We live in a wicked world .This too shall soon come to and end.
The seriousness of sin has never been fully comprehended by us humans the vessels which fulfils its purpose driven by the great deceiver Satan himself.
Put simply we in our fallen state will find it hard pressed to understand the depth of sin therefore we tend to be sympathetic to sin. Note carefully I said sympathetic to sin itself.
Those that are called out of darkness begin a journey of developing a hatred for sin and a love for sinners. Mind you this is not attained by the individual himself but a divine cooperation of man surrendering self totally to Christ. It’s a contract, a covenant and success is not attained by works, measured by man, or defined by intelligence and we should leave these to God alone.
Having said that, it is impossible to have Christ work the works in you, put another way have the Holy Ghost and keep quiet.
Love for fellow man increase, a craving for righteousness developed, a desire to see others come to God comes more in focus, warnings and counsels comes to the for-front of your horizontal interactions.
I kid you not, If these are not the themes in your mind when you wake when you go to sleep and the hours in between and you put on the garments of religion you are nothing but an actor, incidentally the Greek word for actor is hypocrite.
Now to the crux of the matter. For the Holy Ghost as clearly stated above to be in you, you must work the works of Christ. For God’s Word says it nicely. John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
So it is a fact that when you warn, counsel, build up the brethren you are doing so under the unction of the Holy Spirit. All things being equal Matthew 7:16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
Matthew 7:20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Put simply only good trees bringeth forth good fruit.
So if one is guided by the Spirit that counsels and warns, do I look at chastening coming from the same individual as UNLOVING?
Does another spirit come in when chastening falls from the lips from men who is guided under Holy Spirit.
I submit to you Beelzebub and Christ cannot dwell in the same vessel.
Now is it not Our Savior of Love that says : 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
From the Above:
• He (Christ) tells the truth.
• He will reprove
• Who ?The world that includes Laodicea
• Of Sin
• Righteousness
• Judgment
Now am tempted to bring in lots of Ellen White Quotes here but I will hold, I want to give you The Bible on this. Many of the people in Laodicea do not want to hear the inspired pen, this is to there detriment.
Lets deal with the first point.
He tells the truth
There is a truth specifically for every generation and there are everlasting trues.
a) The truth for the Antediluvians was you need to get into the ark.
b) The everlasting truth at that time and still is you need to repent and be saved.
He will reprove
The loving Chirst in the person of the Holy Spirit Reproves believe it or not. Revelation 3:19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
There are many in Adventism who say rebuking is not love, or they put it another way. We need to be loving in our warnings even when its obvious the sole bases of the warning is love. And even when the wraning is given in love.
From the moment some individuals hear warnings they say there is no love present. It is their 1st weapon of defense. In other words, they look in the warnings for soft words of love and if it is not present or if they cannot discern tenderness according to there human measurement they shout “NO LOVE”. “Am not listening to you YOU have NO LOVE.
Some in their own lackluster state opposite to “Be Zealous therefore Revelation 3:19” picture those with awesome message of warnings as coming with an elevated attitude of for-knowledge. They in their minds think that most who bear messages of the 1st angel “a fearful message of repentance” feel they are better than those being warned.
Do you think you are right ? All of us are sinners ?
And so in their sad state of affairs Label and brand Watchmen on the walls of Zion as segregating themselves. They see “We and Them”. This is the sorry excuse for not turning away from sin or acknowledging our true state. Note I said OUR .
Turning away from sin is the objective of present truth.
If anyone is preaching Prophetic events alone without linking it to a condition that needs changing in our people He is not preaching present truth. He is preaching knowledge.
Little do many know or would soon find out that Gods watchmen all of them even modern day men who sigh and cry for the abominations in God’s church have to feel the edge of the sword first in their own life and experience before they can utter a word to Gods people. For these are the true watchmen.
The broad brush sorry excuse to continue in our degenerated way of living, excuse for iniquity, having a lifeless religious experience by saying all who preach the present truth for our time have no love is not only sad, but this is obstruction to the work of reformation God is working in His people.
These individuals need to be careful in their assessments Of who is loving and who is not.
Righteousness
Righteousness IS NOT a request it is a requirement. The messengers who bear the message of reform in present truth messages must by example and for their own salvation’s sake live up to the mark of righteousness. No ifs buts or maybe!
So jumping on the bandwagon and labeling even in your mind every one who presents timely messages of Daniel, Revelation in connection to all the books in the Bible as it relates to this time as fanatical, unloving, extremist is highly dangerous.
Examine the fruits and you will know.
Satan is a subtle foe. He has raised up many fanatical, unloving men preaching prophecy in this church in the past, many of which are on the fringes of Adventism and do not stand on the platform of the pioneers. He (Satan) has done so as to set up preconceived ideas and hurtful feelings so that when the real truth for the real end is presented multitudes will not accept the message but would be judging messengers. If it were possible even the very elect would be fooled.
Judgments
Seven Day Adventist was raised up by this 3 step process of dealing with iniquity of the world. Our church is founded on Prophecy which is engrained the Everlasting Gospel in the messages in this 3 step process of redemption. 1. Fearful conviction of sin. 2 A call to righteousness and 3.A preparation for Judgment. This is the heart of the message despite all the foolishness that is being presented out there.
The gospel of the Jesuits is not the Gospel, The gospel of feast days certainly is not the gospel. Everyone finding route in the Jewish lineage is not the Gospel.
The Gospel is the good news of Christ and he has come to free us from Sin , enable us to live righteous and prepare us to face God the Father the Judge and also revealing to us via His word The soon coming Judgments to fall on those who are not under the blood stain banner.
This Gospel that is preached in present truth is no different to that of Noah, John the Baptist, Christ or the Millerites. It’s the same message over and over again. That’s why it is call the everlasting gospel. Present truth is simple the truths foretold, presented in Gods Word and in the Histories of nations that leads us to this three step process.
It’s the same thing
• Justified, Sanctified, Glorified.
• 1st angel message, 2nd angels message, 3rd angels message.
• Outer court, Holy Place, Most Holy place.
• Sin, Righteous ness, Judgment.
Is not this love bound up in a 3 part process?
Is not the truth, Present truth for our time that leads us to see our lack and need of a Saviour?
Present truth is a message of Love, having said that I repeat the statement I made earlier.
There is a truth specifically for every generation and there are everlasting trues.
c) The truth for the Laodicea is We are in the judgment of the living prophecy proves that. I am talking about proper Bible prophetic studies based on the foundations the Pioneer laid. Not just decoding beast and symbols. The Bible and the pioneers have left many clues that tells us EXACTLY what is to take place in our time. 911 is an example.
d) The everlasting truth at that time and still is you need to repent and be saved. And I say that with love.
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.
No comments:
Post a Comment