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Page 9 of 19Nahum 5:5
@@@^I hope that you write to me again soon and tell me what you are going to do, and remember that I am for you first, last, and always. I am crying as I write, for it doesn’t seem fair that some of my boys don’t have strength of character enough to make the effort to go to heaven, and when I get there and look for you, what a cry that would be to see you all on the outside, only for the reason: “Self serving, “ “Not interested,” “Fooled by the Devil!”
Habakkuk 6:7
@@@^@1@9The “Stars” are all the tribes complete—@7@1@9The saints who never will retreat:@7@1@9Though fierce the battle rages on,@7@1@9They fight for souls till hope is gone,@7@1@9And when their work on earth is done,@7@1@9And they eternal life have won,@7@1@9They’ll stand upon the “Sea of Glass”@7@1@9With joy that nothing can surpass.@7@1@9To those who will this light behold,@7@1@9The richest truths will yet unfold.@7@1@9Anoint my eyes that I may see,@7@1@9And with Thy “Robe,” Christ, cover me.@7@8
Habakkuk 7:4
@@@^Hence, if this glorious pictorial representation, portraying the grand finale of the plan of salvation, which none but the Master Artist, Himself, could do, has thus ceasely challenged and inspired time’s reverential thousands to whom its truth must needs then have remained the better part a mystery, what dynamic inspiration, then, yea, and exulting, holy, transporting joy, should it afford us, “the elect of God,” who are now privileged to behold the Divine Hand gradually drawing away the veil of mystery, and thus identifying us as that immortal company—the 144,000, the ineffable privilege of being one of which has ever been the hopeless wish of the Christian!
Haggai 5:1
@@@^Therefore, unless we obey and receive the stamp of God’s approval, now, in the time of “the closing work for the church,” (3T 266), how may we hope to have a part in the setting up of that kingdom in the time when the 144,000 go forth “as the children of Israel” and “bring an offering in a @9clean vessel@7, which “offering” is explained in Isaiah 66:20 as being “brethren” “out of all nations,” of whom the Lord says He “will also take of them for priests and for Levites.” (Verse 21.)
Haggai 12:1
@@@^@0It seemed our cares had fled away.@0As we awoke that Sabbath day,@0And here we fed as in days of old,@0Upon the Rod in Carmel’s fold,@0Our souls were filled with joy and peace@0We hope and pray will never cease.@0We studied Hosea One and Three@0And in Matthew Twenty-four we see@0That we must preach the Kingdom of Heaven@0As found in Ezekiel Thirty-seven.@0“Thy Kingdom come Thy will be done,”@0We see this work has now begun.@8
Malachi 6:10
@@@^Hence, as the church to whom the Lord had restored this precious gift was fast surrendering to a strange leadership, drifting away from “the old landmarks,” her membership becoming worldly-minded and despising the Lord’s call for her returning to Him, He has left the following promise on record for our warning, comfort, and hope, to be helped out of the strange hands, out of the worldly mind, and back to the old landmarks: “Somebody is to come in the spirit and power of Elijah, and when he appears, men may say: ‘You are too earnest, you do not interpret the Scriptures in the proper way. Let me tell you how to teach your message.’ ”—“Testimonies to Ministers,” pp. 475, 476.
Malachi 9:2
@@@^Indeed, not only small and insignificant did the work then appear to be, but also impossible to carry forward. Nevertheless, as the doubting ones among the great multitude saw an open door in Jesus’ crucifixion, they separated themselves from among the faithful. And as the remaining ones of His followers lost confidence in themselves, renounced self, and sought the Lord earnestly at a time when there was not in themselves even the least hope of continuing the work, they gave the Lord an opportunity to manifest His great power and to advance the cause of God with such rapidity that in one day, with one sermon, there were converted three thousand souls. Then daily after that were added “only such as should be saved”—such as never backslid. Thus did the work of the gospel begin to grow rapidly, once the Lord got a group of people that He could trust and use.
Matthew 8:6
@@@^“It has been my misfortune to be away from Mt. Carmel since the fourteenth day of the month of September. All my interest, my hopes, in fact, my very life, are centered there. My all-consuming desire is to be permitted to return. Whatever my mistakes have been, I pray that I will be forgiven them, and that I may resume my work there. And whatever the work assigned to me, I will perform it faithfully, esteeming myself as honored by my heavenly Father.
