Sunday July 1, 2012
I think it will be best to do a mix of real deep stuff, and not so deep. When it comes to studying God’s Word, many things will take soaking time. Here is an example with me.
In my studies, within the bounds of the authenticated, original Spirit of Prophecy, I was led to understand that the 144,000 are composed of all those who are saved — that have been exposed to the Advent message, since October 23, 1844, to the end. This being the date of the beginning of the third angel’s message. That understanding I still believe to be correct. I might be wrong on this point. You need to prove all things yourself. Check out the topics on the right of this page.
Thinking from that view, very, very few of those professing SDAs will be in the kingdom. They are entangled in the world. Busy with too many other things, instead of putting God first. And it does not matter what the distraction is, A N Y THING except seeking truth and striving to enter at the strait gate.
Since the very first conversation with Jerry, the Holy Ghost was impressing me on this one point, that so few would be saved, who have heard this message. Then, the other day, was kinda like a high-point, the high-water mark. It was nothing Jerry was doing, it was the emphases the Holy Ghost was making in my own mind about such a small number.
After some meditation on it, I realized that all my life I had been taught that everyone should be urged in. This is why the story of the rich young ruler, Mark 10, impressed me, very much. Christ never went after him to urge him anything!! This story is in three of the gospels, but only Mark states that he “loved him.” Now we know that God loves everybody. Here, that love is made prominent. Still, he let him go, no urging, no force, no pressure. It’s a preservation of personal space to make a free choice. Like Adam and Eve in the garden. No pressure from God. Only preservation of free choice.
Choices have consequences.
God has hidden his treasures of wisdom in the field, and it will take all to buy it. And those who are not asking, seeking and knocking will not find the right field. They will be deluded and deceived by the seductive whisperings of the beautiful woman, the false church. They are buying her lies because they think it is the truth. The real deception is back at asking, seeking and knocking. For whatever reason they rationalize, they are not making truth their highest goal.
I heard a great line once. “To rationalize, is to tell rational lies.”
We must be about truth. Many SDAs visit this site. But they can not see the importance of the truth revealed. If they do see it, it’s like 911, it’s too big, it’s too huge, it would flatten to nothing the whole SDA church structure. So they put it out of mind, besides, the 6:00 news will be on soon. One day, the six o’clock news will be about a bunch of crazies all over the world, declaring the fearful warning (No. 6, p. 22) of God and working miracles. Some will then wake, as from a deep sleep, too late to form a character fit for Heaven, or study to understand the hidden treasure.
God is all about saving those who make a free will choice to “follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth.” All the honest in heart will be rescued. No. 15, page 95. But all those who are not actively following and cherishing the light they have, will not find the hidden treasure. That mystery of godliness they will not discover. They will believe the strong, seductive delusion, of a wicked woman, which God created, the GCSDA church.
Follow this.
In the beginning God created the heaven (true church) and the earth (false church). And the earth (false church) was without form, and void; and darkness (lack of understanding, error, evil works) was upon the face of the deep (people). And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters (people). And God said, Let there be light (wisdom, knowledge and understanding, hidden treasure ) and there was light (wisdom, knowledge and understanding, hidden treasure ). And God saw the light (wisdom, knowledge and understanding, hidden treasure ), that it was good ( for spiritual food and spiritual meat ) and God divided the light (wisdom, knowledge and understanding, hidden treasure ) from the darkness (lack of understanding, error, evil works). Genesis 1:1-6
I form the light (wisdom, knowledge and understanding, hidden treasure), and create darkness (lack of understanding, error, evil works): I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things. Isaiah 45:7
You might not have known that God did this!
It brings a whole new level of understanding, a new day dawns in your mind; suddenly the Bible is flooded with light and understanding! Wonderful beginning!!
Here I have not shown the source of the words defined. If you do not have a Bible software program, there are many that are free. “E-sword” is a good one. What you want to be able to do is search on the word you want to define, like “light.” Then other texts will show definitions for that word. Use the one that makes sense. God made it easy, you just got to want it.
God Bless your study