Pre-requisites for Entering the Heavenly Canaan land. Two Baptisms!

Called to Reach A Higher Standard.

"In the epistle to the Hebrews is pointed out the single-hearted purpose that should characterize the Christian's race for eternal life: "Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith." Hebrews 12:1, 2. Envy, malice, evil thinking, evilspeaking, covetousness--these are weights that the Christian must lay aside if he would run successfully the race for immortality. Every habit or practice that leads into sin and brings dishonor upon Christ must be put away, whatever the sacrifice. The blessing of heaven cannot attend any man in violating the eternal principles of right. One sin cherished is sufficient to work degradation of character and to mislead others. "If thy hand cause thee to stumble," the Saviour said, "Cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life maimed, rather than having thy two hands to go into hell, into the unquenchable fire. And if thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut it off: it is good for thee to enter into life halt, rather than having thy two feet to be cast into hell." Mark 9:43-45, 313 R.V. If to save the body from death, the foot or the hand should be cut off, or even the eye plucked out, how much more earnest should the Christian be to put away sin, which brings death to the soul! The competitors in the ancient games, after they had submitted to self-denial and rigid discipline, were not even then sure of the victory. "Know ye not," Paul asked, "that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize?" However eagerly and earnestly the runners might strive, the prize could be awarded to but one. One hand only could grasp the coveted garland. Some might put forth the utmost effort to obtain the prize, but as they reached forth the hand to secure it, another, an instant before them, might grasp the coveted treasure. Such is not the case in the Christian warfare. Not one who complies with the conditions will be disappointed at the end of the race. Not one who is earnest and persevering will fail of success. The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong. The weakest saint, as well as the strongest, may wear the crown of immortal glory. All may win who, through the power of divine grace, bring their lives into conformity to the will of Christ. The practice, in the details of life, of the principles laid down in God's word, is too often looked upon as unimportant--a matter too trivial to demand attention. But in view of the issue at stake, nothing is small that will help or hinder. Every act casts its weight into the scale that determines life's victory or defeat. And the reward given to those who win 314 will be in proportion to the energy and earnestness with which they have striven. The apostle compared himself to a man running in a race, straining every nerve to win the prize. "I therefore so run," he says, "not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway." That he might not run uncertainly or at random in the Christian race, Paul subjected himself to severe training. The words, "I keep under my body," literally mean to beat back by severe discipline the desires, impulses, and passions. Paul feared lest, having preached to others, he himself should be a castaway. He realized that if he did not carry out in his life the principles he believed and preached, his labors in behalf of others would avail him nothing. His conversation, his influence, his refusal to yield to self-gratification, must show that his religion was not a profession merely, but a daily, living connection with God. One goal he kept ever before him, and strove earnestly to reach--"the righteousness which is of God by faith." Philippians 3:9. Paul knew that his warfare against evil would not end so long as life should last. Ever he realized the need of putting a strict guard upon himself, that earthly desires might not overcome spiritual zeal. With all his power he continued to strive against natural inclinations. Ever he kept before him the ideal to be attained, and this ideal he strove to reach by willing obedience to the law of God. His 315 words, his practices, his passions--all were brought under the control of the Spirit of God. It was this singlehearted purpose to win the race for eternal life that Paul longed to see revealed in the lives of the Corinthian believers. He knew that in order to reach Christ's ideal for them, they had before them a life struggle from which there would be no release. He entreated them to strive lawfully, day by day seeking for piety and moral excellence. He pleaded with them to lay aside every weight and to press forward to the goal of perfection in Christ. Paul pointed the Corinthians to the experience of ancient Israel, to the blessings that rewarded their obedience, and to the judgments that followed their transgressions. He reminded them of the miraculous way in which the Hebrews were led from Egypt under the protection of the cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night. Thus they were safely conducted through the Red Sea, while the Egyptians, essaying to cross in like manner, were all drowned. By these acts God had acknowledged Israel as His church. They "did all eat the same spiritual meat; and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ." The Hebrews, in all their travels, had Christ as a leader. The smitten rock typified Christ, who was to be wounded for men's transgressions, that the stream of salvation might flow to all. Notwithstanding the favor that God showed to the Hebrews, yet because of their lust for the luxuries left behind in Egypt, and because of their sin and rebellion, the 316 judgments of God came upon them. The apostle enjoined the Corinthian believers to heed the lesson contained in Israel's experience. "Now these things were our examples," he declared, "to the intent we should not lust after evil things, as they also lusted." He showed how love of ease and pleasure had prepared the way for sins that called forth the signal vengeance of God. It was when the children of Israel sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play, that they threw off the fear of God, which they had felt as they listened to the giving of the law; and, making a golden calf to represent God, they worshiped it. And it was after enjoying a luxurious feast connected with the worship of Baalpeor, that many of the Hebrews fell through licentiousness. The anger of God was aroused, and at His command "three and twenty thousand" were slain by the plague in one day. The apostle adjured the Corinthians, "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." Should they become boastful and self-confident, neglecting to watch and pray, they would fall into grievous sin, calling down upon themselves the wrath of God. Yet Paul would not have them yield to despondency or discouragement. He gave them the assurance: "God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way of escape, that ye may be able to bear it." Paul urged his brethren to ask themselves what influence their words and deeds would have upon others and to do nothing, however innocent in itself, that would seem to 317 sanction idolatry or offend the scruples of those who might be weak in the faith. "Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. Give none offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God." The apostle's words of warning to the Corinthian church are applicable to all time and are especially adapted to our day. By idolatry he meant not only the worship of idols, but self-serving, love of ease, the gratification of appetite and passion. A mere profession of faith in Christ, a boastful knowledge of the truth, does not make a man a Christian. A religion that seeks only to gratify the eye, the ear, and the taste, or that sanctions self-indulgence, is not the religion of Christ. By a comparison of the church with the human body, the apostle aptly illustrated the close and harmonious relationship that should exist among all members of the church of Christ. "By one Spirit," he wrote, "are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit. For the body is not one member, but many. If the foot shall say, Because I am not the hand, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? If the whole body were an eye, where were the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where were the smelling? But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body, as it hath pleased Him. And if they were all one member, where were the body? 318 But now are they many members, yet but one body. And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee: nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you. . . . God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honor to that part which lacked: that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular." And then, in words which from that day to this have been to men and women a source of inspiration and encouragement, Paul set forth the importance of that love which should be cherished by the followers of Christ: "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing. And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not charity, it profiteth me nothing." No matter how high the profession, he whose heart is not filled with love for God and his fellow men is not a true disciple of Christ. Though he should possess great faith and have power even to work miracles, yet without love his faith would be worthless. He might display great liberality; but should he, from some other motive than 319 genuine love, bestow all his goods to feed the poor, the act would not commend him to the favor of God. In his zeal he might even meet a martyr's death, yet if not actuated by love, he would be regarded by God as a deluded enthusiast or an ambitious hypocrite. "Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up." The purest joy springs from the deepest humiliation. The strongest and noblest characters are built on the foundation of patience, love, and submission to God's will. Charity "doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil." Christ-like love places the most favorable construction on the motives and acts of others. It does not needlessly expose their faults; it does not listen eagerly to unfavorable reports, but seeks rather to bring to mind the good qualities of others. Love "rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things." This love "never faileth." It can never lose its value; it is a heavenly attribute. As a precious treasure, it will be carried by its possessor through the portals of the city of God. "And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity." In the lowering of the moral standard among the Corinthian believers, there were those who had given up some of the fundamental features of their faith. Some had gone so far as to deny the doctrine of the resurrection. Paul met this heresy with a very plain testimony regarding the 320 unmistakable evidence of the resurrection of Christ. He declared that Christ, after His death, "rose again the third day according to the Scriptures," after which "He was seen of Cephas, then of the Twelve: after that, He was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, He was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all He was seen of me also." With convincing power the apostle set forth the great truth of the resurrection. "If there be no resurrection of the dead," he argued, "then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ: whom He raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept." The apostle carried the minds of the Corinthian brethren forward to the triumphs of the resurrection morn, when all the sleeping saints are to be raised, henceforth to live forever with their Lord. "Behold," the apostle declared, "I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this 321 corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? . . . Thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." Glorious is the triumph awaiting the faithful. The apostle, realizing the possibilities before the Corinthian believers, sought to set before them that which uplifts from the selfish and the sensual, and glorifies life with the hope of immortality. Earnestly he exhorted them to be true to their high calling in Christ. "My beloved brethren," he pleaded, "be ye steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord." Thus the apostle, in the most decided and impressive manner, endeavored to correct the false and dangerous ideas and practices that were prevailing in the Corinthian church. He spoke plainly, yet in love for their souls. In his warnings and reproofs, light from the throne of God was shining upon them, to reveal the hidden sins that were defiling their lives. How would it be received? After the letter had been dispatched, Paul feared lest that which he had written might wound too deeply those whom he desired to benefit. He keenly dreaded a further alienation and sometimes longed to recall his words. Those who, like the apostle, have felt a responsibility for beloved 322 churches or institutions, can best appreciate his depression of spirit and self-accusing. The servants of God who bear the burden of His work for this time know something of the same experience of labor, conflict, and anxious care that fell to the lot of the great apostle. Burdened by divisions in the church, meeting with ingratitude and betrayal from some to whom he looked for sympathy and support, realizing the peril of the churches that harbored iniquity, compelled to bear a close, searching testimony in reproof of sin, he was at the same time weighed down with fear that he might have dealt with too great severity. With trembling anxiety he waited to receive some tidings as to the reception of his message."

