Time to Go Home Message July 2020 Message was given by Marcia Plotner on Sabbath, 18 July 2020 at Cedar Creek Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church. You can listen to the audio broadcast on my Sound Cloud Channel.

Time to Go Home Message July 2020

Turn in your Bibles to John 14:1-3.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

John 14 Verse 1 “Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also.

Heaven is a wonderful place according to the Bible. The following scripture details many precious stones. Turn to Revelation 21:15-20.

Revelation 21 Verse 15 And he who talked with me had a gold reed to measure the city, its gates, and its wall. 16 The city is laid out as a square; its length is as great as its breadth. And he measured the city with the reed: twelve thousand furlongs. Its length, breadth, and height are equal. 17 Then he measured its wall: one hundred and forty-four cubits, according to the measure of a man, that is, of an angel. 18 The construction of its wall was of jasper; and the city was pure gold, like clear glass. 19 The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with all kinds of precious stones: the first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald, 20 the fifth sardonyx, the sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.

Now turn to Mark 13:32

Mark 13 Verse 32 But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.

Matthew Chapter 24 has many verses that instruct us on the time we are living in. Turn to Matthew 24:42-44.

Matthew 24 Verse 42 Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Lord is coming. 43 But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into. 44 Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect.

Let us also look at Verses 32-33

The Parable of the Fig Tree

Matthew 24 Verse 32 Now learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. 33 So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors!

We see there will be deceptions in Religions in Matthew 24 Verses 4 to 8.

Matthew 24 Verse 4 And Jesus answered and said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.”

Look at the huge upsurge in Disasters since 1950.

Matthew 24 Verse 24 For false christs and false prophets will rise and show great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

The world has been dealing with ongoing wars for a long time. Millions of people have been killed in wars.

Matthew 24 Verse 6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Turn to Exodus 15:26

Exodus 15 Verse 26 He Said, “If you diligently heed the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”

Leviticus is a chapter that shares God’s Health Laws.

COVID19 is a disease from a bat which is labeled an unclean animal in the Bible. All diseases that spread from human to human are sourced from unclean animals. Moses is the father of infection control. All of the Quarantine rules can be found in Leviticus 13.

How will man act in the end times?

Turn to 2 Timothy 3:1-2

Perilous Times and Perilous Men

2 Timothy 3 Verse 1 3 But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: 2 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.

Love of money is the root of all evil. There is nothing wrong with having money, it is a problem when we are laying up treasures on earth and Jesus warned us to not lay up treasures on earth.

Turn to Luke 21:25

The Coming of the Son of Man

Luke 21 Verse 25 And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth distress of nations, with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring.

Revelation 6:12-13

Sixth Seal: Cosmic Disturbances

Revelation 6 Verse 12 I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and behold, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became like blood. 13 And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a fig tree drops its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind.

The 1755 Lisbon earthquake, also known as the Great Lisbon earthquake, occurred in Portugal on the morning of Saturday, 1 November, Feast of All Saints, at around 09:40 local time. In combination with subsequent fires and a tsunami, the earthquake almost totally destroyed Lisbon and adjoining areas.

Seismologists today estimate the Lisbon earthquake had a magnitude of 8.4 on the moment magnitude scale, with its epicenter in the Atlantic Ocean about 200 km west-southwest of Cape St. Vincent. Chronologically it was the third known large scale earthquake to hit the city. Estimates place the death toll in Lisbon alone between 10,000 and 30,000 people, making it one of the deadliest earthquakes in history.

New England’s Dark Day occurred on 19 May 1780, when an unusual darkening of the day sky was observed over the New England states and parts of Canada. The primary cause of the event is believed to have been a combination of smoke from forest fires, a thick fog, and cloud cover. The darkness was so complete that candles were required from noon on. It did not disperse until the middle of the next night.

On 13 November 1833, over 70,000 meteors were falling from the sky per hour for 9 hours. Our world has seen events that the Bible authors wrote about 2,000 years before.

Moral Decay

All around us, we see violence. Portland, Oregon has experienced nightly violent protests since May 2020. Some cities are calling for police departments to no longer be funded. Crime has gone through the roof with murders, thefts and destruction of private property.

Turn to Matthew 24:14

Matthew 24 Verse 14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.

Turn to Revelation 22:12

Jesus Testifies to the Churches

Revelation 22 Verse 12 “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.”

No longer will there be any curse, tears, death or sadness. Hope you have enjoyed reading the Time to Go Home Message July 2020. For more spiritual messages from Bible Teachers Around the World, please visit my link below.

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Welcome to The Real Sabbath Is Saturday post. Here is a great step by step Bible Study showing that Saturday is the Sabbath for all of mankind. Follow God’s Holy Book the Bible and you will not get distracted by false teachings. Click on the video below for the study.

Genesis 2:1-3
The Seventh Day, God Rests
Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. 2 And on the seventh day God finished His work that He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work that He had done. 3 So God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it God rested from all his work that He had done in creation.

The Real Sabbath Is Saturday

God sanctified and made holy His Seventh Day. Man cannot make a day Holy. God did this 2,000 years before Abraham who was the first Jew. So, the Sabbath is for all of mankind. All mankind will worship God on the Sabbath day in heaven. according to the prophet Isaiah.

Isaiah 66:22-23
For as the new heavens and the new earth
Which I will make shall remain before Me, says the Lord,
So shall your descendants and your name remain.
23 And it shall come to pass
That from one New Moon to another,
And from one Sabbath to another,
All flesh shall come to worship before Me, says the Lord.

A supernatural act of God was when HE dropped manna from heaven to feed the people. The Bible is full of similar events where God provided for the people.

