The Desire of Ages--69--On the Mount of Olives

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

I pray you all had a happy Sabbath! Amen, to all of your posts! Jesus is coming soon! Let us live in readiness for His return by being wide awake to duty and to allow Christ to reflect through us His character--all of the fruits of the Spirit without one missing as we abide in His love!

"Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives: 'Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.' 'Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.'" {The Desire of Ages, page 636, paragraph 3}

May we be ever in a state of readiness to do God's will so that when opportunities to share Christ with others unfold, we may do His will cheerfully! Only by constant union and communion with Christ are we able to walk victoriously over sin because Christ will dwell in our hearts by faith!

[Beacon]

"The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade."

"Who can read the future? Where is security? "

"There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly."

"Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen.

Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders."

There are those who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord's appearing.

Another class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great apostate.

Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a heaven to win.

Could this be true even within God's Remnant Church? How about "You?" How about "Me?" We know -- that we are living in the Last Days!!  But are " WE " hanging on to the world?

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Take my life, and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.

2
Take my hands, and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

3
Take my voice, and let me sing
Always, only, for my King;
Take my lips, and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

4
Take my silver and my gold;
Not a mite would I withhold;
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as Thou shalt choose.

5
Take my will, and make it Thine;
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart; it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne.

6
Take my love; my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure-store.
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

Lyrics:Frances Ridley Havergal (1836-1879)
Music:Henri Abraham Cesar Malan (1787-1864)

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

Where can we find peace in this turbulent world? Only in Christ, and only in complete surrender of all we have and are to Him!

"Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous. Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly. Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen. Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders. There are those who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord's appearing. Another class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great apostate. Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a heaven to win." {The Desire of Ages, page 636, paragraph 1}

Let us look away from self to Jesus, by beholding to become changed into Christ's image and overcome with all of the fruits of the Spirit in our lives without one missing as we affectionately obey God from the new heart offered us in Christ!

[Richard Myers]

Amen my dear brothers!! Jesus is even at the doors!! If we believe this, then let us work as hard as we can! Many are still asleep!

  After He had given the signs of His coming, Christ said, "When ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand." "Take ye heed, watch and pray." God has always given men warning of coming judgments. Those who had faith in His message for their time, and who acted out their faith, in obedience to His commandments, escaped the judgments that fell upon the disobedient and unbelieving. The word came to Noah, "Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before Me." Noah obeyed and was saved. The message came to Lot, "Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city." Genesis 7:1; 19:14. Lot placed himself under the guardianship of the heavenly messengers, and was saved. So Christ's disciples were given warning of the destruction of Jerusalem. Those who watched for the sign of the coming ruin, and fled from the city, escaped the destruction. So now we are given warning of Christ's second coming and of the destruction to fall upon the world. Those who heed the warning will be saved.

Amen!!  We are witnessing the last steps which are truly rapid ones!

[Beacon]

"The signs of the times are ominous."

"Coming events cast their shadows before us."

"The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth,"

"Calamity follows calamity by sea and by land."

"There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade.

"Who can read the future? Where is security? "

"There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly."

"Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen."

"Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders."

"There are those who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord's appearing."

"Another class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great apostate."

Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a heaven to win."

Which Group are we in? Are we choosing to stand under banner of Jesus 0r Satan? The answer to this question will ultimately determine Our Eternal Destiny. Which will it be for " YOU? "

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Earthly pleasures vainly call me,
  I would be like Jesus;
Nothing worldly shall enthrall me,
  I would be like Jesus.
    Be like Jesus, this my song,
  In the home and in the throng;
Be like Jesus, all day long!
    I would be like Jesus.
2
He has broken every fetter,
  I would be like Jesus;
That my soul may serve Him better,
  I would be like Jesus.
3
All the way from earth to glory,
  I would be like Jesus;
Telling o’er and o’er the story,
  I would be like Jesus.

Lyrics:James Rowe (1866-1933)
Music:Bentley DeForest Ackley (1872-1958)

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

Amen, Dear Brother Beacon!!

