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Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12. God's people are to be distinguished as a people who serve Him fully, wholeheartedly, taking no honor to themselves, and remembering that by a most solemn covenant they have bound themselves to serve the Lord, and Him only.... The children of Israel were to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations “for a perpetual covenant.” Exodus 31:16.

Saturday, 24 December 2016

A MAN FROM THE LAND OF UZ.

A MAN FROM THE LAND OF UZ.
Job 1:1 & 1:8
Have we been faithful such that God himself and writer of whom God inspired, speaketh of Job as a righteous man, perfect and the man who hated evil.
What a faithful man, how are we living today is God, man and Satan confirms that we are faithful?

Thursday, 22 December 2016

Should we celebrate Christmas ??

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December 04, 2012

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Most Christians around the globe observe December 25 as a holiday to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ. (Of course, even many non-Christians now celebrate this festival with gift giving and social gatherings.) Yet the exact date of Jesus’ birth is unknown, and as the origins of Christmas understood by most people are being called into question, some are beginning to wonder if Christians should participate in the many customs surrounding this most popular holiday in the Western world?

First, it is clear that the Bible does not contain a command to keep Christmas as a sacred day, such as with the Sabbath in the Ten Commandments. There is no Scripture saying, “Thou shalt keep the 25th of December holy.” While it might be a public holiday, it is not a biblical holy day.

What about the origins of Christmas? Concerns about pagan elements in this holiday are nothing new. Controversies over Christmas go back hundreds of years. The Puritans in England actually led the English Parliament to ban Christmas for a period of time as a “popish festival with no biblical justification” and a time of wasteful and immoral behavior. Even in Colonial America there was a time (1659) when Christmas was outlawed. More recently, secular elements of society have faced off with religious groups over nativity scenes and crosses on public property.

The Bible certainly highlights the birth of Christ (Luke 2:7). It not only describes the glorious announcement of the Messiah’s birth (v. 13) but also tells of shepherds coming to worship the newborn child (v. 16). These humble worshippers were not quiet about what they saw either (v. 17). Furthermore, there is a record of wise men from the east bringing gifts to Jesus—though this likely occurred when Jesus was a toddler (Matthew 2:11). If people recognized the birth of Christ through worship and bringing gifts, perhaps there is something we can learn from their examples.

Aside from its pagan elements, most people understand that Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus. But in practice, people spend more time in December cruising shopping malls than studying the life of the Savior. Frosty the Snowman and Rudolf the Red-nosed Reindeer compete with wise men and shepherds for our attention. During all the bustle between “Black Friday” and Christmas Eve, materialism tends to overshadow the simple stable.

But what if Christians spent more time witnessing for Christ at Christmas or purchasing and sharing Christians resources to point people to Jesus? What would happen if more families dedicated time and money to serve the poor and advance the gospel through short-term mission service? How would our churches be strengthened if, during this holiday time, believers explored the prophecies of Christ’s first advent as well as His second advent? Perhaps our concerns about Christmas should have less to do with its pagan origins and more with its current practice.

Many people might deny they “worship” this day as holy, but what is worship? Worship isn’t measured by simply attending a Christmas concert or midnight mass. It describes how we live our lives and spend our means. As Paul said, "He who observes the day, observes it to the Lord" (Romans 14:6), and, “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God” (1 Corinthians 10:31).

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BUT HOW DID CHRISTMAS GET INTO THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH?
The day for this worship had been selected in honor of Mithra, the sun god. December 25 was dedicated to the keeping
of his birthday. Therefore sincere Christians considered it to be a form of sun worship. The sun had reached its lowest angle in the sky on December 21 (the winter solstice), and the 25th was the first observable day in which it began rising in the noon sky. So December 25 had, for centuries, been celebrated as the “birth of the sun god.” But, back in those earlier centuries, earnest believers recognized that Christians dare not accept pagan practices or pagan holidays. These heathen customs are not found in the Bible as being used by Christians, so they ought to be shunned by conscientious Christians.
“A feast was established in memory of this event [Christ’s birth] in the fourth century. In the fifth century the Western Church ordered it to be celebrated forever on the day of the old Roman feast of the birth
of Sol [the Latin word for ‘sun’], as no certain knowledge of the day of Christ’s birth existed.”—Encyclopedia Americana (1944 edition), “Christmas.”