Exodus 16:25-28
25 Moses said, “Eat it today, for today is a Sabbath to the Lord; today you will not find it in the field. 26 Six days you shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is a Sabbath, there will be none.” 27 On the seventh day some of the people went out to gather, but they found none. 28 And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will you refuse to keep my commandments and my laws?”

This verse in Exodus is before the Ten Commandments were written on stone by God’s finger.

Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 9 Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, 10 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. 11 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore, the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.

Keyword here is to ‘Remember’. God is pointing back to creation which cannot be changed.

Let us skip forward into the New Testament and read God’s last warning to mankind which is known as the Three Angels Messages.

Revelation 14:6-7
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.”

God is calling mankind to worship His Creation in the First Angels message. Now let us return to the Old Testament.

Deuteronomy 9:10
And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.

Deuteronomy 31:26
Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

Psalms 89:34
I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips.

Malachi 3:6
For I am the Lord, I do not change.

Isaiah 66:22-23
For as the new heavens and the new earth that I make shall remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your offspring and your name remain. 23 From new moon to new moon, and from Sabbath to Sabbath, all flesh shall come to worship before me, declares the Lord.

Matthew 5:17-19
Christ Came to Fulfill the Law
Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 12:8
For the Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.

Matthew 24:20
And pray that your flight may not be in winter or on the Sabbath.
Keyword here is ‘the’. Jesus does not say ‘a’ Sabbath but ‘the’ Sabbath.

Romans 3:31
Do we then make void the law through faith? Certainly not! On the contrary, we establish the law.

Romans 6:15
What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? Certainly not!

Colossians 2:14
Having wiped out the hand writing of requirements that was against us, which was contrary to us. And He has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross.

Paul is referring to Moses’ Law being nailed to the cross when Jesus died for us at Calvary. Hope you have enjoyed reading The Real Sabbath Is Saturday post. Click on the link below for hundreds of other spiritual messages that I have from pastors, elders, evangelists, and myself from around the world.

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Welcome to the Supernatural Acts of God 2020 post. Click on my video below to hear the message.

Supernatural Acts of God 2020

This morning around 06:30, my wife and I witnessed a thunder bolt directly over where we live near Camas, Washington.

I told Patricia that this weather event rarely happens here. The science behind thunderstorms is cold air meeting hot air.

I told Patricia that the supernatural event is similar to what happened when Elijah offered the sacrifice to God in 1 Kings 18 in the Bible. To give you a little background, Elijah was called by God. There had been a drought in the land for several years.

Elijah’s Message to Ahab
18 And it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah, in the third year, saying, “Go, present yourself to Ahab, and I will send rain on the earth.”
2 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab; and there was a severe famine in Samaria. 3 And Ahab had called Obadiah, who was in charge of his house.
30 Then Elijah said to all the people, “Come near to me.” So all the people came near to him. And he repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down. 31 And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of the LORD had come, saying, “Israel shall be your name.” 32 Then with the stones he built an altar in the name of the LORD; and he made a trench around the altar large enough to hold two seahs of seed. 33 And he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four waterpots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and on the wood.” 34 Then he said, “Do it a second time,” and they did it a second time; and he said, “Do it a third time,” and they did it a third time. 35 So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.
36 And it came to pass, at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, “LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and I am Your servant, and that I have done all these things at Your word. 37 Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.”

38 Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. 39 Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
40 And Elijah said to them, “Seize the prophets of Baal! Do not let one of them escape!” So they seized them; and Elijah brought them down to the Brook Kishon and executed them there.

The Drought Ends
41 Then Elijah said to Ahab, “Go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of abundance of rain.” 42 So Ahab went up to eat and drink. And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, 43 and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.”
So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.”
44 Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’ ”
45 Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel. 46 Then the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah; and he girded up his loins and ran ahead of Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.

This week in our Bible Study, we studied Supernatural Acts.

Bible Study Lesson

I have no problem believing that the Creation account revealed in the Bible is real. I have personally experienced the Holy Spirit in my own life.

I fly often. For 8 months of the year, we have many cloudy days here in the Pacific Northwest. On those cloudy days, it may appear that there is no sun.

Once the airplane climbs up over the clouds, you suddenly experience the sun. It was there all the time even though on the cloudy days on the ground, you did not see it.

When the wind is blowing, you can feel the wind even though you do not see the wind. You experience the effects. God is like that. You do not see God but if you open your mind, you will experience God.

God gave us free will when HE created human beings. That act of creation when HE formed Adam from the dust of the ground is the greatest expression of love.

God asks us to love HIM by faith. Spiritual Faith is believing in what you cannot see.

People of faith are better able to handle difficult times like we have experienced in 2020 with the corona virus or COVID 19 pandemic.

The same power that created the world is in the Holy Bible. The Holy Bible was created as God spoke to inspired Holy Men thousands of years ago now.

The Bible is real my friend. It is the most read book ever even though sinful man has spit on it, burned it and even banned it during the Dark Ages.

The Bible has super natural power. The Bible changes lives every single day. The Bible is the most authentic ancient manuscript available. Archaeological excavations use the Bible to discover ancient artifacts.

If you want to experience the Bible in a special way, I made a Life Journal Reading Plan. You can either listen via audio on my Sound Cloud account or subscribe to my You Tube account to hear the Bible read every day.

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Welcome to the Does Grace Alone Save Me post. Eternal life is a free gift from God through His Son Jesus Christ. Learn more by clicking on the video below.

When I first came into a relationship with Jesus Christ, I gave God most of my problems. I made a mistake of hanging on to some abuse problems that I experienced during childhood.

