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Page 197 of 316Zephaniah 12:1
@@@^Those who cannot explain the many seemingly contradictory statements in the Scriptures, but who yet believe them to be inspired and correct, should, to be honest with themselves and consistent with their position, do likewise with the statement in Vol. 1, p. 132, and instead of condemning, they should admit their inability to ex-plain the Word of God privately (without the Spirit Who inspired it).
Zephaniah 12:3
@@@^The trouble does not lie with the writings of the prophets, but rather with you men who have sinned against the Lord. “For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath He covered. And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which man deliver to one that is learned, saving, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed: and the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned. Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near Me with their mouth, and with their lips do honor Me, but have removed their heart far from Me, and their fear toward Me is taught by the precept of men: Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.” (Isa. 29:10-14.) “And there shall be a bridle in the jaws of the people, causing them to err.” (Isa. 30:28.) “For the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for Him.” (Isa. 30:18.)
Haggai 2:6
@@@^“Gather up the rays of light that have been slighted and rejected. Gather them up with meekness, with trembling, and with fear. The sin of ancient Israel was in disregarding the expressed will of God and following their own way according to the leadings of unsanctified hearts. Modern Israel are fast following in their footsteps, and the displeasure of the Lord is as surely resting upon them.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 94.
Haggai 2:7
@@@^“Peace comes with dependence on divine power. As fast as the soul resolves to act in accordance with the light given, the Holy Spirit gives more light and strength. The grace of the Spirit is supplied to cooperate with the soul’s resolve, but it is not a substitute for the individual exercise of faith. Success in the Christian life depends upon the appropriation of the light that God has given. It is not an abundance of light and evidence that makes the soul free in Christ; it is the rising of the powers and the will and the energies of the soul to cry out sincerely, ‘Lord, I believe; help Thou mine unbelief.’ ”—“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 518.
Haggai 3:5
@@@^“Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the Lord, and He will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for He will abundantly pardon. For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways, saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are My ways higher than your ways, and My thoughts than your thoughts.” (Isa. 55:7-9.)
Haggai 3:13
@@@^To obey is better than to sacrifice. Obedience to God’s law and principles, both in our spiritual and moral lives, is the thermometer which records whether our spiritual temperature is up or down, and which thus affords Satan the most accurate gauge by which to determine his onslaughts.
Haggai 4:3
@@@^If our faith in God is as implicit as the faith of a child, we will not be of a halting, doubting spirit. And thus when we receive orders to “Go forward,” regardless of whether or not the way looks clear to us, we will not hold back and wait to see if it is really the way we are to follow, or to see first if the message prospers.
Haggai 4:6
@@@^Other problems of major or minor importance continually confront us in like manner, but are we so closely following our Saviour that He can trust us with wisdom from heaven so that we shall at all times give the answer of a man who has the true understanding which comes only from letting God lead? If we are not able to give such an answer, then may Heaven help us to be determined to follow on to know the Lord better each day so that He can class us as the “wise and prudent,” though we be “as a little child.”
Haggai 4:11
@@@^“Not one of us will ever receive the seal of God while our “characters have one spot, or stain upon them. It is left with us to remedy the defects in our characters, to cleanse the soul temple of every defilement. Then the latter rain will fall upon us as the early rain fell upon the disciples on the day of Pentecost.”
Haggai 5:1
@@@^Therefore, unless we obey and receive the stamp of God’s approval, now, in the time of “the closing work for the church,” (3T 266), how may we hope to have a part in the setting up of that kingdom in the time when the 144,000 go forth “as the children of Israel” and “bring an offering in a @9clean vessel@7, which “offering” is explained in Isaiah 66:20 as being “brethren” “out of all nations,” of whom the Lord says He “will also take of them for priests and for Levites.” (Verse 21.)
Haggai 5:13
@@@^Mt. Carmel has many to take care of. Therefore, let us be making preparation, so when our workers visit us we can give them the things we have saved for them. Some might give sacks of beans, lentils, etc. O, what a variety of food could be gathered in! May God bless Mt. Carmel, is my prayer. Please “Mother, Mt. Carmel,” give the size of the quilts you want made and the people will make them.. @3Your sister in Jesus,@4Evelyn Abbott
Haggai 6:5
@@@^An old time friend who had recently accepted the sealing message, and a few other believers of Present Truth, at once began to pray for the restoration of this afflicted sister, and God in His mercy heard their prayer, and she stated in a letter that she was completely delivered “from the hands of the Devil.”
Haggai 6:14
@@@^If God has called you to be really like Jesus, He will draw you into a life of crucifixion and humility, and put upon you such demands of obedience that you will not be able to follow other people, or measure yourself by other Christians; and in many ways He will seem to let other good people do things which He will not let you do.
Haggai 6:17
@@@^@9Others@7 may be allowed to succeed in making money, or have a legacy left to them; but it is likely God will keep you poor, because He wants you to have something far better than gold, namely a helpless dependence on Him, that He may have the privilege of supplying your needs day by day out of an unseen treasury.
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 7:4
@@@^Settle it forever then, that, you are to deal directly with the Holy Spirit, and that He is to have the privilege of tying your tongue, or chaining your hands, or closing your eyes in ways that He does not seem to use with others. Now when you are so possessed with the living God that you are in your secret heart pleased and delighted over this peculiar, personal, private, jealous guardianship and management of the Holy Spirit over your life, you will have found the vestibule of Heaven. @3—Living Waters.
Haggai 7:16
@@@^@0You may not drive a Packard car, nor boast a fortune fair,@0‘But beggared be in this world’s goods, with cupboard more than bare,@0Yet God you please if Him you give yourself besides your prayers@0In earnest, sincere effort to share in Carmel’s cares,@0Which day by day grow greater, increased in every way,@0As nearer draws His Kingdom. So, pray, do not delay!@8
Haggai 8:2
@@@^@0Then off do throw your veil of sleep and sever every tie@0That binds you to this sin-cursed world its death one day to die,@0And patiently endure your trials, which work to make you true@0And take the dross from out the gold which God doth see in you.@0As in the work we strive to win a soul and gain a star,@0The greater will the conflicts be for all where’er they are;@0But when all sealed for Zion and crowned with Christ our King@0Our trials will e’er be vanquished as vic’t’ry’s song we sing!@4—Marion L. Deeter
Haggai 8:7
@@@^Thus begins that phase of sanctification, which is the dynamic process of progressive regeneration through the continual impartation of the righteousness of Christ, “by the power of the indwelling Spirit of God” (“The Great Controversy,” p. 469), for “the impartation of the Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ” (“Gospel Workers,” p. 285)—complete sanctification.
Haggai 9:9
@@@^“God leads His people on step by step. The Christian life is a battle and a march. In this warfare there is no release; the effort must be continuous and persevering. It is by unceasing endeavor that we maintain the victory over the temptations of Satan. Christian integrity must be sought with resistless energy, and maintained with a resolute fixedness of purpose.