“He that is faithful in that which is least is also faithful in much: and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” (Luke 16:10). KJV
curiosity of a child
“Much time is lost in longing to do some great thing, some wonderful work, while the duties lying close at hand, the performance of which would make the life fragrant, are lost sight of The life that is Christlike in the home will be Christlike in the church. It is the neglect of the smaller duties in an effort to reach after a great work, that spoils the life of many a one.”
“Many admire the broad, deep river which moves majestically in its onward course to the ocean. It is worthy of admiration; for it is doing its appointed work. But what of the thousand rivulets frm the mountain side, which help to swell this noble stream? It is true that they are small and narrow; but they are indispensable, for without them the river could not exist. They are unitedly doing their appointed work in fertilizing the earth; their path through fields and meadows can be traced by the living green that lines their banks. Thus they are carrying out God’s plan, and adding to the prosperity of the world. The mighty river has worn for itself a channel through the everlasting hills; but in its place the brook is as necessary as the river. . . .”
“Each individual member is responsible for the prosperity of the church. The world is full of work for the Master. Every day brings its burden of care and responsibility, and if just one neglects the work assigned him, some sacred interest suffers.”
“It is the conscientious attention to what the world calls little things that makes the great beauty and and success of life. Little deeds of charity, little words of kindness, little acts of self-denial, a wise improvement of little opportunities, a diligent cultivation of little talents, make great men in God’s sight.”
“Thoughtful courtesies, that, commencing in our families, extend outside the family circle, help make up the sum of life’s happiness.” Ellen White Quote
Comment by Connie:
It is sometimes the eye of the child, that brings us to a stop! Why did they notice the caterpillar lumbering along the road, when we did not? Learning by curiosity is a sign of creativity and a Creator.
“And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.” (Luke 23:42)
A Mother’s prayer
“To the last of His work Christ is a sin-pardoner. At deepest midnight, as the Star of Bethlehem was about to sink into oblivion, lo there shines amid the moral darkness with distinct brightness the faith of a dying sinner as he lays hold upon a dying Saviour.”
“Such faith may be represented by the eleventh hour laborers who receive as much rewards do those who have labored for many hours. The thief asked in faith, in penitence, in contrition. He asked in earnestness, as if he fully realized that Jesus could save him if He would. And the hope in his voice was mingled with anguish as he realized, that he would be lost, eternally lost. He cast he helpless, dying soul and body on Jesus Christ.”
“He had heard Pilate declare, “I find no fault in him.” John 19:4 He had marked His godlike bearing, and His pitying forgiveness of His tormentors. . . .Among the passers-by he hears many defending Jesus. He hears them repeat His words, and tell of his works. The conviction comes. . . . to him that this is the Christ. . . .When condemned for his crime, the thief had become hopeless and despairing; but a strange, tender thoughts now spring up. He calls to mind all he has heard of Jesus. . . . He has heard the words of those who believed in Jesus and followed Him weeping. . . . The Holy Spirit illuminates his mind, and little by little the chain of evidence is joined together. In Jesus, bruised, mocked, and hanging upon the cross, he sees the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world. Hope is mingled with anguish in his voice as the helpless, dying soul casts himself upon a dying Saviour. . . . Quickly the answer came. Soft and melodious the tone, full of love, compassion, and power the words: Verily I say unto thee today, Thou shalt be with me in Paradise. . . . To the penitent thief came the perfect peace of acceptance with God.” Ellen White Quote
Comment by Connie:
What Mother or Father who loves their son and daughter, would not wish for them to see the love in the eyes of Jesus?
Surrender to His service and we can never be placed in a position for which God has not made provision.
“For we are labourers together with God: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.” (I Corinthians 3:9)
“If you could only realize that the God of heaven takes those who have been rebels against His government, and says to them, You may be laborers together with Me, you would this day consecrate yourselves wholly to Him. .. It is not wonderful that we can receive the rich current of grace from the Deity, and work in harmony with Him? What does the Deity want with us-poor, weak. and feeble as we are What can He do with us? -Everything, if we are willing to surrender all.”
“When God called me in my very childhood to work for Him, I used to think, What can I do? God says, Do my bidding. This is all that any of us need do. I want to tell you what each of you, from the oldest to the youngest, can do: You can co-operate with God, . . . and with one another. . . . You will not study how to please yourself. You will realize that you are responsible for the influence you exert. . . .”