Important to recognize the significance of Bible Prophecy, especially now!

“There are in the world today many who close their eyes to the evidences that Christ has given to warn men of His coming. They seek to quiet all apprehension, while at the same time the signs of the end are rapidly fulfilling, and the world is hastening to the time when the Son of man shall be revealed in the clouds of heaven. Paul teaches that it is sinful to be indifferent to the signs which are to precede the second coming of Christ. Those guilty of this neglect he calls children of the night and of darkness. He encourages the vigilant and watchful with these words: "But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober." Especially important to the church in our time are the teachings of the apostle upon this point. To those living so near the great consummation, the words of Paul should come with telling force: "Let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love; and for a helmet, the hope of salvation. For God hath not appointed 261 us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him." The watchful Christian is a working Christian, seeking zealously to do all in his power for the advancement of the gospel. As love for his Redeemer increases, so also does love for his fellow men. He has severe trials, as had his Master; but he does not allow affliction to sour his temper or destroy his peace of mind. He knows that trial, if well borne, will refine and purify him, and bring him into closer fellowship with Christ. Those who are partakers of Christ's sufferings will also be partakers of His consolation and at last sharers of His glory. One of the strongest evidences of true conversion is love to God and man.”

USA and the World rapidly becoming as Sodom and Gomorrah!

Many people believe that Hell fire is a long way off and that Hell will be in some far away place. Not so.

The Bible teaches that God created the Heavens and the earth noted in Genesis 1:1. “In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” If God created all this, surely he can flip the switch and destroy it, as the Bible states. Rev. 12:7-9 “And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, [8] And prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. [9] And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.” The Bible states that the devil and his angels were cast to earth. 2Peter 2:4-8 “For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; [5] And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; [6] And turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrha into ashes condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly; [7] And delivered just Lot, vexed with the filthy conversation of the wicked: [8] (For that righteous man dwelling among them, in seeing and hearing, vexed his righteous soul from day to day with their unlawful deeds;)” The Bible later states that satan and his host were cast down to hell, which is the earth. Rev. 21:1 “And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.” Hell Fire has not been kindled by GOD Yet! 2Corinthians 2:13 “This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.” Most people have taken some science classes in school, and the elemental chart has been studied. We all know that there is a lot of water on the earth, and the elements that make up water are, hydrogen and oxygen, 2 parts hydrogen and 1 part oxygen. Water = H2O The other substance that is prevalent is our atmosphere, the air, made up of 2 parts oxygen. Air/Oxygen = O2 Both of the items are very flammable. Created by the creator, who clearly is able to flip the switch and burn this earth and its atmosphere as is stated in the Bible. Malachi 4:1 “1] For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.” Matthew 25:41 41 "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed , into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:" Psalms 9:17 “The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” Because of the years of sin and degradation, blood spilled in the earth, this earth will be destroyed by a merciful God. Hell fire will not burn forever as God is merciful, but this old wicked earth must be destroyed fully, so that the pure New earth can be inhabited by the redeemed of the Lord. I plan to be there, how about you? May God bless you as you seek His approval in doing His will.

