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Page 199 of 316Zechariah 10:3
@@@^“It pains me to say that there are unruly tongues among church members. There are false tongues, that feed on mischief. There are sly, whispering tongues. There is tattling, impertinent meddling, adroit quizzing. Among the lovers of gossip, some are actuated by curiosity, others by jealousy, many by hatred against those through whom God has spoken to reprove them. All these discordant elements are at work. Some conceal their real sentiments, while others are eager to publish all they know, or even suspect, of evil against another.
Zechariah 10:4
@@@^“I saw that the very spirit of perjury, that would turn truth into falsehood, good into evil, and innocence into crime, is now active. Satan exults over the condition of God’s professed people. While many are neglecting their own souls, they eagerly watch for an opportunity to criticise and condemn others. All have defects of character, and it is not hard to find something that jealousy can interpret to their injury. ‘Now,’ say these self-constituted judges, ‘we have @9facts@7. We will fasten upon them an accusation from which they cannot clear themselves.’ They wait for a fitting opportunity, and then produce their bundle of gossip, and bring forth their tidbits.
Zechariah 10:5
@@@^“In their efforts to carry a point, persons who have naturally a strong imagination, are in danger of deceiving themselves and deceiving others. They gather up unguarded expressions from another, not considering that words may be uttered hastily, and hence may not reflect the real sentiments of the speaker. But those unpremeditated remarks, often so trifling as to be unworthy of notice, are viewed through Satan’s magnifying glass, pondered, and repeated, until mole hills become mountains. Separated from God, the surmisers of evil become the sport of temptation. They scarcely know the strength of their feelings or the effect of their words. While condemning the errors of others, they indulge far greater errors themselves. ‘Consistency is a jewel’.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, pp. 94, 95.
Zechariah 11:9
@@@^“Suppose that some of us should follow the course pursued by Brother Howland. If when our brethren surmise evil, we would go to them, saying, ‘Forgive me if I have done anything to harm you,’ we might break the spell of Satan, and set our brethren free from their temptations. Do not let anything interpose between you and your brethren. If there is anything that you can do by sacrifice to clear away the rubbish of suspicion, do it. God wants us to love one another as brethren. He wants us to be pitiful and courteous. He wants us to educate ourselves to believe that our brethren love us, and to believe that Christ loves us. “Love begets love.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 9, pp. 191-193.
Zechariah 11:11
@@@^Several months later I presented the bill for payment, but was refused. However, what was the more painful was that I lost their friendship and they became my enemies rather than to remain friends. Later I called on the family who had not seen me for a long time, and when one of the ladies opened the door and saw me she was silent and appeared to be somewhat perplexed as to what she should do, but as I smilingly and in a friendly way, said to her, “I have come Sr ————,to find out how you are getting along,’ etc., she invited me in, though coldly. After we had a short conversation together, I said to her, “I have come to ask You to forgive me for whatever wrong I may have done.” She surprisingly said,“ You have done nothing.” But I answered, “I must have done something, for we used to be good friends, and are not now.” As I insisted to be forgiven, she said, “Well, you are forgiven.” We then talked as friendly as before the barrier came between us and eclipsed our friendship, and I never mentioned the debt, neither did she ask me to forgive her, but she wanted to know about my business, and as I explained to her, she asked me to send her literature. Before leaving the house, and with her permission, I offered a prayer asking God to bless the whole family. Now, how can I hold the debt against her after the Lord has forgiven me of an untold greater debt than that which she owed me? Says Christ, “I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.” (Matt. 5:44.) But one may say, “I can not do this.” Very well, then, that one has judged himself unworthy of the kingdom and should no longer take the Lord’s name in vain by calling himself a Christian. (See Exodus 20:7.)
Zechariah 12:2
@@@^Regardless of how just one may consider himself and how unjust the other, both are alike, “for we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” When we condemn another, we actually condemn ourselves. “Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.” (Matt. 7:1, 2.)
Zechariah 12:5
@@@^As the fulfillment of this scripture is yet future, it proves that at the present time everyone of us is unclean, and that none of us is walking in God’s statutes and keeping or doing His judgments, for after the Lord takes us from among the heathen and into our own land, “then” He says, He will cleanse our hearts and cause us to walk in His statutes and keep His judgments. Hence, how can one talk about the sins of another without condemning himself? “This is My commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” (John 15 :12.)
Zechariah 12:8
@@@^“The world is looking with gratification at the disunion amongst Christians. Infidelity is well pleased. God calls for a change among His people. Union with Christ and with one another is our only safety in these last days. Let us not make it possible for Satan to point to our church members, saying: ‘Behold how these people standing under the banner of Christ, hate one another. We have nothing to fear from them while they spend more strength fighting one another than in warfare with my forces.’
Zechariah 12:10
@@@^“But the early Christians began to look for defects in one another. Dwelling upon mistakes, giving place to unkind criticism, they lost sight of the Saviour, and of the great love He had revealed for sinners. They became more strict in regard to outward ceremonies, more particular about the theory of the faith, more severe in their criticisms. In their zeal to condemn others, they forgot their own errors. They forgot the lesson of brotherly love that Christ had taught. And, saddest of all, they were unconscious of their loss. They did not realize that happiness and joy were going out of their lives, and that soon they would walk in darkness, having shut the love of God out of their hearts.”—“Testimonies for the Church,”Vol. 8, pp. 240, 241.
Malachi 2:7
@@@^‘By giving place to doubts and unbelief in regard to the work of God, and by cherishing feelings of distrust and cruel jealousies, they are preparing themselves for complete deception. They rise up with bitter feelings against the ones who dare to speak of their errors and reprove their sins.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Volume 5, p. 672.
Malachi 3:3
@@@^Not one of us can even dare to compare our greatness with that of Jesus, yet He believed all the writings of the prophets, and those who consider themselves to be wise, and think it too humiliating to believe all, He calls “fools.” (Luke 24:25.) God’s people still err in this matter. They are stupid. They seem to be incapable of comprehending these facts, as the apostles were incapable of comprehending Jesus’ teachings concerning the “kingdom” then.
Malachi 3:9
@@@^Let us exclaim from the depth of oar heart: “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of Him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!” (Isa. 52:7.) .)
Malachi 4:6
@@@^“When asked to hear the reasons of a doctrine that you do not understand, do not condemn the message until you have given it a thorough investigation, and know from the Word of God that it is not tenable.”—“Testimonies on Sabbath School Work,” p. 59.
Malachi 4:9
@@@^“We are on dangerous ground when we cannot meet together like Christians and courteously examine controverted points. I feel like fleeing from the place lest I receive the mold of those who cannot candidly investigate the doctrines of the Bible. Those who cannot impartially examine the evidences of a position that differs from theirs are not fit to teach in any department of God’s cause.”—“Review and Herald,” August 7, 1894.
Malachi 5:4
@@@^7. That the real “facts concerning the real condition of the professed people of God, speak more loudly than their profession, and make it evident that some power has cut the cable that anchored them to the Eternal Rock, and that they are drifting away to sea, without chart or compass.” (“Christ Our Righteousness,” pp. 50, 51.)
Malachi 5:6
@@@^9. That “the people to whom God has intrusted eternal interests, the depositories of truth pregnant with eternal results, the keepers of light that is to illuminate the whole world,have lost their bearings.” (“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 397.)
Malachi 5:10
@@@^With a people thus gone far away from God, unconsciously floundering in “deception of almost every kind,” and dying of “spiritual consumption” while sound asleep, what a colossal and unmittigated piece of folly and irony, then, is the ostrich attitude that disallows them to investigate and to accept the “Shepherd’s Rod,” for fear of imbibing error!
Malachi 5:13
@@@^“And I saw that the Lord was whetting His sword in Heaven to cut them down. Oh that every lukewarm professor could realize the clean work that God is about to make among His professed people!”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 1, p. 190.
Malachi 5:17
@@@^What inconsistency! O, Brother, Sister, give your entire self to God at once, that the miracle of a “consistent Christian life” may be wrought in your lives, lest you one day find yourself condemned, bereft of life eternal, and engulfed in the general ruin of those who, trusting to intellect, genius, or talent, self-sufficiently and complacently go on in their inconsistent, falsely so-called “Christian” practices.
Malachi 6:1
@@@^The human mind is not so susceptible to any other curse preying upon it, as it is to that of doubt. The reason for this lies perhaps in the fact that doubt comes to us in such beautiful appearance, parading itself in the atmosphere and garb of scholasticism, and holding itself up as a sign of intelligence, praising the doubter. The youth are an easy target for the demon’s darts of doubt because of the fact that it is at their early age that they are most eager for knowledge and praise. The human race lost in the first battle when the wiley serpent succeeded in getting Mother Eve to doubt God’s Word. A thirst for knowledge was quickly created by the serpent, and our youthful mother fell for his high-sounding offers.