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Page 10 of 17Micah 12:2
@@@^Make them love their work by keeping up their interest in it. Be as God. Teach them in the same manner in which He is teaching you. He never scolds you. He demonstrates His love for you, then explains the right and wrong sides of life, and plainly warns you of the results that will follow in whichever course you may pursue—a blessing from the one and a cursing from the other. Be careful that while doing this you do not turn them against God by saying that if they are not good, He will punish them in this way or in that way, but rather teach them that their own evil course will lead them to reap only curses, while God is pleading with them to avoid the evil results.
Nahum 3:1
@@@^Many of the children who are sent to us for training have been left to grow up as wild horses; yet they would make the finest of teams if they could be tamed and trained to pull ahead. But if we should leave them as they are, then rather than being a blessing, they would be a burden both to themselves and to the cause of God, and they would be unfit to stand with the Lamb on Mt. Zion. Hence, if these children do not become useful workers in Present Truth, our time, the Lord’s means, and their souls, will be forever wasted, and their fall will be more than a disaster.
Habakkuk 8:11
@@@^“We need the faith of Abraham in our churches today, to lighten the darkness that gathers around them, shutting out the sweet sunlight of God’s love and dwarfing spiritual growth . . . Our faith should be prolific of good works; for faith without works is dead. Every duty performed, every sacrifice made in the name of Jesus, brings an exceeding great reward. In the very act of duty, God speaks and gives His blessing. But He requires of us an entire surrender of the faculties. The mind and heart, the whole being, must be given to Him, or we fall short of becoming true Christians.”—“Testimonies for the Church.” Vol. 4, p. 145.
Habakkuk 14:9
@@@^In obedience to these mandatory words, many parents have sought to enroll their children in school at Mt. Carmel; but in a number of cases, the parents have been unable financially to maintain their children here in school and, therefore, “Mother” Mt. Carmel has opened her arms, and has adopted them as her own, thus enabling both parent and child to meet God’s requirements and to receive His blessings for them.
Habakkuk 15:8
@@@^“The Lord will withdraw His blessing where selfish interests are indulged in any phase of the work; but He will put His people in possession of goods throughout the whole world, if they will use it for the uplifting of humanity. The experience of apostolic days will come to us when we whole-heartedly accept God’s principle of benevolence,—consent in all things to obey the leadings of His Holy Spirit,”—Id., Vol. 7, p. 146. (Carefully reread “The Symbolic Code,” Vol. 2, No. 10, pages 8-12.)
Habakkuk 15:14
@@@^“Every man and woman in our ranks, whether a parent or not, ought to be intensely interested in the Lord’s vineyard. . . . Those who are not directly connected with the school can help to make it a blessing by giving it their hearts’ support. “Counsels to Teachers,” p. 210.
Zephaniah 4:1
@@@^Furthermore, Mt. Carmel is paying salaries not only to all her regular workers, but also to all her students, thus enabling them to defray a part of their expenses, which privilege of self-help not only reduces their parents’ burdens, but also, at the same time, teaches the students to bear responsibilities, and to become self-supporting, which both the parents and the schools have failed to do, with the deplorable result that after the youth have passed school age, they are unable not only to make a living for a home, but also to make even their own living, and are consequently a burden to themselves and a curse to the world; whereas, they should be a blessing to all.
Haggai 3:14
@@@^“We need never expect that when the Lord has light for His people, Satan will stand calmly by, and make no effort to prevent them from receiving it. He will work upon minds to excite distrust and jealousy and unbelief. Let us beware that we do not refuse the light God sends, because it does not come in a way to please us. Let not God’s blessing be turned away from us because we know not the time of our visitation.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 728.
Haggai 5:4
@@@^“Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel, your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: that thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into His oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day: that He may establish thee today for a people unto Himself, and that He may be unto thee a God, as He hath said unto thee, and as He hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.” “And thou shalt return and obey the voice of the Lord, and do all His commandments which I command thee this day. And the Lord thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the Lord will again rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers: if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.” “I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey His voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto Him: for He is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” (Deut 29:10-13; 30:8-10, 19, 20.)
Haggai 7:3
@@@^So make up your mind that God is an infinite Sovereign, and has a right to do as He pleases with His own. He may not explain to you a thousand things which may puzzle your reason in His dealings with you; but if you absolutely @9sell@7 yourself to be His love slave, He will wrap you in a jealous love, and bestow upon you many blessings which come only to those who are in the @9inner@7 circle.
Haggai 12:2
@@@^@0Just at the close of the Sabbath Day@0We met again in the usual way—@0But there a greater blessing gained@0For twenty-three youth who had been trained@0In Mount Carmel Academy this year,@0Joined with five of the older here,@0To follow their Lord to the watery grave@0Fitting them better more souls to save.@0From each a testimony came@0The desire of all, was just the same—@0To die to self and rise a new@0To live in Christ, His will to do.@8
Matthew 4:10
@@@^Moreover, as “all His biddings are enablings,” no true Israelite will fail “to come to the help of the Lord” in the crisis which faces the educational work at this time. Nor will this sacrifice reduce you to want, but will, on the contrary, bring rich blessings. For in this connection, the Lord has said: “The spiritual prosperity of every member of the church depends on . . . strict fidelity to God.” “Close and unexpected tests will be brought to bear upon them to see who are worthy to receive the seal of the living God.”
