The Cure for the Most
Dreaded Disease!
The Cure for the Most
Dreaded Disease!
Starvation!
Small
Pox
Black Death
AIDS PATIENT
LUNG CANER
CONSTANT, SELF-DENYING BENEVOLENCE IS GOD'S
REMEDY FOR THE CANKERING SINS OF
SELFISHNESS AND COVETOUSNESS. GOD HAS
ARRANGED SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE TO SUSTAIN
HIS CAUSE AND RELIEVE THE NECESSITIES OF THE
SUFFERING AND NEEDY. HE HAS ORDAINED THAT
GIVING SHOULD BECOME A HABIT, THAT IT MAY
COUNTERACT THE DANGEROUS AND DECEITFUL SIN
OF COVETOUSNESS. Continual giving starves
covetousness to death. SYSTEMATIC BENEVOLENCE IS
DESIGNED IN THE ORDER OF GOD TO TEAR AWAY
TREASURES FROM THE COVETOUS AS FAST AS
THEY ARE GAINED AND TO CONSECRATE THEM TO
THE LORD, TO WHOM THEY BELONG. (Testimonies for
the Church, VOL. 3, P. 548)
LIKE OUR SAVIOUR, WE ARE IN THIS WORLD TO DO
SERVICE FOR GOD. WE ARE HERE TO BECOME LIKE
GOD IN CHARACTER, AND BY A LIFE OF SERVICE TO
REVEAL HIM TO THE WORLD. IN ORDER TO BE COWORKERS WITH GOD, IN ORDER TO BECOME LIKE HIM
AND TO REVEAL HIS CHARACTER, WE MUST KNOW HIM
ARIGHT. WE MUST KNOW HIM AS HE REVEALS HIMSELF.
(The Ministry of Healing, P. 409)
THE CROSS WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THE POWER OF
ROME. IT WAS THE INSTRUMENT OF THE MOST CRUEL
AND HUMILIATING FORM OF DEATH. THE LOWEST
CRIMINALS WERE REQUIRED TO BEAR THE CROSS TO
THE PLACE OF EXECUTION; AND OFTEN AS IT WAS ABOUT
TO BE LAID UPON THEIR SHOULDERS, THEY RESISTED
WITH DESPERATE VIOLENCE, UNTIL THEY WERE
OVERPOWERED, AND THE INSTRUMENT OF TORTURE
WAS BOUND UPON THEM. BUT JESUS BADE HIS
FOLLOWERS TAKE UP THE CROSS AND BEAR IT AFTER
HIM. TO THE DISCIPLES HIS WORDS, THOUGH DIMLY
COMPREHENDED, POINTED TO THEIR SUBMISSION TO
THE MOST BITTER HUMILIATION,--SUBMISSION EVEN
UNTO DEATH FOR THE SAKE OF CHRIST.
NO MORE COMPLETE SELF-SURRENDER COULD THE
SAVIOUR’S WORDS HAVE PICTURED. BUT ALL THIS HE
HAD ACCEPTED FOR THEM. JESUS DID NOT COUNT
HEAVEN A PLACE TO BE DESIRED WHILE WE WERE
LOST. HE LEFT THE HEAVENLY COURTS FOR A LIFE OF
REPROACH AND INSULT, AND A DEATH OF SHAME. HE
WHO WAS RICH IN HEAVEN’S PRICELESS TREASURE,
BECAME POOR, THAT THROUGH HIS POVERTY WE
MIGHT BE RICH. WE ARE TO FOLLOW IN THE PATH HE
TROD. (The Desire of Ages, PP. 416, 417)
ANIMAL CRUELTY
THIS MESSAGE HAS LOST NONE OF ITS FORCE. IT IS
JUST AS FRESH IN ITS IMPORTANCE AS GOD'S GIFTS
ARE FRESH AND CONTINUAL. THERE IS NO DIFFICULTY
IN UNDERSTANDING OUR DUTY IN THE LIGHT OF THIS
MESSAGE, GIVEN THROUGH GOD'S HOLY PROPHET. WE
ARE NOT LEFT TO STUMBLE ALONG IN DARKNESS AND
DISOBEDIENCE. THE TRUTH IS PLAINLY STATED, AND IT
CAN BE CLEARLY UNDERSTOOD BY ALL WHO WISH TO
BE HONEST IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. A TITHE OF ALL OUR
INCOME IS THE LORD'S. HE LAYS HIS HAND UPON THAT
PORTION WHICH HE HAS SPECIFIED THAT WE SHALL
RETURN TO HIM, AND SAYS, I ALLOW YOU TO USE MY
BOUNTIES AFTER YOU HAVE LAID ASIDE THE TENTH,
AND HAVE COME BEFORE ME WITH GIFTS AND
OFFERINGS.
THE LORD CALLS FOR HIS TITHE TO BE GIVEN IN TO HIS
TREASURY. STRICTLY, HONESTLY, AND FAITHFULLY, LET
THIS PORTION BE RETURNED TO HIM. BESIDES THIS, HE
CALLS FOR YOUR GIFTS AND OFFERINGS. NO ONE IS
COMPELLED TO PRESENT HIS TITHE OR HIS GIFTS AND
OFFERINGS TO THE LORD. (Counsels on Stewardship, P.
82)
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