Wednesday, November 8, 2023
In Unexpected Ways, November 8
And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this? Acts 2:12.
We are to pray for the impartation of the Spirit as the remedy for sin-sick souls. The church needs to be converted, and why should we not prostrate ourselves at the throne of grace, as representatives of the church, and from a broken heart and contrite spirit make earnest supplication that the Holy Spirit shall be poured out upon us from on high? Let us pray that when it shall be graciously bestowed, our cold hearts may be revived, and we may have discernment to understand that it is from God, and receive it with joy.
Some have treated the Spirit as an unwelcome guest, refusing to receive the rich gift, refusing to acknowledge it, turning from it, and condemning it as fanaticism. When the Holy Spirit works the human agent, it does not ask us in what way it shall operate. Often it moves in unexpected ways. Christ did not come as the Jews expected. He did not come in a manner to glorify them as a nation. His forerunner came to prepare the way for Him by calling upon the people to repent of their sins and be converted, and be baptized. Christ's message was “The kingdom of heaven is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel” (Mark 1:15).
The Jews refused to receive Christ, because He did not come in accordance with their expectations. The ideas of finite men were held as infallible, because hoary with age. This is the danger to which the church is now exposed—that the inventions of finite men shall mark out the precise way for the Holy Spirit to come. Though they would not care to acknowledge it, some have already done this. And because the Spirit is to come, not to praise men or to build up their erroneous theories, but to reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment, many turn away from Him.... The Holy Spirit flatters no man, neither does it work according to the devising of any man.
Finite, sinful men are not to work the Holy Spirit. When it shall come as a reprover, through any human agent whom God shall choose, it is man's place to hear and obey its voice.—The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, 1540, 1541.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023
Without Excitement, November 7
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. Acts 1:6, 7.
The disciples were anxious to know the exact time for the revelation of the kingdom of God; but Jesus tells them that they may not know the times and the seasons; for the Father has not revealed them. To understand when the kingdom of God should be restored was not the thing of most importance for them to know. They were to be found following the Master, praying, waiting, watching, and working. They were to be representatives to the world of the character of Christ.
That which was essential for a successful Christian experience in the days of the disciples is essential in our day. “And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you.” And after the Holy Ghost was come upon them, what were they to do? “And ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth” (Acts 1:7, 8).
This is the work in which we also are to be engaged. Instead of living in expectation of some special season of excitement, we are wisely to improve present opportunities, doing that which must be done in order that souls may be saved. Instead of exhausting the powers of our mind in speculations in regard to the times and seasons which the Lord has placed in His own power, and withheld from men, we are to yield ourselves to the control of the Holy Spirit, to do present duties, to give the bread of life, unadulterated with human opinions, to souls who are perishing for the truth.
Satan is ever ready to fill the mind with theories and calculations that will divert men from the present truth, and disqualify them for the giving of the third angel's message to the world.—The Review and Herald, March 22, 1892.
Monday, November 6, 2023
3 Angels Messages to the World!!!
What is happening in our World? What time are we living in? We are going to answer these questions according to the Bible, and prophesy.
We are living in a time when the Three Angels Messages are to be proclaimed throughout the earth. The Bible gives us the three Angels messages in Revelations 14:6-12. This is the Final message of warning to a world that is occupied with its own trivial pursuits. In Ecclesiastes 1:2 the wisest man states that ‘all is vanity’. The only important thing is, where will we each spend eternity. This is the most vital issue.
The Creator has told us to Remember His Holy Sabbath day to keep it Holy. He hung a beautiful blue canopy over our heads and laid a massive blue canvas before our faces. The ocean, lakes, rivers, and streams are those canvases we humans love to view and appreciate daily, especially on bright sunny days. In Numbers 15:38-41, the Lord had His people place a blue ribbon around the borders of their garments and that was to remind the people forever to remember all the commandments of the Lord, and to do them. The Lord knew the people would forget His Laws and pervert them.
In the first Message, it is time for all people everywhere to recognize Our Creator, to Glorify Him and understand that Gods judgments are falling upon this earth everywhere, not as the seven last plagues, but as judgments just the same. God loves us all and He died to save us from sin, not in our sin.
The Second Message says the world, the church, Babylon is fallen, and has caused many persons to fall also by her theories and doctrines, even her practices, and habits. To receive the ‘mark of the beast’ is simply to follow the dictates of the beast when they are forced by law. Daniel 7:23 states that a beast is a Kingdom. The smallest Kingdom/nation in this world is the Vatican. They state that they have changed Gods Holy Sabbath day to Sunday, and most people, the world over have followed this pagan practice, and are worshipping on Sunday. This practice is an Anti-Christ practice and teaching. If you read Gods Word from Genesis through Revelations, you cannot find that teaching by Jesus Christ or His disciples. Genesis 2:1-3 states that God ended His work, and rested the seventh day of the week, as well as the fact that He blessed and sanctified the Sabbath day, thus He made it Holy. Deuteronomy 5:3 states, the commandments are for us, “even us, who are all of us here alive this day”. Mark 6:2 states that God had healed and on the Sabbath day, he began to teach in the synagogue. God does not change, see Malachi 3:6 and Hebrews 13:8.
To receive the ‘Mark of the Beast’ just follow the world and its practices, when the laws are made to compel, forcing men to worship on Sunday. We want to receive Gods Seal by worshipping as asked in the fourth commandment. If we break one of Gods laws, we are guilty of breaking them all. In John 14:15, scripture states, “If ye love me, keep my commandments.”
I pray we all receive the ‘Seal of God’ by keeping His Sabbath day Holy and obeying His Law.
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