SDA Leaders Construct Bridge To Nowhere!

SDA Leaders Construct Bridge To Nowhere! March 12, 2015 • 5Share • 365Share • 0Share • 0Share • 0Share • 0Share Imagine traveling on a bridge that leads to nowhere, envision your subsequent frustration and exhaustion after arriving at the conclusion that the bridge in which you are traveling does not lead to the destination you thought you were headed. Such a bridge has either one or both ends broken or the construction was not completed. This term “bridge to nowhere” has taken on a pejorative connotation when associated with former Alaskan governor Sarah Palin. Reports indicate that “Palin originally supported construction of a bridge, which would have linked the city of Ketchikan with its airport on sparsely populated Gravina Island.”1 The project was later abandoned by Palin’s office and the congressional funds appropriated for the project were kept and apportioned for other questionable endeavors under the direction of Palin’s office. There is today existing in the worldwide Seventh-Day Adventist denomination the construction of a bridge to nowhere; and worse yet, this broken bridge gives the individuals traveling thereon a false sense of security that they will arrive at their expected destination. Plainly speaking, this bridge being built by Seventh-Day Adventist leaders represents the policies and methods through which the denomination’s worldwide members believe they will receive the latter rain and the seal of God, essentially, receive salvation. It is clear however, based upon the experiences of ancient Israel under the leadership of king Ahab, during the time of Elijah, that no rain, a symbol of God’s favor and blessing through the Holy Spirit, was poured out upon the corporate body because blatant apostasies including Baal-worship, were prevalent. Likewise, no latter rain can or will be poured out upon the Seventh-day Adventist denomination so long as apostasies, modern-day Baal worship, persist and go unchecked. The experience and message of the prophet Elijah is to be expected in these last days according to the prophecy contained in Malachi 4:4-6. “Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD: And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.” In order for Elijah’s experience to be repeated, the very conditions of ancient Israel that necessitated Elijah’s ministry must be, and indeed are prevalent within the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination, modern Israel. “And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the LORD God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word” 1 Kings 17:1. What was Israel’s condition at this time to invoke the wrath of God to such a point that literal dew and rain, symbols of God’s blessing, doctrine and Holy Spirit, were withheld for 3 years and six months? See James 5:17. Ahab united with Jezebel, a heathen prophetess of Baal, and did worse than all of his idolatrous predecessors; he served Baal and led Israel into Baal-worship; and he set up groves and erected altars for Baal whereupon sacrifices were offered (1 Kings 16:30-33). Elijah did not pray for God to revoke His divine judgment upon Israel, because he knew that God cannot bless and approve of even the slightest deviation from truth and principle, and that God’s curse rests upon those who know the standards and refuse to live by them. Elijah rightly understood the principles of Deuteronomy 11:10-17. According to these scriptures, the former rain and the latter rain are only promised and bestowed upon those who love and serve God and hearken diligently to His commandments, while the heavens are shut to those who turn aside and worship other gods. Were Elijah to plead for rain and encourage the Israelites to do the same while Israel remained in such a degenerate and backslidden condition, it would be a mockery to God and presumptuous prayer; and such prayers God does not hearken to but regards them as an abomination (Proverbs 28:9). Elijah recognized that such pleading would be a bridge to nowhere! Oh that the leaders of the Seventh-Day Adventist church would realize that God will not and cannot pour out His Spirit in latter rain power upon a corporate church in apostasy! In October of 2010 the worldwide church voted to pray for the latter rain to fall upon every member within the denomination in order to finish the work of evangelism. “Voting by kneeling in prayer, over 300 delegates to the 2010 Annual Council of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Executive Committee approved ‘an urgent call for revival…’ The vote followed an hour-long worship and prayer session — featuring a devotional by Pastor Dwight Nelson of Pioneer Memorial Church in Berrien Springs, Michigan — in which Adventists were challenged to pray for the filling of the Holy Spirit in ‘latter rain’ power to finish the mission of evangelism given to the movement. ‘The Lord wants to finish this work,’ Ted N.C. Wilson, Adventist Church president, said during the meeting. ‘He wants to pour out the Holy Spirit in limitless measure.'”2 The voted document contains the following statement: “We appeal to each church member to unite with church leaders and millions of other Seventh-day Adventists seeking a deeper relationship with Jesus