“The sum of Thy word is truth;
And every one of Thy righteous ordinances endureth forever.” Psalm 119:160. (MH 464.1) MC VC

“Let my soul live, and it shall praise Thee;
And let Thine ordinances help me.” Psalm 119:175.
“Great peace have they that love Thy law;
And they have no occasion of stumbling.” Psalm 119:165. (MH 464.2) MC VC

“I have hoped for Thy salvation, O Jehovah,
And have done Thy commandments.
My soul hath observed Thy testimonies;
And I love them exceedingly.” Psalm 119:166~167. (MH 464.3) MC VC

“The opening of Thy words giveth light;
It giveth understanding unto the simple.” Psalm 119:130.
“Thy commandments make me wiser than mine enemies;
For they are ever with me.
I have more understanding than all my teachers;
For Thy testimonies are my meditation.
I understand more than the aged,
Because I have kept Thy precepts.” Psalm 119:98-100. Psalm 119:98~100.
“Through Thy precepts I get understanding:
Therefore I hate every false way.” Psalm 119:104.
“Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage forever;
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.” Psalm 119:111. A.R.V. (MH 464.4) MC VC

Clearer Revealings of God VC

It is our privilege to reach higher and still higher for clearer revealings of the character of God. When Moses prayed, “I beseech Thee, show me Thy glory,” the Lord did not rebuke him, but He granted his prayer. God declared to His servant, “I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee.” Exodus 33:18, 19. (MH 464.5) MC VC

It is sin that darkens our minds and dims our perceptions. As sin is purged from our hearts, the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, illuminating His word and reflected from the face of nature, more and more fully will declare Him “merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth.” Exodus 34:6. (MH 464.6) MC VC

We need to keep ever before us this vision of things unseen. It is thus that we shall be able to set a right value on the things of eternity and the things of time. It is this that will give us power to influence others for the higher life. (MH 508.1) MC VC

In the Mount With God VC

“Come up to Me into the mount,” God bids us. To Moses, before he could be God’s instrument in delivering Israel, was appointed the forty years of communion with Him in the mountain solitudes. Before bearing God’s message to Pharaoh, he spoke with the angel in the burning bush. Before receiving God’s law as the representative of His people, he was called into the mount, and beheld His glory. Before executing justice on the idolaters, he was hidden in the cleft of the rock, and the Lord said, “I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee,” “merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving-kindness and truth; ... and that will by no means clear the guilty.” Exodus 33:19; 34:6, 7, A.R.V. Before he laid down, with his life, his burden for Israel, God called him to the top of Pisgah and spread out before him the glory of the Promised Land. (MH 508.2) MC VC

Before the disciples went forth on their mission, they were called up into the mount with Jesus. Before the power and glory of Pentecost, came the night of communion with the Saviour, the meeting on the mountain in Galilee, the parting scene upon Olivet, with the angel’s promise, and the days of prayer and communion in the upper chamber. (MH 508.3) MC VC