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Page 35 of 1471 Thessalonians 59:1
@@@^My brethren, be not like the Jews of old, angered against the Truth, hating its blazing light, but praise God for giving you another opportunity to reform while mercy yet lingers. And although heart-felt confession may humble one’s pride of opinion, yet it will enhance his character and cause God to exalt him “in due time” (1 Pet. 5:6) with eternal life. If personal opposition to the message has stemmed purely from misapprehension and misunderstanding, engendered not by self-interest but solely by a conscientious desire to avoid error, there is no condemnation to be laid to one’s charge: only as one would stubbornly continue to reject evidence, would condemnation be upon him. The unfolding of the prophetic scroll will reveal to all “what manner of spirit” (Gospel Workers, p. 302) they are of — whether willing to exchange error for truth, or whether determined to identify themselves with the class who will forever be found
1 Thessalonians 73:3
@@@^Rather than raising your voices against the truth, raise them in praises of it and of the Lord, for He has charged your folly to your ignorance of the truth. If you return to Him at this final warning, He will gladly receive you and command His servants to clothe you with His best “robe” (Christ’s righteousness — Isa. 52:1), set a “ring” on your finger (the evidence of your princehood — Esther 3:12; 8:2; Gen. 41:42, 43), put “shoes” on your feet (prepare you for the proclamation of the gospel — Eph. 6:15) and then “bring hither the fatted calf” (welcome you home to His house — the Kingdom — to celebrate “the marriage supper of the Lamb” — Luke 15:23; Rev. 19:9)!
1 Thessalonians 78:2
@@@^Now, brethren, well do you know that you have not in truth been able to refute any part of @9The Shepherd’s Rod. @7Why, then, continue with your criticism in the “unfolding of truth,” until finally you find yourselves irretrievably in the class whose evil works were foreseen and recorded by Inspiration:
2 Thessalonians 4:1
@@@^In these parables, Christ clearly sets forth present truth as the indispensable condition to the establishing of His kingdom, and supreme effort as the indispensable condition to entering into it. Thus “none,” declares the Spirit of Prophecy, “but those who have fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great conflict. To every soul will come the searching test, Shall I obey God rather than men? The decisive hour is even now at hand. Are our feet planted on the rock of God’s immutable Word?” — @9The Great Controversy@7, pp. 593, 594.
2 Thessalonians 9:1
@@@^Always man’s greatest test, and one which has ever involved almost an instantaneous decision, has been in the unrolling of the scroll — in the eclipse of a past message by a new one, — present truth. On every such occasion each one has had to decide: Shall I heed the new and unpopular truth and walk in its light, joining with those who are despised by nearly every religious leader in the land? or shall I allow myself to be deterred by the decision and counsel of the ministry in my church?
2 Thessalonians 9:2
@@@^When the judgment begins and the books open and the cases of each generation pass in succession in review before the judicial tribunal, some generations suffer an almost wholesale blotting out of names instead of sins. When the generation of Christ’s first advent is weighed in the balance of the sanctuary, a whole nation will be found wanting and their names will be wiped from the book. And so in varying degree it has been at the introduction of every message in every age. “Different periods in the history of the church have each been marked by the development of some special truth, adapted to the necessities of God’s people at that time. Every new truth @9has made its way@7 against hatred and opposition; those who were blessed with its light were tempted and tried.” — @9The Great Controversy@7, p. 609.
2 Thessalonians 10:2
@@@^The Bible can be rightly explained only by the Spirit Who dictated it. He “will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will shew you things to come” that ye may “be established in the present truth.” And “whosoever . . . blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost [speaketh evil against the message] it shall not be forgiven” him: for it is the only means whereby we may be saved (John 16:13; 2 Pet. 1:12; Luke 12:10).
2 Thessalonians 11:1
@@@^Clearly, therefore, any attitude which disposes one not to make a candid investigation of any message that purports to be additional truth, must inevitably bring ruin upon oneself. While on the other hand he who accepts the truth but fails faithfully to live and to proclaim it, thereby brings upon himself ruin also — that against which Ezekiel warns: “When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock [a message] before him, he shall die: because @9thou hast not@7 given him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he hath done shall not be remembered; but his blood will I require @9at thine hand@7. Nevertheless if thou warn the righteous man, that the righteous sin not, and he doth not sin, he shall surely live, because he is warned; also thou @9hast delivered thy soul@7.” Ezek. 3:20, 21. But the wicked shall “be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.” Ps. 69:28.
2 Thessalonians 19:2
@@@^How clear, already, the light of truth at last shining forth on this all-important subject of salvation so long shrouded in the dense fog of human theories and speculations! And how solid the resultant vindication of the Spirit of Prophecy’s reaffirmation of its position on the subject: “that the sanctuary question stands in righteousness and truth, just as we have held it for so many years.” — @9Gospel Workers@7, p. 303.
2 Thessalonians 95:3
@@@^What awful solemnity invests this momentous mathematical demonstration of the great gospel truths! Revealing as it does that Christ is the only Redeemer of the world and in all ages, its truth perfectly bears out the scripture: “. . . there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:12. And at the same time it serves warning that we are living in the last days of probation, “the time of the end,” the time of the harvest.
