebrews 4:16) that our brother (Jesus is not ashamed to call us Brethren Hebrews 2:11) will give us. And then after God gives us the grace that is needed to overcome, then Jesus puts on a little more extra grace for where sin abounds, grace much more abounds (Romans 5:20). And then we can sing the song with James Cleveland "Victory Shall be Mine."

The website 1888 Most Precious Message has posted an article by E. J. Waggoner titled "The Object of the Sabbath." In it Dr. Waggoner makes the following statement:

The Sabbath is the memorial of creation, but redemption is creation. David prayed, "Create in me a clean heart." Psalm 51:1. "If any man is in Christ, he is a new creature." 2 Corinthians 5:17. The gospel "is the power of God unto salvation," (Romans 1:16), and the power of God is seen only in the things that he has made. Verse 29. So the power of the gospel is the power that created the worlds. Therefore, the Sabbath, in commemoration of creation, makes known to man the power of God to save from sin. As it calls to remembrance the power of God as shown in the works of his hands, it reminds us of the words of the apostle: "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained, that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:8-10

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This is Chapter 1 of the book Christ and His Righteousness by E. J. Waggoner. The chapter is entitled, "How Consider Christ."

The chapter is read by Sherman Haywood Cox II.

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This is Chapter 1 of the book Christ and His Righteousness by E. J. Waggoner. The chapter is entitled, "Christ and His Righteousness."

The chapter is read by Sherman Haywood Cox II.

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This is Chapter 12 of the book Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection by A. T. Jones. The chapter is entitled, "Perfection."

The chapter is read by Sherman Haywood Cox II.

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E. J. Waggoner was one of the 1888 Messengers. It is reported that the notes of Dr. Waggoner's presentations at the 1888 Conference were turned into three books. This is one of those three books. It was the first book by the Messengers that I ever read and its power is still felt every time I pick it up.

In this book, Dr. Waggoner points to the Righteousness of Christ as our only hope to make it out of this world. Download the file here.

One of my favorite Authors, E. J. Waggoner had an article entitled "The Sabbath and the Cross" in The Present Truth of July 20, 1893. You can find the full article at 1888 Most Precious Message. In that article, Waggoner states:

(W)e find that the Sabbath was given to man at the close of the creation of the earth, before the fall. It is an institution of Eden. See the second chapter of Genesis. Therefore the keeping of it as it was given, must bring something of Eden into this wicked world.

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Jesus Christ is the creator according to John 1:3. We know that the worlds were "framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear." Jesus created all that we see in the world. And the scripture tells us that the raw materials that Jesus used to create are things that can not be seen. Jesus took that which could not be seen and created all that is seen.

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This is Chapter 11 of the book Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection by A. T. Jones. The chapter is entitled, "That I May Dwell Among Them."

The chapter is read by Sherman Haywood Cox II.

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This is Chapter 10 of the book Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection by A. T. Jones. The chapter is read by Sherman Haywood Cox II.

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