“If we surrender our lives to His service, we can never be placed in a position for which God has not made provision.”
“Jesus has opened up all the divine fullness of His inexpressible love, and He declares to you, “Ye are laborers together with God.” Ellen G. White quote
Comment by Connie
It is true? God has plans for you! And why do we feel like weak sheep, not strong, not wise? We must or we will not need a Shepherd. . .and we become the lost lamb.
“He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.” Matthew 10:38. KJV
“Those who take up a cross stands for great commitment – being willing to die for something.” NIJV Bible Commentary
“There can be only two classes. . . .And all who place themselves on the side of the disloyal are standing under Satan’s black banner, and are charged with rejecting and despitefully using Christ. They are charged with deliberately crucifying the Lord of life and glory.” Ellen G. White quote
“He who shuns the cross shuns the reward promised to the faithful.” Ellen G. White quote
“Look to Calvary until your heart melts at the amazing love of the Son of God. He left nothing undone that fallen man might be elevated and purified. And shall we not confess Him? Will the religion of Christ degrade its receiver? – No: it will be no degradation to follow in the footsteps of the Man of Calvary. Day by day let us sit at the feet of Jesus, and learn of Him, that in our conversation, our conduct, our dress, and in all our affairs, we may reveal the fact that Jesus is ruling and reigning over us. God calls upon us to walk in a path that has been cast up for the ransomed of the lord; we are not to walk in the world. We are to surrender all to God, and confess Christ before men. . . .” Ellen G. White quote
“He that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.” Day by day we are to deny self, to lift the cross and follow in the footsteps of the Master. . . .” Ellen G. White quote
“I am glad that the day of probation is not closed. Let us in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth fall on the Rock and be broken By meekness, by love, by a holy conversation, by a compassionate spirit, confess Christ to others. O that we might come into a postion where He might reveal His glory as it was revelaed in Jerusalem when the Holy Spirit was poured out upon the people.” Ellen G.White quote
“The cross of Calvary is to us the pledge of everlasting life.” Ellen G.White quote
Comment by Connie
Meekness? 1. mild, showing mildness or quietness of nature 2. cowed, showing mildness or quietness of nature
In love, by a holy conversaton, by a compassionate spirit. This is how I confess Christ to others? I might as well say, I am a weak sheep, not strong, not wise, in need of His Holy Spirit, and the compassion of Jesus Christ, who promises to lead me like a good shepherd, towards my heavenly home. This is humbling, to admit, I need something more than I see inside me! Compare me to Jesus? No, I don’t think so! Lay down my life for my friend? Maybe Jesus is the only one I truly could lay down my for? Suicide would not convince a soul to follow Jesus. Living is much harder, than dying! LOL So, this servant finds living is the challenge!
And that means, to me, I have to go outside and take time weeding my own garden. Looking at what God has given me to do! And there are the peaches, waiting to be canned, or eaten, or frozen. Will it be a long winter?Will this peach, taste especially delightful, then. Then, the waiting will have a happy ending. And better yet to share a bowl of peaches with a friend. Anticipation of community? Works for me. However did I get from “a cross” to a peach?
God commends his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more than, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him. (Romans 5:8,9)
Christ has made reconciliation for sin, and has borne all its ignominy, reproach, and punishment; and yet while bearing sin, He has brought in everlasting righteousness, so that the believer is spotless before God. . .
But there are many who claim to be children of God who are resting their hope upon other dependencies, rather than on the blood of Christ alone.When urged to rest their faith wholly upon Christ as complete Saviour, many reveal the fact that they have faith in something that they think they can do. They say, “I have a great deal to do before I can be fit to come to Christ.” Another says, “When I have done to the uttermost all that I can do, then the Lord Jesus will come to my help.” They image that they have a great deal to do themselves to save their own souls, and that Jesus will come in and piece out that part which is lacking, and give the finishing stroke to their salvation. These poor souls will not be strong in God until they accept Christ as a complete Saviour. They can add nothing to their salvation.
The Israelites were required to sprinkle the door-posts with the blood of slain lamb, in order that then the angel of death passed through the land, they might escape destruction. Bu if instead of doing this simple act of faith and obedience, they had barricaded the door, and taken every precaution to keep the destroying angel out, their pains would have been in vain. . . .When the blood was seen upon the door-post, it was enough. The salvation of the house was assured. So it is in the work of salvation; it is the blood of Jesus Christ that cleanseth from all sin.