I grew up in the Southern part of the United States and most people identified as Christian. I do remember we had a large family Bible on a piece of furniture but I do not ever remember opening the Bible up and reading it as a child or young man.

I did grow up with the fundamental concept of a Supreme Being, Higher Power or God so I was not an atheist. When I graduated from high school, I left church and rarely set foot in another church until I was in my early 40’s.

In 2004, I had a major emotional and mental trauma that was a result of childhood abuse that was never resolved. God prompted me to begin reading the Bible everyday. I followed a simple reading plan that began in Genesis and ended in Revelation in a year.

Does Grace Alone Save Me ?

To answer the question, I need to qualify conditions. The Bible, which is the Word of God says in Ephesians 2:8:

Ephesians 2:8 New King James Version (NKJV)

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.

So according to the Bible, yes Grace alone saves me. My works can never be good enough to save me.

Isaiah 64:6:

All of us have become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all shrivel up like a leaf, and like the wind our sins sweep us away.

The Apostle Paul writes in Romans 3:10:

As it is written: “There is no one righteous, not even one”.

A Born Christian goes through a 3 step process in the Christian Walk:

• Justification
• Sanctification
• Glorification

Justification

Justification begins the moment the human soul reaches out to Jesus Christ and acknowledges their need for forgiveness from sins. The process finally happened for me when I cried out to God in May 2016. I was miserable and very unhappy about bad decisions I had made in my life. In prayer that morning, I asked God to take my life. I felt peace come into my heart and mind right away and the chains of 50 years were broken instantly.

Sanctification

Sanctification is the process that began right after I had surrendered my life and will to Jesus Christ. My life is my actions and my will is my thinking. Every day I have been going through the cleansing process as God removes the impurities of my heart and life and replaces my character with the character of Jesus Christ. I will be going through this process until I die or Jesus Christ returns with HIS whole host of Angels.

The way I grow in Jesus Christ is through daily prayer and studying the Bible. When a person comes to Jesus Christ, they enter into the best relationship that human being can ever experience. When you love someone, you want to spend time with them. This is how the personal relationship with Jesus Christ should be. I make conscious contact with Jesus as soon as I wake up in the morning.

John 17:17

“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.”

In my Christian walk, I have not been perfect. Jesus made provision for us. If we sin, we have an Advocate that waits to hear us repent and ask for Forgiveness.

1 John 1:9

“If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

I attend worship services at church every week because I need to worship God on a regular basis. I get filled up by being in fellowship with other believers.

Glorification

The last stage of the Christian walk occurs when Jesus Christ returns. Jesus will first call the Righteous Dead who are sleeping in their graves. Then Jesus will gather the Righteous Living and we will meet the Lord Jesus in the air with His Whole Host of Angels. Read 1 Thessalonians 4 to understand how Jesus will call His People.

The Bible teaches that we will put on new bodies at His Second Coming. This is the Glorification process. I am looking forward to giving up this sin filled body with its scars, pains, and injuries.

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A born again Christian that has a personal relationship with Jesus Christ will turn from sin and understand what Jesus wrote in Matthew 7:21-23:

I Never Knew You

21 “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. 22 Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ 23 And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’

Jesus made provision for people like the Thief on the Cross and for people that accept Jesus on their death beds. By Grace alone Jesus accepts these people because they do not have time to go through the Sanctification process. If you do come to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and do not develop that relationship, I feel that we risk hearing what Jesus preached in the paragraph above from Matthew 7. I was risking eternal life all the years that I said I was a Christian but still hung on to some sins that I did not want to stop doing.

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Welcome to the Jesus Christ Was Silent post. The following scriptures and comments were given by Pastor Merrill Caviness of the Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church on Sabbath, 4 April 2020 on the internet due to the Corona or Covid19 virus.

Jesus Christ Was Silent

Turn in your Bibles to Matthew 27:11-13.

Matthew 27:11-13 New King James Version (NKJV)

Jesus Faces Pilate

11 Now Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor asked Him, saying, “Are You the King of the Jews?”

Jesus said to him, “It is as you say.” 12 And while He was being accused by the chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

13 Then Pilate said to Him, “Do You not hear how many things they testify against You?”

Let us look at page 734 in the Desire of Ages manuscript written by Ellen White, the most published American woman.

 “Jesus was taken, faint with weariness and covered with wounds, and scourged in the sight of the multitude. And the soldiers led Him away into the hall, called Praetorium, and they call together the whole band. And they clothed Him with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His head, and began to salute Him, Hail, King of the Jews!

And they … did spit upon Him, and bowing their knees worshiped Him. Occasionally some wicked hand snatched the reed that had been placed in His hand, and struck the crown upon His brow, forcing the thorns into His temples, and sending the blood trickling down His face and beard. Wonder, O heavens! and be astonished, O earth! Behold the oppressor and the oppressed.

A maddened throng enclose the Savior of the world. Mocking and jeering are mingled with the coarse oaths of blasphemy. His lowly birth and humble life are commented upon by the unfeeling mob. His claim to be the Son of God is ridiculed, and the vulgar jest and insulting sneer are passed from lip to lip. Satan led the cruel mob in its abuse of the Savior. It was his purpose to provoke Him to retaliation if possible, or to drive Him to perform a miracle to release Himself, and thus break up the plan of salvation.

One stain upon His human life, one failure of His humanity to endure the terrible test, and the Lamb of God would have been an imperfect offering, and the redemption of man a failure. But He who by a command could bring the heavenly host to His aid—He who could have driven that mob in terror from His sight by the flashing forth of His divine majesty—submitted with perfect calmness to the coarsest insult and outrage.

