Now I want you to notice also as we review what we studied in our last lecture, that man did not do any work in order to exist. And this mysterious serpent is actually slandering God, which seems to be a discordant note in the context of every thing being created good, and created perfect. Spirit to bring clarity and understanding about the role of the prophet and prophetic ministry. Now, let’s notice verse 2. The wicked do not only go into Hell and the lake of fire; but, part of their judgment from God includes the fact that they are left in the wicked state they have chosen! Acts 2: 17-20. Absolutely! Genesis chapter 2 and verses 16 and 17. Jesus did not soften the truth about Hell and eternal punishment in an attempt to make His message more palatable to accommodate culture. 1AQaq�"���� 2�� Let’s read about this in Genesis chapter 29 and verse 30. When the people of God attain to primitive faith and practice, as they most certainly will under the last message, the latter rain will be poured out, and all the gifts will be revived. And so a better translation, as many modern versions have it, is that they travelled towards the east. Special Test. Here the New Jerusalem is being described and it says this: We find here a description of the New Jerusalem. The ecosystem was in perfect balance. Here, too, there proved to be more Very clearly Job chapter 1 describes this meeting. It has since been updated on their site due to the firestorm caused over the book.). The belly of bronze represents the kingdom of Greece which ruled from the year 331 BC till the year 168 BC. And so, obviously, the Creator of the book of Genesis was none other than Jesus Christ. And when that people should arise in the last generation of men, who should be observing all ten of the precepts of God’s holy law, and should recognize the revival of the spirit of prophecy… Why do bad things happen to good people? ” In fact, let’s notice what Genesis chapter 24 and verse 1 has to say about Abraham. This is one of the better known texts of Holy Scripture. is made to Stott, Essentials, op. Now no Seed can come from this lineage. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day. I., beginning with the fall of Satan, embraces Old-Testament history. Why does the law bring wrath? And so Peter begins by saying that in the last days mockers will come who live according to their own lusts, and they will want to postpone, and delay, the coming of Jesus for that particular reason. Why not live like ‘hell’ if we can still go to Heaven?” As the song by Prince states, “Let’s party like it’s 1999!”, Rob Bell states that those who hold to what has traditionally been understood to be the biblical teaching of Heaven and Hell “don’t throw very good parties” (p. 179). Jones also admits that he understood the biblical prohibitions to sodomy: “I’ve always thought that all persons should be afforded the same rights and no one should be discriminated against. Israel needed a champion to recover that which had been lost, because they had been defeated so severely in all of their battles in recent times. Add to Cart. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it.”, “will try to enter and will not be able to.”, “drunkards, adulterers and fornicators will inherit the kingdom of God.”, “What Jesus does is declare that he, and he alone, is saving everybody. Some Emerging Churches are inclusivistic (those outside of Christianity will be saved), while others are not. And he understood the awesome responsibility of being the progenitor of the Messiah. And so you have the kingdom going from Adam to Satan… sitting on the throne and exercising dominion because the devil usurped or stole the position of Adam. 6 The Spirit of Prophecy Volume 2 The chief priests, scribes, and elders, forced these upon the people as the commandments of God. Now let’s turn in our Bibles to 2 Peter 3, and I would like to begin at verse 3, 2 Peter 3:3. 5:00 And instead of a multitude of holy descendants, there was a multitude of a corrupt race, which eventually led to the worldwide flood. Then, of course, we’ll move on to speak about God’s method of discipline with His children as a pattern for the methods of discipline that we should follow in disciplining our children as husbands and wives. As I’ve always said, if you want to mess something up, all you need is two things: people and time. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied; and so extensive was the range of his prophetic vision, and so minute, that he could look down over long ages, and describe the coming of the Lord, and the execution of the last judgment upon the ungodly. So let’s go back to Genesis. Of course, if you are a Universalist like Bell, you are ignoring Christ’s warnings of the eternality of Hell and His call to holiness and the narrow road. 17 Steps to Christ.pdf. The second stage where we’re going to look at these 8 laws of health is between the fall and the flood. [3]. And as a result they sinned, and the consequences of their sin were death, and suffering, and sorrow. I actually feel sorry for Rob Bell because he is leading countless souls astray, and the Bible clearly states that teachers will receive a greater judgment (James 3:1). The only way that this can be true is if God is a person. We find in Genesis 6 verses 1 through 4 an explanation of the cause for this deplorable condition in the earth. Militant “gay” activists don’t want the public to know that it’s possible for a homosexual, who is in bondage to sin, to “change,” his/her orientation. Did you notice that when Jesus created this world there were two groups that celebrated God’s work? Unfortunately, in our postmodern culture all too many so-called Christians accept what the culture deems the “norm” instead of looking to the Bible to see what God says is legitimate and acceptable! The Great Controversy Gift Edition. Please pray with me that Rob Bell would spend more time reading the Bible instead of reading and quoting New Agers and hanging out with the Dalai Lama. Who then is really hijacking the Christian faith? Bashir’s accusation that Bell is changing the Gospel to make it more palatable to popular culture is what the apostle Paul warned false teachers would do in the last days: “Preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. In fact Peter, probably, at this time was imprisoned, and he was about to be crucified with his head down, by