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Character ...
Christlike character is the ultimate goal of Christian education
and that the fruits of the Spirit are a perfect picture of Christ.
Christians should strive to be like Jesus
in their kindness,
compassion,
and tenderness.
Christians should practice the principles of the law
in their daily lives and love God and their neighbor as themselves.
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Christlike character is the ultimate goal of Christian education
and that the fruits of the Spirit are a perfect picture of Christ.
Christians should strive to be like Jesus
in their kindness,
compassion,
and tenderness.
Christians should practice the principles of the law
in their daily lives and love God and their neighbor as themselves.
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Character is Power
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Godly life has an almost irresistible influence
and that revealing Christ's character in one's life.
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The Fruits of the Spirit
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The fruits of the Spirit are ...
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, faith, and charity.
These graces are the Christian's crown and shield.
True obedience springs from the love of righteousness.
Christians should combine firmness, justice, purity, and integrity
with unselfish courtesy and kindly sympathy.
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Godly life has an almost irresistible influence
and that revealing Christ's character in one's life.
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The Fruits of the Spirit
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The fruits of the Spirit are ...
love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, faith, and charity.
These graces are the Christian's crown and shield.
True obedience springs from the love of righteousness.
Christians should combine firmness, justice, purity, and integrity
with unselfish courtesy and kindly sympathy.
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Selected Quotations About Character
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From the Published Works
of Rick Warren and Ellen G. White
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https://www.journalofadventisteducation.org/2023.
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Character building has become
an important contemporary educational issue
in the broader educational world.
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From the Published Works
of Rick Warren and Ellen G. White
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https://www.journalofadventisteducation.org/2023.
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Character building has become
an important contemporary educational issue
in the broader educational world.
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The quotations below have been taken from Warren’s two major books; the White quotations come from her books.
Rick Warren - Ellen G. White
1. “Christlike character is the ultimate goal of all Christian education. To settle for anything less is to miss the point of spiritual growth” (PDC, 359).
1. “Its [true/Christian education’s] goal is character building. The highest class of education is that which will give such knowledge and discipline as will lead to the best development of character” (CG, 296).
2. “The fruit of the Spirit is a perfect picture of Christ. . . . If you are going to develop Christ-like character you must have these qualities in your life as well” (PDC, 361).
2. “In our character building we must build on Christ. He is the sure foundation. . . . In our character building, Christ is our example” (CG, 166).
[The fruit of the Spirit comprises] “the elements of the Christian character” (CG, 173).
3a. “Developing the character of Christ is life’s most important task because it is the only thing we’ll take with us into eternity” (PDC, 360).
3a. “A character formed according to the divine likeness is the only treasure that we can take from this world to the next” (MYP, 100).
3b. “Jesus made it quite clear . . . eternal rewards in heaven will be based on the character we develop and demonstrate here on earth” (PDC, 360).
3b. “The harvest of life is character, and it is this that determines destiny, both for this life and for the life to come” (Ed, 108).
4. “The Christian life is far more than creeds and convictions; it includes conduct and character. Our deeds must be consistent with our creeds, and our beliefs must be backed up with Christlike behavior” (PDL, 183).
4. “A profession of religion places men in the church, but the character and conduct show whether they are in connection with Christ. If they bear no fruit, they are false branches” (DA, 676).
5a. “Even the smallest incident has significance for your I development. Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God” (PDL, 43).
5a. “Faithfulness or neglect in what are apparently the smallest duties may open the door for life’s richest blessings or its greatest calamities. It is little things that test the character” (PP, 158).
5b. “Your habits define your character. There is only one way to develop habits of Christlike character: You must practice them—and that takes time!” (PDL, 221).
5b. “Character does not come by chance. . . . It is the repetition of the act that causes it to become habit, and molds the character either for good or evil” (MYP, 163).
6. “Character development always involves choice. When we make the right choice, our character grows more like Christ. Whenever we choose to respond to a situation in God’s way instead of following our natural inclination, we develop character” (PDC, 360).
6. “Without freedom of choice, his [Adam’s/human] obedience would not have been voluntary, but forced. There could have been no development of character” (PP, 49).
7. “God is far more concerned with our character than he is with our comfort. . . . For this reason he allows all kinds of character-building circumstances: conflict, disappointment, difficulty, temptation, times of dryness, and delays” (PDC, 361).
