7. What is needed for us to be filled with the light of God? Matthew 6:22.
NOTE: ‘Singleness of purpose, wholehearted devotion to God, is the condition pointed out by the Saviour’s words. Let the purpose be sincere and unwavering to discern the truth and to obey it at whatever cost, and you will receive divine enlightenment. Real piety begins when all compromise with sin is at an end. Then the language of the heart will be that of the apostle Paul: “This one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.” “I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.” Philippians 3:13, 14, 8.’ Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing, page 91.
8. How did Paul explain what it means to have our eye single to the glory of God? 1 Corinthians 10:31.
NOTE: ‘We must keep our minds calmly stayed on heavenly and divine things. But says one, my mind is so accustomed to wander on the grovelling things of earth! It clings here; and how can I keep it on heavenly things? I answer:
(1.) Keep the fear of God before your eyes. Hebrews 12:28.
(2.) “Commit thy works unto the Lord, and thy thoughts shall be established.” Proverbs 16:3.
If it be asked how shall I commit my works unto the Lord, I answer, “Whether we eat or drink or whatsoever we do, do it all to the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31. Eye God’s glory in everything that you do. Keep your eye single to the glory of God, and your whole body will be full of light. Matthew 6:22.’ Uriah Smith: Review & Herald, April 24, 1856.