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Page 201 of 316Matthew 3:3
@@@^The foregoing quotations set forth the fact that little can be done toward restoring Israel to the favor of God and to her @9former greatness@7, without the restoration of the schools of the prophets. Hence, for this, more than for any other purpose, Mt. Carmel has been established. This education is, beyond a doubt, the greatest need of today. Yet many Present Truth believers have not recognized this fact or, if they have, evidently have forgotten it.
Matthew 3:7
@@@^Because of this default on the part of parents in the payment of the expenses of their children, and also because of both student and parental belligerence, Mt. Carmel Academy has already been forced to close its doors to all who are not already in school here. However, if we could add to our buildings and thus provide housing for a few more students, we could take some of those youth who, first, are under their parents’ control; who, second, are converted to the message; and who, third, are able to meet in full the expenses over and above those which they are able to defray with wages from required manual work. As a school, we are endeavoring, Brother and Sister, to save the children. Will you, against God’s will, have them perish in the ‘general ruin’, all because of ‘the selfish love of me and mine’?”
Matthew 3:13
@@@^“Let none, however poor they may be gain . . . the erroneous idea that their circumstances excuse them from assuming any responsibility for the education of their own or other children. ‘. . . by refusing to put expensive trimmings on their garments,’ and by letting ‘every unnecessary expense be cut down,’ they may save and thus contribute their mite to the defraying of the student’s expenses. God says: ‘Let every family bring their tithes and offerings unto the Lord.’ ”—“Testimonies or the Church,” Vol. 9, p. 53.
Matthew 4:9
@@@^To every wide awake, conscientious present truth believer, these startling facts will act as a stimulus, impelling each to deep heart-searching, self-sacrificing activity. As the school is yours, and has no one but you to look to for support, it is therefore imperative that you get under its financial burden if the institution itself is to discharge its great responsibility of accomplishing the divinely appointed work of gathering in and educating your children. You dare not fail in this and thereby let the enemy of God and man triumph. And Mt. Carmel has every confidence that you are not going to allow this to happen, for the 144,000 are to “make a covenant with Him by sacrifice.”
Matthew 5:1
@@@^“When Paul sent Titus to Corinth to strengthen the believers there, he instructed him . . . in the grace of giving: . . . Unselfish liberality @9threw the early church into a transport of joy@7; . . . their benevolence testified that they had not received the grace of God [the message] in vain. What could produce such liberality but the sanctification of the Spirit?
Matthew 6:1
@@@^Thus the scripture,” Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matt. 19:14), rather than lending the slightest support to the specious doctrine of natural behavior, teaches on the contrary the twin doctrines of strict discipline and perfection: for such as shall make up the kingdom of heaven, shall have let heaven’s discipline bring “into captivity (their) every thought to the obedience of Christ,” and thus having the mind of Him, shall “be as God” (Zech. 12:8),—perfect.
Matthew 6:10
@@@^“The curse of God will surely rest upon unfaithful parents. Not only are they planting thorns which will wound them here, but they must meet their own unfaithfulness when the Judgment shall sit. Many children, ‘will rise up in judgment and condemn their parents, for not restraining them, and charge upon them their destruction. The false sympathy and blind love of parents causes them to excuse the faults of their children and pass them by without correction, and their children are lost in consequence, and the blood of their souls will rest upon the unfaithful parents.”—Id., Vol. 1, p. 219.
Matthew 7:3
@@@^“No family is justified in bringing children to . . . [Mt. Carmel] who are not under the control of their parents. If their parents have disregarded the word of God in the matter of instructing and training their children. . . . [Mt. Carmel] is no place for them. They will only be the means of demoralizing the young people of . . . [this] place, and bringing discord where peace and prosperity should reign. Let such parents take up the neglected work of restraining and disciplining their children before they venture to impose them upon . . . [Mt. Carmel].”—“Testimonies,” Vol. 4, p. 204.
Matthew 7:8
@@@^Knowing that finally through the instrumentality of the schools of the prophets of today, fully restored by Elijah the prophet “before the great and dreadful day of the Lord,” God is to educate and redeem (“Education,” p. 30)His people, and thus bring to an end the long reign of darkness and death, Satan has come down with great wrath to discourage and dishearten, doing all in his power to devour the school and all who are connected with it, so that the firstfruits of the church, the 144,000, cannot be delivered from their long bondage and servitude to the prince of this world.
Matthew 8:10
@@@^“I see now where I have made the mistake. I love Mt. Carmel and want to get back, so that I may be educated in God’s school. I wish I had stayed there. I love Mt. Carmel school, and I want to get back and work my way through. Please, please, please, please, please, please, please, let me come. Let me come, please.”
Matthew 8:14
@@@^“I have just realized what I have done, and that we are about to be lost. If I had stayed away from Mt. Carmel, L would have never come back. And if I had stayed away long enough to have considered B’s case, I could have had strength enough to have stood the trial. But it is too late. Now L has become dissatisfied and wants to return if you will take her back. Now, I started out in order that my children could belong to God and Mt. Carmel, and in order that they would have no home but there. I would like to hear from you at once, so that I can return them as quickly as possible.”
