Thought of the Day

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Thought of the Day

May 17, 2016

With the terrible weight of the sins of the world upon Him, Christ withstood the test upon appetite, upon the love of the world, and upon that love of display which leads to presumption. These were temptations that overcame Adam and Eve, and that so readily overcome us. Desire of Ages, p. 116.

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