“Through the merits of His blood, you may overcome very spiritual foe, and remedy every defect of character.”
ELLEN WHITE QUOTE: Comment by Connie
Spiritual warfare takes the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit in you, that bows down to Jesus, weak as sheep, He invites us into HIS HOUSE, under His protection, like the Good Shepherd He is.
It is in our spiritual life, that we fight with unseen foes, that Jesus conquered at the cross!
Be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servants commaded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whither soever thou goest. Joshua 1:7
God calls for men, for those who in His sight will be true. Reforms must be brought about in the churches. There is now great need of reinstating in the hearts of men and women an old-time reverence for the ten commandments. Through obedience to these commandments, humanity is to be sanctified, that the results of skepticism shall not be strengthened, but that the foundation of our faith shall be made manifest, and all the precepts of God’s holy law enforced. The realization of individual responsibility is to be awakened. Men are to remember that in order to be regarded as men by the Lord, their course of action must be just, pure, and true.
Men and women may shun the reproach they are called upon to bear for Christ’s sake, they may do the works of the children of transgressors, but as surely as they do this, they will receive the rewards of the evil doer. They may climb to places of distinction, they may stand high in the literary world, and with proud superiority they may resist the truth of heavenly origin; but in the end they will lose all.
Our happiness and salvation depend upon eating the bread of life; that is obeying the words and doing the works of Christ, advancing righteousness and restraining unrighteousness. Nothing can give such self-reliance, such courage, such an increase of talents and ability, as a true estimate of the requirements of God’s law. . . . Love for Jesus Christ leads us to obey God’s commandments, which are a lamp to our feet and light to our path, securing for us the illuminating, purifying, blissful presence of both the Father and the Son. He who is obedient can commune with God even as did Enoch.
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IT IS WRITTEN in Revelation 18:
“And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. [Angel=Michael the Archangel found in Daniel 12:1-2] And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit, and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird. For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. And I heard another voice from heaven, saying,Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues”. . . .(Revelation 18:1-4)
“Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.” (Revelation 18:20)
“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee:for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.” (Revelation 18:23-24)
Lucifer is behind all sin, sickness, plagues and lies! God reveals His heart and desire to save to the utmost, all who call upon His name! For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 1:12-13)
66% of United States Citizens are Jews or Christians voting for the God of Israel, the Creator to be their God. 13% USA Citizens were poled, and found in support of Hamas. This number is very close to 1/3 or less of the population of USA questioning if the war started by the Hamas is good or evil?
And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born. Revelation 12:4
Lucifer took a third of the innocent angels with him, from heaven, and they waited for Jesus to be born. They come to discount the TRUTH about our LORD!
Two different systems of religion collide. GAZA and its lack of compassion for its people, GOD and His love for the weak sheep, the sick, the lame the weary of wars, speaks
Two different systems of religion collide. GAZA and its lack of compassion for its people, GOD and His love for the weak sheep, the sick, the lame the weary of wars, speaks
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
(Exodus 20:14).
Jesus changed the government, dividing religious judgment from civil government. No man has the right to shoot two people caught in open adultery, in the United States, it is considered murder, coveting, stealing, and sin against the Bridegroom, Jesus Christ, by walking away from His Commandments.
However, freedom purchased by the Blood of the Lamb, Jesus Christ, the Alien, whose image we are created in, has given mankind, the right to choose, who you wish to worship and bow down too.
Hamas destroys like a man bent on self destruction. He hasn’t the courage to fight like a man, so he goes into war, with no purpose to save, protect or defend his family.
David’s sin, was against God! He lacked the compassion God has, for everyone He died for in the entire world! David watched his nation fall into the corruption, by his lack of justice. Solomon, the bastard son, spent his life, spending money, acquiring women and writing songs while his slaves did his bidding. David’s Kingdom fell, until Jesus from heaven, to tell the rest of the story, about man, being tempted by the unseen angel, Lucifer! Who now knows his days are coming to an end, as God heats up the core of the Earth, to prepare the place to destroy Lucifer and his angels.
Does it seem strange the name of ISIS goes back to Egypt, and associated with the Tree of Life?
It is not nice to mess with Mother Nature, and Lucifer thought he, a created being could rule the earth! Now, what Lucifer can’t have, he will destroy! He will seek to deceive the very elect. Like a mad man bent on destroying what he can’t have, this is not a pretty end to the civilization created by God. In the beginning, Lucifer was angry, stomping his feet! He wanted Castles, Buildings, and Golden Streets! Lucifer designed Babylon with a river running through it after the New Jerusalem. But it would require the destruction of the Earth. Lucifer could not speak, and see the atoms come to be united into matter.