Happy Sabbath!! Jesus is coming soon! The simple and yet profound reality is that we are almost home to heaven! All that the word of God prophesies to take place preceding Christ's return is LITERALLY happening, and now is the time to be WIDE AWAKE to present the present truth for this time in a true conversion experience with Christ whereby all of the fruits the Spirit are manifest in our lives without one missing as we gladly obey God's law of love from the heart!

"Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives: 'Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.' 'Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.'" {The Desire of Ages, page 636, paragraph 3}

When Christ returns we will be so thankful for how He led us by His word and helped us to navigate away from the pitfalls that Satan intended to use to snare us away from the eternal world that is assured in Christ to all who allow the Holy Spirit to transform the character into the image of His purity!

[Richard Myers]

Amen my dear brothers!!  Is not our reading this morning a picture of the world we live in today? Jesus is even at the doors. Many will argue that Jesus has not come because prophecy has not been fulfilled. This is not true. Jesus has not come because we have not taken the gospel to the whole world. Until the church is converted, has seen revival and reformation, the gospel will not go to the whole world. But, the gospel message is beginning to be proclaimed. Those who have not spiritual eyesight will not understand the church remains in a Laodicean condition. The lost think they are saved, but are blind to their spiritual condition. Jesus is pouring clean water upon His church. The Wind is blowing upon a valley of dry, dry, dry bones. What will happen to those bones. What do the dry bones represent?

     In the prophecy of Jerusalem's destruction Christ said, "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." This prophecy will again be fulfilled. The abounding iniquity of that day finds its counterpart in this generation. So with the prediction in regard to the preaching of the gospel. Before the fall of Jerusalem, Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, declared that the gospel was preached to "every creature which is under heaven." Colossians 1:23. So now, before the coming of the Son of man, the everlasting gospel is to be preached "to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people." Revelation 14:6, 14. God "hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world." Acts 17:31. Christ tells us when that day shall be ushered in. He does not say that all the world will be converted, but that "this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." By giving the gospel to the world it is in our power to hasten our Lord's return. We are not only to look for but to hasten the coming of the day of God. 2 Peter 3:12, margin. Had the church of Christ done her appointed work as the Lord ordained, the whole world would before this have been warned, and the Lord Jesus would have come to our earth in power and great glory. 

Yes, not matter who says we cannot delay nor hasten the soon coming of Jesus, He tells us we can. First we must love the Lord our God with all of the heart. Then, we can understand the gospel message and proclaim it around the world. Pray for revival in His church. Have a blessed Sabbath dear friends. Look up, for our redemption draweth nigh!!

[Beacon]

"Probation's hour is fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided."

"Satan sees that his time is short. He has set all his agencies at work that men may be deceived, deluded, occupied and entranced, until the day of probation shall be ended, and the door of mercy be forever shut."

"Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives:"

"Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Luke 21:26"

Dear Friends - Satan knows his time is short, "Do We?  Time is surely running out for planet earth. If there was ever a time to heed these words of warning " IT IS NOW "  We have had this information/warning from God's servant for over 100 years. Just think about what has happened during this past 100 yrs!! Let us turn our eyes upon Jesus - Seek His forgiveness and be filled with Holy Spirit Power so that we can be True Ambassadors for our Lord"

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Soldiers of Christ, arise,
  And put your armor on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies,
  Through His eternal Son;
  Strong in the Lord of Hosts,
  And in His mighty pow’r,
Who in the strength of Jesus trusts
  Is more than conqueror.
2
Stand then in His great might,
  With all His strength endued;
And take, to arm you for the fight,
  The panoply of God,
  That, having all things done,
  And all your conflicts past,
Ye may o’ercome through Christ alone,
  And stand complete at last.
3
Leave no unguarded place,
  No weakness of the soul,
Take every virtue, every grace,
  And fortify the whole.
  To keep your armor bright
  Attend with constant care,
Still walking in your Captain’s sight
  And watching unto prayer.
4
Pray, without ceasing pray,
  Your Captain gives the word;
His summons cheerfully obey,
  And call upon the Lord:
  To God your every want
  In instant prayer display;
Pray always; pray, and never faint;
  Pray, without ceasing pray.
5
From strength to strength go on;
  Wrestle, and fight, and pray;
Tread all the powers of darkness down,
  And win the well-fought day:
  Still let the Spirit cry
  In all His soldiers, “Come!”
Till Christ the Lord descend from high,
  And take the conquerors home.