and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at 7:00 each morning or evening, seven days a week. This is an urgent call to circle the globe with earnest intercession. This is a call to total commitment to Jesus and to experience the life-changing power of the Holy Spirit that our Lord is longing to give now.”3 Interestingly, in Ted Wilson’s inaugural sermon in 2010, he reiterates the necessity of seeking and pleading for revival, reformation and the latter rain, while in the same speech he itemizes practices and sins that Seventh-day Adventists should avoid at all costs. “Don’t reach out to movements or megachurch centers outside the Seventh-day Adventist Church which promise you spiritual success based on faulty theology. Stay away from non-biblical spiritual disciplines or methods of spiritual formation that are rooted in mysticism such as contemplative prayer, centering prayer, and the emerging church movement in which they are promoted.”4 Since the time the sermon was delivered until the present, all of the sinful practices listed above have been openly conducted and are quite common throughout the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination, indicating that the leaders, pastors and administrators have not followed these recommendations and neither has the president put policies in place to eradicate these practices and ensure that they do not come in. Certainly before 2010 these practices were around, but they are presently more open and daring; and the fact that they have been identified makes their tolerance all the more inexcusable. There are known pastors and ministries today operating under General Conference approval that are heavily involved in the emerging church movement; the One Project Movement is only one example. There are currently pastors and professors working in SDA institutions that obtained their Master’s and Doctorate degrees in theology with emphasis in spiritual formation; and they are passing these erroneous theories and disciplines on to their unsuspecting members and pupils. There are even courses being offered in SDA universities in spiritual formation and other mystical spiritual disciplines, though they are listed under obscure names. The textbooks for some of the theological courses offered in SDA universities were written by known spiritualists and leaders of the emerging church movement. There are not a few churches, and ministers that habitually invite non-SDA pastors and speakers to their churches and functions to conduct worship services, seminars and workshops. There are books and various other reading materials passed out and promoted by pastors from authors not of the SDA faith, containing dangerous errors and the teachings of spiritualism. There are professors in SDA schools that teach the theory of evolution, contradicting the Biblical account of creation in six literal days, yet they retain their positions. God will never pour out His Spirit upon a church in such a condition regardless of the appeals, sermons and earnest pleadings for the latter rain. Such thinking is truly is a bridge to nowhere! President Ted Wilson continues in his sermon by saying that Adventists should look within to implement evangelistic methods based on “The Great Controversy Theme” and that the book The Great Controversy should be read and widely circulated. “Look within the Seventh-day Adventist Church to humble pastors, evangelists, Biblical scholars, leaders, and departmental directors who can provide evangelistic methods and programs that are based on solid Biblical principles and ‘The Great Controversy Theme…’ Let us read the Spirit of Prophecy, follow the Spirit of Prophecy and share the Spirit of Prophecy. There are so many wonderful books to share including the one book Ellen White indicated she wished distributed more than any other, ‘The Great Controversy.’ Thank the Lord for the religious freedom in this and other countries that allows us to share truth.”5 Again, an obvious contradiction is apparent in what has been said and what has been and is being done. The book The Great Controversy, like no other book, records in vivid detail the themes of the great controversy from the very inception of sin and Satan to their final demise and Christ’s victory. Yet, under president Ted Wilson, who called for the book’s distribution, the original The Great Controversy, has been stripped of the controversy, significantly condensed and transformed into The Great Hope. Considerable historic and prophetic portions of the book have been expunged leaving readers with an incomplete, vague understanding of the issues involved the great controversy between good and evil. Wilson initiated the “Great Controversy Project,” with the goal of distributing massive quantities of The Great Hope through each division, union and conference.6 It is a great deception to think that the distribution of The Great Hope can take the place and accomplish the purposes that the mass distribution of The Great Controversy could. The following statements attest that the book in its entirety (the sections describing the past, the present, and the future) is needed. Handing out this mockery of The Great Controversy called The Great Hope, while thinking that God’s intentions can be accomplished for the enlightenment of the