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Page 251 of 3163 John 22:1
@@@^The members of the Kingdom-church, are, according to Isaiah, to be skilled in their respective trades and professions. As builders, engineers, carpenters, masons, mechanics, or whatever, they are to “build the old wastes,...raise up the former desolations, and...repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.” Isa. 61:4. They are also to be animal husbandmen, vinegrowers, expert agriculturists. And as such, they are to be skilled in the science of management, employing thousands of aliens, not only to minister to their needs and to build (Isa. 60:10), but also to “stand and feed” their flocks and to be their plowmen and vinedressers (Isa. 61:5). Thus it is that the “study in agricultural lines should be the A, B, and C of the education given in our schools.”—@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 6, p. 179. “Pure, practical religion will be manifested in treating the earth as God’s treasure house. The more intelligent a man becomes, the more should religious influence be radiating from him. And the Lord would have us treat the earth as a precious treasure, lent us in trust.”—@9Testimonies to Ministers@7, p. 245.
3 John 23:1
@@@^Besides being skilled agronomists, artisans, and tradesmen, these governors of the Kingdom, as living embodiments of genuine Christianity, are to be expert international bankers, economists, personnel and traffic engineers, and provisioners, together handling “the forces” and “the riches of the Gentiles.” Isa. 6:5, 11; 61:6. And thus variously equipped with these excellent proficiencies, they are, above all, to be “Priests of the Lord...Ministers of our God”—”men wondered at.” Isa. 61:6; Zech. 3:8.
3 John 28:2
@@@^It is never safe for one to base his decision regarding a message from the Lord on the manner in which it is received. Supernatural experiences are not the strongest evidence of one’s connection with Divine power. In fact, they are not necessarily proof at all, for there are many doctrines and faiths built upon one miracle or another and yet wholly devoid of truth. And no one should overlook the fact that the forthcoming delusion which is to sweep the world is to be empowered by miracles, even to bringing fire from heaven (Rev. 13:13, 14). Nevertheless, by the Word of God we are warned not to be led away with it.
3 John 28:3
@@@^Neither should one forget that not all the prophets of the Bible had trance-visions. David and Solomon recorded, not what was given them in vision, but what they received through other means. And John the Baptist was called even more than a prophet, yet there is not a single prophetic utterance recorded by him, nor is there any record that he was ever taken into trance and given visions. He was merely an interpreter of the writings of the prophets. Thus God spoke at sundry times in divers manners to His prophets (Heb. 1:1).
3 John 29:2
@@@^Evidently God’s people at this particular time are not in need of visions, but rather of interpreters of the visions of the prophets of old which are not as yet understood. And that is what He has seen fit to give us so that we may understand the Bible. This is the greatest miracle connected with @9The Shepherd’s Rod@7, (See illustration in Tract No. 6, @9Why Perish@7, 1944 edition, p. 18.)
3 John 30:2
@@@^That the Bible teaches of a coming judgment no one can deny. We therefore need only to give the reason for it. The true people of God, we are told, are commingled with the untrue, the “wheat” with the “tares.” The judgment, therefore, is to determine who are the “wheat” and who are the “tares,” and to designate the future of each.
3 John 33:2
@@@^“Economy in the outlay of means is an excellent branch of Christian wisdom....Money is an excellent gift of God. In the hands of his children it is food for the hungry, drink for the thirsty, and raiment for the naked; it is a defense for the oppressed, and a means of health to the sick. Means should not be needlessly or lavishly expended for the gratification of pride or ambition.” —@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 4 p. 571.
3 John 34:6
@@@^God expects His people to be the head, to set the right standard. Therefore, to give an unchristian witness in dress away from Mt. Carmel, where one meets the world’s multitude, is even worse than to do so where one’s influence is confined strictly to believers.
3 John 36:3
@@@^Let us remember that there is no Bible command as to what form of dress the church laity should wear, save the command that it should be modest, not costly (1 Tim. 2:9), and that of a man should be distinctive from that of a woman. “The woman,” says the Lord, “shall not wear that which pertaineth unto a man, neither shall a man put on a woman’s garment: for all that do so are abomination unto the Lord thy God.” Deut. 22:5.