Matthew 5:2
@@@^“Spiritual prosperity is closely bound up with Christian liberality. The followers of Christ should rejoice in the privilege of revealing in their lives the beneficence of their Redeemer. As they give to the Lord, they have the assurance that their treasure is going before them to the heavenly courts. . . . The sower multiplies his seed by casting it away. . . . By imparting they increase their blessings.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 382; “Acts of the Apostles,” pp. 344, 345.
Matthew 5:3
@@@^Brother, Sister, will you have these blessings, and will you have God’s school to endure and prosper, fulfilling its high and holy purpose as “a sanctuary for the sorely tried youth of today?” If you will, you must meet the conditions, which God has made beautifully simple, and with which even the little children at Mt. Carmel are joyfully complying; and which are that every present truth believer now respond to God’s requirement that each give the school the fullest cooperation by bringing into the storehouse, not only tithe and offerings, but also a faithful @9second tithe@7. . . . Furthermore, if in cheerful obedience you will thus render to God His own, unselfish liberality, will not only put His school on a solid financial basis, but will throw you, too, as it did the early church,” into a transport of joy”!
Romans 9:12
@@@^I am writing this to tell you how thankful I am for the tracts you have been sending to me, for they came in answer to my prayer for more light on the subject I am now reading. Thanking you for the printed matter you have sent me, I ask God’s blessing on you and your work. @3S. R.
Romans 11:6
@@@^Now that you have heard a cross-section representation of expressions both for and against the message, may you rightly weigh each side and choose the right one, and may those who are fighting see the folly of their blind hostility and, as did Paul, turn from it, and seek zealously to advance the message lest He spue them out of His mouth. And may those who are standing in its defense now be more deeply than ever rooted and grounded in the Truth. And finally may all who read me avoid the pitfalls of the former, the “lukewarm,” and share in the blessings and holy joys of the latter—those who have anointed their eyes with heavenly “eyesalve,” filled their vessels with “extra oil,” and taken their stand on the side of Truth and Right in accord with the following Voice of counsel:
1 Corinthians 58:2
@@@^“We need never expect that when the Lord has light for His people, Satan will stand calmly by, and make no effort to prevent them from receiving it. He will work upon minds to excite distrust and jealousy and unbelief. Let us beware that we do not refuse the light God sends, because it does not come in a way to please us. Let not God’s blessing be turned away from us because we know not the time of our visitation. If there are any who do not see and accept the light themselves, let them not stand in the way of others. Let it not be said of this highly favored people, as of the Jews when the good news of the kingdom was preached to them, ‘They entered not in themselves, and them that were entering in they hindered.’” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, p. 728.
1 Corinthians 64:1
@@@^Why should we renounce the message in the @9Rod @7when you have so utterly failed to prove it to be in error? Why cast aside precious gems of truth simply because the majority cannot tell them from paste jewels? You have long been leveling stout words against the tyrannies of others, but now how about your own! You charge that our position “puts us in bad company.” But you do not realize what you say, and that we stand in identically the same position today as did John the Baptist, Christ, the apostles, Luther, and Miller in the yesterdays, and as did the founders of the S.D.A. denomination; not in the position which you are trying to make us appear to be in — that which the opposers of truth have always occupied, and by which thousands have been cheated of heaven’s blessing! Brethren, really prove us wrong, and you will @9then@7 see how quickly we will change our position!
2 Corinthians 14:5
@@@^The only right answer to this question must be evolved, not from any opinion on the subject, but solely from principle. Should a loyal and true citizen of Christ’s kingdom seek help or protection from a citizen of some other kingdom? Has the Lord appointed the world or the church to care for His people? Does He ask His children to sever all relations with the world when they are well, only to turn them back to it when they are in distress or in need, in sickness or in death, to have it take care of them? Is the Christian, in other words, while well to trust in Christ, but when sick or dying, to trust in the Devil? Has not the Lord privileged the church to receive a blessing even for giving a drink of water to one of His little ones (Matt. 10:42)?
2 Corinthians 20:17
@@@^The law spoken of in Galatians 3:13 is the ten-commandment law (Ex. 20). But deliverance from the curse of the law, does not mean deliverance from keeping the law. The Bible teaches that obedience to it brings the manifold blessings of maintaining one’s fidelity to God and of safeguarding his religion (verses 3-7) if it be the true one; of ever reminding him that God created the heaven and the earth in six working days (verses 8-10); of securing for him the joyous privilege to worship God by resting on His holy day—the seventh (verse 11); of teaching the children to honor their parents (verse 12); of preventing one from murdering (verse 13); of preserving one’s chastity (verse 14); of instilling in one honesty (verse 15); of keeping him from falsehood (verse 16); and of saving him from covetousness (verse 17).