Christ’s enemies had demanded a miracle as evidence of His divinity. They had evidence far greater than any they had sought. As their cruelty degraded His torturers below humanity into the likeness of Satan, so did His meekness and patience exalt Jesus above humanity, and prove His kinship to God. His abasement was the pledge of His exaltation. The blood drops of agony that from His wounded temples flowed down His face and beard were the pledge of His anointing with “the oil of gladness ( Hebrews 1:9 ) as our great high priest.

Now look at Matthew 27:15-23

Matthew 27:15-23 New King James Version (NKJV)

Taking the Place of Barabbas

15 Now at the feast the governor was accustomed to releasing to the multitude one prisoner whom they wished. 16 And at that time they had a notorious prisoner called Barabbas. 17 Therefore, when they had gathered together, Pilate said to them, “Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?” 18 For he knew that they had handed Him over because of envy.

19 While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, “Have nothing to do with that just Man, for I have suffered many things today in a dream because of Him.”

20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas and destroy Jesus. 21 The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”

They said, “Barabbas!”

22 Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”

They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”

23 Then the governor said, “Why, what evil has He done?”

But they cried out all the more, saying, “Let Him be crucified!”

The name Barabbas in Hebrew means son of the father.

Jesus is the Son of the Father God. Which Son of the father will you chose?

Matthew 27:24 New King James Version (NKJV)

When Pilate saw that he could not prevail at all, but rather that a tumult was rising, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, “I am innocent of the blood of this just Person. You see to it.”

We see in verse 24 that Pilate washes his hands as he could not find Jesus guilty of anything. The religious rulers stirred up the crowd to the point that Pilate gave in to the religious authorities call to crucify Jesus of Nazareth. Friends, we all have blood on our hands. It is incredible that Jesus Christ Was Silent. HE left heaven to come and save mankind from their sins.

Now let us turn to Luke 23:39-43.

Luke 23:39-43

39 Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, “If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us.”

40 But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this Man has done nothing wrong.” 42 Then he said to Jesus, “Lord, remember me when You come into Your kingdom.”

43 And Jesus said to him, “Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise.”

The Roman soldiers took everything from Jesus, even the clothes HE wore. The Roman soldiers could not take HIS Power to save the repentant thief on the Cross.

Friends, the World can take away everything from us but the world can never take away our relationship with Jesus Christ. During this time of the Corona Virus, China Virus or COVID19 Virus outbreak, many people feel that their freedoms have been taken away. How are you using the time at your home?

My wife Patricia and I are spending more time in prayer each day. I have gotten rid of some of my ‘stuff’ also. We are getting our exercise each day, studying the Bible each day and making healthy food. Let us know how you liked the Jesus Christ Was Silent post by commenting below. You can also read other messages in our Spiritual Category by clicking the link below.

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Welcome to the Why Does God Allow Corona COVID 19 Virus & Wickedness post. I suggest that you study your Bible to understand where evil comes from and read the Great Controversy between good and evil. Click on the You Tube video below for a synopsis of the reason evil happens.

Turn in your Bible to 2 Chronicles 7:13-14.

2 Chronicles 7:13-14

When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Why Does God Allow Corona COVID 19 Virus & Wickedness

God gave man the Ten Commandments to serve as a protective shield, not a burden to bear. Sadly, most of the Christian world is teaching people that you do not have to keep the 10 Commandments.

But what does the Bible say? Repeatedly in the Bible you will find verses like David wrote in the Psalms.

Psalms 19:7

“The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; The testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.”

James 1:25

“But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty and continues in it and is not a forgetful hearer but a doer of the work, this one will be blessed in what he does.”

Understanding what was nailed to the cross if very important for the sincere follower of Jesus Christ. Moses Law was nailed to the cross. We no longer need to sacrifice animals or keep any of the ordinances that the Hebrews kept to be saved.

I totally believe that the only thing that saves me is the shed blood of Jesus Christ on the Cruel Roman Cross at Golgotha. I am saved by His Grace alone as Martin Luther and Paul both preached in Ephesians 2:8-9.

Ephesians 2:8-9

“For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.”

Turn back to Deuteronomy 4:39-40

Deuteronomy 4:39-40

“Therefore, know this day, and consider it in your heart, that the Lord Himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; there is no other. 40 You shall therefore keep His statutes and His commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

Now let us hear the words straight from Jesus Christ mouth in John 14:15:

John 14:15

“If you love me, keep MY Commandments.”

One of the best messages that I have heard about whether we need to keep God’s Commandments is this message from Pastor Doug Batchelor. Just click on the You Tube box below to hear his sermon.

Once I discovered God’s Word found in the Bible, I was set free. I can go through serious life issues not in fear, but I am able to walk in faith. I trust what Jesus said.

We need revival in our land. As of 28 March 2020, the United States has more cases of Corona Virus than any other nation. We see from God’s word that if we humble ourselves, repent and pray, God will heal our land.

Revival and Reformation is a great resource.

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Many people in the world today have a problem with organized religion.

You have a right to believe as you chose. Freedom of religion is a cherished right for people in the USA, Canada and other nations in the world.

I believe your problem is valid if you struggle with the Christianity of today.

I would be an atheist myself if I had to chose from over 99 % of the faith based organizations that call themselves a Christian church.

Many years ago when I was lost, I would sometimes turn on what is known as a television preacher.

I am not here to denounce anyone. The way I was saved myself was from another Christian witnessing with me one on one in a small Bible study.

Problem with Organized Religion

Over 99 % of Christian churches today teach doctrines that are not found in the Holy Bible.

These churches are based on their traditions & practices.