Birth of sun god

IT WAS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE SUN GOD
“One of the dominant religious ideas of the second and third
centuries was the belief in the divinity of the Sun . . “This divinity is of especial interest for our inquiry, for his annual festival fell on the twenty-fifth of December and its relation to Christmas [p. 151] has been a matter of protracted discussion. Obviously the season of the winter solstice, when the strength of the sun begins to increase, is appropriate for the celebration of the festival of a sun-god. The day in a sense marks the birth of a new sun. But the reason for its being chosen as the day for the commemoration of Christ’s nativity is not so evident.
“ . . The identity of date is more than a coincidence. To be sure the Church did not merely appropriate the festival of the popular sun-god. It was through a parallelism between Christ and the sun that the twenty-fifth of December came to be the date of the nativity . . [p.153] Even Epiphanius, the fourth century metropolitan of Cyprus, though giving the sixth of January as the date of birth, connects the event with the solstice. Moreover, the diversion of the significance of a popular pagan holiday was wholly in accord with the policy of the Church. Of the actual celebration of a festival of the nativity, it should be added, there is no satisfactory evidence earlier than the fourth century. Its first observance in Rome on December the twenty-fifth took place in 353 or 354 (Usener) or in 336 (Duchesne). In Constantinople it seems to have been introduced in 377 or 378.”—Gordon J. Laing, Survivals of Roman Religion (New York: Longmans, 1931), 150-153.

Chrismas truth.

So I'm asking you to lay aside cultural prejudices and preferences, and approach this question with an open mind. Granted, that can be hard to do but it isn’t impossible. We are so snowed under a century of tradition and nostalgia that it's almost impossible for some people to look at the issue objectively at all. I'm asking you to put aside your preconceived notions, at least temporarily, to look honestly at the institution called Christmas.
To begin, there is no indication in the New Testament that the early Christians observed Christmas at all. You cannot find the exact day of Christ’s birth anywhere recorded in Scripture, let alone the celebration of it. In fact, it can be demonstrated in church history that, for probably the first 300 years after the birth of Christ, Christians knew nothing of a Christmas celebration.
Frederick Neilsen, a Danish bishop, says, "During the first three centuries we find no trace of any feast for the birth of Christ."-- Ecclesiastical History, page 224.
Lector P. Walsdenstrom says: "The custom to celebrate the birth of Christ in the last part of December began first in the fourth century."-- Notes to Luke 2:8.

THE PAGAN WORSHIPERS OF MITHRA CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY OF THE SUN ON DECEMBER 25

THE PAGAN WORSHIPERS OF MITHRA CELEBRATED THE BIRTHDAY OF THE SUN ON DECEMBER 25
“Each day in the week, the planet to which the day was sacred was invoked in a fixed spot in the crypt; and Sunday, over which the Sun presided, was especially holy . .
“The rites which they [the Mithraists] practised offered numerous analogies . . They also held Sunday sacred, and celebrated the birth of the Sun [god] on the 25th of December.”—Franz Cumont, the Mysteries of Mithra, Trans. by T.J. McCormack, 167, 191.

Thursday, 15 December 2016

Nature.

If we look at the marvelous relationships that exist in nature between animals and plants, it is hard to envision how such harmony could have come about by strategies and counterstrategies of coevolution. Numerous plants can only be pollinated by specifically adapted insects that in turn are nurtured by the plants themselves. Evolutionists explain these relationships by suggesting that the two coevolved. However, what if the fortuitous mutations were out of synchronization? Then the species would not survive. Moreover, considering the millions of such relationships that exist in the world, the likelihood of them having come about by chance is extremely remote.
This article uses pieces of nature, such as the genome, the cell, and even the eye, as evidence that God is the Creator of all things. http://ow.ly/VZUi306SpHR