THE WORD, became flesh, and came to dwell among us! THE WORD OF GOD, was all it took for the atoms to obey, and become what He desired them to become. Including you and me. Do we want to return to dust? Or be among the choir in Heaven, coming up with ideas for the next FRUIT OF THE MONTH on the TREE OF LIFE? That just might be more fun, that reading the NEWS! Friends flying in, to see and eat, WHAT IS NEW to EAT and Do in Heaven!
Have we received the cure of sin and shame? Then in our repentance, we will have a story to tell on the day, we come to “Roast ourselves,” for being so hard to teach, about the lessons we need to grow up and be perfectly in love 100% with our Creator! I can see Peter watching the eyes of Jesus, as he says, “He told me to bring the knife!” And I can see Jesus, with that kinda smile, smugly knowing just what we wanted, and sometimes giving it to us, so we could learn, what He wanted for us, is a blessing not a curse!
To the Arab, the pomegranate represented the Tree of Life. It does not have the River of Life, running through it? But it is beautiful to the eye!
Arab Tree of Life has no river running through it?
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. (Hosea 14:9)
He Lives to be the Blood Sacrifice, to take the sins confessed and brought to Him, to place them On the Head of the real Scapegoat ~ Lucifer’s Head on the final Day of Atonement on Earth. To the Jews this Day is known as Yom Kipper. It happens once a year. This year the Day of Atonement, blots our all sins against God, and all debts! October 4, 2014. Confessing your sin against God, confirms the Holy Covenant you made on the day of your baptism, to be loyal to His Government on earth, as it is in Heaven.
“The cross speaks to the hosts of heaven, to worlds unfallen, and to the fallen world, the value which God has placed upon men, and of His great love wherewith He has loved us. It testifies to the world, to angels, and to men, the immutability of the divine law.
“The death of Christ was to be the convincing, everlasting argument that the law of God is as unchangeable as his throne. . . The fact that His own Son, the Surety for man, was not spared, is an argument that will stand to all eternity before saint and sinner, before the universe of God, to testify that He will not excuse the transgressor of His law. Every offense against God’s law, however minute, is set down in the reckoning, and when the sword of justice is taken in hand, it will do the work for impenitent transgressors that was done to the divine Sufferer.
“Through the imputed righteousness of Christ, the sinner may feel that he is pardoned, and may know that the law no more condemns him, because he is in harmony with all its precepts. It is his privilege to count himself innocent when he reads and thinks of the retribution that will fall upon the unbelieving and sinful. by faith he lays hold of the righteousness of Christ. . . .Knowing himself to be a sinner, a transgressor of the holy law of God, he looks to the perfect obedience of Christ, to His death upon Calvary for the sins of the world; and he has the assurance that he is justified by faith in the merit and sacrifice of Christ. He realizes that the law was obeyed in his behalf by the Son of God, and that the penalty of transgression cannot fall upon the believing sinner with the righteousness that meets the demands of the law.” Ellen White Quote from Sons and Daughters of God.
Unique to the Jews is the end of the year, forgiveness of God, for all His people! The Day Jesus Our High Priest enters the Most Holy in the Heavenly Sanctuary, to show the scars from His Suffering, to His Father, the Sacrifice of Jesus is enough to set you free from the sins you have confessed. The confession of your faith, and belief in Jesus Christ to be the perfect Sacrifice, ratifies His Law. No man can die for us. The Sacrifice of Jesus, The Cross, brings us to love Him 100% for no man can do what Jesus did for you and me!
October 4, 2014 in Jerusalem, the Day of Atonement, is very humbling to the Jew. If he has not confessed all his sins, and he has knowingly broken the Law, he will receive the curse for the New Year. This New Year, that begins at midnight ushers in the Most Blessed Year of Jubilee! It only occurs every 70 years. It brings forgiveness of debts! It is a Holy Year, when God provides for the sinner, to receive his land back, that he had lost. October 5, 2014 begins the Year of Jubilee, for the Jew, who have found their Messiah, in the New Testament.
