5. Sins take life from us, but God asks us to find life and hold onto it, but by what way has He designed that we should find life? Proverbs 4:4.
NOTE: ‘“Keep My commandments and live” is the requirement of God. But one says, “My conscience does not condemn me in not keeping the commandments of God.” But in the word of God we read that there are good and bad consciences and the fact that your conscience does not condemn you in not keeping the law of God, does not prove that you are uncondemned in His sight. Take your conscience to the word of God, and see if your life and character are in accordance with the standard of righteousness which God has there revealed. You can then determine whether or not you have an intelligent faith, and what manner of conscience is yours. The conscience of man cannot be trusted unless it is under the influence of divine grace.” Review & Herald, September 3, 1901.
6. As new born babes how does God design that we move from the milk to the strong meat of the Word? Isaiah 28:9-10.
NOTE: ‘“Whom shall He teach knowledge? And whom shall He make to understand doctrine? Them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts: for precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little: for with stammering lips and another tongue will he
speak to this people.” Then to whom will He teach knowledge? Those who are weaned. What is it for a Christian to be weaned? The Lord teaches knowledge to the person who comes to Him without one preconceived idea as to what is truth, only what he gets in the Bible. He is perfectly weaned from what he has believed, and then God can tell him something.’ W. A. Spicer: General Conference Bulletin, May 21, 1909.