Righteousness by Faith and a Peace Which
Passeth All Understanding
Phl 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith,
Eph 5:9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is
in all goodness and righteousness and truth;)
“Those who are without God’s
protection will find no safety in any place or position. Human agents
are being trained and are using their inventive power to put in operation the
most powerful machinery to wound and to kill."{8T 49.3}
While at Loma
Linda, California, April 16, 1906, there passed before me a most wonderful
representation. During a vision of the night, I stood on an eminence, from
which I could see houses shaken like a reed in the wind. Buildings, great and
small, were falling to the ground. Pleasure resorts, theaters, hotels, and the
homes of the wealthy were shaken and shattered. Many lives were blotted out of
existence, and the air was filled with the shrieks of the injured and the
terrified. {Ev 28.1}
The destroying
angels of God were at work. One touch, and buildings so thoroughly constructed
that men regarded them as secure against every danger, quickly became heaps of
rubbish. There was no
assurance of safety in any place. I did not feel in any special peril,
but the awfulness of the scenes that passed before me I cannot find words to
describe. It seemed that the forbearance of God was exhausted, and that the
judgment day had come. {Ev 28.2}
Phl 4:7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep
your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
What a wonderful promise from God, that during the
worst time of trouble ever to come upon this earth, we may have the peace of
God that passeth all understanding and keep our hearts and minds through Christ
Jesus. All by obedience which
we owe to our creator and Saviour anyway that the horrors of sin may never
break out again.
1Jo 2:5 But
whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of
God perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.
God’s Problem in the Great Controversy With Satan over Sin
We humans sometimes become so involved with our day
to day problems that we forget or never consider that Jesus Christ, as God, has
a huge problem in regard to the Great Controversy between Himself and Satan.
Jesus has the huge problem that He must ensure that sin never breaks out again.
And His task cannot involve force in any way. God’s Kingdom is based on
self-sacrificing love, and love cannot be forced. Man needs to be so convinced
of Christ’s love for them in offering the soul of His life, His Holy Spirit for
them while they were yet sinners, that they come to love Him so totally in all
their strength, power, heart, soul and mind, that they cannot sin against Him,
so as to crucify Him afresh. This is the only basis on which sin will never
break out again.
God Almighty raised up His Son Jesus to bless us by
sacrificing His Holy Spirit, the soul of His life, as an empowering gift to
turn every one from his iniquities.
Act 3:26 “Unto you first God, having raised up his
Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your
sins.” (and this includes empowerment of the Holy Spirit.)
Another huge problem Jesus has is determining who is
safe to save. This problem must be solved by love as well. Jesus said, “if ye
love me keep my commandments,” our love in keeping His commandments must be so
strong and sure, that HE will know we are safe to save; that we would not be
the cause of sin breaking out again. And HE knows how much we love him, by our
loving Him so much, we receive the gift of His Holy Spirit Soul of His life, as
empowerment to overcome sin. So Jesus does not leave
it all to us. He gives us the very Holy Spirit Soul of His life as empowerment
against all known sin. Thus, we have no excuse for weakness and committing of
known sin. We have proffered to us the highest good, crowning gift that heaven
can bestow, and if that will not work on any individual, he/she will not be
safe to save.
"Christ
declared that after his ascension, he would send to his church, as
his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his place. This
Comforter is the Holy Spirit,--the soul of his life, the
efficacy of his church, the light and life of the world. With his Spirit Christ
sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away sin.
In the gift of
the Spirit [HIS LIFE--THE SOUL OF HIS LIFE], Jesus gave to
man the highest good that heaven could bestow....
The Spirit was
given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would
have been of no avail....
It is by the
Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a
partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit as a divine power to
overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress his
own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19, 1904, vol. 5, p. 42.
“Christ had
stooped to take upon Himself man’s nature; He was to bear an infinite weight of
woe as He should make His
soul an offering for sin; yet angels
desire that even in His humiliation the Son of the Highest might appear before
men with a dignity and glory befitting His character.” E.G. White, The Great Controversy, pp. 313, 314.
I was shown that
it is also the task of Elijah to turn the love of God’s subjects to Christ and
the Father:
Mal 3:1 Behold,
I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord,
whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the
covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:2 But who
may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he is like a refiner's fire, and like
fullers' soap:
Mal 3:3 And he shall sit as a refiner
and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as
gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in
righteousness.
As John the
Baptist prepared a bride for Christ, Desire of Ages, 179, so Elijah will aid in
preparing the bride of Christ by inspiring her to love Jesus so much that she
will cease all sin that crucifies Him afresh.
Mal 3:4 Then
shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the
days of old, and as in former years.
Mal 3:5 And I
will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the
sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and against
those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless,
and that turn aside the stranger from his right, and fear not me, saith the
LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:6 For I am
the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are
not consumed.
Mal 3:7 Even
from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have
not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of
hosts. But ye said, Wherein shall we return?
Mal 3:8 Will a
man rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein
have we robbed thee? In tithes and offerings.
Mal 3:9 Ye are
cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even this whole nation.
Mal 3:10 Bring
ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house,
and prove me now herewith, saith the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the
windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room
enough to receive it.
Mal 3:11 And I
will rebuke the devourer for your sakes, and he shall not destroy the fruits of
your ground; neither shall your vine cast her fruit before the time in the
field, saith the LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:12 And all
nations shall call you blessed: for ye shall be a delightsome land, saith the
LORD of hosts.
Mal 3:13 Your
words have been stout against me, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, What have we spoken so much against thee?
Mal 3:14 Ye have
said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it
that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the
LORD of hosts?
Mal 3:15 And now
we call the proud happy; yea, they that work wickedness are set up; yea, they
that tempt God are even delivered.
Mal 3:16 Then
they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened,
and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that
feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Mal 3:17 And
they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my
jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his
own son that serveth him.
Mal 3:18 Then shall ye return, and
discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and
him that serveth him not.
When Christ
returns, it will be apparent as to who has loved Him sufficiently to put away
all known sin. But in bountiful mercy, He has given us His Holy Spirit to
achieve the task. He has not left us helpless. Praise Jesus for the wonderful
gift of His Holy Spirit and cherish it every moment of every day. The Holy
Spirit is the life of His soul which He sacrificed for us.
"Christ
declared that after his ascension, he would send to his church, as
his crowning gift, the Comforter, who was to take his place. This
Comforter is the Holy Spirit,--the soul of his life, the efficacy of his church, the
light and life of the world. With
his Spirit Christ sends a reconciling influence and a power that takes away
sin.
In the gift of
the Spirit [HIS LIFE--THE SOUL OF HIS LIFE], Jesus gave to
man the highest good that heaven could bestow....
The Spirit was
given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would
have been of no avail....
It is by the
Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a
partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit as a divine power to
overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress his
own character upon the church." E.G. White, Review and Herald Articles, May 19, 1904, vol. 5, p. 42.
“Christ had
stooped to take upon Himself man’s nature; He was to bear an infinite weight of
woe as He should make His
soul an offering for sin; yet angels
desire that even in His humiliation the Son of the Highest might appear before
men with a dignity and glory befitting His character.” E.G. White, The Great Controversy, pp. 313, 314.
Prayerfully, you
can begin to understand how a true knowledge of the Godhead, and the full
sacrifice Jesus made for us, is essential to overcoming sin. So
praise God that you have that knowledge and never take it for granted.
Jhn 15:13 Greater
love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.
The Fight Over CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
for the Apostasy
The SDA church has a history of having problems with
corporate responsibility, even though its principles have been clearly stated
by its prophetess, Ellen G. White, to wit: Ever since Elders Donald K. Short
and Robert J. Wieland presented a study that the church was corporately
responsible for its rejection of Righteousness by faith in 1888, church leaders
have seemed to hate the principle of corporate responsibility as advanced by
Ellen G. White and the Bible.
I know SDA supporters of Walter Veith
who recommended him to me years ago, who stated decades ago that Ellen White
was dead wrong on corporate responsibility. They are
still on a tirade over corporate responsibility. They say the following clear
statement is of the devil. When I remind them that that is tantamount to
calling Ellen White a devil, they retort saying only my interpretation of the
statement is of the devil. I don’t think the statement needs any interpretation, it is so clear. It should be taken just as
it reads, and Ellen White said those who won’t take truth ‘JUST AS IT READS”
will be taken in a snare:
"The plain
straight testimony must live in the church, or the curse of God will rest upon
His people as surely as it did upon ancient Israel because of their sins. God
holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins existing in
individuals among them." Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 269.
"Christ has plainly taught that those who
persist in open sin must be separated from the church..." E. G.
White, Christ's Object Lessons, 71.
"The names
of those who sin and refuse to repent should not be retained on the church
books, lest the saints be held accountable for their evil deeds. Those
who pursue a course of transgression should be visited and labored with, and
if they then refuse to repent, they should be separated from church fellowship,
in accordance with the rules laid down in the Word of God." {11MR
208.3}
"Christ has plainly taught that those who
persist in open sin must be separated from the church, but He has not committed
to us the work of judging character and motive. He knows our nature too well to
entrust this work to us. Should we try to uproot from the church those whom we
suppose to be spurious Christians, we should be sure to make mistakes. Often we regard as hopeless subjects the very one whom
Christ is drawing to Himself, it would perhaps extinguish their last hope. Many
who think themselves Christians will at last be found wanting. Many will be in
heaven who their neighbors supposed would never enter there. Man
judges from appearance, but God judges the heart. The tares and the wheat are
to grow together until the harvest; and the harvest is the end of probationary
time." COL 71.
“The children
were not condemned for the sins of the parents; but when, with a knowledge of
all the light given to their parents, the children rejected the additional
light granted to themselves, they became partakers of the parents' sins, and
filled up the measure of their iniquity.” The
Great Controversy, p. 28.
Mat 23:35 That upon
you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of
righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias,
whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.
"The headquarters of our church, affect the whole body of
believers. If the physical heart is healthy, the blood that is sent from it
through the system is also healthy; but if this fountain is impure, the whole
organism becomes diseased by the poison of the vital fluid. So
it is with us. If the heart of the work becomes corrupt, the whole church, in
its various branches and interests, scattered abroad over the face of
the earth, suffers in consequence." Testimonies, vol. 4,
p. 210.
