MID-WEEK MANNA FROM PASTOR NAT’S DESK:
October 22, 2025
God’s Purposes Revealed by Inspiration
THE PURPOSE OF CHRIST’S MISSION ON EARTH
“Wherefore when He cometh into the world, He saith. . . But a body hast Thou prepared Me. . . . Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book of is of Me, to do Thy will, O God.” Heb. 10: 5, 7, KJV.
Jesus said: “If ye keep My commandments, ye shall abide in My love, EVEN AS I have kept My Father’s commandments, and abide in His love.” John 15:10.
“Christ came to this world and lived the law of God, that man might have perfect mastery over the natural inclinations which corrupt the soul [the whole, living person]. The Physician of soul and body, He gives victory over warring lusts He has provided every facility, that men may possess completeness of character.
“When one surrenders to Christ, the mind is brought under the control of the law [Ten Commandments]; but it is the royal law [James 1:25] which proclaims liberty to every captive [of ‘the world, the flesh, and the devil]. By becoming one with Christ, man is made free. Subjection to the will of Christ means restoration to perfect manhood [while yet in the fallen, sinful, mortal nature].
“Obedience to God is liberty from the thralldom of sin, deliverance from human passion and impulse. Man may stand conqueror of himself, conqueror of his own inclinations, conqueror of principalities and powers, and of ‘the rulers of the darkness of this world,’ and of ‘spiritual wickedness in high places.’ (Eph. 6:12, KJV).” E. G. White, Ministry of Healing, pp 130, 131.
“Our Lord Jesus came to this world as the unwearied Servant of man’s necessity. He ‘took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses,’ that He might minister to every need of humanity. (Matt. 8:17). The burden of disease and wretchedness and sin He came to remove. It was His mission to bring to men complete restoration; He came to give them health and peace and PERFECTION OF CHARACTER.” Ibid, p. 17.
“Christ came to this world to show that by receiving power from on high [imparted by the Holy Spirit], man can live an unsullied life [unblemished; spotless; holy; uncorrupted; morally and spiritually upright; sanctified]” – Ibid, p. 25.
“Christ came [to earth] that He might re-create the image of God in man; and WHOEVER turns men away from Christ is turning them away from the source of true development; he is defrauding them of the hope and PURPOSE and glory of life. He is a thief and a robber.”- Ibid, The Desire of Ages, p. 478.
To be continued next MWM, God willing. Bless all, NMF.