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OUR HIGH CALLING

OUR HIGH CALLING, PAGE 345
A Distinct and Peculiar People, December 5
Here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the faith of Jesus. Revelation 14:12.
God's people are to be distinguished as a people who serve Him fully, wholeheartedly, taking no honor to themselves, and remembering that by a most solemn covenant they have bound themselves to serve the Lord, and Him only....
The children of Israel were to observe the Sabbath throughout their generations “for a perpetual covenant.” Exodus 31:16. The Sabbath has lost none of its meaning. It is still the sign between God and His people, and it will be so forever. Now and ever we are to stand as a distinct and peculiar people, free from all worldly policy, unembarrassed by confederation with those who have not wisdom to discern the claims of God, so plainly set forth in His law.
We are to show that we are seeking to work in harmony with heaven in preparing the way of the Lord. We are to bear witness to all nations, kindreds, and tongues, that we are a people who love and fear God, a people who keep holy the seventh-day Sabbath, and we are to show plainly that we have full faith that the Lord is soon to come in the clouds of heaven....
“And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” Revelation 22:3, 4.
Who are these?—God's denominated people—those who on this earth have witnessed to their loyalty. Who are they?—Those who have kept the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus; those who have owned the Crucified One as their Saviour.
“And there shall be no night there; and they need no candle, neither light of the sun; for the Lord God giveth them light: and they shall reign for ever and ever.” Verse 5. “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have right to the tree of life, and may enter in through the gates into the city.” Verse 14.
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Saturday, 5 November 2016

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Which Day of the Week?

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Despite doctrinal differences on various other topics, most Christians agree that a day of rest is an integral part of the Christian life. But on which day are we to rest?

“By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. And God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done” (Genesis 2:2, 3). The very word “sabbath” means rest, and to rest implies that you have labored. It’s logical, then, for God to have designated the last day of the week a day of rest. “The seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God” (Exodus 20:10).

Language reflects the customs of the culture that speaks it. Nearly every culture, from Babylon through modern times, rested on the seventh day. As languages developed, the name for the seventh day of the week remained “rest day.” In the mid 19th century, Dr. William Meade Jones created this “Chart of the Week,” listing the name for the seventh day in 160 languages, including some of the most ancient (shown below). Babylonian, in use hundreds of years before Abraham or the giving of the Ten Commandments at Sinai, calls the seventh day of the week sa-ba-tu, meaning “rest day.”

Even today more than 100 languages worldwide, many of them unrelated to ancient Hebrew, use the word “Sabbath” for Saturday—and none of them designate any other day as a day of rest. Though the world’s language groups have evolved so as to be unintelligible from each other, the word for the seventh day of the week has remained fairly recognizable.

The Sabbath predates Judaism

For the thousands of years since Judaism began, an entire nation of Jews has kept track of the weekly cycle and observed the seventh day Sabbath, sometimes even without a calendar. Nevertheless, many rationalize that it’s impossible to verify which day of the week is actually the biblical Sabbath because Pope Gregory XIII changed the calendar. The Julian calendar, instituted by Julius Caesar around 46 B.C., calculated the length of the year as 365 ¼ days. In reality, the year is 11 minutes less than 365 ¼ days. So by the 1580s, the calendar and the solar cycle were ten days off. In 1582, Gregory changed the calendar so that Friday, October 5, became Friday, October 15, creating the Gregorian calendar we use today. But it did not confuse the days of the week; Friday still follows Thursday, Saturday still follows Friday, and so on and so forth.

Exodus 16 recounts a series of weekly Sabbath miracles over a period of forty years. God reiterated the Sabbath at Sinai (Exodus 20:8-11), and the Jews were still observing the seventh day when Jesus was born. Jesus kept the Sabbath (Luke 4:16; 23:54, 56;24:1) until his death, which Luke indicates occurred on the day before the Sabbath: "Going to Pilate, [Joseph of Arimathea] asked for Jesus’ body. Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen cloth and placed it in a tomb cut in the rock, one in which no one had yet been laid. It was Preparation Day, and the Sabbath was about to begin” (Luke 23:52-54). Luke goes on to describe the actions of the women who followed Jesus. “The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his body was laid in it.

“Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb” (Luke 23:55, 56; 24:1). The women discovered that Jesus had risen on Sunday morning; Christians acknowledge this fact by celebrating Easter. The day on which the women rested between the preparation day (Friday) when Jesus died, and the first day of the week (Easter Sunday) when Jesus rose again, had to be Saturday. Scripture clearly portrays God designating the seventh day of the week as the Sabbath, and throughout the centuries of history recounted in the Bible, His followers celebrated it as such. Unless it was changed, the seventh day is still the Sabbath. So why do so many people today honor Sunday, the first day of the week, instead of the seventh day? (Why do so many people worship on Sunday?)

Chart of the Week (Showing the position of the true Sabbath)

Compiled by Dr. William Meade Jones, 1887

LANGUAGE (Where Spoken, Read, or Otherwise Used)123456Name of the SEVENTH DAYShemitic Hebrew Bible world-wideDay OneDay SecondDay ThirdDay FourthDay FifthDay the SixthYom hash-shab-bath Day the SabbathHebrew (Ancient and Modern)One into the SabbathSecond into the SabbathThird into the SabbathFourth into the SabbathFifth into the SabbathEve of Holy SabbathShab-bathSabbathTargum of Onkelos (Hebrew Literature)Day OneDay SecondDay ThirdDay FourthDay FifthDay the SixthYom hash-shab-bath Day the SabbathTargum Dialect of the Jews in KurdistanDay One of the SevenDay 2nd of the SevenDay 3rd of the SevenDay 4th of the SevenDay 5th of the SevenDay of Eve (of Sabbath)yoy-met sha-bat kodesh Holy Sabbath DayAncient Syriac *Each day proceeds on, and belongs to the SabbathOne into SabbathTwo into SabbathThree into SabbathFour into SabbathFive into SabbathEve (of Sabbath)Shab-ba-tho SabbathChaldee Syriac Kurdistan and Urdmia, PersiaOne into SabbathTwo into SabbathThree into SabbathFour into SabbathFive into SabbathEve (of Sabbath)Shap-ta SabbathSamaritan (Old Hebrew Letters) Nablus, PalestineDay OneDay SecondDay ThirdDay FourthDay FifthDay SixthShab-bath SabbathBabylonian Euphrates Tigris Valleys Mesopotamia (Written lang. 3800 B.C.)FirstSecondThirdFourthFifthSixthSa-ba-tu SabbathAssyrian Euphrates and Tigris Valleys, MesopotamiaFirstSecondThirdFourthFifthSixthsa-ba-tu SabbathArabic (Very old names)Business DayLight MoonWar ChiefTurning Day or MidweekFamiliar or Society DayEve (of Sabbath)Shi-yar Chief or Rejoicing DayArabic (Ancient and Modern) Westn. Asia, E,W & N. AfricaThe OneThe TwoThe ThreeThe FourThe FifthAssembly (day, Muham)as-sabt The SabbathMaltese, MaltaOne (day)Two (and day)The 3 (3rd d.)The 4 (4th d.)Fifth (day)AssemblyIs-sibt. The SabbathGe-ez or Ethiopic Abyssinia (Ge-ez signifies "original")One (day)SecondThirdFourthFifthEve (of Sabbath)san-bat SabbathTigre Abyssinia (Closely related to Ge-ez)One (First day)SecondThirdFourthFifthEve (of Sabbath)san-bat SabbathAmharic, Abyssinia (Nearly related to Ge-ez)OneSecondThirdFourthFifthEve (of Sabbath)san-bat SabbathFalasha (Language of the Jews of Abyssinia)OneSecondThirdFourthFifthSixthyini sanbat The SabbathCoptic Egypt (A dead lang. for 200 years)The First DayThe 2nd DayThe 3rd DayThe 4th DayThe 5th DayThe 6th Daypi sabbaton The SabbathOrma or Galla South of Abyssinia (This language has two sets of names, the first being the oldest)Lady, Virgin Mary Day. Great or Festival SabbathSecond day. First Trade Day3rd Day to the Sabbath. Second Trade Day4th day to the Sabbath. Fourth (day)Fifth (day)Assembly (day)Last day of the half-week inclusive of 4th day Little or Humble or Solemn Sabbath (A day of no ceremonial display and no work)Tamashek or Towarek (From ancient Lybian or Numidian). Atlas Mountains, Africa.First daySecond dayThird dayFourth dayFifth dayAssembly Daya-hal es-sabt. The Sabbath DayKabyle or Berber. (Ancient Numidian) North AfricaDay the One (First)Day the Two (2nd)Day the Three (3rd)Day the Four (4th)Day the FifthThe Assembly Dayghas or wars assebt The Sabbath DayHausa (Central Africa)The One (1st)The Two (2nd)The Three (3rd)The Four (4th)The FifthThe Assemblyassebatu The SabbathUrdu or Hindustani (Muhammadan and Hindu, India) (Two names for the days)One to Sabbath. Sunday2nd to Sabbath. Moon-day3rd to Sabbath. Mars4th to Sabbath. Mercury5th to Sabbath. (Eve of Juma)Assembly (day)sanichar - Saturn shamba - SabbathPashto or Afghan AfghanistanOne to the SabbathTwo to SabbathThree to SabbathFour to SabbathFive to SabbathAssembly (day)khali - Unemployed-day, Shamba - Sabbath
The table above includes some of the oldest languages known to man. One of these, the Babylonian language, was in use hundreds of years before the Hebrew race was founded by Abraham. That language designated the seventh day of the week as "sa-ba-tu," meaning rest day -- another indisputable proof that the Bible "Sabbath" was not, and is not, exclusively Jewish.

