The 4 Chaplains & No Greater Love

During WW2 the USAT Dorchester was sunk while crossing the Atlantic. As the crew were being evacuated life jackets were passed out. There were not enough and the four chaplains on board gave theirs away. They held arms on the ship as it went down and were heard praying for the survivors in the water and life boats. Only 230 out of the 904 men onboard survived. Most died from the cold in the water that night.The 4 chaplins were George Fox (Pennsylvannia), Alexander Goode (NY), Clark Poling (Ohio) and John Washington (New Jersey). Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

The Sabbath & the Eastern Orthodox Churches

According to the OrthodoxWiki site, Eastern Orthodox Christians believe the following about the Sabbath and its supposed change from the 7th day Sabbath to the 1st day observance of Sunday- "By the second century the Lord's Day was looked upon as the day of rest and the day for celebrating the Divine Liturgy, replacing the Jewish Sabbath. Then in 325, the Council of Nicea formally declared that the Lord's Day, Sunday, was the day of worship for Orthodox Christians." If the Sabbath was changed by the Lord-why did it take until the 2nd century?

LET the SCRIPTURES speak on the subject:

Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 5:19

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy....But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: Exodus 20:8,10

Come out of Babylon

Message for Babylon (Papal Rome & its apostate daughter churches who still have a foot in Rome) Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate. Sit thou silent, and get thee into darkness, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called, The lady of kingdoms. Isaiah 47:1,5

Where does "Babylon" turn? Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things that shall come upon thee. Isaiah 47:12,13

Their End-Behold, they shall be as stubble; the fire shall burn them; they shall not deliver themselves from the power of the flame: there shall not be a coal to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. Isaiah 47:14

What does God say to His people about Babylon? Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go every one into his own country: for her judgment reacheth unto heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies. Jeremiah 51:8,9 And he answered and said, Babylon is fallen, is fallen; and all the graven images of her gods he hath broken unto the ground. Isaiah 21:9 Babylon hath been a golden cup in the LORD'S hand, that made all the earth drunken: the nations have drunken of her wine; therefore the nations are mad. Jeremiah 51:7 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. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:2-5

Cup of Woe

And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. Matthew 26:39

"It was here that the destiny of a lost world trembled in the balance. Should He refuse to drink the cup, the result would be eternal ruin to the human race. But an angel from heaven strengthened the Son of God to accept the cup and drink its bitter woe." Testimonies for the Church vol.9, p.102

The Greatest Miracle

A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. Ezekiel 36:26 "Is not this, the renewal of man, the greatest miracle that can be performed?" Testimonies for the Church vol.9, p.152

The message to everywhere proclaim

But the end of all things is at hand: 1 Peter 4:7 "Prepare to meet thy God is the message we are everywhere to proclaim. The trumpet is to give a certain sound." Testimonies for the Church vol. 9, p.149

The Health/Temperance Message

What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's. 1 Corinthians 6:19,20 "We are not our own....If we could understand this, and fully realize it, we would feel a great responsibility resting upon us to keep ourselves in the very best condition of health, that we might render to God perfect service." Testimonies for the Church vol. 2 p.354 Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God. 1 Corinthians 10:31 "You have to suffer the penalty of nature's violated laws. God has established laws in your system which you cannot violate without suffering the punishment." Testimonies for the Church vol. 2, p.68 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Romans 12:1 "God requires all men to render their bodies to Him a living sacrifice, not a dead or dying sacrifice, a sacrifice which their own corse of action is debilitating, filling with impurities and disease." Testimonies for the Church vol.2, p.70

And beside this, giving all diligence,

@add to your faith virtue;

@and to virtue knowledge;

@And to knowledge temperance;

@and to temperance patience;

@and to patience godliness;

@ And to godliness brotherly kindness;

@and to brotherly kindness charity. 2 Peter 1:5-7 "You should study temperance in all things....And yet you say: 'It's nobody's business what I eat, or what I drink, or what I place upon my table'. It is somebody's business, unless you take your children and shut them up, or go into the wilderness where you will not be a burden upon others,...." Testimonies for the Church vol.2, p.362

False Doctrine of the "Moral Influence Theory"

The Moral Influence Theory is of the idea that Christ really only died on the cross in order to "melt" the hearts of people. Not as a substitute for our sins. This of course-is clearly a False Doctrine. Some claim it was the dominant theory of the so-called "church fathers" in the late 100's. But if true-so what? That would be nearly a century AFTER the crucifixtion and the apostles. We all know false doctrines were already creeping into the Church. -Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1

As for His work on the Cross- Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. Hebrews 7:27

A Thought from Psalms

When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? Psalm 8:3,4

Man of Sin & Papal Rome

@This "man of sin" would come first, causing a "falling away" before the end comes- Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; 2 Thessalonians 2:3

@Of course we all know of the Papacy and its claim to Infallibility- Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God. 2 Thessalonians 2:4