Lyrics:Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
Music:Edward Woodall Naylor

[Dorine]

"Christ is coming with clouds and with great glory. A multitude of shining angels will attend Him. He will come to raise the dead, and to change the living saints from glory to glory. He will come to honor those who have loved Him, and kept His commandments, and to take them to Himself. He has not forgotten them nor His promise. There will be a relinking of the family chain. When we look upon our dead, we may think of the morning when the trump of God shall sound, when "the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed." 1 Corinthians 15:52. A little longer, and we shall see the King in His beauty. A little longer, and He will wipe all tears from our eyes. A little longer, and He will present us "faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy." Jude 24. Wherefore, when He gave the signs of His coming He said, "When these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh."

We are seeing the fulfillment of the words in this chapter. We should be the most excited of all people. Keeping our eyes fixed on heaven will banish doubts and fears. With love in our hearts through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit we walk through life with the assurance that all things work together for good to them that love God, while experiencing a peace that passes all understanding. Just think of the many lost souls that will be saved because they have seen the power of God in our lives. Hold on to Jesus; we are almost home.

[Richard Myers]

Amen dear sister!  We are either a savor of life unto life or death unto death!   The joy that was set before Jesus is also set before us. It is more blessed to give than to receive. Let us walk in the path of our Lord.  As a people we have not done that which was entrusted to us, thus Jesus has not come. Many reject this truth, but it is so. Jesus would have come long ago. There need not have been the  world wars we have seen if we had done our work. God wants the suffering to stop, but He cannot do this without our help.

  In the prophecy of Jerusalem's destruction Christ said, "Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." This prophecy will again be fulfilled. The abounding iniquity of that day finds its counterpart in this generation. So with the prediction in regard to the preaching of the gospel. Before the fall of Jerusalem, Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, declared that the gospel was preached to "every creature which is under heaven." Colossians 1:23. So now, before the coming of the Son of man, the everlasting gospel is to be preached "to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people." Revelation 14:6, 14. God "hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world." Acts 17:31. Christ tells us when that day shall be ushered in. He does not say that all the world will be converted, but that "this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come." By giving the gospel to the world it is in our power to hasten our Lord's return. We are not only to look for but to hasten the coming of the day of God. 2 Peter 3:12, margin. Had the church of Christ done her appointed work as the Lord ordained, the whole world would before this have been warned, and the Lord Jesus would have come to our earth in power and great glory. 

Let us redeem the time we have lost.

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

Amen, Brother Beacon, Sister Dorine, and Brother Richard!!

Jesus is coming SOON!! We can help it be SOONER by cooperating with Him in surrendering fully to Him so He can manifest His unselfish character--all of the fruit of the Spirit in harmony with the Ten Commandments--and lead us in unselfish service which is the essence of heaven's bliss (and thankfully, we can start to enjoy it while still on earth!)!!!

"In the prophecy of Jerusalem's destruction Christ said, 'Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.' This prophecy will again be fulfilled. The abounding iniquity of that day finds its counterpart in this generation. So with the prediction in regard to the preaching of the gospel. Before the fall of Jerusalem, Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, declared that the gospel was preached to 'every creature which is under heaven.' Colossians 1:23. So now, before the coming of the Son of man, the everlasting gospel is to be preached 'to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.' Revelation 14:6, 14. God 'hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world.' Acts 17:31. Christ tells us when that day shall be ushered in. He does not say that all the world will be converted, but that 'this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.' By giving the gospel to the world it is in our power to hasten our Lord's return. We are not only to look for but to hasten the coming of the day of God. 2 Peter 3:12, margin. Had the church of Christ done her appointed work as the Lord ordained, the whole world would before this have been warned, and the Lord Jesus would have come to our earth in power and great glory." {The Desire of Ages, page 633, paragraph 3}

The everlasting gospel is the overflow of the everlasting goodness of God, the unchanging character of His love and His government that is based on freedom in harmony with His law of liberty! What a blessing it is to be a true witness of what God is like, discovering more each day like an adventure what God has planned!!

[Philip T]

     Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives: "Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

We are to watch and pray always, and study God's word, so we are aware of where he are in the line of prophecy, by doing these things we and sharing them with those around us, we are not only planting seeds that can save souls, but we are also working to perfect our own character's so we will be ready for Jesus when he comes in the clouds of glory at His 2nd Advent.

[Beacon]

"Christ became one flesh with us, in order that we might become one spirit with Him."

"It is by virtue of this union that we are to come forth from the grave,--not merely as a manifestation of the power of Christ, but because, through faith, His life has become ours."

"Those who see Christ in His true character, and receive Him into the heart, have everlasting life."

"It is through the Spirit that Christ dwells in us."

"The Spirit of God, received into the heart by faith, is the beginning of the life eternal."

Jesus said in "Matthew 7:7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."  

Are " WE " Willing to Ask??  What are we waiting for?? As we all know, planet Earth is running out of probationary time. Soon and very soon it will be TOO LATE.!! I want/need Jesus to walk with me today and every day - how about you?

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Fill me with Thy gracious Spirit,
  Fill my longing spirit now;
Fill me with Thy hallowed presence,
  Come, dear Lord, and fill me now!
    Fill me now! Fill me now!
  Fill me with Thy Spirit now!
Strip me wholly, empty thoroughly,
    Fill me with Thy Spirit now!
2
Thou can’st fill me with Thy Spirit,
  Though I cannot tell Thee how;
But I need Thee, greatly need Thee;
  Come, dear Lord, and fill me now.
3
I am weakness, full of weakness;
  At Thy sacred feet I bow;
By Thy Blest, Eternal Spirit,
  Fill with strength, and fill me now.
4
Cleanse and comfort, bless and save me;
  Fill my broken spirit now!
Thou art comforting and saving,
  Thou art sweetly filling now.

Lyrics:Elwood Haines Stokes (1815-1895)
Music:John Robson Sweney (1837-1899)
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[Dorine]

"Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous. Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly. Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen. Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders. There are those who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord's appearing. Another class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great apostate. Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a heaven to win."

Who can honestly deny what is being revealed in this chapter? We see the fulfillment all about us. May each of us be among the class that is waiting and watching for our Saviour and Friend Jesus to return to take His children home. We are almost home, let no one give up through fear or doubt. In spending time getting to know Jesus through study and prayer there will be a settling into the truth that through the working of the Holy Spirit will hold us fast until we either see death or be alive to welcome His coming in the clouds of heaven along with all those who we have shared the love and grace of Christ with and who have accepted Him as their personal Saviour.

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

Amen, Brother Beacon and Sister Dorine!!

Christ is coming very soon! Let us behold Christ in His word, by faith that works by love surrender all we have and are to Him, and give the present truth message for this time reflecting our need of genuine conversion (Revelation 3:14-22) and the proclamation of the three angels' messages (Revelation 14:6-12). Look to Him and be saved to the uttermost!

"Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous. Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly. Rapidly are men ranging themselves under the banner they have chosen. Restlessly are they waiting and watching the movements of their leaders. There are those who are waiting and watching and working for our Lord's appearing. Another class are falling into line under the generalship of the first great apostate. Few believe with heart and soul that we have a hell to shun and a heaven to win." {The Desire of Ages, page 636, paragraph 1}

We are all making choices as to our priorities! Now is the time to be thoroughly converted, abiding in Jesus, to walk in His victory over sin and truly obey His commandments from the heart as the abiding Christ in and through us will manifest all of the fruits of the Spirit without one missing! Praise God for the victory we have in Him moment-by-moment in preparation for the coming of Christ!

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

Happy Sabbath! Jesus is coming again, and He desires us to be living in readiness for the glorious day of His appearing! Only by a living union and communion with Jesus in true surrender to God of all we have and are can the converting power of the Holy Spirit abide in us to produce in us Christ's loving character. All of the fruits of the Spirit without one missing will be seen in our lives as we abide in Christ and live in humble obedience to all of the light of His truth that He has revealed to us!

"Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives: 'Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.' 'Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.'" {The Desire of Ages, page 636, paragraph 3}

Let us watch and pray, looking unto Jesus the Author and Finisher of our faith, growing in His grace and love, trusting in His promises each moment, and walking in harmony with Him because we discern and appreciate how much He loves us. By beholding Christ's life in His word afresh, we watch unto prayer, asking the Lord to lead us in His will and way. In perfect acquiescence to Christ, we find perfect rest for the soul in a world of confusion, letting Him emancipate us from ideas, habits and practices that have been gained in this fallen world. We can rejoice in the Lord always, knowing that the Lord is preparing us for the heavenly home He has gone to prepare for us!

[Richard Myers]

Amen Pastor Sean!!  Jesus is even at the  doors! Probation for the world will soon close, and even today individual's time has expired. Two things came strongly to my mind. First, I had never considered the Word's of Jesus regarding the Sabbath prayer that their flight not be on the Sabbath Day.  I have never heard it presented as a defense for the Sabbath. Let us remember the Words of Jesus regarding the sacredness of the Sabbath after His resurrection.

     "Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter; neither on the Sabbath day," Christ said. He who made the Sabbath did not abolish it, nailing it to His cross. The Sabbath was not rendered null and void by His death. Forty years after His crucifixion it was still to be held sacred. For forty years the disciples were to pray that their flight might not be on the Sabbath day.
     From the destruction of Jerusalem, Christ passed on rapidly to the greater event, the last link in the chain of this earth's history,--the coming of the Son of God in majesty and glory. Between these two events, there lay open to Christ's view long centuries of darkness, centuries for His church marked with blood and tears and agony. Upon these scenes His disciples could not then endure to look, and Jesus passed them by with a brief mention. "Then shall be great tribulation," He said, "such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened." For more than a thousand years such persecution as the world had never before known was to come upon Christ's followers. Millions upon millions of His faithful witnesses were to be slain. Had not God's hand been stretched out to preserve His people, all would have perished. "But for the elect's sake," He said, "those days shall be shortened." 

Secondly, many were tortured and many died during persecutions of faithful Christians.  Let us not forget that is more than many. "Millions upon millions." There has been a short break between the millions upon millions and what is to come in the time of trouble such as never was.

[Richard Myers]

Everything in the world is in agitation. The signs of the times are ominous. Coming events cast their shadows before. The Spirit of God is withdrawing from the earth, and calamity follows calamity by sea and by land. There are tempests, earthquakes, fires, floods, murders of every grade. Who can read the future? Where is security? There is assurance in nothing that is human or earthly....     The crisis is stealing gradually upon us. The sun shines in the heavens, passing over its usual round, and the heavens still declare the glory of God. Men are still eating and drinking, planting and building, marrying, and giving in marriage. Merchants are still buying and selling. Men are jostling one against another, contending for the highest place. Pleasure lovers are still crowding to theaters, horse races, gambling halls. The highest excitement prevails, yet probation's hour is fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided. Satan sees that his time is short. He has set all his agencies at work that men may be deceived, deluded, occupied and entranced, until the day of probation shall be ended, and the door of mercy be forever shut."
 
As members of God's remnant church WE ARE SOO BLESSED We have what is called "Inside Information".  We know how the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan will end!! We also have many pages of historical evidence that confirms that we can trust our sources to be very reliable. But.... 

 ""Solemnly there come to us down through the centuries the warning words of our Lord from the Mount of Olives: "Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares." "Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man."