Very few realize that the word "Sabbath" and the concept of resting from work on the seventh day of the week (Saturday) is common to most of the ancient and modern languages of the world. This is evidence totally independent of the Scriptures that confirms the biblical teaching that God's seventh-day Sabbath predates Judaism. The concept of a Saturday holy day of rest was understood, accepted, and practiced by virtually every culture from Babylon through modern times.

In the study of the many languages of mankind, you will find two important facts:

In the majority of the principal languages the last, or seventh, day of the week is designated as "Sabbath."There is not even one language that designates another day as the "day of rest."

From these facts we may conclude that not only those people who called the last day of the week "Sabbath," but all other peoples and races, as far as they recognized any day of the week as "Sabbath," rested on the seventh day. In fact, it was recorded by the great historian Sozomen that in his time the whole known world, with the exception of Rome and Alexandria, observed the seventh day of the week.

"The people of Constantinople, and almost everywhere, assemble together on the Sabbath, as well as on the first day of the week, which custom is never observed at Rome or at Alexandria" (Socrates, "Ecclesiastical History," Book 7, chap.19).

Another interesting fact is that the words in the original languages that are used to designate the seventh day of the week as the "Sabbath" have continued to be very similar while the other words have been so changed over time that they are unintelligible to people of other language groups. This is another proof that the Sabbath and the words used to designate the seventh day of the week as the "Sabbath day" originated at Creation in complete harmony with the biblical record found in Genesis 2:1–3.

