The Heavens Declare His Glory, January 9

The Heavens Declare His Glory, January 9 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice is not heard." Ps. 19:1 - 3. WGD 11.1 The same power that upholds nature, is working also in man. The same great laws that guide alike the star and the atom, control human life. The laws that govern the heart's action, regulating the flow of the current of life to the body, are the laws of the mighty Intelligence that has the jurisdiction of the soul. From Him all life proceeds. Only in harmony with Him can be found its true sphere of action. For all the objects of His creation the condition is the same, - a life sustained by receiving the life of God, a life exercised in harmony with the Creator's will. To transgress His law, physical, mental, or moral, is to place one's self out of harmony with the universe, to introduce discord, anarchy, ruin. WGD 11.2 To him who learns thus to interpret its teachings, all nature becomes illuminated; the world is a lesson - book, life a school. The unity of man with nature and with God, the universal dominion of law, the results of transgression, can not fail of impressing the mind and moulding the character. . . . WGD 11.3 So far as possible, let the child from his earliest years be placed where this wonderful lesson - book shall be open before him. Let him behold the glorious scenes painted by the great Master Artist upon the shifting canvas of the heavens, let him become acquainted with the wonders of earth and sea, let him watch the unfolding mysteries of the changing seasons, and, in all His works, learn of the Creator. - Education, pp. 99 - 101. WGD 11.4

The Scriptures Testify of God, January 8

The Scriptures Testify of God, January 8 "Search the scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me." John 5:39. WGD 10.1 The study book of the highest value is that which contains the instruction of Christ, the Teacher ot teachers. - Counsels to Teachers, p. 389. WGD 10.2 The words of the living God are the highest of all education. - Counsels to Teachers., p. 381. WGD 10.3 The Author of nature is the Author of the Bible. Creation and Christianity have one God. God is revealed in nature, and God is revealed in His Word. In clear rays the light shines from the sacred page, showing us the living God, as represented in the laws of His government, in the creation of the world, in the heavens that He has garnished. His power is to be recognized as the only means of redeeming the world from the degrading superstitions that are so dishonoring to God and man. . . . WGD 10.4 When the Bible is made the guide and counselor, it exerts an ennobling influence upon the mind. Its study more than any other will refine and elevate. It will enlarge the mind of the candid student, endowing it with new impulses and fresh vigor. It will give greater efficiency to the faculties by bringing them in contact with grand, far - reaching truths. . . . Let the Bible be received as the food of the soul, the best and most effectual means of purifying and strengthening the intellect. - Counsels to Teachers., pp. 395, 396. WGD 10.5 In God's Word only do we behold the power that laid the foundations of the earth, and that stretched out the heavens. . . . In the Word of God the mind finds subjects for the deepest thought, the loftiest aspirations. Here we may hold communion with patriarchs and prophets, and listen to the voice of the Eternal as He speaks with men. - Counsels to Teachers., p. 52. WGD 10.6

God Gave Us An Intercessor, January 6

God Gave Us An Intercessor, January 6 "Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them." Heb. 7:25. WGD 8.1 God's appointments and grants in our behalf are without limit. The throne of grace is itself the highest attraction, because occupied by One who permits us to call Him Father. But God did not deem the principle of salvation complete while invested only with His own love. By His appointment He has placed at His altar an Advocate clothed with our nature. As our Intercessor, His office - work is to introduce us to God as His sons and daughters. Christ intercedes in behalf of those who have received Him. To them He gives power, by virtue of His own merits, to become members of the royal family, children of the heavenly King. And the Father demonstrates His infinite love for Christ, who paid our ransom with His blood, by receiving and welcoming Christ's friends as His friends. He is satisfied with the atonement made. He is glorified by the incarnation, the life, death, and mediation of His Son. WGD 8.2 No sooner does the child of God approach the mercy - seat than he becomes the client of the great Advocate. At his first utterance of penitence and appeal for pardon, Christ espouses his case, and makes it His own, presenting the supplication before the Father as His own request. WGD 8.3 As Christ intercedes in our behalf, the Father lays open all the treasures of His grace for our appropriation, to be enjoyed and to be communicated to others. . . . WGD 8.4 God desires His obedient children to claim His blessing, and to come before Him with praise and thanksgiving. God is the Fountain of life and power. - Testimonies, vol. 6, pp. 363, 364. WGD 8.5

The Lord Made the Heavens, January 5

The Lord Made The Heavens, January 5 "For all the gods of the people are idols: but the Lord made the heavens." 1 Chron. 16:26. WGD 7.1 The sun rising in the heavens is a representative of Him who is the life and light of all that He has made. All the brightness and beauty that adorn the earth and light up the heavens, speak of God. . . . All things tell of His tender, fatherly care, and of His desire to make His children happy. The mighty power that works through all nature and sustains all things is not, as some men of science represent, merely an all - pervading principle, an actuating energy. God is a Spirit; yet He is a personal Being; for so He has revealed Himself: WGD 7.2 "The Lord is the true God, He is the living God, and an everlasting King: . . . The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, Even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.". . . WGD 7.3 God's handiwork in nature is not God Himself in nature. The things of nature are an expression of God's character and power; but we are not to regard nature as God. The artistic skill of human beings produces very beautiful workmanship, things that delight the eye, and these things reveal to us something of the thought of the designer; but the thing made is not the maker. It is not the work, but the workman, that is counted worthy of honor. So while nature is an expression of God's thought, it is not nature, but the God of nature that is to be exalted. . . . In the creation of the earth, God was not indebted to pre - existing matter. . . . All things, material or spiritual, stood up before the Lord Jehovah at His voice, and were created for His own purpose. - Ministry of Healing, pp. 412 - 415. WGD 7.4

