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Page 29 of 56Habakkuk 6:8
@@@^@1@9A faithful “Horse” I want to be,@7@1@9And spread afar Salvation free,@7@1@9A heav’nly angel as my guide,@7@1@9I have no other goal beside,@7@1@9But forth to go men’s souls to save,@7@1@9With many million “horses” brave.@7@1@9The “Rod” it is a symbol true@7@1@9Of this great work we have to do.@7@1@9As shepherds catch the sheep with it.@7@1@9So must we snatch them from hell’s pit.@7@1@9We’ll snatch them from the fire like brands@7@1@9And thus fulfill the Lord’s commands.@7@8
Habakkuk 6:10
@@@^@1@9Now when the locust come to see@7@1@9If vict’rys seal doth rest on me:@7@1@9May I be with the faithful few@7@1@9Who sigh and cry for wrongs they do. Let me not feel the scorpi’n’s sting,@7@1@9But may I too some trophies bring.@7@1@9I will by Grace obey my God:@7@1@9Believe the message of the “Rod,”@7@1@9So I’ll with Christ in “Glory” reign,@7@1@9And through the ages praise His Name.@7@1@9I’ll quickly, board train “number eight,”@7@1@9And take no chance on being late.@7@4@9(Mrs. John E. Wilson)@7
Habakkuk 7:9
@@@^Behold the “elect of God”, once “the despised remnant,” now “clothed in glorious apparel, never more to be defiled by the corruptions of the world. Their names are retained in the Lamb’s book of life, enrolled among the faithful of all ages. They have resisted the wiles of the deceiver; they have not been turned from their loyalty by the dragon’s roar. Now they are eternally secure from the tempter’s devices. Their sins are transferred to the originator of sin. And the remnant are not only pardoned and accepted, but honored. A ‘fair mitre’ is set upon their heads. They are to be as kings and priest unto God. While Satan was urging his accusations, and seeking to destroy this company, holy angels, unseen, were passing to and fro, placing upon them the seal of the living God. These are they that stand upon Mount Zion with the Lamb, having the Father’s name written in their foreheads. They sing the new song before the throne, that song which no man can learn save the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth ‘These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile; for they are without fault before the throne of God.’” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Volume 5, pp. 475, 476.)
Habakkuk 8:12
@@@^“God requires prompt and unquestioning obedience of His law; but men are asleep, or paralyzed by the deceptions of Satan, who suggests excuses and subterfuges, and conquers their scruples, saying, as he said to Eve in the garden, ‘Ye shall not surely die.’ Disobedience not only hardens the heart and conscience of the guilty one, but it tends to corrupt the faith of others. That which looked very wrong to them at first, gradually loses this appearance by being constantly before them, till finally they question whether it is really sin, and unconsciously fall into the same error.”—Ibid., p. 146.
Habakkuk 9:1
@@@^“As a people we lack faith. In these days few would follow the directions given through God’s chosen servant as obediently as did the armies of Israel at the taking of Jericho. The Captain of the Lord’s host did not reveal Himself to all the congregation. He communicated only with Joshua, who related the story of this interview to the Hebrews. It rested with them to believe or to doubt the words of Joshua, to follow the commands given by him in the name of the Captain of the Lord’s host, or to rebel against his directions and deny his authority.” — Ibid., p. 162.
Habakkuk 10:6
@@@^The church, ever since emerging from her long sojourn in the wilderness, has not been able at once to shake from herself all the dirt—heathen customs—upon her, nor as yet to comprehend the whole truth, although the reformers were very zealous to restore the principles of the early church. Consequently, it has taken many years to recover the down-trodden doctrines, such as Righteousness by Faith, the Holy Spirit, Free Grace, Baptism by Immersion, etc. Moreover, after the death of each reformer, the churches which they founded, fell into the hands of foolish shepherds who were reaching out after numbers rather than after real converts. Thus as they flooded the churches with worldlings, they caused her to backslide after each forward step, with the consequence that the Lord has had to shift the responsibilities from the old leadership to a new one in each call of reformation.
Habakkuk 10:8
@@@^When the hand of the clock of time pointed to “the hour of His judgment,” a new leadership arose, and the responsibility shifted from popular Christendom to the disappointed but faithful handful of Advent believers who had heard and heeded the mighty preaching of William Miller.
Habakkuk 10:11
@@@^It is written that the Advent movement is similar to the Exodus movement, and that it is “repeating the history of that people,” and that the whole “church has turned back from following Christ her Leader, and is steadily retreating toward Egypt!” And that “the faithful city is become an harlot;” and that “My Father’s house is made a house of merchandise, a place whence the divine presence and glory have departed.” See, “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 217; Vol. 8, p. 250; Vol. 5, p. 211.
Habakkuk 11:4
@@@^It is plainly written that the church will not always remain in her present, shameful condition; that if the shepherd’s become untrue, the Lord will “take charge of the flock Himself;” and that “those who have rendered supreme homage to ‘science falsely so-called’ would not be the leaders then;” that “the Lord has faithful servants, who in the shaking, testing time will be disclosed to view.” (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 80.) Let us never forget that God is to “take the reins in His Own hands,” and that “the class who do not feel grieved over their own spiritual declension, nor mourn over the sins of others, will be left without the seal of God.”—Ibid., p. 211.)