Language List

LanguageWord for Saturday/7thDayMeaningGreekSabbatonSabbathLatin (Italy)SabbatumSabbathSpanish (Spain)SábadoSabbathPortuguese (Portugal)SabbadoSabbathItalian (Italy)SabbatoSabbathFrench (France)SamediSabbath dayHigh German (Germany)SamstagSabbathPrussian (Prussia)SabaticoSabbathRussian (Russia)SubbotaSabbathPolishSobotaSabbathHebrewShabbathSabbathAfaghanShambaSabbathHindustaniShambaSabbathPersianShambinSabbathArabicAssabtThe SabbathTurkishYomessabtDay SabbathMalayAri-SabtuDay SabbathAbyssinianSanbatSabbathLusatian (Saxony)SobotaSabbathBohemianSobotaSabbathBulgarian (Bulgaria)SubbotaSabbathNew Slovenian (Illyria, in Austria)SobotaSabbathIllyrian (Dalmatia, Servia)SubotaSabbathWallachian (Roumania or Wallachia)SambataSabbathRoman (Sapin, Catalonia)DissapteDay SabbathEcclesiastical Roman (Italy)SabbatumSabbathD'oc. French (ancient and modern)DissataDay SabbathNorman French (10th -11th Centuries)SabbediSabbath DayWolof (Senegambia, West Africa)Alere-AsserLast Day SabbathCongo (West Equatorial Africa)Sabbado or KiansbulaSabbathOrma (South of Abyssiania)Zam-ba-daSabbathKazani - TARTAR (East Russia)SubbotaSabbathOsmanlian (Turkey)Yome-es-sabtday of the SabbathArabic (Very old names)Shi-yarChief or rejoicing dayAncient SyriacShab-ba-thoSabbathChaldee Syriac (Kurdistan,Urumia,Persia)ShaptuSabbathBabylonian Syriac (A Very Old Language)Sa-Ba-tuSabbathMaltese (Malta)Is-sibtthe SabbathEthiopic (Abyssinia)San-batSabbathCoptic (Egypt)Pi sabbatonthe SabbathTamashek (Atlas mountains, Africa)A-hal es-sabtthe SabbathKabyle (North Africa, Ancient Numidan)Ghas assebtthe Sabbath dayHausa (Central Africa)Assebatuthe SabbathPasto (Afghanistan)ShambaSabbath (pleasantest day of the week)Pahlivi (ancient Persian)ShambidSabbathPersian (Persia)ShambahSabbathArmenian (Armenia)ShapatSabbathKurdish (Kurdistan)ShambaSabbathNdebele (Zimbabwe)SabathaSabbathShona (Zimbabwe)SabataSabbathMiscellaneous Middle Ages LanguagesGeorgian (Caucasus)ShabatiSabbathSuanian (Caucasus)SammtynSabbathIngoush (Caucasus)ShattSabbathMalayan (Malaya, Sumatra)Hari sabtuday SabbathJavanese (Java)Saptoe or saptuSabbathDayak (Borneo)SabtuSabbathMakassar (s. Celebes & Salayer islands)SattuSabbathMalagassy (Madagascar)AlsabotsyThe SabbathSwahili (east equatorial Africa)SabatoThe SabbathMandingo (west Africa, s. of Senegal)SibitiSabbathTeda (central Africa)EssebduThe SabbathBornu (central Africa)AssebduThe SabbathLogone (central Africa)Se-sibdeThe SabbathBagrimma (central Africa)SibbediSabbathMaba (central Africa)SabSabbathPermian (Russian)SubotaSabbathVotiak (Russian)SubbotaSabbath

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Monday, 31 October 2016

WRITING AND SENDING.