3 John 41:1
@@@^In the scripture in question, the apostle Paul is urging the Christian to be faithful and full of zeal in the duties which God has placed upon him, and not to neglect his privileges and opportunities, nor to come short of his endowments and capabilities to multiply his “talents.”
3 John 44:4
@@@^Simply praying for one who is sick, with out doing anything for him, can only mean, in the last analysis, that the suppliant is more righteous and pitying than God, and is therefore trying to convince the Lord of His duty to do something for the sick, as though He did not already want to.
3 John 44:5
@@@^When we pray for others, we are not acquainting God with anything with which He is not already infinitely better acquainted than we are or ever will be. Since He knows all about the matter, the reason we pray is not to convince Him that someone needs His help, but to ask His blessings upon what we may be able to do for the needy one. The Levite and the priest did not do anything for the wounded, and were condemned for their pitilessness, whereas the Samaritan did, and was commended for his humanitarianism.
3 John 45:3
@@@^While it is well to do good on the Sabbath, yet there are some kinds of endeavor, such as writing missionary letters and selling or taking orders for gospel literature, which, even when done in the interest of the Lord’s work, are not permissible. (See @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 1, pp. 471, 472; @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 8, p. 250.) It is turning the Sabbath into a day of work and commerce, not hallowing it as a day of rest and devotion. And if carried on in the house of God, such traffic is a desecration of it.
3 John 46:1
@@@^Though writing missionary letters seems preferable to selling gospel literature on the Sabbath day, yet it, too, changes the pristine purpose of the Sabbath from that of a day of rest to a day of work. On the Sabbath day, God rested from “@9all@7 His work.” Gen. 2:2. Hence, on that day Christians must also rest from @9all @7their work.
3 John 47:2
@@@^As a rule, those who think it permissible to write missionary letters on the Sabbath, do very little, if anything, for God during the six working days. They are not willing to give Him of their time even so much as it takes to write a letter. Hence, the letters which they write on the Sabbath are, in reality, letters which issue forth, not from a heart of love, but rather from a desire to save time for self. The common correspondence is often coated with religion in order to pacify conscience and to afford excuse with which to shield the sin of using the Sabbath hours. Satan inspires such acts to make the sin the more exceedingly sinful.
3 John 57:2
@@@^Third, from Isaiah 66:16, 19, 20 show that the slaying mentioned in verse 16 is to be literal, for those that @9escape @7are to be literally sent to @9all @7the @9nations@7, to proclaim His glory and His fame. Furthermore, that this literal slaughter is in the church only, is seen from the fact that those who “escape of them” are God’s servants whom subsequently He sends to the Gentiles. If, though, the slaughter is not literal, then for what purpose will it be, and from what will they “escape”? Ezekiel saw them as @9literally@7 slain (Ezek. 9:8).
3 John 58:3
@@@^Brother________ did not intend to convey the impression that there is no gift of healing among God’s people now, but simply that the great miracles of healing, foreshadowed by those wrought in the time of the early Christian church, are yet future.
3 John 70:3
@@@^The Bible plainly teaches, and history has countless times borne out, that one’s disregard of God’s statutes is disastrous both to himself and to his nation. This tragic truth, so endlessly enacted over the long roll of the centuries, not only amidst the chosen nation of Israel, but also amidst all the nations of earth is “for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come.”
3 John 71:2
@@@^Ancient Israel as a nation and a government were obliged to protect their own property, people, and families—even by the sword. But they were not to war against their own brethren. When the ten-tribe kingdom, Israel, confederated with Syria to war against the two-tribe kingdom, Judah, God’s curse rested upon both Syria and Israel, and each was consequently broken by the king of Assyria. (See Isaiah 7:1-8; 8:4).
3 John 73:3
@@@^We are admonished that the cause of God “should engross the whole mind, the whole attention.”—@9Early Writings@7, p. 118. Consequently, as we cannot conscientiously devote enough time to the study of these political and economic issues and of their ultimate results, intelligently to pass judgment upon them, we cannot conscientiously vote either for or against them. For our uninformed voting might work hardship and deprivation upon some, while leading others into the paths of idleness and extravagance. “Behold,” says the Lord “this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness.” Ezek. 16:49.