@He would arise apparently sometime after the days of Paul- Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things? And now ye know what withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time. And then shall that Wicked be revealed,.. 2 Thessalonians 2:5,6,8

@He works with the power from Lucifer- Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders, And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; 2 Thessalonians 2:9,10

Lets look at the phrase "deceivableness of unrighteousness". What does it mean? It was a new system to decieve the masses of followers like nothing they had ever seen before. The power and pomp of Papal Rome. And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 2 Thessalonians 2:11

Christianity had God-our Redeemer & Creator

Papal Rome had a god too-the Pope, the Holy Father in Rome

Christianity has a saviour-Christ

Papal Rome has a saviour-the Sacraments of the Church (Last Rights, Mass, Confession,etc)

Chrisitianity had a sacrifice-the Lamb that was slain for the world/Christ on the cross

Papal Rome has a sacrifice-the Mass

Christianity has a mediator for us-Christ in Heaven

Papal Rome has a mediator for you- the priesthood

Christianity has a pardon-from the blood of the Lamb

Papal Rome has a pardon-the confessional

Christianity has an advocate for us in Heaven-Christ our Advocate

Papal Rome has an advocate supposedly in Heaven for you-Mother Mary

That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:12

Babylon (Papal Rome & the apostate churches that still have a foot in her-through Sunday sacredness in place of the Sabbath and the idea of the Immortality of the Soul) God calls His faithful in these Churches to come out of her- And after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory. 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. For her sins have reached unto heaven, and God hath remembered her iniquities. Revelation 18:1-5

In closing Paul says- Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle. 2 Thessalonians 2:15

End of Lucifer

.......therefore will I bring forth a fire from the midst of thee, it shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee. Ezekiel 28:18

Two Works of the Holy Spirit

2 Works of the Holy Spirit:

1) Guide you into truth- Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: John 16:13

2) Convert our hearts- ....because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us. Romans 5:5

How Christ Taught

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. Matthew 7:28,29

Harold Camping and False Prophets....

Harlod Camping predicted the "rapture" in May of 2011. His was another failed prediction (besides-there is NO "rapture" in the sense he speaks of. In the end every eye will see our Lord as He returns and raises the dead and the living who are saved-anyway-back to Harold). His predictions are based on the Pseudo-Science of "numerology". We are warned about false prophets...

Beware of false prophets,.... Matthew 7:15

A Case Study of the Remnant:NOAH

Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his time; Noah walked with God. Genesis 6:9 NASB
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he. Genesis 6:22 KJV

1) A righteous man/He had the right relationship with God
2) Blameless/How he lived before God

3) Walked with God/You are either with God or you are not with God

4) Obeyed the commands of God/Keep His word and Law...His Commandments He gives us

God will provide for His remnant during the Time of Trouble

And they that went in, went in male and female of all flesh, as God had commanded him: and the LORD shut him in. Genesis 7:16 KJV

Be Zealous & Repent

......be zealous therefore, and repent. Revelation 3:19

The Heart & Character

For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: Matthew 5:19

"If Christ is not in the heart, the character will be unlovely." Testimonies for the Church vol. 7 p.81

Science of Salvation

Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole. Acts 4:10

"...@Christ crucified for sin,

@Christ risen from the dead,

@Christ ascended on high

-this was the science of salvation that they were to learn and teach." Acts of the Apostles p.474

False Balances of Salvation

A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight. Proverbs 11:1

When it comes to salvation some people have their scales out-of-whack. Some focus on just Sanctification and become legalistic, focusing almost exclusivly on keeping the Law of God. While others go too far the other way and focus on just Justification. They assume that they don't need to keep the Law. They cry "Grace Grace" but forget that they need the Grace because of sin-which is transgression of the Law. Grace and the Law go hand-in-hand. Study the outlay of the Sanctuary sometime. -------You'll see the balance.

Two things Job asks...and so should we

Only do not two things unto me: then will I not hide myself from thee.
1) Withdraw thine hand far from me:
2) and let not thy dread make me afraid. Job 13:20,21

Peace Be Still

And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark 4:39

He asks you the same question today as He did the disciples then....

And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith? Mark 4:40

The role of WISDOM

1) Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets: She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,

2) How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

3) Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.

4) Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

5) When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.

6) Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:

7) For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: Proverbs 1:20-24,27-29

A True Christian

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: Proverbs 1:7

"A true Christian constantly acknowledges Christ. One sentence of scripture is of more value than ten thousand of man's ideas or arguments." Testimonies for the Church vol.7 p.70,71

Line of Demarcation will be drawn by the Law

And the LORD said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there: and I will give thee tables of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them. Exodus 24:12

"The line of demarcation between those who keep the commandments of God and those who do not is to be revealed with unmistakable clearness." Testimonies for the Church vol.9 p.251

King David is dead & buried-NOT ascended into heaven

King David is dead & buried...sleeping in the dust of the ground...

Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. For David is not ascended into the heavens: Acts 2:29,34

Waiting for his resurrection day....

