Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Come, Let Us Reason Together, April 3


Come, Let Us Reason Together, April 3 "Come now, and, let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool." Isa. 1:18.WGD 95.1 Here are the promises, plain and definite, rich and full; but they are all upon conditions. If you comply with the conditions, can you not trust the Lord to fulfill His word? Let these blessed promises, set in the framework of faith, be placed in memory's halls. Not one of them will fail. All that God hath spoken, He will do. "He is faithful that promised.". . .WGD 95.2 The Lord will receive the sinner when he repents and forsakes his sins so that God can work with his efforts in seeking perfection of character. The promises are not yea and nay, but if man complies with the conditions, they are in Christ, "yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us." The whole purpose of God in giving His Son for the sins of the world, is that man may be saved, not in transgression and unrighteousness, but in forsaking sin, washing his robes of character, and making them white in the blood of the Lamb. He proposes to remove from man the offensive thing that He hates; but man must co - operate with God in the work. Sin must be given up, hated, and the righteousness of Christ must be accepted by faith. Thus will the divine co - operate with the human.WGD 95.3 We should beware that we do not give place to doubt and unbelief, and in our attitude of despair complain of God, and misrepresent Him to the world. This is placing ourselves on Satan's side of the question. - Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 630 - 632.

Monday, April 1, 2019

First of April


April 1 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:KJV — Luke 14:16 17. And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.KJV — Luke 14:17 18. And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.KJV — Luke 14:18 19. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.KJV — Luke 14:19 20. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.KJV — Luke 14:20 21. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.KJV — Luke 14:21 22. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.KJV — Luke 14:22 23. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.KJV — Luke 14:23 24. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper. This parable correctly represents the condition of many professing to believe the present truth. The Lord has sent them an invitation to come to the supper which He has prepared for them at great cost to Himself, but worldly interests look to them of greater importance than the heavenly treasure. They are invited to take part in the things of eternal value, but their farms, their cattle, and their home interest, seem of so much greater importance than obedience to the heavenly invitation that they overpower every divine attraction, and these earthly things are made the excuse for their disobedience to the heavenly command, "Come; for all things are now ready."...FH 103.2 The very blessings which God has given to these individuals, to prove them, to see if they will render "unto God the things that are God's," they use as an excuse that they cannot obey the claims of truth. They have grasped their earthly treasure in their arms and say, I must take care of these things; I must not neglect the things of this life; these things are mine. Thus the hearts of these people have become as unimpressible as the beaten highway....FH 103.3 Their hearts are so overgrown with thorns and cares of this life that heavenly things can find no place. Jesus invites the weary and heavy laden with promises of rest if they will come to Him.... He would have them lay aside the heavy burdens of worldly cares and perplexities, and take His yoke, which is self - denial and sacrifice for others. This burden will prove to be light. Those who refuse to accept the relief Christ offers them, and will continue to wear the galling yoke of selfishness, tasking their souls to the utmost in plans to accumulate money for selfish gratification, have not experienced the peace and rest found in bearing the yoke of Christ and lifting the burdens of self - denial and disinterested benevolence which Christ has borne in their behalf....FH 103.4 Souls for whom Christ died might be saved by their personal effort and godly example.... But the precious light is hid under a bushel, and it gives no light to those who are in the house. - The Review and Herald, August 25, 1874

April 1


"Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength." Prov. 8:14.WGD 93.1 Jesus came to represent the character of the Father, and He sent His disciples into the world to represent the character of Christ; He has given us His Word to point out the way of life, and He has not left us simply to carry that Word, but has also promised to give it efficiency by the power of the Holy Spirit. Is there need, then, that any should walk in uncertainty, grieving that they do not know and experience the movings of the Holy Spirit upon their hearts? Are you hungering and thirsting for instruction in righteousness? Then you have the sure promise that you shall be filled . . .WGD 93.2 The Lord would have us in possession of the spirit of heavenly wisdom. Are we all being impressed to pray to the Lord humbly and earnestly as our necessities require, importuning Him for the spirit of wisdom? Do we pray, saying, "Show me the secrets which I know not, teach Thou me"? O for humble, earnest prayer to go forth from unfeigned lips praying for the counsel that is of God! - Testimonies to Ministers, pp. 199, 200.WGD 93.3 The disciples came to Jesus and told Him all things. Their intimate relationship with Him encouraged them to lay before Him their favorable and unfavorable experiences, their joy at seeing results from their labors, and their sorrow at their failures, their faults, and their weaknesses. - The Desire of Ages, p. 359.

Friday, March 29, 2019

Gospel Of Health Friday Evening Vespers 3/29/2019



The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve. Mark 10:45.FH 99.1 Christ was continually receiving from the Father, that He might communicate to us. "The word which ye hear," He said, "is not mine, but the Father's which sent me."... Not for Himself, but for others, He lived and thought and prayed. From hours spent with God He came forth morning by morning to bring the light of heaven to those who heard Him. Daily He received a fresh baptism of the Holy Spirit. In the early hours of the new day the Lord awakened Him from His slumbers, and His soul and His lips were anointed with grace, that He might impart to others. His words were given Him fresh from the heavenly courts, words that He might speak in season to the weary and oppressed....FH 99.2 Christ's disciples were much impressed by His prayers and by His habit of communion with God. One day after a short absence from their Lord, they found Him absorbed in supplication. Seemingly unconscious of their presence, He continued praying aloud. The hearts of the disciples were deeply moved. As He ceased praying, they exclaimed, "Lord, teach us to pray." In answer Christ repeated the Lord's Prayer, as He had given it in the Sermon on the Mount....FH 99.3 "Which of you," He said, "shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him?"...FH 99.4 Here Christ represents the petitioner as asking that he may give again.... In like manner the disciples were to seek blessings from God. In the feeding of the multitude and in the sermon on the bread from heaven, Christ had opened to them their work as His representatives. They were to give the bread of life to the people.... Souls that were hungering for the bread of life would come to them, and they would feel themselves to be destitute and helpless. They must receive spiritual food, or they would have nothing to impart. But they were not to turn one soul away unfed. Christ directs them to the source of supply.... And would not God, who had sent His servants to feed the hungry, supply their need for His own work? - The Review and Herald, August 11, 1910

Friday Evening Service. (Gospel of Health) 3/29/2019


The Second Coming of Christ, October 8

Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence: a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him. He shall ...