Matthew 15:10
@@@^“But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with Him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise, first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” 1 Thess.4:13-17. @8
Mark 10:4
@@@^As the figures in these reports show that we have not lost a dollar of our gifts, but rather have multiplied them, we hope that we have not by neglect lost a soul that could have been saved. Our hearts are sad, however, when we think of the brethren who are kept in darkness simply because the denominational ministry has barred the sealing message from them, and because contrary to the will of God (Jer. 6:16; 1 John 4:1), they are foolish enough to commit their salvation to mortal men (specifically to the ministry), listening to their tirade against the message, while the ministers themselves, having been forbidden to read Present Truth literature or to listen to Present Truth message-bearers, hardly know anything about it! Moreover, these shepherds, whose religious liberty is taken away from them, forbid the laity’s investigating for themselves. Hence, as the greater part of both ministry and laity fear either the sacrifice they must make,—departing from all worldlings and worldliness, or the reproach of being cast out,—they are therefore perfectly willing to close their ears to the Voice of Christ while having them wide open to the voice of men, entirely trusting to what the conference presidents say, as though the ministers and the laity were senseless, unable either to think or to reason for themselves. Thus they are blindly giving consent to suggestions and commands of men, laying down all their God-given ability of judging for themselves, with the consequence that when they hear a voice, they need someone to tell them whether it is the voice of the Good Shepherd, or of the “roaring lion.” What a pity! May he Lord have mercy on them, and some way, somehow, rescue them from their lukewarm (satisfied) condition, by helping them to see that they are “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” (Laodicean), for they certainly see not their plight. May they hear the Voice of the True Witness and be healed, is our earnest prayer.
Mark 14:4
@@@^Though in my work, God has many times spoken to me, saying, Go here or go there, He has never spoken more plainly than when He said, This is the truth, Walk ye in it. Inexpressibly happy as I am that I obeyed, my great concern and hope now is that my example may be such as to encourage all who have heard His Voice saying, “This is the way walk ye in it” quickly to follow Him and that I may be a channel of light to those who are yet in darkness concerning the call of the hour.
John 2:4
@@@^Righteousness by faith is, therefore, the doing of deeds which only in faith bear the evidence of righteousness,—the substance sustaining the hope of something which does not now appear. For example, if, like Abraham, we do without delay all that God has revealed to us, even though we see ourselves unrighteous as did Isaiah when he saw the Lord (Isa. 6:5), then the moment we repent of, and forsake, our evil deeds, we accept, by faith, the unseen reality that the Lord has cleansed us from them. At that moment, we stand, in His sight, not in ours, “as white as snow.” Isa. 1:18. This does not mean, however, that we now count ourselves to have reached perfection, and that we are no longer subject to sin, “for a just man falleth seven times and riseth up again.” Prov. 24:16.
John 2:7
@@@^We now live the life of Christ by faith; but in the kingdom—the substance of our hope—where “the evidence of things” @9is@7 seen, we shall live by sight, “for now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face.” I Cor. 13:12. The life which we now live is a battle and a march; a defeat and a victory; a struggle to overcome. This daily battle between the Spirit of God and the spirit of man, the apostle Paul sets forth, as follows:
John 6:5
@@@^“I can say that there is joy deeply in my heart, that I am, and hope to continue to be, one of those striving to be among the 144,000, who soon shall go walking through the gates of Jerusalem, into The Kingdom. I ask your prayers that I may be strong in the work of the Lord.” @3Clara Edens@3Hialeah, Florida
John 6:7
@@@^“I had lost my bearings, and was floundering, nearly hopeless, when a fellow-traveler described the SRod message, and recognized it as a true beacon light. I had sighted it previously, but took it to be a false light. When my fellow-traveler declared he believed it to be true, I started investigating to prove to him that it was false; and to my surprise and astonishment I found it to be true, just what we had been looking for, for several years!
John 6:8
@@@^“Now with renewed courage and confidence we are again on our way rejoicing in the blessed hope of winning those crowns of eternal life that Jesus is holding in store for us until we reach the harbor of eternal peace beyond the boundary line of these troubled waters.” @3C. Sealy@3Toledo, Ohio
John 10:9
@@@^“Three years ago we studied and accepted the Present Truth—the promised Elijah message (Mal. 4:5). It has convicted us that we must thoroughly search our lives and, by God’s help, lay aside all our sins. We feel that the SRod message has brought us great comfort in our trials, and inexpressible joy in the hope of a soon established kingdom of peace.” @3Frank and Golda Grimm@3Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Romans 7:2
@@@^History shows on the one hand that those who are standing on the side of wrong are fearful of and even scornful toward any literature that claims to carry more light than what they already have. Only those who are wrong and who can give no answer to the advancing Truth, get angry with its advocates, refuse to look into it, and become exceedingly careful to destroy it because they do not wish to accept it, or permit anyone else to come in contact with it. While on the other hand, those who are on the side of right are never troubled by coming in contact with anything, even if it be error. And, whether or not they accept its teachings, they are conscience-free, not fearful, to pass the literature on to others for them to read for themselves if they wish, just as staunch Seventh-day Sabbath believers, themselves, are never fearful of coming in contact, or of having others come in contact, with the Sunday doctrine. Only those who are right are glad and “ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh [them] a reason of the hope that is in [them] with meekness and fear.” I Pet. 3:15.
Romans 7:6
@@@^A certain believer kept on after me and would not let me alone. I thought he was crazy, but finally I decided to listen to his doctrine. Now I am about as crazy as he is over the Truth. The message is rich, and God is good to me to give me the promise of never dying. This certain believer and I were baptized into the S. D.A. church together, and now we hope to be in the kingdom together. @3J. C.
Romans 8:13
@@@^This message means everything to me. I am so glad for a message that rebukes and reproves my sins, and at the same time holds such a promise of hope. To be one of the 144,000 is certainly worth striving for, and is worth any kind of persecution I have had to suffer since accepting this message.