7. “Christ has given us no assurance that to attain perfection of character is an easy matter. . . . A noble character is earned by individual effort through the merits and grace of Christ. . . . It [character] is formed by hard, stern battles with self” (MYP, 99).
Rick Warren - Ellen G. White
1. “Christlike character is the ultimate goal of all Christian education. To settle for anything less is to miss the point of spiritual growth” (PDC, 359).
1. “Its [true/Christian education’s] goal is character building. The highest class of education is that which will give such knowledge and discipline as will lead to the best development of character” (CG, 296).
2. “The fruit of the Spirit is a perfect picture of Christ. . . . If you are going to develop Christ-like character you must have these qualities in your life as well” (PDC, 361).
2. “In our character building we must build on Christ. He is the sure foundation. . . . In our character building, Christ is our example” (CG, 166).
[The fruit of the Spirit comprises] “the elements of the Christian character” (CG, 173).
3a. “Developing the character of Christ is life’s most important task because it is the only thing we’ll take with us into eternity” (PDC, 360).
3a. “A character formed according to the divine likeness is the only treasure that we can take from this world to the next” (MYP, 100).
3b. “Jesus made it quite clear . . . eternal rewards in heaven will be based on the character we develop and demonstrate here on earth” (PDC, 360).
3b. “The harvest of life is character, and it is this that determines destiny, both for this life and for the life to come” (Ed, 108).
4. “The Christian life is far more than creeds and convictions; it includes conduct and character. Our deeds must be consistent with our creeds, and our beliefs must be backed up with Christlike behavior” (PDL, 183).
4. “A profession of religion places men in the church, but the character and conduct show whether they are in connection with Christ. If they bear no fruit, they are false branches” (DA, 676).
5a. “Even the smallest incident has significance for your I development. Every day is an important day, and every second is a growth opportunity to deepen your character, to demonstrate love, or to depend on God” (PDL, 43).
5a. “Faithfulness or neglect in what are apparently the smallest duties may open the door for life’s richest blessings or its greatest calamities. It is little things that test the character” (PP, 158).
5b. “Your habits define your character. There is only one way to develop habits of Christlike character: You must practice them—and that takes time!” (PDL, 221).
5b. “Character does not come by chance. . . . It is the repetition of the act that causes it to become habit, and molds the character either for good or evil” (MYP, 163).
6. “Character development always involves choice. When we make the right choice, our character grows more like Christ. Whenever we choose to respond to a situation in God’s way instead of following our natural inclination, we develop character” (PDC, 360).
6. “Without freedom of choice, his [Adam’s/human] obedience would not have been voluntary, but forced. There could have been no development of character” (PP, 49).
7. “God is far more concerned with our character than he is with our comfort. . . . For this reason he allows all kinds of character-building circumstances: conflict, disappointment, difficulty, temptation, times of dryness, and delays” (PDC, 361).
7. “Christ has given us no assurance that to attain perfection of character is an easy matter. . . . A noble character is earned by individual effort through the merits and grace of Christ. . . . It [character] is formed by hard, stern battles with self” (MYP, 99).
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Until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
Ephesians 4:13, NRSV.
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Try our best ...
Look at the perfect image of Christ.
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Until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God,
to maturity, to the measure of the full stature of Christ.
Ephesians 4:13, NRSV.
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Try our best ...
Look at the perfect image of Christ.
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Every thought must be brought into subjection to the will of Christ.
As expressed by the great apostle, we must come into “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” We shall never attain to this condition without earnest effort. We must strive daily against outward evil and inward sin if we would reach the perfection of Christian character.
Those who engage in this work will see so much to correct in themselves, and will devote so much time to prayer and to comparing their characters with God's great standard, the divine law, that they will have no time to comment and gossip over the faults or dissect the characters of others.
A sense of our own imperfections should lead us to humility and earnest solicitude lest we fail of everlasting life.
The words of inspiration should come home to every soul: “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”
If the professed people of God would divest themselves of their self-complacency and their false ideas of what constitutes a Christian, many who now think they are in the path to heaven would find themselves in the way of perdition.
Many proud-hearted professors [of religion] would tremble like an aspen leaf in the tempest could their eyes be opened to see what spiritual life really is. Would that those now reposing in false security could be aroused to see the contradiction between their profession of faith and their everyday demeanor.