Matthew 8:18
@@@^Thus those who in the time of the sealing are among the 144,000, and who do not receive the mark of God, according to Ezekiel’s vision, are to be tested, not by the image of the beast, but by their attitude toward the abominations in the church; and those who do not “sigh and cry” against the abominations therein, will be separated by the angels’ slaughter weapons (Ezek. 9:6), rather than be left to be tested by the image beast and to be separated when it enforces the reception of the mark of the beast. (Rev. 13:11-18; 3 T 266, 267; 5 T 211.)
Matthew 9:1
@@@^Consequently,” the gold . . . separated from the dross in the church “ (“Testimonies,” Vol. 5,p.81), by the enforcement of the mark of the beast, cannot be the 144,000, the first fruits (“Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 445), but rather is the second fruits,—the great multitude of Rev. 7:9,—to whom, after the sealing of the 144,000, will come the test of choosing between the commandments of God and the commandments of men.
Matthew 10:2
@@@^In this observation, Brother J, I believe you have stated the true cause of your trouble. But had I gathered from all Present Truth believers their ideas concerning the interpretations of any Bible subject found in the writings of “The Shepherd’s Rod,” I would have about as many ideas as there are individuals. And what would appear reasonable to one, would appear wholly unreasonable to another. Yet you recommend such a procedure to bring unity! Furthermore, had I gathered my information from men, and then written the books and tracts, would you then accept as inspired from God that which they contain?
Matthew 10:5
@@@^Yet ironically, you are one of those most lacking in this respect! You admit that the interpretation of Isaiah 7, as found in Tract No. 6, is correct: that the “butter and honey” is figurative of the Word of God; the “two sheep,” of the Bible; and the “young cow,” of “The Spirit of Prophecy.” But you have failed to see that “a man,” not “men,” is nourishing them. It is evident that only through that one “man” can anyone obtain the “butter” and the “honey,” whether it comes from the Bible or from “The Spirit of Prophecy.”
Matthew 10:10
@@@^By this last statement, Brother J, you give clear evidence, though of course you do not sense the fact, that in interpreting God’s Word you prefer a method which is contrary to His method. Ignoring the aforementioned warning of “Testimonies to Ministers,” p. 475, and of the prophet’s illustration, also of your own experience, you, yourself, independent of “The Spirit of Prophecy,” want to extract oil from the olive trees, and want also to get hold of the one man’s sheep and cow, and do your own milking! Just such uninspired methods of interpretation as you advocate, is what has thrown Christendom into confusion.
Matthew 11:4
@@@^You are endeavoring to show that Tract No. 4 contradicts “The Shepherd’s Rod,” Vol. 1, p. 251, in regard to the tithe. But you fail to recognize the differences that obtain at different times and under different conditions. Volume One was our first publication. Since the conferences knew nothing of the message before the book was distributed, and since the Lord intended that they should accept it, He could not take the tithe away from them before they rejected the message and at the same time expect them to accept and carry it on to its completion. After they rejected it, disfellowshipped some of us, and refused even to take our tithe, it became necessary for us to carry the message to the laity, and to use the tithe to that end. Pray tell me, how could the message be advanced without any financial support? If you know of a way that it could be done, and if you think that our tithe would benefit the church, after she has rejected the message, and at a time when God is drawing the net ashore, we would be very glad to let the conferences have it. Truly, Brother J, your inconsistent attitude reveals that you spoke wiser than you perhaps are aware, when you said in your letter, “The only remedy for this is that as individuals we have our eyes anointed with the ‘eyesalve’ of grace and spiritual discernment.” .
Matthew 11:7
@@@^In the parable of the net, the statement is made that when it was full, they drew it to shore and “sat down.” We understand that the net is a figure of the gospel church; that the fish are a figure of the church membership; that the time has now come for the angels to separate the bad fish from among the good; and that as far as God is concerned, He has “sat down” to draw the net to shore and to separate the one from the other instead of arising to cast out the net for more fish. Hence, as there is no need of casting the already filled net after more fish, there is no justification for continuing to devote the tithe to the purpose of throwing out the net. But as there is need of separating the good fish from among the bad, we must devote everything to the separating. rather than to the catching. This is what the “Harvest” tract teaches, and in your letter you admit that it is “irrefutable.”
Matthew 13:5
@@@^Furthermore, you do not suppose that while the twelve tribes lived in Egypt for hundreds of years, besides the years they were in the promised land, that one tribe did not intermarry with another, do you? If you admit that they did intermarry, then you must also admit that regardless of the maternal side, God still separated all of them by tribes.
Matthew 13:6
@@@^You have become so blind, Brother J, as even to say, “If God by the natural descendants of Jacob and his sons should so honor them as to make them members of the 144,000, would He not choose them from those Jews who have kept pure their racial if not their tribal descent, rather than those who have lost their identity by yielding every principle of their faith and marrying out of their faith contrary to His express command?” .