The Writing and Sending Out of the Testimonies to the Church
Sanitarium, California,
July 8, 1906.
Dear Brother____,
There are some who think they are able to measure the character and to estimate the importance of the work the Lord has given me to do. Their own mind and judgment is the standard by which they would weigh the testimonies. PH116 3.1
My instructor said to me, Tell these men that God has not committed to them the work of measuring, classifying, and defining the character of the testimonies. Those who attempt this are sure to err in their conclusions. The Lord would have men adhere to their appointed work. If they will keep the way of the Lord, they will be able to discern clearly that the work which He has appointed me to do is not a work of human devising. PH116 3.2
Those who carefully read the testimonies as they have appeared from the early days, need not be perplexed as to their origin. The many books, written by the help of the Spirit of God, bear a living witness to the character of the testimonies. PH116 3.3
In the early days of our experience in the message, the Spirit of God often came upon a few of us as we were assembled, and I was taken away in vision. The Lord gave such light and evidence, such comfort and hope and joy, that His praises were upon our lips. PH116 4.1
While my husband lived, he acted as a helper and counselor in the sending out of the messages that were given to me. We traveled extensively. Sometimes light would be given to me in the night season, sometimes in the daytime before large congregations. The instruction I received in vision was faithfully written out by me, as I had time and strength for the work. Afterward we examined the matter together, my husband correcting grammatical errors and eliminating needless repetition. Then it was carefully copied for the persons addressed, or for the printer. PH116 4.2
As the work grew, others assisted me in the preparation of matter for publication. After my husband’s death, faithful helpers joined me, who labored untiringly in the work of copying the testimonies, and preparing articles for publication. But the reports that are circulated, that any of my helpers are permitted to add matter or change the meaning of the messages I write out, are not true. PH116 4.3
While we were in Australia, the Lord instructed me that W.C. White should be relieved from the many burdens his brethren would lay upon him, that he might be more free to assist me in the work the Lord has laid upon me. The promise had been given, “I will put My Spirit upon him, and give him wisdom.” PH116 4.4
Since my return to America I have several times received instruction that the Lord has given me W.C. White to be my helper, and that in this work the Lord will give him of His Spirit. PH116 5.1
It requires much wisdom and sound judgment, quickened by the Spirit of God, to know the proper time and manner to present the instruction that has been given. When the minds of persons reproved are under a strong deception, they naturally resist the testimony; and having taken an attitude of resistance, it is difficult for them afterward to acknowledge that they have been wrong. PH116 5.2
In the early days of this cause, if some of the leading brethren were present when messages from the Lord were given, we would consult with them as to the best manner of bringing the instruction before the people. Sometimes it was decided that certain portions would better not be read before a congregation. Sometimes those whose course was reproved would request that the matters pointing out their wrongs and dangers should be read before others, that they, too, might be benefited. PH116 5.3
Often after testimonies of reproof were read, hearty confessions were made. Then we would unite in a season of prayer, and the Lord would manifest His pardoning grace to those who had confessed their sins. The acceptance of the testimonies brought the rich blessing of God into our assemblies. PH116 6.1
Faithfully I endeavor to write out that which is given me from time to time by the divine Counselor. Some portions of that which I write are sent out immediately to meet the present necessities of the work. Other portions are held until the development of circumstances makes it evident to me that the time has come for their use. Sometimes in ministers and physicians bearing responsibilities there has developed a disposition to discard the testimonies, and I have been instructed not to place testimonies in their hands; for having yielded to the spirit that tempted and overcame Adam and Eve, they have opened mind and heart to the control of the enemy. Being on a false track, and laboring under deceptive imaginings, they will read into the testimonies things that are not there, but which are in agreement with the false statements that they have listened to. By reading the testimonies in the light of their own kindling, they are deceived, and will deceive others. PH116 6.2
Sometimes, after very clear-cut, decided reproofs have been written out, they are held for a time until by personal correspondence I have endeavored to change the spirit of those to whom they are addressed. If these efforts are unsuccessful, the messages, with all their strength of rebuke or reproof, are sent to them, whether they will hear, or whether they will deny the truthfulness of the message. PH116 6.3
If those whose errors are pointed out make confession of their wrong-doing, the spell of the enemy may be broken. If they will repent and forsake their sins, God is faithful and just to forgive their sins, and to cleanse them from all unrighteousness. Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer, will remove the filthy garments from them, give them change of raiment, and set a fair miter upon their head. But so long as they refuse to turn from iniquity, they can not develop a character that will stand in the great day of judgment. PH116 7.1
Often concealed wrongs in the life of individuals are opened before me, and I am bidden to bear a message of reproof and warning. PH116 7.2
I have been told that many who give heed to the false science of the enemy would denounce my work as that of a false prophet, and would place upon the testimony such interpretations as tend to change the truth of God into a lie. Satan is on the alert; and some who in the past have been used by the Lord in doing His work, but who have permitted themselves to be deceived, will be stirred up to make an improper use of the messages given. Because they do not wish to listen to the words of reproof, because they will not hear counsel, and improve their course of action, and do their appointed work, they will misconstrue the messages to the church, and confuse many minds. PH116 7.3
Nevertheless, I am to bear the message that is given me to bear, so long as the Lord shall choose. He has not given me the work of settling all the misunderstandings that are cherished in hearts of unbelief. Just as long as a door is open to receive the tempter’s suggestions, difficulties will multiply. The hearts of those who will not come to the light are open to unbelief. If my time and strength are consumed upon such matters, this serves Satan’s purposes. The Lord has said to me: “Bear the testimonies. Your work is not to settle difficulties; your work is to reprove, and to present the righteousness of Christ.” PH116 8.1

Note: This article was obtained from the book as detailed below, no change has been done in grammar, meaning and thought of the writer and publisher.