world and the church is a bridge to nowhere! “The Great Controversy should be very widely circulated. It contains the story of the past, the present, and the future. In its outline of the closing scenes of this earth’s history, it bears a powerful testimony in behalf of the truth. I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others I have written; for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books.”7 Instruction has been given me that the important books containing the light that God has given regarding Satan’s apostasy in heaven should be given a wide circulation just now; for through them the truth will reach many minds. Patriarchs and Prophets, Daniel and the Revelation, and The Great Controversy are needed now as never before. They should be widely circulated because the truths they emphasize will open many blind eyes. . . . Many of our people have been blind to the importance of the very books that were most needed. Had tact and skill then been shown in the sale of these books, the Sunday-law movement would not be where it is today.8 Continuing in his address, Wilson highlights the types of music and worship that should be a part of worship services and the kind of music that should be avoided. “Use Christ-centered, Bible-based worship and music practices in church services…don’t go backwards into confusing pagan settings where music and worship become so focused on emotion and experience that you lose the central focus on the Word of God.”9 Every Sabbath, Seventh-Day Adventist churches throughout the world resound with contemporary, worldly music complete with syncopation, shouting, clapping and dancing. It is a common practice, at least in the North American Division, for churches and ministries to host functions wherein the guest singers are worldly, non-Seventh-Day Adventist artists; notwithstanding, many professed Adventist singers are not in harmony with the Bible and the Spirit of prophecy’s description of heavenly, sacred music either. To overlook such egregious and irreverent actions and still have the audacity to pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the collective body of Seventh-day Adventists is a bridge to nowhere! Informed, conscientious Seventh-Day Adventists cannot pray for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the denomination while sin and apostasy persist, are tolerated, supported and even encouraged; this would signify their concurrence that God sanctions these practices and that a mere name and profession are sufficient for God to pour out His Spirit. Yet throughout the years, SDA ministers will hold global campaigns and provide downlinks for churches all over the world to participate in concerted efforts to pray down the “rain” upon the corporate church. These endeavors and revivals will not produce the rain or the fruit because the ministers do not include the reformation that the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy call for. If the conditions were set forth in such meetings, and the worldwide leaders took them seriously, the entire denomination would have to make serious changes, undergo a thorough reorganization and terminate many of its pastors and employees as did king Josiah (see 2 Kings 23:16-25). If any follow-up measures proceed from such “revival” meetings and individuals are baptized only to be sent back into church environments that are not conducive to spiritual growth and are not free from worldly practices and erroneous teachings, the entire effort was a failure. All the expenses, resources, prayer, and man-power were more than wasted if these sincere individuals supposedly reaped are not planted where they are continually educated upon practical godliness along with the central pillars of the Adventist faith, where the corrupting influences of the world are not accepted and practiced. “Revival signifies a renewal of spiritual life, a quickening of the powers of mind and heart, a resurrection from spiritual death. Reformation signifies a reorganization, a change in ideas and theories, habits and practices. Reformation will not bring forth the good fruit of righteousness unless it is connected with the revival of the Spirit. Revival and reformation are to do their appointed work, and in doing this work they must blend.”10 There is no lack relating to prayer and even holding “revival” meetings throughout the Seventh-day Adventist denomination; however, reformation is scarcely a part of the equation, and souls are awakened in these meetings, only to go back to sleep in carnal security thinking that by merely praying and pleading for the Holy Spirit without being reformed individually, and without the churches being reformed collectively, and thoroughly purged from Babylonian permeation, will produce the outpouring of the latter rain. This is truly a bridge to nowhere and constitutes presumption of the worst sort—asking God to bless a people while sin remains unchecked. Those calling for the corporate outpouring of the latter rain argue that they have strong faith that they will receive the promised blessing; such persons are self-deceived and are in a dangerous position. “But faith is in no sense allied to presumption. Only he who has true faith is secure against presumption. For presumption is Satan’s counterfeit