To be living Christians, we must have a vital connection with Christ .... When the affections are sanctified, our obligations to God are made primary, everything else secondary.
To have a steady and ever-growing love for God, and a clear perception of His character and attributes, we must keep the eye of faith fixed constantly on Him.
Christ is the life of the soul. We must be in Him and He in us, else we are sapless branches.
— The Review and Herald, May 30, 1882.
From To Be Like Jesus - Page 36
As expressed by the great apostle, we must come into “the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.” We shall never attain to this condition without earnest effort. We must strive daily against outward evil and inward sin if we would reach the perfection of Christian character.
Those who engage in this work will see so much to correct in themselves, and will devote so much time to prayer and to comparing their characters with God's great standard, the divine law, that they will have no time to comment and gossip over the faults or dissect the characters of others.
A sense of our own imperfections should lead us to humility and earnest solicitude lest we fail of everlasting life.
The words of inspiration should come home to every soul: “Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?”
If the professed people of God would divest themselves of their self-complacency and their false ideas of what constitutes a Christian, many who now think they are in the path to heaven would find themselves in the way of perdition.
Many proud-hearted professors [of religion] would tremble like an aspen leaf in the tempest could their eyes be opened to see what spiritual life really is. Would that those now reposing in false security could be aroused to see the contradiction between their profession of faith and their everyday demeanor.
To be living Christians, we must have a vital connection with Christ .... When the affections are sanctified, our obligations to God are made primary, everything else secondary.
To have a steady and ever-growing love for God, and a clear perception of His character and attributes, we must keep the eye of faith fixed constantly on Him.
Christ is the life of the soul. We must be in Him and He in us, else we are sapless branches.
— The Review and Herald, May 30, 1882.
From To Be Like Jesus - Page 36
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Character Development
To have a Christlike character it is necessary to act in a Christlike way.
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Character Development
To have a Christlike character it is necessary to act in a Christlike way.
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| THE FRUIT OF THE SPIRIT .pdf |
If you are Christlike in speech and action,
those who associate with you will be blessed by the association.
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Righteous words and deeds have a more powerful influence for good
than all the sermons that can be preached.
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Let us guard against speaking words that discourage.
those who associate with you will be blessed by the association.
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Righteous words and deeds have a more powerful influence for good
than all the sermons that can be preached.
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Let us guard against speaking words that discourage.
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Books on
Christlike Character
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Books on
Christlike Character
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| To Be Like Jesus .pdf - 392 Pages |
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To Be Like Jesus
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October - November - December
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To Be Like Jesus
January - February - March
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July - August - September
October - November - December
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Sons and Daughters of God
By Ellen G. White
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January - February - March
April - May - June
July - August - September
October - November - December
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Sons and Daughters of God
By Ellen G. White
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January - February - March
April - May - June
July - August - September
October - November - December
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| Sons and Daughters of God . PDF - 537 Pages |
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The Upward Look
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The Upward Look
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| The Upward Look .pdf - 349 Pages |
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The Upward Look
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The Upward Look
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Free PDF. Books
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The Acts of the Apostles
(Download the free PDF reader)
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Patriarchs and Prophets
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Prophets and Kings
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
The Desire of Ages
Download File
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
The Great Controversy
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
The Great Controversy – 1884
The Great Controversy – 1888
The Great Controversy – 1911
The Great Controversy – Audio Book – Zip
The Great Controversy Bible Study Guide
The Editions of Great Controversy – Vance Ferrell
https://www.great-controversy.eu
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Christian Service
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Counsels for the Church
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Counsels on Stewardship
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Ministry of Healing
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Steps to Christ
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Free PDF. Books
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The Acts of the Apostles
(Download the free PDF reader)
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Patriarchs and Prophets
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Prophets and Kings
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
The Desire of Ages
Download File
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
The Great Controversy
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
The Great Controversy – 1884
The Great Controversy – 1888
The Great Controversy – 1911
The Great Controversy – Audio Book – Zip
The Great Controversy Bible Study Guide
The Editions of Great Controversy – Vance Ferrell
https://www.great-controversy.eu
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Christian Service
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Counsels for the Church
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Counsels on Stewardship
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Ministry of Healing
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
Steps to Christ
(PDF Download) + (PDF Study Guide)
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| Counsels on Diet and Foodpdf - 4O8 Pages |
| The Desire of Ages.pdf |
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