If there was ever an appropriate time to memorize the great promises and truths of God's Word it is now.[Because they will be a great encouragement and help us to stand fast when our testing time comes.This warning message comes from the book " The Sanctified Life" Pg. 12 "The testing time will come to all, when the hopes of many who have for years thought themselves secure, will be seen to be without foundation. When in new positions, under varied circumstances, some who have seemed to be pillars in the house of God reveal only rotten timber beneath the paint and varnish. But the humble in heart, who have daily felt the importance of riveting their souls to the eternal Rock, will stand unmoved amid the tempests of trial, because they trusted not to themselves. “The foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his” (2 Timothy 2:19).[/color]

Amen dear Brother Beacon!  We continue to keep you in prayer.

[Beacon]

""In the prophecy of Jerusalem's destruction Christ said..,"

'"Because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."

"This prophecy will again be fulfilled."

"The abounding iniquity of that day finds its counterpart in this generation."

"So with the prediction in regard to the preaching of the gospel."

""Before the fall of Jerusalem, Paul, writing by the Holy Spirit, declared that the gospel was preached to 'every creature which is under heaven."' Colossians 1:23.

"So now, before the coming of the Son of man, the everlasting gospel is to be preached 'to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people.' Revelation 14:6, 14. God 'hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world.'"Acts 17:31.

"Christ tells us when that day shall be ushered in. He does not say that all the world will be converted, but that 'this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."'

"By giving the gospel to the world it is in our power to hasten our Lord's return."[

["We are not only to look for but to hasten the coming of the day of God." 2 Peter 3:12,

"Had the church of Christ done her appointed work as the Lord ordained, the whole world would before this have been warned, and the Lord Jesus would have come to our earth in power and great glory."

It is a serious ,serious, thought to contemplate is it not!! That it is within our own lack of doing the work He has given "US" to do that we are still here!!. Could it be that the things of this world have taken priority over our connection with Jesus ?

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I’ve wandered far away from God,
  Now I’m coming home;
The paths of sin too long I’ve trod,
  Lord, I’m coming home.
    Coming home, coming home,
  Nevermore to roam;
Open wide Thine arms of love;
    Lord, I’m coming home.
2
I’ve wasted many precious years,
  Now I’m coming home;
I now repent with bitter tears,
  Lord, I’m coming home.
3
I’m tired of sin and straying, Lord,
  Now I’m coming home;
I’ll trust Thy love, believe Thy word;
  Lord, I’m coming home.
4
My soul is sick, my heart is sore,
  Now I’m coming home;
My strength renew, my hope restore:
  Lord, I’m coming home.
5
My only hope, my only plea,
  Now I’m coming home;
That Jesus died, and died for me;
  Lord, I’m coming home.
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I need His cleansing blood, I know,
  Now I’m coming home;
O wash me whiter than the snow;
  Lord, I’m coming home.

Lyrics & Music :William James Kirkpatrick (1838-1921)

[Pastor Sean Brizendine]

Amen, Brother Beacon!

Cut loose before it is too late! So much around us is competing for our attention! Look to Jesus, His prophetic word, and let Him transform your inmost thoughts and emotions so that in heart you can turn from the world and its unsatisfying pleasures to have a life that is being fitted for heaven! We are each building character day by day, and it is only by the power of the Holy Spirit converting the soul that we can resist the unhallowed effects of self-love, self-indulgence, and temptation to sin. When we do surrender fully to Christ and experience the miracle of conversion, all of the fruits of the Spirit without one missing will be revealed in the life, and Christ abiding within makes it possible to find highest delight in obedience to all His commandments in willing service to further His kingdom!

"The crisis is stealing gradually upon us. The sun shines in the heavens, passing over its usual round, and the heavens still declare the glory of God. Men are still eating and drinking, planting and building, marrying, and giving in marriage. Merchants are still buying and selling. Men are jostling one against another, contending for the highest place. Pleasure lovers are still crowding to theaters, horse races, gambling hells. The highest excitement prevails, yet probation's hour is fast closing, and every case is about to be eternally decided. Satan sees that his time is short. He has set all his agencies at work that men may be deceived, deluded, occupied and entranced, until the day of probation shall be ended, and the door of mercy be forever shut." {The Desire of Ages, page 636, paragraph 2}

There is still time, but we do not know how much more time. Choose this day to serve the Lord and be ALL IN for Jesus by following His word!