“In
our largest churches the greatest evils exist, because these have had the
greatest light. They have not a true knowledge of God, and of Jesus Christ
whom he has sent. The leaven of unbelief is working, and unless these evils
which bring the displeasure of God are corrected in its members, the whole church stands accountable for
them. The deep movings of the Spirit of God are not with them; the glorious
presence of the King of saints, and his power to cleanse from all moral
defilement, are not manifest among them. Many come to the assembly as
worshipers, like the door upon its hinges. They understand not the true
application of the Scriptures, nor the power of God. They have eyes, but they
see not; ears have they, but they hear not; they continue in their evil ways,
yet regard themselves as the privileged, obedient people who are doers of the
word. A carnal security and ease in Zion prevail. Peace, peace, is sounded in
her borders, when God has not spoken peace. They have forfeited the terms of
peace; there is reason for an alarm to be sounded in all "my holy
mountain." The sinners in Zion should be afraid, in a time when they do
not expect it, sudden destruction will surely come upon all who are at ease.”
{RH, December 23, 1890 par. 10}
Ted Wilson on
Corporate Responsibility for the Church praying for and receiving the Holy
Spirit: If the church is corporately responsible for that, it is corporately
responsible for the reason (apostasy) the church does not receive the Holy Spirit
Ted N. C. Wilson
on Corporate Responsibility
·
Corporate
responsibility for praying for the Holy Spirit:
Elder Ted Wilson CORRECTLY stated in his General Conference Sabbath
Sermon – July 3, 2010, that the church is corporately responsible for praying
for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. You may hear and/or read the entire
sermon at this link. Search the text for the word CORPORATELY. http://www.steps.org.au/page/go-forward-Ted-NC-Wilson.html
·
Ted Wilson’s Statement:
“It
depends on whether or not we are ready to humbly ask for revival and
reformation in our lives personally and corporately as a church which
will lead to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the latter rain.”
·
If the church is corporately responsible for the Holy Spirit’s
outpouring of the Latter Rain upon the SDA church, then the church is
corporately responsible for the apostasy that precludes that outpouring.
·
In the last typical literal fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, no “holy spirit
rain” fell upon apostate Israel, Ezekiel 22:24. So it won’t fall in the
antitypical fulfillment upon the apostate SDA church militant (wheat and tare
co-ed church).
Eze 22:19 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye are all become
dross, behold, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Jerusalem.
Eze 22:20 As they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin,
into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt it; so will I
gather you in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave you there, and melt
you.
Eze 22:21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow upon you in the fire of my
wrath, and ye shall be melted in the midst thereof.
Eze 22:22 As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be
melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out
my fury upon you.
Eze 22:23 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
Eze 22:24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is not
cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
Eze 22:25 There is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like
a roaring lion ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the
treasure and precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst
thereof.
Eze 22:26 Her priests have violated my law, and have profaned mine holy
things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, neither have
they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their
eyes from my sabbaths, and I am profaned among them.
Eze 22:27 Her princes in the midst thereof are like wolves ravening the
prey, to shed blood, and to destroy souls, to get dishonest gain.
Eze 22:28 And her prophets have daubed them with untempered
morter, seeing vanity, and divining lies unto them,
saying, Thus saith the Lord GOD, when the LORD hath not
spoken.
Eze 22:29 The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised
robbery, and have vexed the poor and needy: yea, they have oppressed the
stranger wrongfully.
Eze 22:30 And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge,
and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but
I found none.
Eze 22:31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have
consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon
their heads, saith the Lord GOD.
Corporate responsibility is stressed by the Holy Spirit gift through
Ellen White:
"The plain
straight testimony must live in the church, or the curse of God will rest upon
His people as surely as it did upon ancient Israel because of their sins. God
holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins existing in
individuals among them." Testimonies, vol. 3, p. 269.
Corporate
Responsibility as clearly taught in the Bible
The
following principle applies to every watchmen and
every Christian is supposed to be a watchman:
Eze 3:17
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning
from me.
Eze 3:18
When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and
thou givest him not warning, nor speakest
to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man
shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Eze 3:19
Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his
wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered thy
soul.
Eze 3:20
Again, When a righteous man doth turn from his righteousness, and commit
iniquity, and I lay a stumblingblock before him, he
shall die: because thou hast not 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 at thine hand.
Eze 3:21
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 hast delivered thy soul.
Same Responsibility as Ezekiel
“So far as his opportunities extend, every one who
has received the light of truth is under the same solemn and fearful
responsibility as was the prophet of Israel, to whom the word of the Lord came,
saying: "Son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel;
therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man
surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked
man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked of his
way to turn from it; if he do not turn from his way,
he shall die in his iniquity, but thou has delivered thy soul.” Eze 33:7-9.
The Great Controversy, p. 459.
The most obvious
teaching of Corporate responsibility in the Bible is that the church is part of
the corporate BODY of Jesus Christ. If that body included sinners, then Christ
would be polluted with the sin of His bride.
"We should
never give sanction to sin by our words, our deeds, our silence or our
presence." Desire of Ages, 152.
"The names
of those who sin and refuse to repent should not be retained on the church
books, lest the saints be held accountable for their evil deeds. Those
who pursue a course of transgression should be visited and labored with, and
if they then refuse to repent, they should be separated from church fellowship,
in accordance with the rules laid down in the Word of God." {11MR
208.3}
The ministers of
the church get a good salary and perks to do their job. But obviously, when
they fail to do their job, like NEVER AGAIN showing the House of Jacob its
sins, we become responsible for supporting such spiritual direlicts:
"There are fearful woes for those
who preach the truth, but are not sanctified by it, and also for those who consent to receive
and maintain the unsanctified to minister to them in word and doctrine."