2 Thessalonians 99:1
@@@^Thus thrillingly unfolded in number, the absolute mode of truth, is the equation of salvation, out of which, just briefly to recapitulate, emerges the number of Christ as representatives of the Godhead on earth, 3; the number of the gathering time, 40; the number of the saints in the apostolic Pentecost, 120; the combined number of the saints in the Noatic and the apostolic Pentecost, 240; the number of the Bible, 5; the number of the Bible ingathering time, 600; the number of recipients of the final Pentecost, 144,000; the number of the entire period of human probation, 6,000; and finally, the number of the overall time of sin and redemption, 7,000. What priceless Gift divine! And O may this realization stir the heart of every earnest reader, as it did the heart of David, to give praise and thanksgiving to God for His inexpressible love to man: “O Lord,” sings the prophet, “Thou art my God: I will exalt Thee, I will praise Thy name; for Thou has done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.” Isa. 25:1.
2 Thessalonians 100:1
@@@^This fourfold view of the judgment, the harvest, thus exalts the truth of it as a pearl of great price, and reveals that the depths of God’s Word are unfathomable; Its wisdom inscrutable and infinite-without beginning and without end; Its fund of knowledge a perpetual fountain of truth; Its presence ever abiding; and Its beauty ineffable!@9 @7
2 Thessalonians 123:3
@@@^That the sincere Bible student might know the saving truth for this time; that knowing it, he might follow it whithersoever it leads; that if he be baptized for the dead, he might be among the resur- rected just, or if he be baptized for the living, he might be among the translated: in either case being changed “in a moment, in twinkling of an eye” (1 Cor. 15:52), forever to be among the redeemed immortals, delivered from pain and sorrow, having entered into life and joy everlasting, — this, dear reader, is the sole object in publishing and getting into your hands this truth-laden booklet. If you are determined to enter into the glory it reveals, you will gratefully heed its clear-ringing lesson to
2 Thessalonians 124:1
@@@^As a religion that leaves the dead without resurrection and the living without translation is as good as nothing, just so is the doctrine of the Bible when divorced from practice. Though “theoretical discourses are essential, that all may know the form of doctrine, and see the chain of truth, link after link, uniting in a perfect whole. . . . no discourse should ever be delivered without presenting Christ and Him crucified as the foundation of the gospel, making a practical application on the truths set forth, and impressing upon the people the fact that the doctrine of Christ is not yea and nay, but yea and amen in Christ Jesus.” — @9Testimonies.@7 Vol. 4. pp. 394, 395.
1 Timothy 5:1
@@@^The very fact that nineteen centuries of prying at the subject to open it up has only made it the more impenetrable, is the strongest possible evidence that God controls the Scriptures and reveals Them only at the divinely appointed time. The truth of this statement is conclusively substantiated by the angel’s words: “I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth: and there is none that holdeth with me in these things, but Michael your Prince.” Dan. 10:21.@9 @7
1 Timothy 5:3
@@@^Having been put forth prematurely and without the prompting of the Spirit of Truth, human efforts have accordingly failed to discover and explain the truth of “the trumpets.” And no scripture ever being unfolded without Inspiration, the expositions of uninspired minds are hence of private interpretation, in forewarning of which the Bible says: “ . . . no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.” 2 Pet. 1:20@9 @7.
1 Timothy 6:1
@@@^So before a person can climb the ladder of Truth, he must first of all free himself from erroneous theories, which keep him bound in darkness. And to loose himself from such weights of error so as to reach the top step of the ladder of Truth, he must carefully investigate and “prove all things” in
1 Timothy 15:1
@@@^Such are the “lukewarm” church members who have not kept pace with the light, and who as a result have been left behind in every advance of truth. Whereas those who have been dissatisfied with their degree of enlightenment, who are “either hot or cold,” have marched on with present truth from generation to generation.
1 Timothy 16:2
@@@^The original title of Elder Smith’s book, @9Thoughts on Daniel and The Revelation,@7 avows him as undesigning and above-board in writing the book. The word, “thoughts,” denoting an idea, a theory, not an absolute truth, shows that he simply commended the book to its readers for whatever its contents might be worth to them. This he did, of course, with the implicit understanding that at the time of the “unrolling of the scroll” (@9Testimonies,@7 Vol.6, p.17), when the writings of Daniel and of John the Revelator would be illuminated, the reader should exchange his “thoughts,” if erroneous, for the truth, as the humble follower of Christ ever does.
1 Timothy 40:2
@@@^So by these three elements (hail, fire, and blood) is figuratively described the message which Noah preached: namely, the destruction by water (hail); the building of the ark to preserve mortal life (blood); and the power of the Spirit of Truth (fire), by which the message was brought and proclaimed. To state the facts in other words, the Spirit of truth (fire) in Noah’s message provided the ark to preserve the lives (blood) of all who heard His voice and entered therein. To all, though, who did not accept His voice and enter in, the message brought destruction by the flood (hail).