of faith. Faith claims God’s promises, and brings forth fruit in obedience. Presumption also claims the promises, but uses them as Satan did, to excuse transgression. Faith would have led our first parents to trust the love of God, and to obey His commands. Presumption led them to transgress His law, believing that His great love would save them from the consequence of their sin. It is not faith that claims the favor of Heaven without complying with the conditions on which mercy is to be granted. Genuine faith has its foundation in the promises and provisions of the Scriptures.”11 Just as the tree of life was barred by an angel to prevent man from partaking of its fruit and become immortalized in sin (Genesis 3:22-24), God has shut up the heavens from pouring forth rain upon a church (corporately) and persons (individually) who are indifferent to and are practicing or condoning sin. God cannot pour out His Spirit or place His seal upon persons who have defects in their characters lest such persons become sealed or immortalized in sin; contrarily, He will withdraw his presence from them. “It is with reluctance that the Lord withdraws His presence from those who have been blessed with great light and who have felt the power of the word in ministering to others. They were once His faithful servants, favored with His presence and guidance; but they departed from Him and led others into error, and therefore are brought under the divine displeasure…The seal of God will be placed upon the foreheads of those only who sigh and cry for the abominations done in the land. Those who link in sympathy with the world are eating and drinking with the drunken and will surely be destroyed with the workers of iniquity.”12 There comes a point when the leaders must realize that prayer alone cannot bring the sought for blessing of the latter rain. As God said to Joshua when Babylonian material was taken and cherished in the Israelite camp, He is saying to the denominational leadership, “…Get thee up; wherefore liest thou thus upon thy face? Israel hath sinned, and they have also transgressed my covenant which I commanded them: for they have even taken of the accursed thing, and have also stolen, and dissembled also, and they have put it even among their own stuff…Up, sanctify the people, and say, Sanctify yourselves against tomorrow: for thus saith the LORD God of Israel, There is an accursed thing in the midst of thee, O Israel: thou canst not stand before thine enemies, until ye take away the accursed thing from among you” Joshua 7:10, 11 and 13. Many are vainly awaiting the entire church to receive the power of the latter rain even though the “accursed thing” remains; that time will never come—they are treading upon a bridge to nowhere! “Are we hoping to see the whole church revived? That time will never come.”13 Since the time will never come for the entire church to be revived, and it has been determined that the methods and policies now employed in bringing about the outpouring of the latter rain are not only ineffective, but presumptuous, it is incumbent upon each one to prayerfully study how it is that he or she can become revived, reformed and a recipient of God’s Holy Spirit in latter rain power. Elijah’s experience atop Mount Carmel provides the answer. Elijah firstly repaired the broken down altar, which signifies reformation in practices, policies, motives and character—being reformed into the glorious image of Christ. Reformation comes only in response to a return to and inculcation of the principles of the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy, the writings of Ellen G. White, allowing the truth of the words to sanctify the soul. As God reveals what does and does not constitute true worship, and through the help of the Holy Spirit amends are made, idols are destroyed, and false concepts and practices abandoned, such a one may earnestly pray for and even expect the rain to fall in its season. “Only those who are living up to the light they have will receive greater light. Unless we are daily advancing in the exemplification of the active Christian virtues, we shall not recognize the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain. It may be falling on hearts all around us, but we shall not discern or receive it.”14 1 http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/palin.earmarks/index.html?iref=24hours 2 http://news.adventist.org/all-news/news/go/2010-10-11/adventists-urged-to-pray-for-latter-rain-power-to-finish-work/ 3 Ibid 4 http://www.scribd.com/doc/33861749/Ted-N-C-Wilson-Sermon-Go-Forward 5 Ibid 6 http://greatcontroversyproject.adventist.org/about-the-project.html 7 White, Ellen. Colporteur Ministry, (1953), page 127 8 White, Ellen. The Colporteur Evangelist, (1950), page 21 9 http://www.scribd.com/doc/33861749/Ted-N-C-Wilson-Sermon-Go-Forward 10 White, Ellen, Selected Messages, Book 1, (1958) page 128 11 White, Ellen. The Desire of Ages, (1898), page 126 12 White, Ellen. Testimonies for the Church, Volume 5, (1882-1889), page 212 13 White, Ellen, Selected Messages, Book 1, (1958) page 122 14 White, Ellen, Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers , (1923) page 507 ~Hilari Henriques Bridge, Bridge To Nowhere, SDA Leaders 9 Responses to SDA Leaders Construct Bridge To Nowhere!