Christianity for the first 200 years after Jesus was crucified was centered on preaching the Gospel message of Jesus Christ.

Jesus taught us what God wants us to know. Jesus Prayed & Jesus Loved

We are to Love One Another. These two key principles Christians should be demonstrating in the world.

Disciples & Apostles like Paul went out preaching Jesus Christ crucified for our sins.

The old covenant with Israel of Animal Sacrifice for forgiveness of sins was no longer necessary.

Jesus Christ is the Lamb of God.

Every single human being born on this planet needs a Savior because there are 10 Commandments in the Bible.

Every single person falls short of keeping God’s Law perfectly so that is why Jesus came to take our place as our Attorney & He is also our Judge.

If you have ever been angry with another person, you have broken the commandment of not murdering.

Being angry against someone else is the same thing as murdering them in your mind.

The commandment of thou shall not covet is also the one where everyone falls short.

How can someone follow Jesus’s example and grow into a close personal relationship with God?

Read the Holy Bible.

Jesus kept God’s Holy Sabbath Day & went to church & read the Scriptures which was the Old Testament of the Bible.

When you open your Bible, Ask God to give you a clear mind & to show you what HE wants you to learn.

Here are the Benefits of reading your Bible:

1. Grow Your Spiritual Life
2. Learn Why There Is Death, Pain, Suffering, & Strife In the World & Who Is the Source of all these things.
3. Learn About the Health Message That God Wants You to Live a Long & Healthy Life
4. You Will Reflect Divinity to Others
5. You Will Bless Others
6. You Will Live a Life That Is Full of Peace As All Sin, Sickness, & Death Will Be No More at the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
7. You Will Be Able to Lead Others to the Foot of the Cross & Help Them Be Assured of Eternal Life.
8. You Will Only Die Once, not Twice

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Welcome to the What If Jesus Really Means What He Says post. This message was given by Larry Wright on Sabbath, 29 February 2020 at Riverside Seventh-day Adventist church in Washougal, Washington.

Turn in your Bible to Ephesians 2:8-10

Ephesians 2:8-10

For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

God takes the blame for everything you ever did or will do wrong and HE will give you credit for everything He did right.

Turn in your Bible to Luke 9:23

Luke 9:23

Take Up the Cross and Follow Him

Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me.”

Do not think that being a Christian means living in a big house, driving the latest model car or having an easy life. Just look at what happened to Jesus’s Disciples.

James was the first Disciple to be martyred when he was executed by Herod in 44 AD

Peter was hanged upside down on a Roman Cross in 66 AD

Paul was beheaded the same year in Rome.

Andrew was crucified in Greece.

Thomas was pierced through by 4 soldiers in India.

Luke was martyred in 84 AD. He was a Gentile Physician that wrote one of the Gospels as well as the Book of Acts.

Philip  had a powerful ministry in Carthage in North Africa and then in Asia Minor, where he converted the wife of a Roman proconsul. In retaliation the proconsul had Philip arrested and cruelly put to death. Philip kept preaching while he hung on the cross.

John is the only one of the company generally thought to have died a natural death from old age. He was the leader of the church in the Ephesus area and is said to have taken care of Mary the mother of Jesus in his home. During Domitian’s persecution in the middle 90’s, he was exiled to the island of Patmos. There he is credited with writing the last book of the New Testament–the Revelation. An early Latin tradition has him escaping unhurt after being cast into boiling oil at Rome.

Turn in your Bible to Luke 9:24.

Luke 9:24 For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it.

We want to do amazing things for God. Our human condition is the reason for the major fundamental issue of trying to do God’s Job.

The following statement is my own personal thoughts and not the words of the presenter Larry Wright.

Most of my life, I have struggled with what is known as self-will. It is very important for me to surrender first thing in the morning. I ask for the Holy Spirit to guide my thoughts, words, deeds, actions and mind. Daniel Parsons

Our job is to:

1. Surrender

2. Submit

3. Consecrate

What If Jesus Really Means What He Says

Did Noah look foolish building a boat? He preached for 120 years and then God closed the door on the ark Noah built and the rain started.

Did Sarah look foolish buying maternity clothes at age 90?

Did Moses look foolish asking Pharaoh to leave Egypt to pray in the wilderness?

Did Joshua look foolish marching around the walls of Jericho?

Did David look foolish fighting Goliath, a man twice his size?

Did the Wise Men look foolish following a star?

Did Peter look foolish when he stepped out of the boat in the middle of the sea?

Did Jesus look foolish hanging half naked on a cross?

Noah understood why God had him built an ark when the rain came and did not stop.

Sarah understood God more when she had a baby late in her life.

Moses saw God working when Pharaoh let the Hebrew people go.

Joshua saw the walls of Jericho fall.

David killed Goliath and became King later in his life.

Wise Men met the Messiah.

Peter walked on water while he kept his eyes on Jesus.

Jesus rose from the dead.

Friend, it is time to stop living to arrive safely at our death. The purpose of Life is to surrender to Jesus Christ . It is normal for a human to be fully committed.

Do you believe what God has promised?

Do you trust God with your life?

God is calling you and me. He has called, is calling now, and will continue to call you.

The real question is: Will you answer?

We either deny self or deny Christ. What is your choice today?

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Welcome to the God Wants to Use You Message. This post contains sermon notes from Pastor John Wesslen’ s sermon given at Orchards Seventh-day Adventist church in Vancouver, Washington on Sabbath, 15 October 2016.

Turn In Your Bible to Jeremiah 29:11.

Jeremiah 29:11

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.

Verse 14

 I will be found by you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back from your captivity; I will gather you from all the nations and from all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you to the place from which I cause you to be carried away captive.