As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. Psalm 17:15

What did Adam & Eve do? What will we do?

What did Adam & Eve do when they heard the voice of God call out after they sinned? What will we do? Will you hide from Him or go to Him?

And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden. Genesis 3:8

The Wicked

Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh the violence of your hands in the earth. The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies. Their poison is like the poison of a serpent: Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth:Let them melt away as waters which run continually: when he bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, let them be as cut in pieces. Psalm 58:2-7

Under His Shadow

......I sat down under his shadow with great delight,... Song of Solomon 2:3

"These words do not bring to our minds the picture of hasty transit, but of quiet rest. There are many professing Christians who are anxiuos and depressed, many who are so full of busy activity that they cannot find time to rest quietly in the promises of God. They must sit under His shadow if they would be professors of His peace and rest." Testimonies for the Church vol.7, p.69,70

Praise GOD for HE is Wonderful

Where Were They?

Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron; Psalm 107:10

Why?

Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High: Psalm 107:11

Then....

.........they fell down, and there was none to help. Psalm 107:12

Then What?

Then they cried unto the LORD in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder. Psalm 107:13,14

The Result:

Oh that men would praise the LORD for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Psalm 107:15

Praise GOD for HE is Wonderful

The Beauty of Holiness

Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness. Psalm 29:2

Don't you wish you could say this too?

*)Thou hast proved mine heart;

*)thou hast visited me in the night;

*)thou hast tried me,

and shalt find nothing; Psalm 17:3

Seen of the 500

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. 1 Corinthians 15:6

My Prayer

Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God: for unto thee will I pray. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up. Psalm 5:1-3

Pray for the Remnant

And said unto Jeremiah the prophet, Let, we beseech thee, our supplication be accepted before thee, and pray for us unto the LORD thy God, even for all this remnant; (for we are left but a few of many, as thine eyes do behold us:) Jeremiah 42:2

The Lord will hear

But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself:

1) the LORD will hear when I call unto him.

a) Stand in awe,

b) and sin not:

c) commune with your own heart upon your bed,

d) and be still. Psalm 4:3,4

Breath of Life (TV Show)

The Spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life. Job 33:4

Amazing Facts (TV Show)

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

It is Written (TV Show)

But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Matthew 4:4

The Voice of Prophecy (Radio Show)

Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand. Revelation 1:3

HIS custom on the Sabbath

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read. Luke 4:16

The Meat-Not Milk

For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness: for he is a babe. But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. Hebrews 5:13,14

"The failures and mistakes of ancient Israel are not as grievous in the sight of God as are the sins of the people of God in this age. Light has been increasing from age to age, and the generations that follow have the example of the generations that went before..." Review and Herald 5/21/1895

The Fatherless Orphans

Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction,... James 1:27

"All who profess to have a Father in heaven, who they hope will care for them and finally take them to the home He has prepared for them, ought to feel a solemn obligation resting upon them to be friends to the friendless and fathers to the orphans, to aid the widows, and be of some practical use in this world by benefiting humanity. He stands there in the person of the poor, the homeless orphans, and the afflicted widows, who need love, sympathy, affection, and encouragement. If you do it not upon one of these, you would not do it unto Christ were He upon the earth. Now is your sowing time. You will reap that which you sow. Avail yourselves while you may of every privilege to do good." Testimonies for the Church vol.2, p.329,330

The Fit Man

And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: Leviticus 16:21

The Fit Man who takes the scapegoat far away so it never returns is symbolic of God sending away (to permanent destruction) Lucifer (the scapegoat) forever removed from God and His people.

Scripture cannot be Broken

......and the scripture cannot be broken; John 10:35 The word of God is sure.

Is Apollo Quiboloy-The Son of God? I Don't think so (LOL)

A new cult leader has emerged from the Philippines-his name is Apollo Quiboloy.

@ He claims Christ was the savior of the Jews and he is the savior of us Gentiles.....

@ He claims he is in a state of perfection like Adam before he fell...

@ He believes Eve mated with the serpent in Eden...

@ He wants to add to the scriptures.....

@ Believes in Oneness Pentecostalism (Denial of the Father, Son & Holy Spirit as seperate entities)....

And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. Matthew 24:11

The Voice of Joy

The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: Jeremiah 33:11

Example of Nehemiah

Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven. Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah; And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me. Nehemiah 2:4,7,8

"God's children are not only to pray in faith, but to work with diligent and provident care. They encounter many difficulties and hinder the working of providence in their behalf, because they regard prudence and painstaking effort as having little to do with religion...Careful consideration and well-matured plans are as essential to the carrying forward of sacred enterprises today as in the time of the rebuilding of Jerusalem's walls." Prophets and Kings p.633,634

Sabbath-Keep from polluting it

Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. Isaiah 56:2

Preaching of the Cross

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 1 Corinthians 1:18

Rising to going down of the sun

The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. Psalms 50:1