Morality Declines, The End Approaches, While Professed Christians Reject Manna And Lust For Flesh!

Prophecy indicates things that are to come, we must take note to be ready!

“The word of the Lord came to Zephaniah, specifying plainly the results of continued apostasy, and calling the attention of the true church to the glorious prospect beyond. His prophecies of impending judgment upon Judah apply with equal force to the judgments that are to fall upon an impenitent world at the time of the second advent of Christ: 390 "The great day of the Lord is near, It is near, and hasteth greatly, Even the voice of the day of the Lord: The mighty man shall cry there bitterly. "That day is a day of wrath, A day of trouble and distress, A day of wasteness and desolation, A day of darkness and gloominess, "A day of clouds and thick darkness, A day of the trumpet and alarm Against the fenced cities, And against the high towers." Zephaniah 1:14-16. "I will bring distress upon men, that they shall walk like blind men, because they have sinned against the Lord: and their blood shall be poured out as dust. . . . Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord's wrath: but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of His jealousy: for He shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land." Verses 17, 18. "Gather yourselves together, yea, gather together, O nation not desired; Before the decree bring forth, Before the day pass as the chaff, Before the fierce anger of the Lord come upon you, Before the day of the Lord's anger come upon you. "Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek of the earth, Which have wrought His judgment; Seek righteousness, Seek meekness: It may be ye shall be hid In the day of the Lord's anger." Zephaniah 2:1-3. 391 "Behold, at that time I will deal with all them that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven away; and I will make them a praise and a name, whose shame hath been in all the earth. At that time will I bring you in, and at that time will I gather you: for I will make you a name and a praise among all the peoples of the earth, when I bring again your captivity before your eyes, saith the Lord." Zephaniah 3:19, 20, R.V. "Sing, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel; Be glad and rejoice with all the heart, O daughter of Jerusalem. The Lord hath taken away thy judgments, He hath cast out thine enemy: The King of Israel, even the Lord, Is in the midst of thee: Thou shalt not see evil any more. "In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem, Fear thou not: And to Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. The Lord thy God in the midst of thee Is mighty; He will save, He will rejoice over thee with joy; He will rest in His love, He will joy over thee with singing." Verses 14-17.

Babylon is fallen, is fallen; Assyria, Babylon, the World and World Church, have the same meaning.

"The pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt shall depart away." Zechariah 10:11. This is true not only of the nations that arrayed themselves against God in ancient times, but also of nations today who fail of fulfilling the divine purpose. In the day of final awards, when the righteous Judge of all the earth shall "sift the nations" (Isaiah 30:28), and those that have kept the truth shall be permitted to enter the City of God, heaven's arches will ring with the triumphant songs of the redeemed. "Ye shall have a song," the prophet declares, "as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty One of Israel. And the Lord shall cause His glorious voice to be heard. . . . Through the voice of the Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod. And in every place where the grounded staff shall pass, which the Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be with tabrets and harps." Verses 29-32.

Building The Sanctuary, the Soul temple, and How we can have Victory Over Sin!

“God’s message for the inhabitants of earth today is,

“Be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." Matthew 24:44. The conditions prevailing in society, and especially in the great cities of the nations, proclaim in thunder tones that the hour of God's judgment is come and that the end of all things earthly is at hand. We are standing on the threshold of the crisis of the ages. In quick succession the judgments of God will follow one another--fire, and flood, and earthquake, with war and bloodshed. We are not to be surprised at this time by events both great and decisive; for the angel of mercy cannot remain much longer to shelter the impenitent. "Behold, the Lord cometh out of His place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain." Isaiah 26:21. The storm of God's wrath is gathering; and those only will stand who respond to the invitations of mercy, as did the inhabitants of Nineveh under the preaching of Jonah, and become sanctified through obedience to the laws of the divine Ruler.”

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The Significance of the Daniel Diet/Fast for End-Time People!

Does Prayer over cursed or abominable food, cause it to be blessed?