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Page 98 of 147Ephesians 15:3
@@@^“The Lord does not @9now work@7,” says the @9Spirit of Prophecy@7, “to bring many souls into the truth, because of the church-members who have never been converted, and those who were once converted but who have backslidden. What influence would these unconsecrated members have on new converts? Would they not make of no effect the God-given message which His people are to bear?” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 6, p. 371.
Ephesians 23:3
@@@^“...They will question and criticize everything” says the Spirit of Prophecy in forewarning of the purification, “that arises in the @9unfolding of truth@7, criticize the work and position of others, criticize every branch of the work in which @9they have not themselves @7a part. They will feed upon the errors and mistakes and faults of others, ‘until,’ said @9the angel@7, ‘the Lord Jesus shall rise up from his mediatorial work in the heavenly sanctuary, and shall clothe himself with the garments of vengeance, and surprise them at their unholy feast; and they will find themselves unprepared for the marriage supper of the Lamb.’” — @9Testimonies@7 Vol. 5, p. 690.
Ephesians 24:1
@@@^These solemn words, may each lay well to heart, and may none let the enemy beguile them “with good words and fair speeches” on this life-and-death matter. Fix in your mind the fact that Christ’s rising “up from His mediatorial work” cannot be after probation has closed, for, note carefully, He is to “rise up” during “the @9unfolding of truth@7.”
Ephesians 28:2
@@@^This positive declaration by the Lord, Himself, manifests that the message be unadulterated — the pure truth, proof absolute against contamination of man’s utterance. The messengers, being made @9dumb@7, can speak only when He opens their mouths, and only what He puts in their mouths — a “Thus saith the Lord God.” Taking no credit to themselves, they are to
Ephesians 29:1
@@@^From this dreadful experience, recorded for our warning, and from the other grave truths brought forth herein, we plainly see that in order for the Lord to prepare His servants for the seal, He is setting forth every necessary lesson, even the lesson inherent in
Ephesians 32:3
@@@^“God has promised that where the shepherds are not true He will @9take charge@7 of the flock himself.... In this time, the gold will be separated from the dross in the church. True godliness will be clearly distinguished from the appearance and tinsel of it. Many a star that we have admired for its brilliancy, will then go out in darkness.... Those who have been timid and self-distrustful, will declare themselves openly for Christ and His truth. The most weak and hesitating in the church will be as David — willing to do and dare” (@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, pp. 80, 81) — facts which, along with those which ensue, show that
Ephesians 37:2
@@@^The fact, therefore, that from the chariot, the Lord commands the prophet to go speak, bear the message, to His people, and that the message totals over 1250 pages of literature published since 1930, unfolding its truth from different angles, solemnly reveals that the chariot, though invisible to human beings (as to “the young man” were the chariots which covered the mountains — 2 Kings 6:17), has already arrived.
Ephesians 44:2
@@@^As you will find yourself under severe trial if you obey your inner convictions and take hold of the truth, you must therefore let the Lord alone be your guide, and Inspiration your only teacher. Do not value your salvation so little as to trust to the wisdom of another. Be wise: obey the word of the Lord, investigate for yourself, and do not delay, for you know not the narrow margin of time between you and heaven! “Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.” Mic. 7:5.
Ephesians 50:1
@@@^Your attitude, my brethren, toward the glorious light now shining upon the “Three Angels’ Messages,” is but a fulfillment of prophecy: “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing,” — truth or prophets, — you refuse to be interested in investigating the cry of the Angel whose glory is to “lighten the earth.”
Ephesians 51:3
@@@^“...if a message comes that you @9do not understand, take pains@7 that you may hear the reasons the messenger may give,...for your position will not be shaken by coming in contact with error. There is no virtue or manliness in keeping up a continual warfare in the @9dark@7, closing your eyes lest you may see, closing your ears lest you may hear, hardening your heart in ignorance and unbelief lest you may have to @9humble@7 yourselves and acknowledge that you have received light on some points of truth.
Philippians 4:1
@@@^Since the doctrine of the millennium presents several vexed and mooted questions of vital importance to the salvation of every human being, and since the truth alone will set the soul free from deception and sin, and sanctify the heart, the need is imperative, therefore, that we discover the correct answer to every such question.