Testimonies, vol. 1, p 261-62.
Ellen White
spoke of a time when there will be no assurance of safety in any place. She
said that God is withdrawing His Holy Spirit from the earth, and that things
are going to get continuously worse as time moves forward. While the prospects
of the future seem dim, God has provided us with a most wonderful assurance of
peace that passeth all understanding, that which will keep our hearts and minds
through the empowerment of the Holy Spirit of Christ Jesus. But the only way we
can receive the protection that peace affords is by living according to God’s
standards of Righteousness by faith obedience to His commandments. That is His
test for our love for Him and the brethren.
As long as we
are living within the hedge of God’s protection, which is a life of obedience
(righteousness by faith), we can be assured of protection from the many wiles
of Satan as God removes His Holy Spirit from this earth.
God’s Protection
Versus trying to protect self
It is
interesting that God told Israel that if they had not chosen to use the sword,
He would have driven out their enemies with hornets:
Exo 23:28 And I
will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite,
and the Hittite, from before thee.
“Satan Fears God’s People Praying for the Holy Spirit—There
is nothing that Satan fears so much as that the people of God shall clear the
way by removing every
hindrance, so that the Lord can pour out His Spirit upon a languishing
church and an impenitent congregation. If Satan had his way, there would never
be another awakening, great or small, to the end of time. But we are not
ignorant of his devices. It is possible to resist his power. When the way is
prepared for the Spirit of God, the blessing will come. Satan can no more
hinder a shower of blessing from descending upon God’s people than he can close
the windows of heaven that rain cannot come upon the earth. Wicked men and
devils cannot hinder the work of God, or shut out His presence from the
assemblies of His people, if
they will, with subdued, contrite hearts, confess and put away their sins, and
in faith claim His promises.—(Selected Messages 1:124.) {Pr 120.2}
Will that happen?
Will the Holy Spirit ”rain” fall upon the apostate SDA
church? In considering this question, it is important to remember that Ellen White
said that Ezekiel 9 will be literally fulfilled in the SDA church.
Study Ezekiel 9
"Study the 9th chapter of Ezekiel. These words will be literally fulfilled
yet the time is passing, and the people are asleep. They refuse to humble their
souls and to be converted. Not a great while longer will the Lord bear with the
people who have such great and important truths revealed to them, but who
refuse to bring these truths into their individual experience. The time is
short. God is calling will YOU hear? Will YOU receive His message? Will YOU be
converted before it is too late? Soon, very soon, every case will be decided
for eternity. Letter 106, 1909, pp. 2, 3, 5, 7. (To "The churches in
Oakland and Berkeley, September 26, 1909.)" E. G. White Manuscript
Releases Volume One, p. 260.
A key word in the above statement is the word literally fulfilled. Since Ezekiel 9 will be
LITERALLY FULFILLED, we can go back and see what happened in the literal
fulfillment of Ezekiel 9 in its literal fulfillment upon the Jews.
"Son of man, say unto her, Thou
art the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation. There
is a conspiracy of her prophets in the midst thereof, like a roaring lion
ravening the prey; they have devoured souls; they have taken the treasure and
precious things; they have made her many widows in the midst thereof." Eze 22:24, 25.
The land that is
not cleansed in Ezekiel 22 and NO HOLY SPIRIT rained upon in the type, was
apostate Israel and it is the SDA church in the antitypical fulfillment.
“The ruin of
Jerusalem was a symbol of the final ruin that shall overwhelm the world. The
prophecies that received a partial fulfillment in the overthrow of Jerusalem
have a more direct application
to the last days. We are now standing on the threshold of great and
solemn events. A crisis is before us, such as the world has never witnessed. ”
Thoughts From the Mount of Blessing, pp. 120, 121.
The ruin BEGINS
AT HIS SANCTUARY, HIS CHURCH, Testimonies, Vol. 5, p. 211.
“The church has
turned back from following Christ her Leader and is steadily retreating toward
Egypt. Yet few are alarmed or astonished at their want of spiritual power.
Doubt and even disbelief of the testimonies of the Spirit of God, is leavening
our churches everywhere. Satan would have it thus.” Testimonies, vol. 5, 217; see also ibid., 211; ibid., vol. 1, 608–609;
ibid., vol. 9, 164; Gospel Workers, 14–15.
Begin at My
Sanctuary -- "Here we see that the church--the Lord's sanctuary—was to
feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The ancient men, those to whom God had
given great light and who had stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of
the people, had betrayed their trust. They had taken the position that we need
not look for miracles and the marked manifestation of God's power as in former
days. Times have changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say:
The Lord will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit
His people in judgment. Thus 'Peace and safety" is the cry from men who
will never again lift up
their voice like a trumpet to show God's people their transgressions and the
house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would not bark are the ones who
feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little children
all perish together." E. G. White, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211.
“The time will
soon come when the prophecy of Ezekiel 9 will be fulfilled; that prophecy
should be carefully studied, for it will be fulfilled to the very letter.”—
Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1303.
The Signs of the Times, February 12, 1880: “The
desolation of Jerusalem stands as a solemn warning before the eyes of modern
Israel.”