William Miller married Lucy Smith in 1803. The couple had five children and were farmers. God blessed the Millers and they became wealthy. William read all the books he could in the local library in New England.

Miller had doubts about everything he learned in church as a child. His family were Baptists. Miller lived from 1782 until 1849 so he grew up when the United States was a new nation. Many of the Founding Fathers of the USA were Deists. A Deist is a person that has belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.

William believed in being a trustworthy citizen in his local area, in the State of New York and for the Federal Government. He served as a Constable. William also signed up for the War of 1812 and he became a Captain in the Army. During the Battle of Plattsburg, a rocket came down 2 feet from William. William was injured and the two men next to him were killed.

Miller began thinking about his Deist beliefs. One weekend he was invited to his Baptist church to read a sermon when the Pastor was unavailable. Miller became curious and started studying the Bible. Miller discovered Jesus Christ as his personal Savior.

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Soon the Deist friends of William Miller thought Miller had lost his mind. Miller studied the Bible for 2 years. Miller used a Concordance and studied all the Bible Prophecies about the Second Coming of Jesus Christ.

Going out into the churches of New England to teach Bible Prophecy was not what the reserved conservative war veteran William Miller wanted to do. Miller said a prayer to God: “If someone comes and asks me to preach, I will go”.

Just 30 minutes later, Miller’s nephew comes over and tells Miller the Baptist Church in Northampton asked him to preach on Sunday. Then another village asked Miller to come and preach the following Sunday. Then Miller was invited to Boston to preach. As a result of William Miller answering God’s Call, everyone in New England learned about Bible Prophecy.

Miller led the Millerite movement. Many of his discoveries from studying the Bible form some of the Doctrines of the Seventh-day Adventist Christian church today.

On 22 October 1844, Miller and hundreds of thousands of people were expecting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. Miller had studied the Prophecies in the book of Daniel and calculated that Jesus was coming back. The day is now known as the Great Disappointment.

Miller and the people that kept studying with him soon discovered that the date was correct, but they misinterpreted what the year 1844 was about. Jesus Christ entered the Most Holy Place in the Heavenly Sanctuary and ministers to us now. Jesus is answering our prayers and we are going through the Investigative Judgment right now.

Here are the Takeaways for us today.

1. Deism Does Not Work For Anyone
2. Merely Being a Good Patriot Does Not Either
3. Citizenship Here Is Not Important
4. Citizenship In Heaven Is important
5. Bible Study Brings Great Rewards
6. God Reveals Prophecy In the Written Word, the Bible
7. God Can and Will Use Us Even If We Make Mistakes
8. God Calls Men and Women to Teach Others About Jesus
9. You Will Seek Me and Find Me If You Search With All of Your Heart
10. Miller Served God the Rest of His Life

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Welcome to the Unpardonable Sin By Bill McClendon post. This article is a series of Bible verses that Pastor Bill preached on Sabbath, 22 February 2020 at the Adventist Community Church of Vancouver.

To find out what the unpardonable sin is, turn in your Bible to Matthew 12:30-32.

Unpardonable Sin By Bill McClendon

Matthew 12:30-32

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad.

The Unpardonable Sin

31 “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men. 32 Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.”

Now go to John 16:13.

John 16:13

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

Now go to Psalms 119:105.

Psalms 119:105

Your word is a lamp to my feet, and a light to my path.

John 8:31

The Truth Shall Make You Free

Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed Him, “If you abide in My word, you are My disciples indeed.”

John 12:35

Then Jesus said to them, “A little while longer the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going.”

2 Thessalonians 2:10-12

With all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness.

John 16:7-8

Nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

Revelation 1:3

Blessed is he who reads and those who hear the words of this prophecy and keep those things which are written in it; for the time is near.

John 3:19

This is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.

John 9:41

Jesus said to them, “If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, ‘We see.’ Therefore, your sin remains.”

James 4:17

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Hebrews 10:26-27

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27 but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.

Hebrews 6:4-6

For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted the heavenly gift, and have become partakers of the Holy Spirit, 5 and have tasted the good word of God and the powers of the age to come, 6 if they fall away, to renew them again to repentance, since they crucify again for themselves the Son of God, and put Him to an open shame.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit.

Acts 7:51-53

Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”

What causes indecision? Why do people not make a decision to accept Jesus Christ as their personal Savior? Go to Matthew 10:36-38.

Matthew 10:36-38

 ‘A man’s enemies will be those of his own household.’ 37 He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. 38 And he who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

Power of One Decision

Jesus made a decision to come to earth from heaven and live a perfect life as a human being. HE did this so HE could save the souls of the people who believe in Him.

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Welcome to the Four Lessons from Naaman the Syrian post. The post is a synopsis of the sermon given on Sabbath, 3 September 2016 by Pastor Mike Bauler at Know the Bible church in Portland, Oregon.

Turn in your Bibles to 2 Kings 5:1-16

Naaman’s Leprosy Healed

Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the LORD had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out on raids and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”

5 Then the king of Syria said, “Go now, and I will send a letter to the king of Israel.”

So, he departed and took with him ten talents of silver, six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing. 6 Then he brought the letter to the king of Israel, which said,

Now be advised, when this letter comes to you, that I have sent Naaman my servant to you, that you may heal him of his leprosy.

7 And it happened, when the king of Israel read the letter, that he tore his clothes and said, “Am I God, to kill and make alive, that this man sends a man to me to heal him of his leprosy? Therefore, please consider, and see how he seeks a quarrel with me.”