his own request. In other words, being a member of the holy line which would bring the Messiah into the world. Now where did he come from? And as these two men were walking to Emmaus. Afterward, as you know, when he wanted to inherit this blessing, he was rejected. $22.99. Jesus taught that those who desire to do the will of God would come to know who He is (John 7:17). We have faith that the merciful Father is in kindness bestowing upon His waiting people the light and instruction which they specially need in the perils of the last days. It will suffice at this juncture to point out that the early church fathers, such as Polycarp (who was a disciple of the apostle John) and Irrenaeus, inform us that the book of Revelation was written by the apostle John during the reign of Domitian in the 90’s, more than 20 years after the destruction of Jerusalem. Here Jesus says this: Now why are we beginning our study with this verse? It’s a commandment, not a suggestion. As they abandon their human ideas and take up their God-given duties, beholding Christ and becoming conformed to His likeness, they say: ‘Nearer, my God, to Thee; nearer to Thee.’”—Testimonies for the Church, vol. Let’s begin our study in the book of Psalms reviewing what we studied in our last lecture. In them you will see how troubling Brian McLaren’s teachings really are. After all, if they go to Hell, Bell assures them that he believes God will give them many more opportunities to come to God! 2 Timothy 4:3, 4” Produced by Secrets Unsealed. But then sin came into the world, and Satan took the plan, which belonged to God, and ruined it. John 1:1-3 speak about the Creator at the very beginning. He has also been subject to the temptations and wiles of the devil, so much so that it is the sad history of man, throughout the entire period of his fallen state, that Satan has reigned with almost universal sway. Genesis chapter 1 and verses 1 and 2. It’s the story of Abraham, Isaac, Eliezer, and Rebekah. What a shame, that it took a liberal news organization filled with Godless atheists, like MSNBC, to hold Rob Bell’s feet to the fire and confront him with compromising the biblical message to accommodate popular culture. Apparently, it is Rob Bell and other Emergent Leaders who have sought to distort the message of Jesus by telling stories that make the masses feel comfortable in their sin. I’m going to focus especially on verse 7. It says in verse 1: By the way, when the winds are released that’s the tribulation… the period of the plagues. First, those who are overtly wicked – in other words, they live a disorderly lifestyle and don’t care much about it – and those who are covertly wicked. He lost servants, he lost all of his animals, he lost all of his properties. Now another point that I want to underline is found in John chapter 1 and verses 1 to 3. In my assessment, Alan Jones is not a Christian and no true Christian should ever support the book Reimagining Christianity. “Then He said to them: ‘O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken. The Son of God was next in authority to the great Lawgiver. “Faith is the assurance of things hoped for… ” And the word evidence could better be translated proof. But he did not love Leah. Therefore they looked for more fertile ground. Mind, Character and Personality, Vol. And then it continues saying: Very interesting dream that God gave to Jacob. And we’re going to notice that history generally – in our lives specifically – are not composed of disconnected events that have no relation one to another. Notice verse 4. An article by the White Estate gives the two definitions of (a) the Holy Spirit, or (b) the essence or heart of prophecy. That is the first two chapters. And it is not reasonable to suppose that the Christian age, the light of which, compared with the former dispensation, is as the light of the sun to the feeble rays of the moon, should commence in glory, and close in obscurity. Instead, he offers a watered-down gospel, a politically correct assessment of Biblical teachings, and instructions that remind me of New Age philosophy. Add to Cart ... our precious message in a profound yet simple manner gleaning the gems of truth from Scripture and the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy. Now when Satan heard those words he trembled, he shook, and he made up his mind from that point on that he was not going to allow that Seed to come to the world. We’re not going to look up the verses because we’ve studied this before. The second day he spoke the firmament into existence. It doesn’t mean we are to reject the people who have committed them if they are seeking reconciliation with God. 2. Because Revelation chapter 12 shows the different stages of the controversy between Christ and Satan and it shows that the culprit behind the scenes is the devil. And that is that when Jesus or God, because Jesus is God, created this world Adam and Eve were not eye- witness of the work of Jesus. Intensity is taking hold of the human family. Yes. I’d like to begin by reviewing Revelation chapter 12 which was our subject of study in our last lecture. i had re listen 2-3 time before a figured out what was going on. We want to begin our study today at Genesis chapter 6 and verse 5. As we’ve studied, God was telling Satan that He was going to send a Seed to this world, born of a woman, to do battle with the devil. This is when Lot and Abraham parted ways. I must admit, this is what Jesus did. is, because according to verse 3, they want to live according to their own lusts. And then I want you to notice who are the ones that receive the seal. On the sixth day we find that God created the land animals and then finally He created man and woman. And this is where I want to pick up our reading in Genesis 28:10. They are thus drawn to very casual settings where they can also more easily reject traditional doctrines such as the Trinity, the deity of Christ, and his physical resurrection. It says here: So Genesis tells us that Enoch walked with God. Some people have felt that Melchizedek is actually another name for Michael the archangel. It is even used to emphasize the unending eternity we will experience as believers, in contrast to the temporal age of the present material world. ” In John Chapter 1 it says that “the Word created all things, and without Him nothing was made that was made. God’s wrath is founded upon His thrice holy character and man’s utter contempt and rebellion against His holy law. As the time drew near for the Son of God to make his first advent, Satan became more vigilant in preparing the hearts of the Jewish people to be steeled against the evidences he should bring of his Messiahship. (1 Pet. I blessed humanity. He had to gain the victory where Adam failed. And while we wait, may our dear, absent Lord manifest himself to his waiting people through the gifts. When I say to the wicked, ‘You wicked person, you will surely die,’ and you do not speak out to dissuade them from their ways, that wicked person will die for their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood.” –Ezekiel 33:7-8. But we’re going to look at this from a different perspective in our study today. of great interest and importance which it would not have contained had it been published sooner. It is a continuation of Rome because it’s the same iron as the legs, but it is a different kind of Rome because it is a mixed Rome. Israel, in other words, needed someone to recover the kingship, which had been lost by Saul. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, “was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied.” Simeon, a just and devout man, who was “waiting for the consolation of Israel,” came by the Spirit into the temple, and prophesied of Jesus as “a light to lighten the gentiles, and the glory of Israel.” And Anna, a prophetess, “spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.” And there was no greater prophet than John, who was chosen of God to introduce to Israel “the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world.”, The Christian age commenced with the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the manifestation of various spiritual gifts. Correct? Evidently Tony Jones doesn’t believe in God’s transforming power as he has now concluded that Christians must embrace homosexuality: “I now believe that GLBTQ can live lives in accord with biblical Christianity (at least as much as any of us can!) 22 Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things. Revelation chapter 7 and verses 1 through 8. …in the last days scoffers will arise, mockers will arise, and they will want to live according to their own lusts. So, then, should conservative Christians worry about the ECM’s unorthodox teaching and their continual attacks against the historic fundamentals of the faith? In this case, it’s the command to not eat from the tree. And now notice that this remnant has two characteristics. ” In fact, if you look at the chronology of the Bible you’ll discover that Abraham was approximately 140 years old. We’re not told in the passage that we just read so we must go to Revelation chapter 7 and verses 1 through 8. successfully met in Spirit of Prophecy, Volume I. Vol. a king. And still this volume does not give all that the writer has to present on the closing scenes of this dispensation. In other words, they put on a wonderful veneer, a wonderful exterior, but their hearts and their minds are far away from God illustrated by the scribes and the Pharisees. First of all I would remind you about the character of Esau. because he not only had broken the sabbath. Now in our lecture today we are going to study that the story of. 4. In fact almost in every single battle that Israel was involved with, with the Philistines, they lost ground, and they lost battles; all because of the disobedience of Saul. One of the most disturbing I have found is his endorsement of a book by Alan Jones called Reimagining Christianity. Verse 26 says: Then God said, Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness: and let them have dominion… That’s the first idea that I want us to notice: dominion. Genesis chapter 1 and verse 28. Creation. This is My tree… you are not to use it for your own personal use. Now a detail which many people have missed is that according to the Bible Enoch was the first prophet. 0:07 ... 4 Volume Set - The Spirit of Prophecy: The Great Controversy Between Christ and His Angels. of the series on “The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan.” Vol. We read this before, but let’s read it again. If you change your mind and want to go to Heaven, all you have to do is find the exit. Now the story that we’re going to study in our lecture today, is actually the story that comes immediately before the one that we studied last time. The first period is, of course, at the very beginning before sin came into the world. And instead of filling the earth with a race of righteous and holy people, the Bible says that the earth was filled with people, but it was a violent and iniquitous race like Satan. And so we have, in chapter 3, the last written words from the apostle Peter shortly before his death. It’s interesting to notice that Genesis 11 begins by saying that they all spoke the same language. Biblical Scholar D.A. “All the trees you can use except for this one. Time of trouble such as has never been seen in the history of the world. If a man die, shall he live again? God blessed them, and God said to them, And God said to them… Fourth element… Be fruitful and multiply, fill the earth… And then the same idea is repeated as at the beginning of verse 26… and subdue it: have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth. To do anything less is to betray the one true God who sent His only begotten Son to save us. Before Tony gets to the point, he shares his personal story and tells how he viewed homosexuality in his early years. So I’m going to review the days of creation culminating with what God did on the sixth day of creation week. ���� JFIF � � �� C �� C�� v" �� We’ve defined the meaning of faith. Well, the fact is that we don’t have to guess. Now the Tower of Babel episode took place approximately one hundred years after the flood. Without getting too far afield, it’s impossible for a practicing homosexual, a bisexual or a transgender person to live in accord with biblical Christianity. This verse is central to everything that we’re studying in this seminar. Here God is speaking to the serpent and He says this: That is the serpent and the woman. Genesis 3:15, Genesis 3:15. It says here: the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, and all of the animals that wander, or walk upon the earth. Spirit of Prophecy Vol 2. 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