In Ezekiel 22:24
"The desolation of Jerusalem in the days of Jeremiah is a solemn warning
to modern Israel, that the counsels and admonitions given them through chosen
instrumentalities cannot be disregarded with impunity.” Prophets and Kings, 416.
Ezekiel 22:24 says
that no rain (No holy Spirit) was poured out upon apostate Israel nor was she
cleansed of her apostasy. God had given her 490 years to repent, Daniel 9, and
she did not do so. The 490 years ended with the stoning of Stephen in A.D. 34.
The following
words imply CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY; that it is because of the direlection of the dumb dog watchmen, failing to bark, that
the just vengeance of God is manifest upon the church, so that Men, maidens and
little children all perish together. This is exactly what happened in A.D. 70,
and Ellen White said it will literally occur again. A literal fulfillment of
Ezekiel 9, that is.
"These dumb dogs that would not bark are the ones
who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men, maidens, and little
children all perish together."
Question: Will
those who financially support the direlection of the
dumb dog watchmen, be corporately responsible for their neglect to BARK? Walter
Veith never barks. Will his supporters be held corporately responsible for his
neglect? He and all leaders hate the subject of corporate responsibility
because of this serious truth. IF leaders like Walter Veith BARKED, they might
be fired by a church that refuses to admit that it is in apostasy. Any leader
who will NOT admit to the apostasy AND BARK, is corporately responsible for not
showing the House of Jacob its sins, so that means those who support them in
their direlection are alike corporately responsible.
The discerning reader will readily discern why the leaders who won’t BARK HATE
this principle, and that includes Walter Veith. It is because of direlection in failing to BARK, that Ezekiel 9 is literally
fulfilled. When Ezekiel 9 begins AT THE CHURCH, what will the people do to
their direlect leaders who caused Ezekiel 9
Destruction and brought it upon them? Read Great Controversy, chapter 1, 1911
edition to find out.
Ezekiel 22:24:
Son of man, say unto her, Thou art the land that is
not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.
Of
course there are CONDITIONS to the above statement. The
church must confess and put away its sins, all its apostasy and by
righteousness by faith claim His promises. That is a tall order, when Laodicea
thinks she is the church that goes trough, and has nothing to repent of, being
rich, increased with goods, in need of NOTHING. This, combined with Ezekiel
22;24 which says spiritual Jerusalem is the land that IS NOT CLEANSED or rained
upon—no outpouring of the Holy Spirit. That is why Ellen White said:
"We are not saved as a sect; no denominational name [Ship] has any
virtue to bring us into favor with God. We are saved individually as believers in the Lord Jesus
Christ." E.G. White, Review and Herald, vol. 2, p. 464.
Apostasy to Wax stronger "One thing it is
certain is soon to be realized, the great apostasy, which is developing and
increasing and waxing stronger, and
will continue to do so until the Lord shall descend from heaven with a shout. We are to hold fast the
first principles of our denominated faith, and go forward from strength to
increased faith. Ever we are to keep the faith that has been substantiated by
the Holy Spirit of God from the earlier events of our experience until the
present time. We need now larger breadth, and deeper, more earnest, unwavering
faith in the leadings of the Holy Spirit. If we needed the manifest proof of
the Holy Spirit's power to confirm truth in the beginning, after the passing of
the time, we need to-day all the evidence in the confirmation of the truth,
when souls are departing from the faith and giving heed to seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils. There must not be any languishing of soul now." (E.G.
White, Special
Testimonies, Series B, No. 7, p. 57).
Again “not rained upon nor cleansed,” means that Israel did not repent
and receive the Holy Spirit.
"How frequently ancient Israel rebelled, and how often were they
visited with judgments, and
thousands slain because they would not heed the commands of God who had chosen
them." {RH, June 25, 1861 par. 25}
If Ezekiel 9 is literally fulfilled again at the SDA church, it will
not be cleansed nor rained upon, NO OUTPOURING of the Holy Spirit upon the
church, but upon those True Reformers who do repent, reform and, as the bride
of Christ, give the Loud Cry.
How do we KNOW that we are in Christ and He is in us?
Our Characters ARE NOT changed by the resurrection: The work of
transformation MUST BE DONE NOW.
"To a large extent parents create the atmosphere of the home
circle, and when there is disagreement between father and mother, the children
partake of the same spirit. Make your home atmosphere fragrant with tender
thoughtfulness. If you have become estranged and have failed to be Bible
Christians, be converted; for the character you bear in probationary time will
be the character you will have at the coming of Christ. If you would be a saint
in heaven, you must first be a saint on earth. The traits of character you cherish in life will not be
changed by death or by the resurrection. You will come up from the grave with
the same disposition you manifested in your home and in society. Jesus does not
change the character at His coming. The work of transformation must be done
now. Our daily lives are determining our destiny." {AH 16.2}
Heb 7:25 Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that
come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make
intercession for them.
1Jo 2:5 But whoso keepeth his word, in him verily is the love of God
perfected: hereby know we
that we are in him.
Deu 11:22 For if
ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do
them, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto
him;
"If the professed
people of God in this age refuse to heed his express commands and warnings,
they will be in no more favored position than was ancient Israel, when God,
their salvation and defense, departed from them.“ {ST
September 2, 1880, par.
Deu 11:23 Then
will the LORD drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess
greater nations and mightier than yourselves.
Deu 11:24 Every
place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness
and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea
shall your coast be.