8 So it was, when Elisha the man of God heard that the king of Israel had torn his clothes, that he sent to the king, saying, “Why have you torn your clothes? Please let him come to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.”

9 Then Naaman went with his horses and chariot, and he stood at the door of Elisha’s house. 10 And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored to you, and you shall be clean.” 11 But Naaman became furious, and went away and said, “Indeed, I said to myself, ‘He will surely come out to me, and stand and call on the name of the LORD his God, and wave his hand over the place, and heal the leprosy.’ 12 Are not the Abanah and the Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? Could I not wash in them and be clean?” So, he turned and went away in a rage. 13 And his servants came near and spoke to him, and said, “My father, if the prophet had told you to do something great, would you not have done it? How much more then, when he says to you, ‘Wash, and be clean’?” 14 So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, except in Israel; now therefore, please take a gift from your servant.”

16 But he said, “As the LORD lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

Naaman is mentioned in the Gospel of Luke when Jesus was in Nazareth.

Luke 4:16-30

Jesus Rejected at Nazareth

16 So 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 to read. 17 And He was handed the book of the prophet Isaiah. And when He had opened the book, He found the place where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,

Because He has anointed Me

To preach the gospel to the poor;

He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,

To proclaim liberty to the captives

And recovery of sight to the blind,

To set at liberty those who are oppressed;

19 To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

20 Then He closed the book and gave it back to the attendant and sat down. And the eyes of all who were in the synagogue were fixed on Him. 21 And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22 So all bore witness to Him and marveled at the gracious words which proceeded out of His mouth. And they said, “Is this not Joseph’s son?”

23 He said to them, “You will surely say this proverb to Me, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done in Capernaum,  do also here in Your country.’ ” 24 Then He said, “Assuredly, I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own country. 25 But I tell you truly, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, and there was a great famine throughout all the land; 26 but to none of them was Elijah sent except to Zarephath, in the region of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet, and none of them was cleansed except Naaman the Syrian.”

28 So all those in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with [e]wrath, 29 and rose up and thrust Him out of the city; and they led Him to the brow of the hill on which their city was built, that they might throw Him down over the cliff. 30 Then passing through the midst of them, He went His way.

What can we learn by studying the Four Lessons From Naaman the Syrian?

1. It is a Story of Faith. Naaman finally humbled himself and washed in the Jordan river and was healed.

When God promises us something in His Word, it will happen. Are we acting on faith regarding God’s Promises or are we acting on faith that God’s Promises will happen? The main principle is to Take God’s Promises in your heart and surrender fully to walk by faith.

2. Naaman’s Pride Was Hurt When Elisha Would Not Heal. Humans need to feel free and clean in our souls, our insides. Naaman needed cleansing of his inner soul. Naaman’s cleansing and healing is the First Baptism in the Bible. Seven times Naaman washed in the Jordan River. The number seven in the Bible represents Wholeness.

True Conversion is about cleansing the selfishness we all suffer from at times. Naaman returned without his pride and sought cleansing of his soul. This is the lesson of the True Gospel.

Turn to Acts 22:16.

Now why are you waiting? Arise and be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on the name of the Lord.

3. Naaman Received the Holy Spirit.

Turn back to 2 Kings 5:16-17

But he said, “As the Lord lives, before whom I stand, I will receive nothing.” And he urged him to take it, but he refused.

17 So Naaman said, “Then, if not, please let your servant be given two mule-loads of earth; for your servant will no longer offer either burnt offering or sacrifice to other gods, but to the Lord.

4. Naaman Lived Up to All the Light He Had Received. Ellen White’s book Acts of the Apostles page 416 says:

“Few realize the full meaning of the words that Christ spoke when, in the synagogue at Nazareth, He announced Himself as the Anointed One. He declared His mission to comfort, bless, and save the sorrowing and the sinful; and then, seeing that pride and unbelief controlled the hearts of His hearers, He reminded them that in time past God had turned away from His chosen people because of their unbelief and rebellion, and had manifested Himself to those in heathen lands who had not rejected the light of heaven. The widow of Sarepta and Naaman the Syrian had lived up to all the light they had; hence they were accounted more righteous than God’s chosen people who had backslidden from Him and had sacrificed principle to convenience and worldly honor. “

How do we use the Light we have received? There were many lepers in Israel, but only Naaman the Syrian was healed.

Two Major Teachings from This Story Are:

1. Do Not Have Preconceived Ideas About the Bible.

2. Walk In the Light You Have Received.

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Welcome to the When We Pray God Works post. This post contains the sermon given by Tammara Daniel at Riverside Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church in Washougal, Washington on Sabbath, 1 February 2020.

Tammara leads the Prayer Ministry at the Riverside Church. Our church has developed small group ministries to help disciple current members and make the church a place for people searching for hope and truth can come. Tammara shared her testimony with the church.

Turn in your Bibles to the Gospel of Matthew.

Matthew 24:14

This gospel of the kingdom will be preached throughout the world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.

Now turn to Ephesians 3:20.

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond all that we ask or imagine, according to the power that works in us.

When We Pray, God Works. God Moves Heaven to minister to His Children.

Now turn to Psalms 91.

He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High
    shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.
² I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress,
    my God in whom I trust.”

³ Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the hunter
    and from the deadly pestilence.
⁴ He shall cover you with His feathers,
    and under His wings you shall find protection;
    His faithfulness shall be your shield and wall.
⁵ You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
    nor of the arrow that flies by day;
⁶ nor of the pestilence that pursues in darkness,
    nor of the destruction that strikes at noonday.
⁷ A thousand may fall at your side
    and ten thousand at your right hand,
    but it shall not come near you.
⁸ Only with your eyes shall you behold
    and see the reward of the wicked.