God Is Not A Man, January 4

God Is Not A Man, January 4 "God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?" Num. 23:19. WGD 6.1 As we learn more and more of what God is, and of what we ourselves are in His sight, we shall fear and tremble before Him. - Ministry of Healing, p. 435. WGD 6.2 He [Jesus] pointed His hearers to the Ruler of the universe, under the new name, "Our Father." He would have them understand how tenderly the heart of God yearned over them. He teaches that God cares for every lost soul; that "like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him." WGD 6.3 Such a conception of God was never given to the world by any religion but that of the Bible. Heathenism teaches men to look upon the Supreme Being as an object of fear rather than of love, - a malign deity to be appeased by sacrifices, rather than a Father pouring upon His children the gift of His love. Even the people of Israel had become so blinded to the precious teaching of the prophets concerning God, that this revelation of His paternal love was as an original subject, a new gift to the world. WGD 6.4 The Jews held that God loved those who served Him, - according to their view, those who fulfilled the requirements of the rabbis, - and that all the rest of the world lay under His frown and curse. Not so, said Jesus; the whole world, the evil and the good, lies in the sunshine of His love. - Mount of Blessing, pp. 113, 114. WGD 6.5 God does not deal with us as finite men deal with one another. His thoughts are thoughts of mercy, love, and tenderest compassion. - Steps to Christ, pp. 57, 58. WGD 6.6

Sounding the Trumpet

Sounding the Trumpet We have many Family members, friends, and associates who I consider as part of the remnant or at least associated with sojourners of the Remnant. Sojourners are any person who travels with or lives near, far or is in anyway associated with a person who considers themselves a member of the remnant group. As in the ancient, so in the modern. Those Egyptians who traveled with the Hebrews, leaving Egypt were considered sojourners, and every precept of Gods Law or Statue God had given the Hebrews was also incumbent upon the sojourners. Any person and every person, whether they be Athiest, agnostics, Buddhist, Catholic, all people are subjects, sojourners as member of the Remnant live under Gods Blue Sky. The Bible states that we shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ. Most people say that they are going to Heaven, but occasionally, someone may choose the alternative viewpoint. I had a professional relationship some years ago, and after sharing my goal for the future life and my health blog website with this individual, he told me that he believed that I needed to read more books. I had read the Bible through and he could tell that I had a different mindset. He told me that he could tell that we were going to be spending eternity in two different places. I look forward to my Heavenly home, and we should all be in preparation for this goal. As a Remnant, or sojourner, we will all be adjudicated by God, and this process is ongoing currently. As we are living in the anti-typical Day of Atonement, we all need to do as the Ancient Church. The Word of God states in 1Peter 4:17 “For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?” In Genesis 35:1-4 Gods told His people that were preparing to worship before Him in Spirit and in Truth, that they should remove the external gods they were wearing, so they buried them in that place. “And God said unto Jacob, Arise, go up to Bethel, and dwell there: and make there an altar unto God, that appeared unto thee when thou fleddest from the face of Esau thy brother. 2Then Jacob said unto his household, and to all that were with him, Put away the strange gods that are among you, and be clean, and change your garments: 3And let us arise, and go up to Bethel; and I will make there an altar unto God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went. 4And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears; and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.” In the Book of Luke, 21:34-36, We are warned, “And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. 35For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.” The Remnant Church is later warned in Revelations 3:14-22 that Laodicea needs to open the heart to God. “And unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God; 15I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. 16So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. 17Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked: 18I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and thatthe shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent. 20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. 21To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne. 22He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” This is the time to be awake and not sleeping!

January - Acquaint Now Thyself With Him He Is a Living God

January - Acquaint Now Thyself With Him He Is a Living God He Is the True God, January 1 "But the Lord is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation." Jer. 10:10. WGD 3.1 Like our Saviour, we are in this world to do service for God. We are here to become like God in character, and by a life of service to reveal Him to the world. In order to be coworkers with God, in order to become like Him, and to reveal His character, we must know Him aright. We must know Him as He reveals Himself. WGD 3.2 A knowledge of God is the foundation of all true education and of all true service. It is the only real safeguard against temptation. It is this alone that can make us like God in character. This is the knowledge needed by all who are working for the uplifting of their fellow men. Transformation of character, purity of life, efficiency in service, adherence to correct principles, all depend upon a right knowledge of God. This knowledge is the essential preparation both for this life and for the life to come. WGD 3.3 "The knowledge of the Holy is understanding." WGD 3.4 Through a knowledge of Him are given unto us "all things that pertain unto life and godliness.". . . We need to study the revelations of Himself that God has given. - Ministry of Healing, pp. 409, 410. WGD 3.5 A clear conception of what God is and what He requires us to be, will lead to wholesome humility. - Counsels to Teachers, p. 53. WGD 3.6