Deu 11:25 There
shall no man be able to stand before you: for the LORD your God shall lay the
fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as
he hath said unto you.
Deu 11:26 Behold,
I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
God’s protection Versus attempts to
protect ourselves.
God has promised to protect
us when we meet His conditions, and it is a lack of faith to attempt to protect
ourselves from our enemies. God has a thousand ways of which we know not.
A Thousand Ways—"Our heavenly
Father has a thousand ways to provide for us of which we know nothing.” Those
who accept the one principle of making the service of God supreme, will find
perplexities vanish, and a plain path before their feet. — The Ministry of
Healing, 481 (1905). {CM 114.1}
At Sinai they had
been warned against idolatry. “Thou shalt not
bow down to their gods, nor serve
them, nor do after their works: but thou shalt utterly
overthrow them, and quite break down their images.” So long as they remained obedient,
God would subdue their enemies: “I will send My fear
before thee, and will destroy
all the people
to whom thou shalt come... . And I will send
hornets before thee, which shall
drive out the Hivite, the
Canaanite, and the Hittite, from
before thee. I will not drive
them out from before thee
in one year; lest the land
become desolate, and the beast
of the field
multiply against thee. By little
and little I will drive them
out from before thee, until
thou be increased,
and inherit the land... . Thou
shalt make no covenant with them, nor
with their gods. They shall not dwell
in thy land,
lest they make thee sin against Me; for if thou serve their gods, it will
surely be a snare unto thee.” Exodus 23:24, 27-33. {EP 391.3}
Deu 11:27 A blessing, if ye obey the
commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day:
Deu 11:28 And a curse, if ye will not obey
the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way
which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not
known.
Deu 11:29 And it
shall come to pass, when the LORD thy God hath brought thee in unto the land
whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put
the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal.
The broken ranks will be filled up by those
represented by Christ as coming in at the eleventh hour. There are many with
whom the Spirit of God is striving. The time of God's destructive judgments is the time of mercy for those
who [now] have no opportunity to learn what is truth. Tenderly will the Lord
look upon them. His heart of mercy is touched, His hand is still
stretched out to save, while
the door is closed to those who would not enter. Large numbers will be admitted who in these last days
hear the truth for the first time.--Letter 103,
1903. {LDE 182.2}
God’s
destructive judgments are slated to come in an effort to awaken any who will be
awakened, AND HAVE HAD NO OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN WHAT IS TRUTH, while the door is closed to those
who would not enter; for those who knew the truth but would not respond by
obeying God. This will be a most serious and solemn time. I pray that
YOU, dear reader will be ready to be protected during that time of judgments by
being obedient to God’s commandments NOW and forevermore. This is our only hope
to escape terrible judgments and to be saved. But eternal life is worth it all
friends. Let’s not sell out for any less by imbibing any of the foolish
temptations of Satan designed to cheat us out of eternal life. He is seeking
whom he may devour.
Character Not Changed at the Second Coming
1Pe 5:8 Be sober, be
vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about,
seeking whom he may devour.
This earth is our proving
ground, proving who is safe to save or not. This is a most serious fact of
truth. Ellen White says that the characters we form now are for eternity and
that character will not be changed.
Heb 7:25 Wherefore he is
able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he
ever liveth to make intercession for them.
Sins That are
not Generally Recognized as Sin
One
of the most insidious deceptions of Satan is to catch us up in sins that are
not generally recognized as sin. A classic example of this sin in the church is
the consumption of coffee and tea. Ellen White, the voice of the Holy Spirit to
the church said that Coffee drinking is a sin.
Use
Inimical to Spiritual Life—Tea
and coffee drinking is a sin, an injurious indulgence, which, like other
evils, injures the soul.
These darling idols create an excitement, a morbid action of the nervous
system. — Counsels on Diet and Foods, 425. {Te 80.1}
Destructive Narcotics—All should bear a clear testimony against tea and
coffee, never using them. They are narcotics, injurious alike to the brain and
to the other organs of the body.—Counsels on Diet and Foods, 430. {Te 79.3}
Destroys Temple of God—The drunkard sells his reason for a cup of poison.
Satan takes control of his reason, affections, conscience. Such a man is
destroying the temple of God. Tea drinking helps to do this same work. Yet how
many there are who place these destroying agencies on their tables, thereby quenching
the divine attributes.—Manuscript 130, 1899. {Te 79.4}
If
you are even tempted to think Ellen White has gone over the top in the above
statement, buy the book entitled Caffeine Blues by Stephen Cherniske, M.S. Every page of
this book will shock and rock you!!!!!! If you are even a casual coffee
drinker, you need the book like you need your next breath of air!!!!!!! To
discover how coffee is injurious to every vital organ in the body, including
the eyes, contributing to optical macular degeneration. Read just two or three
sections in this well researched book, and you won’t question Ellen White in
the least on this issue. Yet some SDA churches are serving coffee and donuts in
the sacred sanctuary. SDA universities have coffee houses, such as The Grind at
PUC. You pay high tuition to have your offspring become addicted to coffee,
which Ellen White says is a sin.
Coffee
beans are the most highly sprayed crop, so in addition to injurious caffeine,
you get dangerous pesticides, which damage the organs as well. We cannot expect
God to keep us in health when we are partaking of substances that He has warned
us from in the Holy Spirit gift to the church. Some of the implications creep
up on us unawares, like optical macular degeneration of the eyes. Better wake
up friends and heed the blessings we have inherited through the gift of the
Holy Spirit of prophecy to the church.