The Old Testament prophets were poets, pointing to the symbols in the Sanctuary, the horns, the Table of Showbread, the Candlesticks, the Altar of Incense, the Veil, the Ark of the Testimony of God, the male and female angel on the Mercy Seat, the coverings over the Sanctuary, the veils around the Sanctuary, the pillars that held up the Tent of the Meeting, the basin of water, the Altar of Burnt Offering, the colors woven into the tapestries, the garments worn by the Priests, and the most humble garment, the plain linen cloth, worn by the High Priest on the Day of Atonement, all bring to light to, the True Prophet, The Baby, The Chief of Prince, The name of Jesus before He became known as Jesus, is Michael the Archangel, in charge of all the angels.
Around the Throne of God, each beast, represents the character of God, the lion, the eagle, the ox, the horns of power to protect and defend the ones who call themselves, Christ followers. And one like the Son of man, or the Daughter of man, are the instruments of God, following His Holy Spirit, to bring THE WAY, into His Heavenly Sanctuary, to show respect and dignity for The Creator.
Can your God speak a word, and create the earth in six days, and hallow the seventh, as a Day of Rest, to enjoy you, with Him, at His House, on earth as it is in Heaven? Does Jesus know you so well, that He could do your colors, in precious stones, and call you His Jewel? Can He make the Mansion of your dreams come true? How well does your Saviour know you? How well do you know your Jesus, a Jew? Is He fair and just in taking you where you need to go, to know Him better?
The Jews need to read the New Testament to find Jesus is their Messiah! The Gentile world needs to read the Old Testament to find the symbols, from Creation, that includes the anger of Lucifer, stomping his feet, as God created the World to be the Garden of Eden. Lucifer would have to destroy the beauty of the land, in order to build his City of Babylon, on the sand. And man, the created being, like Lucifer, would see death would prevent a man from becoming God.
There is something Satan cannot do! He cannot take you back to heaven! He may create a likeness of someone who has died, to come back and haunt you, but the devil cannot take you to Heaven. His last attempt to deceive the very elect, is to heal, the sickness, he has caused you to have. But healing is not a sign of salvation! Salvation is a gift purchased by the Son of God, Michael the Archangel, fought with Lucifer in heaven and lost. Michael fought with Lucifer at the cross, and Lucifer was behind the men who killed Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and tempted Jesus to sin. Do not do what Lucifer
did, and find yourself, murdering an innocent child of God.
And I saw in the right hand of him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the
The 7th Angel to the Church of Laodicea is Jesus Christ Himself.
backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon. And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof. (Revelation 5:1-5).
Then I saw another powerful angel come down from heaven. He was dressed in a cloud, and there was a rainbow over his head. His face was like the sun, and his legs were like columns of fire. He held a small, opened scroll in his hand. Setting his right foot on the sea and his left foot on the land, he shouted in a loud voice as a lion roars. When he shouted, the seven thunders spoke with voices of their own. When the seven thunders spoke, I was going to write, but I heard a voice from heaven say, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and don’t write it down.” Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea and on the land raised his right hand to heaven. He swore an oath by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay.When the time approaches for the seventh angel to blow his trumpet, God’s secret plan will be fulfilled, as he had announced to his servants, the prophets.” Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go and take the opened scroll from the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
So I went to the angel and asked him to give me the small scroll. “Take it and eat it,” he told me. “It will turn bitter in your stomach, but it will be as sweet as honey in your mouth.” So I took the small scroll from the angel’s hand and ate it. It was as sweet as honey in my mouth, but when I had eaten it, it turned bitter in my stomach.Then the seven thunders told me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples, nations, languages, and kings.” (Revelation 10 ISV).
THE SEVEN SEALS ARE BROKEN BY THE HAND OF THE LAMB OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST IS THE 7th ANGEL TO THE 7 CHURCHES. He is THE PROPHET, we are His Servants!
We are adopted into the tribe of Judah, to be a Royal Priesthood! The Remnant Church has the GIFT OF PROPHECY. Rev 18:20 Be happy about her, heaven, saints, apostles, and prophets, for God has condemned her for you!” Rev 18:23 The light from a lamp will never shine within you again. The voice of a bridegroom and bride will never be heard within you again. For your merchants were the important people of the world, and all the nations were deceived by your witchcraft. Rev 18:24 The blood of the world’s prophets, saints, and all who had been murdered was found within her.”
“And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as yehavedoneitunto one of the least of these my brethren, yehavedoneituntome.” ( Matthew 25:40).
The Red Horse War Against Gods Government understood by the parables of Jesus 