Philippians 6:2
@@@^Here, on the testimony of the Lord, Himself, are the facts to which “we ought to give the more earnest heed” (Heb. 2:1) in order to arrive at the exact and whole truth — the conclusion common to all the writings of the Bible regarding the millennium and related subjects; facts which also, moreover, give rise to the question: Is the earth during the millennium
Philippians 15:1
@@@^These verses, carrying the continuity of thought, describe @9what@7 the Lord is to do to the earth whereas those omitted (Isa. 24:2, 3, and 7 to 18 inclusive), as indicated by the omission marks, contain parenthetical thoughts describing @9how@7 He is to do it, and declaring that He will bestow upon one class of people all the blessings, and bring upon another class all the curses. Verses 2 and 3 unveil the earth emptied of all its inhabitants, irrespective of anyone’s position, whether of honor or of dishonor — from the pious priest down to the lowly slave. And verses 4 to 12 disclose that all the joy will be taken away from the people; that great calamities will overtake them just before the earth is made empty; and that “when thus it shall be in the midst of the land among the people, there shall be as the shaking of an olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes when the vintage is done.” Isa. 24:13. In brief, these verses reveal that just prior to the emptying of the earth, there shall be a great shaking among the people, with the result that all who are @9not@7 found steadfast in Christ, — the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 14:6), — shall fall; whereas those who are found steadfast, shall be the “left,” and thus being
Philippians 17:2
@@@^Thus we see plainly that the redeemed from the church — the servants of God (the first fruits, or first-born — the Biblical term for the priesthood or the ministry) — stand firmly during the shaking “in the midst of the land,” with the result that they carry the truth to all nations during the “shaking” in the world, thereby taking salvation to many. These two classes of the living are necessarily, therefore, the only redeemed who are left after the shaking. They are spared, “delivered,” from the destruction, because their names are “found written in the book.” Dan. 12:1. And that they are not “left” on the earth while it lies in a state all broken, desolate, and void, but rather are “left” from the destruction, Isaiah, himself, makes plain when he says “the inhabitants of the earth are burned, and few men @9left@7” Isa. 24:6. These words do not even imply that the redeemed are left on the earth during the time of its desolation, but are “left,” spared, from the destruction.
Philippians 20:2
@@@^Since the prophets and the Revelator, too, saw the first earth and the first heaven pass away and new ones replace them, anyone would be as foolish as he would be dishonest to gainsay and oppose this plain truth, thereby deceiving himself and confusing others. So the need is very urgent that all give careful consideration to the ensuing
Philippians 22:1
@@@^Seeing that the Scriptures say much about “the heaven,” also about “the heavens,” made new the responsibility, therefore, of ascertaining the difference between @9heaven @7and @9heavens@7 rests upon every seeker of truth. Pursuant to this end, we must consider first
Philippians 35:1
@@@^That no excuse be left to anyone for ignorance or error on this truth, John was shown not only the great white throne on which sits the Judge Eternal, “from Whose face the earth and the heaven fled away” (Rev. 20:11), but also other thrones, or seats, on which evidently sit the jury. And instead of only “ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands” (Rev. 5:11) of angels as witnesses, he saw present on this occasion also “the souls of them that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, and for the Word of God, and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, or in their hands; and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years . . . This is the first resurrection.” Rev. 20:4, 5.
Philippians 40:1
@@@^The Scriptures exhort that those in the Truth be “in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat? Nevertheless we, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness. Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless” (2 Pet. 3:11-14), and the more so now while He is
Philippians 49:3
@@@^The promise, therefore, is unmistakably to the latter and to their descendants who composed the Christian church in its beginning, and who were willing to die for, rather than to deny, their Lord. The promise is not, in other words, to the unconverted (represented first by Ishmael, and second by Esau); rather it is to their younger brethren — the converted Jews (represented first by Isaac, and second by Jacob). It is therefore to those who have allowed the Lord to change their names from “Jews” (fleshly Israel) to “Christians” (spiritual Israel), just as Jacob their forefather, allowed God to change his name from Jacob to Israel. Thus being by natural birth the seed of Jacob, and by spiritual birth, the seed of Christ (the Truth), they are both sons of Jacob and sons of God, and hence full-fledged Jews, Israelites indeed.
Philippians 67:1
@@@^Thus it is that “only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures, and who have received the love of the truth, will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive. By the Bible testimony these will detect the deceiver in his disguise . . . Are the people of God now so firmly established upon His word that they would not yield to the evidence of their senses? Would they, in such a crisis, cling to the Bible, and the Bible only?” @9The Great Controversy@7, p. 625.