“Because of
imprudence in eating, the senses of some seem to be paralyzed, and they are
sluggish and sleepy. These pale-faced ministers who are suffering in
consequence of selfish indulgence of the appetite, are no recommendation of
health reform. When suffering from overwork, it would be much better to drop
out a meal occasionally, and thus give nature a chance to rally. Our laborers
could do more by their example to advance health reform than by preaching it.
When elaborate preparations are made for them by well-meaning friends, they are
strongly tempted to disregard principle; but by refusing the dainty dishes, the
rich condiments, the tea and coffee, they may prove themselves to be true,
practical health reformers. Some are now suffering in consequence of
transgressing the laws of life, thus causing a stigma to rest on the cause of
health reform. Excessive indulgence in eating, drinking, sleeping, or seeing,
is sin.—Testimonies for the Church 4:416. {GW92 253.1}
"The enemy
will set everything in operation to uproot the confidence of the believers in
the pillars of our faith in the messages of the past, which have
placed us upon the elevated platform of eternal truth, and which have
established and given character to the work. The Lord God of Israel has led out
His people, unfolding to them truth of heavenly origin… The truth for this time
is precious, but those whose hearts have not been broken by falling on the Rock
Christ Jesus, will not see and understand what is truth. They will accept that
which pleases their ideas, and will begin to manufacture
another foundation than that which is laid. They will flatter their own
vanity and esteem, thinking
that they are capable of removing the pillars of our faith, and replacing them
with pillars they have devised. This will continue to be as long as
time shall last." Notebook, Leaflets, pp. 61-62.
Begin at My
Sanctuary -- "Here we see that the church--the Lord's
sanctuary--was the first to feel the stroke of the wrath of God. The
ancient men, those to whom God had given great light and who had
stood as guardians of the spiritual interests of the people, had betrayed their
trust. They had taken the position that we need not look for
miracles and the marked manifestation of God's power as in former days. Times
have changed. These words strengthen their unbelief, and they say: The Lord
will not do good, neither will He do evil. He is too merciful to visit His
people in judgment. Thus 'Peace and safety" is the cry from men who
will never again lift up their voice like a trumpet to show God's people their
transgressions and the house of Jacob their sins. These dumb dogs that would
not bark are the ones who feel the just vengeance of an offended God. Men,
maidens, and little children all perish together." E. G.
White, Testimonies, Vol. 5, 211.
If the bad leave
that church, why does Ezekiel 9 begin there? Why
did Ellen White prophesy that the church militant (SDA wheat and tare co-ed
apostate church) would refuse the conditions so God’s promises will not be
fulfilled to that church?
proʊˈlɛpsɪsShow Spelled[proh-lep-sis] Show IPA
noun, plural pro·lep·ses -siz Spelled[-seez] Show IPA.
1. Rhetoric . the anticipation of possible objections in order to
answer them in advance.
2. the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period
earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in
the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism.
3. the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable.
4. a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism
or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection;
thought provoked by sense perception.
5. Pathology . the return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a
paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals.
PROLEPSIS
PROPHETIC STATEMENT on the Final Fate of the SDA church by Ellen G. White:
Here is the Spirit of Prophecy prophesied prolepsis
statement regarding the final fate of that once Noble Ship. This is a major
LYNCHPIN to my warning message. Can you explain it away? Are you a passenger on
this once NOBLE SHIP, that is about to sink to rise no more? NOTICE WHO SEPARATES FROM WHOM:
"Jesus
sends HIS PEOPLE a message of
warning to prepare them for his coming. To the prophet John was made known the
closing work in the great plan of man's redemption. He beheld an angel flying
'in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and
people, saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him for the hour
of his Judgment is come and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the
sea, and the fountains of waters [Rev. 14:6, 7.].
The angel
represented in prophecy as delivering this message, symbolizes a class of faithful men, who,
obedient to the promptings of God's Spirit and the teachings of his word,
proclaim this warning to the inhabitants of earth. This message was not to be committed to the religious leaders of the
people. They had failed to preserve their connection with God, and had
REFUSED THE LIGHT FROM HEAVEN therefore they WERE NOT of the number described
by the apostle Paul: 'But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day
should overtake you as a thief. Ye are all the children of light, and the
children of the day we are not of the night nor of darkness' [1 Thess. 5:4,
5].
The watchmen upon the walls of Zion
should be the first to catch the tidings of the Saviour's advent, the first to
lift their voices to proclaim him near, the first to warn the people to prepare
for his coming. But they were at ease, dreaming of peace and safety, while the
people were asleep in their sins. Jesus saw HIS CHURCH, like the barren
fig-tree, covered with pretentious leaves, yet destitute of precious fruit.
There was a boastful observance of the forms of religion, while the spirit of
true humility, penitence and faith--which alone could render the service
acceptable to God--was lacking. Instead of the graces of the Spirit, there were
manifested pride, formalism, vainglory, selfishness, oppression. A BACKSLIDING CHURCH closed
their eyes to the signs of the times. God did nor forsake them, or suffer his
faithfulness to fail but they departed
from him, and SEPARATED THEMSELVES from his love. As they REFUSED
TO COMPLY WITH THE CONDITIONS, his promises were NOT FULFILLED to
them." E.G. White, The Spirit of Prophecy, Vol.
