Welcome to Three Angels Message In Verity Sermon given by Dr. Harold Lee on Sabbath, 14 September 2019 at Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church in Washougal, Washington.
There are 563 faith-based organizations that keep the Bible Sabbath now. One of them is the Seventh-day Adventist Christian church. What makes the Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church different from the others? Let us look at the name to find out.
Seventh day points us to the Creation which is described in the book of Genesis in the beginning of the Bible. Adventist means second coming of Jesus Christ which is the end of the Bible. In the Book of Revelation, what will happen in the end of time just before the return of Jesus Christ is described.
So, the Seventh-day Adventist Christian church covers the whole Bible. There are 28 fundamental beliefs that can be found on the website Adventist.org
What does Verity mean? Many corporations use a verity symbol. Verity is defined in the dictionary as truth. The Three Angels Message In Verity Sermon then is a message of truth from the Bible.
Dr. Harold Lee gave a short testimony about growing up as a Buddhist in Korea. He met a Presbyterian Christian and became a follower of Jesus Christ at a young age. Dr. Lee discovered the Three Angels Messages which are taught by the Seventh-day Adventist church and joined the church.
The Three Angels Messages are found in Revelation 14:6-10.
The Proclamations of Three Angels
6 Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people—
7 saying with a loud voice, “Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.”
8 And another angel followed, saying, “Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication.”
9 Then a third angel followed them, saying with a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand
10 he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out full strength into the cup of His indignation. He shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels and in the presence of the Lamb.
The most published American woman author writes that Justification by Faith is Verity or Truth. Justification and Righteousness come from the same Greek word.
The Three Angels Messages are the Gospel. Gospel means the Good News.
Romans 1:16-18
The Just Live by Faith
16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, “The just shall live by faith.”
God’s Wrath on Unrighteousness
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness.
The Gospel reveals two things:
1. The Righteousness of God
2. The Wrath of God
John 3:36
He who believes in the Son has everlasting life; and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Romans 5:20
Moreover, the law entered that the offense might abound. But where sin abounded, grace abounded much more.
In Genesis 2:7, God formed Adam from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into Adam. The Greek word that describes how God breathed the breath of life into Adam’s nostrils is the same word that is used for the wrath of God.
God wants to save all mankind. God is patient. In Revelation 14:10, the wine is an organic breakdown of yeast. It takes time for the process to happen. The wrath of God also takes time. It is the wine of the wrath of God that unrighteousness must drink.
Revelation 14:19
So, the angel thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God.
Dr. Lee met with a man that has not been able to work. In a long conversation, Dr. Lee learned that the man got drunk on wine at the age of 12. The man has had seizures ever since for over 30 years now.
The alcohol industry publishes reports that wine is good for your health. Those reports are wisdom of the world, not from God.
Let us look at the life of a man named Abraham.
Romans 4:3
For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.
Galatians 3:6
Just as Abraham “believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.”
You can learn about the life of Abraham in Genesis 12 and how he listened to God when God asked Abraham to leave his home in Haran at the age of 75. In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abraham. In Genesis 17, God tells Abraham he will be the Father of Many even though Abraham was 100 years old. God kept His Covenant and Abraham’s wife Sarah had a son that was named Isaac.
Romans 4:5
David Celebrates the Same Truth
5 But to him who does not work but believes on Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is accounted for righteousness.
Abraham was justified. In Romans 4:17, Abraham believed God that resurrected the dead and the God that creates man out of nothing. Sarah had no way to conceive as she was barren. Abraham also was dead as far as producing a child. But through God’s supernatural power, Sarah conceived Isaac.
Romans 4:17
(as it is written, “I have made you a father of many nations”) in the presence of Him whom he believed—God, who gives life to the dead and calls those things which do not exist as though they did.
Hebrews 11:17 and verse 19
The Faith of the Patriarchs
17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises offered up his only begotten son.
19 Concluding that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead, from which he also received him in a figurative sense.
Romans 4:13
The Promise Granted Through Faith
13 For the promise that he would be the heir of the world was not to Abraham or to his seed through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
Abraham was able. The message of Justification by Faith is the work of God laying the glory of man in the dust. Man does not have the power to do this himself.
In the book Steps to Christ, Ellen White writes that it is impossible for us to escape the pit of sin. Our hearts are evil. The carnal mind is the enemy of man.
Power from God can change the human heart. Nothing in us will earn us Salvation. God has provided a onetime sacrifice of His Son Jesus Christ so that all mankind can be saved. Hope the Three Angels Message In Verity Sermon has helped you. To read more Spiritual Messages of Truth, please visit my Spiritual Category. Just click the link below: