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Page 89 of 316Habakkuk 8:5
@@@^Do ye long to become perfect “even as your Father in Heaven is perfect,” and to grasp the most “glorious of truths to come before the people of God”? And do ye long to go, danger-free, to and fro over the face of God’s earth? Keep, then, in the harness with the, bay horses, for “the bay. . . walked to and fro through the earth.” (Zech. 6:7.)
Habakkuk 8:8
@@@^And O, ye followers of the Lamb, if your hearts cry out that ye might be priests of the most high God, and bring many precious souls to a saving knowledge of the truth, ye shall receive the seal of God, escape the slaughter, and hear Him say to you:
Habakkuk 8:11
@@@^“We need the faith of Abraham in our churches today, to lighten the darkness that gathers around them, shutting out the sweet sunlight of God’s love and dwarfing spiritual growth . . . Our faith should be prolific of good works; for faith without works is dead. Every duty performed, every sacrifice made in the name of Jesus, brings an exceeding great reward. In the very act of duty, God speaks and gives His blessing. But He requires of us an entire surrender of the faculties. The mind and heart, the whole being, must be given to Him, or we fall short of becoming true Christians.”—“Testimonies for the Church.” Vol. 4, p. 145.
Habakkuk 9:4
@@@^God “is our Creator and commander, infinite in power and terrible in judgment. In mercy He employs a variety of means to bring them to see and repent of their sins. If they will continue to disregard the reproofs He sends them, and act contrary to His declared will, ruin must follow; for God’s people are kept in prosperity only by His mercy, through the care of His heavenly messengers. He will not uphold and guard a people who disregard His counsel and despise His reproofs.” — Ibid., p. 176.
Habakkuk 9:7
@@@^“A sin-hating God calls upon those who profess to keep His law to depart from all iniquity. Neglect to repent and obey His word will bring as serious consequences upon God’s people today as did the same sin upon ancient Israel. There is a limit beyond which He will no longer delay His judgments. The desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern Israel, that the corrections given through His chosen instruments cannot be disregarded with impunity.” — Ibid., pp. 166, 167.
Habakkuk 10:2
@@@^With the call of Moses to lead God’s people out of Egyptian bondage, came a responsibility hitherto unknown to man, yet God, who extended the call, also made ample provision that His servant need have no fear of failure. And the tremendous undertaking and most solemn responsibility being first placed upon Moses, and then upon those who followed him, exemplified that this it must be now.
Habakkuk 11:2
@@@^This great reformatory movement among God’s people, being in prophecy (“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 9, p. 126), the fact comes very plain that if our brethren should copy the mistakes of the Jewish leaders, of the Catholic priests, and of the Protestant ministry, God will shift the responsibilities from them as He did from the above mentioned leaders. Yea, the coming of this sad experience was foreseen even in the days of Ezekiel and Zechariah the prophets, and most recently by the “Spirit of Prophecy.” See Ezek. 4; Zech. 6; “Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. 5, pp. 80, 81.
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 12:3
@@@^“The history of the wilderness life of Israel was chronicled for the benefit of the Israel of God to the close of time. . . . God would have His people in these days review, with a humble heart and teachable spirit the trials through which ancient Israel passed, that they may be instructed in their preparation for the heavenly Canaan.”—“Patriarchs and Prophets,” p. 293.
Habakkuk 13:9
@@@^“When new light is presented to the church, it is perilous to shut yourselves away from it. Refusing to hear because you are prejudiced against the message or the messenger will not make your case excusable before God. To condemn that which you have not heard and do not understand will not exalt your wisdom in the eyes of those who are candid in their investigations of truth. And to speak with contempt of those whom God has sent with a message of truth, is folly and madness.”—“Testimonies on Sabbath School Work,” p. 60.