4, pp. 199-200 [The 1884 edition of The Great Controversy,
199, 200].
Note these
important delineations in the above statement:
·
What are the conditions? Obedience to
the commandments
·
Ellen White
is addressing HIS PEOPLE.
·
Ellen White
is addressing those to whom God committed the EVERLASTING GOSPEL of Revelation
14.
·
Ellen White
is defining the angel represented in prophecy as symbolizing a class of
faithful men.
·
Ellen White
is saying emphatically that the final Loud Cry message is delivered NOT BY
THE LEADERS OF THE SDA CHURCH, but by a class of faithful men, because the
leaders had failed to preserve their connection with God and had refused light
from heaven!
·
Ellen White
is addressing "watchmen upon the walls of Zion," NOT FALLEN BABYLON!
·
Twice Ellen
White mentions HIS CHURCH, NOT FALLEN BABYLON.
·
It is the MEMBERS of said church that
SEPARATE FROM GOD, AND THAT IS WHY WE HAVE TO SEPARATE FROM THEM OR BE
CORPORATELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR APOSTASY.
·
The above reasons are why there is
another coming out of a faithful remnant FROM APOSTATE JERUSALEM AS WELL AS
FALLEN BABYLON.
·
Isa 37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house
of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
·
Isa 37:32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a
remnant, and they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts
shall do this.
Ellen White is addressing a BACKSLIDING CHURCH
whose leaders and laity alike failed and rejected light from heaven and
who refused to comply with the conditions so that God's promises are not
fulfilled to them. Consider the following commentary on the 1884 Great
Controversy that the above statement is quoted from:
“Consider for a few moments the chapter in the
first edition of Great Controversy, Volume IV, published by Pacific
Press in 1884. In Chapter XXVII, ‘The Snares of Satan,’ you find that about
four pages in the latter part of the chapter were omitted from the later
editions of Great Controversy. These four pages are to be found in
Testimonies to Ministers, pages 472 to 475. The information contained in these
four pages is very valuable to Seventh-day Adventists and was very
appropriately included in the first edition of Great Controversy, Volume IV,
which when it was published was like the other volumes considered to be A
MESSAGE ESPECIALLY TO SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS, and to [all] Christian people
sympathizing with them in beliefs and aims.” W. C. White, Selected Messages,
Appendix C, pp. 452, 453.
In
the LITERAL fulfillment of Ezekiel 9 example of apostate Israel, (A. D. 27-70)
all the good left the apostate Jewish church, the Synagogue of Satan. Ezekiel
22:17-31. In the next LITERAL fulfillment of Ezekiel 9, the good leave the bad
and the apostate church is destroyed:
Isa
37:31 And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take
root downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isa
37:32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and they that escape out
of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this.
Ellen White was
referring to the final true remnant of SDA’s. The church militant is not the
remnant church. Like the Jewish “chosen people” church, it was supposed to be
the remnant, but like the Jewish church, it has committed abomination apostasy.
So all the faithful Christians left the apostate
Jewish church for Home churches and finally fled to Pella. The faithful once
more will go forth OUT OF (SDA Spiritual) JERUSALEM, AS WELL AS OUT OF BABYLON,
because both are apostate. Isaiah 37:31, 32 and Revelation 18:1, 2.
Isa 37:31 And
the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root
downward, and bear fruit upward:
Isa 37:32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant, and
they that escape out of mount Zion: the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do
this.
God bless your
study of the pure truth in lieu of the teachings of apostate man.
No Difference
Between the Fallen Churches and the World
“I saw that
since the second angel proclaimed the fall of the churches, they have been
growing more and more corrupt. They bear the name of being Christ's followers;
yet it is impossible to distinguish them from the world. Ministers take their
texts from the Word of God, but preach smooth things. To this the natural heart
feels no objection. It is only the spirit and power of the truth and the
salvation of Christ that are hateful to the carnal heart. There is nothing in
the popular ministry that stirs the wrath of Satan, makes the sinner tremble,
or applies to the heart and conscience the fearful realities of a judgment soon
to come. Wicked men are generally pleased with a form of piety without true
godliness, and they will aid and support such a religion.
Said the angel,
"Nothing less than the whole armor of righteousness can enable man to
overcome the powers of darkness and retain the victory over them. Satan has
taken full possession of the churches as a body.” Early Writings, p. 273.
In the Name of
the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
R William
Beaulieu
All who teach
against Corporate Responsibility, must answer to the following evidence as
presented by an Andrews University Scholar.
Toward a Biblical View of
Collective Responsibility for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the
Twenty-first Century
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1034&context=theses
Conclusions
As this world
and the professing church plunge into the midnight darkness of sin and
apostasy, what greater promise could there be than the promise that we may have
peace that passeth all understanding. And all we have to do is trust and obey.
Christ has provided all the means by which we may obey His commandments, even
the aid of His Holy Spirit empowerment given for obedience, Rom. 1;5.
Ellen White
defined grace also as the Holy Spirit, to wit:
“They must have His
grace, the Spirit of Christ, to help their infirmities, or they cannot form
a Christian character. Jesus loves to have us come to Him, just as we
are—sinful, helpless, dependent.” Faith
and Works, p. 38.