Habakkuk 11:9
@@@^While being entertained in the home of one of our Union Conference Presidents about three years ago, I asked him this question: “Elder ——, what would you do if you believed with all your heart that the Lord has given you a message for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, and that the destiny of the church depended on the acceptance or rejection of said message; and that your own soul’s salvation depended upon your faithfulness in proclaiming it?” The answer of this brother was, “I do not know.” I replied: “The difference between you and me is that I do know, and that is why I am giving my life to the proclamation of this unpopular message of “The Shepherd’s Rod,” which is none other than the Message of the True Witness to the church of the Laodiceans.—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 3, p. 253.
Habakkuk 13:4
@@@^“In these days he has instituted no new plan to preserve the purity of his people. As of old, he entreats the erring ones who profess his name to repent and turn from their evil ways. Now, as then, by the mouth of His chosen servants He predicts the dangers before them. He sounds the note of warning, and reproves sin just as faithfully as in the days of Jeremiah. But the Israel of our time has the same temptations to scorn reproof and hate counsel as had ancient Israel. They too often turn a deaf ear to the words that God has given his servants for the benefit of those who profess the truth. Though the Lord in mercy withholds for a time the retribution of their sin, as in the days of Jeremiah, he will not always stay his hand, but will visit iniquity with righteous judgment.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 4, p. 165.
Habakkuk 13:11
@@@^“The days are fast approaching when there will be great perplexity and confusion. Satan, clothed in angel robes, will deceive, if possible, the very elect. There will be gods many and lords many. Every wind of doctrine will be blowing. Those who have rendered supreme homage to ‘science falsely so-called’ will not be the leaders then. Those who have trusted to intellect, genius, or talent, will not then stand at the head of rank and file. They did not keep pace with the light. Those who have proved themselves unfaithful will not then be entrusted with the flock. In the last solemn work few great men will be engaged.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, p. 80.
Habakkuk 16:15
@@@^If all will faithfully cooperate to carry out the foregoing instruction, then they will be helping the machinery of the Lord’s work to run like the “wheel within a wheel,” which smooth running condition is indispensable to the success of the message.
Zephaniah 2:4
@@@^At stated periods, in order to preserve the integrity of the law, the people were interviewed as to whether they had faithfully performed their vows or not. A conscientious few made returns to God of about one-third of all their income for the benefit of religious interests and for the poor. These exactions were not from a particular class of the people, but from @9all@7, the requirement being proportioned according to the amount possessed. Besides all these systematic and regular donations, there were special objects calling for free-will offerings, such as the tabernacle built in the wilderness, and the temple erected at Jerusalem. These draughts were made by God upon the people for their own good, as well as to sustain His service.
Zephaniah 7:2
@@@^“You have yourselves thrown open the doors for Satan to come in. You have given him an honored place at your investigation, or inquisition meetings. But you have shown no respect for the excellencies of a character established by years of faithfulness. Jealous, revengeful tongues have colored acts and motives, to suit their own ideas. They have made black appear white, and white black. When remonstrated with for their statements, some have said, ‘It is true.’ Admitting that the fact stated is true does that justify your course? No, no. If God should take all the accusations that might in truth be brought against you, and should braid them into a scourge to punish you, your wounds would be more and deeper than those which you have inflicted on Bro . . . . . . . . . . . . Even facts may be so stated as to convey a false impression. You have no right to gather up every report against him, and use them to ruin his reputation and destroy his usefulness. Should the Lord manifest toward you the same spirit which you have manifested toward your brother, you would be destroyed without mercy. Have you no compunctions of conscience? I fear not. The time has not yet come for this Satanic spell to lose its power. If Bro. . . . . . . . . . . . were all that you represent him to be—which I know he is not—your course would still be unjustifiable.
Zephaniah 8:1
@@@^“There have always been men and women who profess the truth, who have not conformed their lives to its sanctifying influence; men who are unfaithful, yet, deceiving themselves, and encouraging themselves in sin. Unbelief is seen in their life, their deportment, and character, and this terrible evil acts as does a canker.
Zephaniah 12:4
@@@^Abraham could not understand how the promise in Isaac was to be fulfilled and at the same time he be offered for a burned sacrifice, but Abraham knew that wisdom did not die with him, and thus he left the perplexing problem for God to work out. As Abraham became the father of the faithful because he believed, though he did not understand, then if we are to become “the children of Abraham,” we, too, must lay aside all egotism and pride of opinion, and do as did he. Says God:
Haggai 2:1
@@@^To all careless or doubting or recusant spirits who tread the side edges of the road of Present Truth, the following words of Inspiration stand as faithful sentinels, warning of the grim fact that unless all side-edge travelers get over into the middle of the road, and walk in the light, they shall eventually go the way of all aberrant Present Truth professors — “out from the ‘Shepherd’s Rod,’ — out from the light, and back into the pews of Laodiceanism, — back into the darkness of “sad” and “terrible” and “fearful” “deception.” — “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 3, pp. 253, 254, 260.
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 4:8
@@@^Though we do not know the exact hour in which Christ shall “rise up from His mediatorial work . . . and shall clothe Himself with the garments of vengeance,” yet we do know that He will do so while truth is being revealed (5T 690). Therefore, we must, like “the good man of the house,” be ready for Him, instead of being surprised, when He comes to protect His faithful ones “until the indignation be overpast.” (Isa. 26:20.)