Title The Writing and Sending Out of the Testimonies to the Church
Book Code PH116
Author Ellen Gould White
Year of Publication 1913
Number of Pages 28
Publishers
Printed Edition Mountain View, CA: Pacific Press Publishing Association
Digital Edition Ellen G. White Estate, Inc.
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Tuesday, 11 October 2016

MY HOME

Home Is the Heart of All Activity
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.
—Society is composed of
families, and is what the heads of families make it. Out of the heart
are “the issues of life”; and the heart of the community, of the church,
and of the nation is the household. The well-being of society, the
success of the church, the prosperity of the nation, depend upon
home influences.
The elevation or deterioration of the future of society will be determined by the manners and morals of the youth growing up around
us. As the youth are educated, and as their characters are molded in
their childhood to virtuous habits, self-control, and temperance, so
will their influence be upon society. If they are left unenlightened
and uncontrolled, and as the result become self-willed, intemperate
in appetite and passion, so will be their future influence in molding
society. The company which the young now keep, the habits they
now form, and the principles they now adopt are the index to the
state of society for years to come.
The Sweetest Type of Heaven—Home should be made all that
the word implies. It should be a little heaven upon earth, a place
where the affections are cultivated instead of being studiously repressed. Our happiness depends upon this cultivation of love, sympathy, and true courtesy to one another.
The sweetest type of heaven is a home where the Spirit of the
Lord presides. If the will of God is fulfilled, the husband and wife
will respect each other and cultivate love and confidence.
Importance of the Home Atmosphere
The atmosphere surrounding the souls of fathers and mothers fills the whole house, and
is felt in every department of the home.
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.
Creating a Pure Atmosphere—Every Christian home should
have rules; and parents should, in their words and deportment toward
each other, give to the children a precious, living example of what
they desire them to be. Purity in speech and true Christian courtesy
should be constantly practiced.
Teach the children and youth to
respect themselves, to be true to God, true to principle; teach them to
respect and obey the law of God. These principles will control their
lives and will be carried out in their associations with others. They
will create a pure atmosphere—one that will have an influence that
will encourage weak souls in the upward path that leads to holiness
and heaven. Let every lesson be of an elevating and ennobling
character, and the records made in the books of heaven will be such
as you will not be ashamed to meet in the judgment.
Children who receive this kind of instruction will ... be prepared
to fill places of responsibility and, by precept and example, will be
constantly aiding others to do right. Those whose moral sensibilities
have not been blunted will appreciate right principles; they will put
a just estimate upon their natural endowments and will make the
best use of their physical, mental, and moral powers. Such souls are
strongly fortified against temptation; they are surrounded by a wall
not easily broken down.
God would have our families symbols of the family in heaven.
Let parents and children bear this in mind every day, relating themselves to one another as members of the family of God. Then their
lives will be of such a character as to give to the world an object
lesson of what families who love God and keep His commandments
may be. Christ will be glorified; His peace and grace and love will
pervade the family circle like a precious perfume.
Much depends on the father and mother. They are to be firm
and kind in their discipline, and they are to work most earnestly to have an orderly, correct household, that the heavenly angels may be
attracted to it to impart peace and a fragrant influence.

In the mean time.

In the mean time,

Christ says we are to have eternal life now, but we don’t have access to the tree of life anymore, so in the meantime, how do we access the life in the tree of life because we must have that life. We can have life only as we have communion with him. Separated from God, existence may be ours for a little time but we do not possess life. Christ says that as He lived by His Father, is the way we must live by Him. What does this mean? God is a spirit and a spirit does not have flesh and blood. God is not a cannibal. Christ clarifies, “The words I speak unto you, they are spirit and they are life.” Christ tells us plainly, that His words are spirit and life -- eternal life. The Scriptures are the great agency in the transformation of character. As we wait for physical access, this is how we access the life of the tree of life. Study the Word - for it is your life.-http://www.amazingdiscoveries.org

God created the earth in perfect manner with perfect human beings(Adam and Eve)-see Genesis 1 and 2 everything in perfect harmony. Unfortunately the deceiver stepped in on the scene and ruined everything those who once were royal to God failed to Obey his voice but they preferably to obey the voice of a stranger but in the mean time as they were waiting for God's initiative and judgment he made them the skin to be their clothes rather than their man made leaves clothing, so in the mean time God clothed them righteousness and as they were waiting the Lord commanded them what to and what not to