11. What is the effect on our lives of following false gods? John 10:10, first part.
NOTE: ‘Error always injures the soul and deforms the character. Error may, at first sight, appear plausible, but its tendency is to corrupt the heart, and to ensnare its victims. We often hear it stated that it matters not what one believes if his life is only right. But the life is moulded by the faith. If light and truth, are within our reach, and we neglect to improve the privilege of hearing and seeing the truth, we virtually reject it, and choose darkness rather than light. Said Christ to the Jews, “Ye will not come to Me, that ye might have life.”’ Review & Herald, December 2, 1875.
12. What does God, the true Shepherd, want for us? John 10:10, last part.
NOTE: ‘God, “the Fountain of living waters,” with whom is “the Fountain of Life,” is for that very reason the Fountain of the eternal youth, and that by learning His way of living, and adopting it, living by perfect and intelligent faith in Him, we can preserve in ourselves the youthfulness of the Ancient of days. Our food and drink come from God, and are the visible means of the communication of God’s life to us, but not the only means. By eating and drinking, as well as doing all of the things, to the glory of God, we not only get fresh life from Him, but we put no obstruction in the way of His life, and so by faith we get the “more abundant” life that is greater than all the visible things in the universe. To know God’s ways, should be the one study of mankind.’ E. J. Waggoner: Present Truth, September 11, 1902.