Habakkuk 13:10
@@@^Only recently, while renewing my acquaintance with another brother, who was connected with the General Conference, and who is now in one of the Division fields, a certain statement I made elicited from him the words: “I am going to the New Jerusalem, but I am going with the gang.”’ My reply to him was that I expected to go to the City of God also, but that I did not plan to go with the “gang,” for I did not believe the gang would ever reach the gates before they swing shut. Of course what this dear brother meant was that he is going with the majority of the ministers, trusting implicitly in the idea that the only safe course for any Seventh-day Adventist minister to take is to follow the crowd. But will it pay? If there were no record made of the experience of God’s people in the past, and no warning sent to those who live now, I might look with more favor upon this brother’s seeming credulity. But how can I, after reading the following startling statement from the pen of Inspiration?—
Habakkuk 14:8
@@@^“O, before it is forever too late, may the Spirit of God, with mighty force, send home to the hearts of parents, these fearful facts that they may quickly arouse from their long stupor, and fight for the lives of their children by placing them where God can save them!”—“The Symbolic Code,” Vol 3, Nos. 3-5, pages 9-11.
Habakkuk 15:13
@@@^“The selfish love of ‘me and mine,’ keeps many from doing their duty to others. Do they think that all the work they have to do is for themselves and their own children? ‘Inasmuch,’ says Christ, ‘as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me.’ Are your own children of more value in the sight of God than the children of your neighbors? God is no respecter of persons. We are to do all we can to save souls.”—Id., Vol. 4, p.423.
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 2:5
@@@^“There must be an awakening among us as a people upon this matter. There are but few men who feel conscience-stricken if they neglect their duty in beneficence. But few feel remorse of soul because they are daily robbing God. If a Christian deliberately or accidentally underpays his neighbor, or refuses to cancel an honest debt, his conscience, unless seared, will trouble him; he cannot rest although no one may know but himself. There are many neglected vows and unpaid pledges, and yet how few trouble their minds over the matter; how few feel the guilt of this violation of duty. We must have new and deeper convictions on this subject. The conscience must be aroused, and the matter receive earnest attention; for an account must be rendered to God in the last day, and His claims must be settled.
Zephaniah 6:2
@@@^Hence, she finds herself expending an excessive share of her time and energy helping persons who, though themselves should be helping others, are instead busy doing what they assume to be their God-given duty—questioning and criticizing the work of God, and demanding that we give account of our mode of conducting the Lord’s work.
Zephaniah 8:2
@@@^“Would all professed Christians use their investigative powers to see what evils needed to be corrected in themselves, instead of talking of others’ wrongs, there would be a more healthy condition in the church today. Some will be honest when it costs nothing, but when policy will pay best, honesty is forgotten. Honesty and policy will not work together in the same mind. In time, either policy will be expelled, and truth and honesty reign supreme, or, if policy is cherished, honesty will be forgotten. They are never in agreement; they have nothing in common. One is the prophet of Baal, the other is the true prophet of God. When the Lord makes up His jewels, the true, the frank, the honest, will be looked upon with pleasure. Angels are employed in making crowns for such ones, and upon these star-gemmed crowns will be reflected, with splendor, the light which radiates from the throne of God.
Zephaniah 8:4
@@@^“For your soul’s sake, my brethren, have an eye single to the glory of God. Leave self out of your thoughts as much as possible. We are nearing the close of time. Examine your motives in the light of eternity. I know you need to be alarmed; you are departing from the old landmarks. Your science, so-called, is undermining the foundation of Christian principle. I have been shown the course you would surely pursue, should you disconnect from God. Do not trust to your own wisdom. I tell you, your souls are in imminent peril. For Christ’s sake, search and see why you have so little love for religious exercises.
Zephaniah 8:6
@@@^“There are many matters in connection with the work of God with which you find fault, because it is natural for you to do so. And since you have turned your face against the light God revealed to you in regard to yourself, you are fast losing your discernment, and are more than ever ready to find fault with everything. You give your opinion with dictatorial confidence, and treat the queries of others in regard to your opinion as personal abuse. True refined independence never disdains to seek counsel of the experienced and of the wise, and it treats the counsel of others with respect.”—“Testimonies for The Church,” Vol. 4, p. 240.
Zephaniah 9:1
@@@^“Said the angel, ‘It is an individual work to be right with God.’ The work is between God and our own souls. But when persons have so much care of others’ faults, they take no care of themselves. These notional, fault-finding ones would often cure themselves of the habit if they would go directly to the individual they think is wrong. It would be so crossing that they would give up their notions rather than go. But it is easy to let the tongue run freely about this one or that one when the accused is not present.”—“Testimonies for The Church,” Vol. 1, p. 145.