⁹ Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
    even the Most High, your dwelling,
¹⁰ there shall be no evil befall you,
    neither shall any plague come near your tent;
¹¹ for He shall give His angels charge over you
    to guard you in all your ways.
¹² They shall bear you up in their hands,
    lest you strike your foot against a stone.
¹³ You shall tread upon the lion and adder;
    the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.

¹⁴ Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him;
    I will set him on high, because he has known My name.
¹⁵ He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him;
    I will be with him in trouble,
    and I will deliver him and honor him.
¹⁶ With long life I will satisfy him
    and show him My salvation.

Now turn to John 10:27-29.

My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. ²⁸ I give them eternal life. They shall never perish, nor shall anyone snatch them from My hand. ²⁹ My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them from My Father’s hand.

One of the first evangelists was the Samaritan woman at the well. She knew that she had met a prophet after talking with Jesus. She evangelized her whole town right away.

Now turn to John 4:39.

Many of the Samaritans of that city believed in Him because of the word of the woman who testified, “He told me all that I ever did.”

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Tammara felt God’s call to the Seventh-day Adventist church because she wanted to follow the Bible. She had grown up in another Christian denomination.

For many years, Tammara’s heart longed for her father to accept Jesus Christ as his personal savior. Tammara kept praying even when her father was not responding. As her father grew older, Tammara kept praying. One day her father asked her to study the Bible. He finally accepted Jesus Christ as his personal savior.

Tammara prays for every student that attends Riverside Christian school and for every member that attends the church on Thursdays.

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Some Sabbath Facts ( Seventh-day or Saturday ) is a brief history of God’s Seventh-Day established in Genesis 2.

1. Established at the End of the Six Day Creation – Seal of God
2. Was the First Day for Adam after God Breathed the Breath of Life Into Adam’s Body
3. Sabbath Is Only Commandment of the Ten Commandments with the Word ‘Remember’
4. Sabbath Was Kept By Jesus When He Lived
5. Jesus Said In Luke 6:5 in the Bible That He Is Lord of the Sabbath
6. Jesus Even Rested In the Tomb After His Crucifixion ( Kept the Sabbath ) and Rose on the First Day ( Sunday ) of the Week
7. Jesus’s Disciples Kept the Sabbath – Read the Book of Acts
8. All Saved Christians That Will Be in the First Resurrection When Jesus Comes Again Will Keep the Sabbath – Isaiah 66:22-23
9. Sabbath Is God’s Holy Sanctified Time That He Wants to Spend with You !
10. Keeping Sabbath Is NOT Burdensome – It Is a Weekly Blessing
11. Keeping Sabbath Is NOT Being a Legalist – It Is Being Loyal to the Word of God in the Holy Bible
12. Sabbath Is Not Just for the Jewish People – Sabbath Established as the Seventh-day After the Six Days of Creation When God Rested From His Work. Abraham Did Not Establish the Jewish Nation Until Around 2,000 BC

Walter Veith has a Ph D in Zoology. He was an atheist that opened a Bible and began comparing what the Bible says against what his wife’s Catholic church taught. Dr. Veith has lectured about Jesus Christ since he accepted Jesus as his savior. You can click on his lecture about the Sabbath below and learn many details about the history of Sabbath keeping.

My own personal experience and walk with God has radically changed since I learned Some Sabbath Facts truth. I grew up believing that you went to church on Sunday morning. I also left the church around the age of 19 when I enlisted in the military.

A neighbor of mine in 2005 introduced me to Some Sabbath Facts. I am forever grateful to have learned how to study and apply what the Bible says in my life.

I now gladly give Bible studies to people that are searching for truth. I am not stating that you or your family members that are sleeping now are not going to heaven if you do not keep God’s fourth commandment. For me, I like to get back to basics and take God’s word as doctrine. There are tens of thousands of Protestant fellowships and I am a baptized member in good standing in the Seventh-day Adventist Christian church. I believe our church follows the Bible closer than any other fellowship that exists today.

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Welcome to the post Ezekiel 47 Message By Caleb Robles. Caleb preached this sermon on Sabbath, 14 December 2019 at the Vicuña, Chile Seventh-day Adventist Christian church.

Caleb is an elder of the church that is in La Serena, Chile. He belongs to the church in the South American Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Christian Church. He goes to speak at different churches each week. His message began with the scripture reading from Jeremiah 17:9-10:

“The heart is deceitful above all things,
And desperately wicked;
Who can know it?

I, the Lord, search the heart,
I test the mind,
Even to give every man according to his ways,
According to the fruit of his doings.”

Turn in your Bibles to Romans 11:5:

Even so then, at this present time there is a remnant according to the election of grace.

God has always had faithful people on the earth.

Isaiah 58:12

Those from among you
Shall build the old waste places;
You shall raise up the foundations of many generations;
And you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach,
The Restorer of Streets to Dwell In.

Ezra 9:8-10

Now for a little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage. For we were slaves. Yet our God did not forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem. And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commandments.

Daniel 10:13

But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me twenty-one days; and behold, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me, for I had been left alone there with the kings of Persia.

Ezekiel 47:1-2

Then he brought me back to the door of the temple; and there was water, flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east, for the front of the temple faced east; the water was flowing from under the right side of the temple, south of the altar. He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side.

Here in Ezekiel 47 Message By Caleb Robles showed a diagram of the temple which faced east. The water flowed under the right side of the temple south of the altar.

Joshua 24:15

If it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Solomon Builds the Temple

2 Chronicles 3:1

Now Solomon began to build the house of the Lord at Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to his father David, at the place that David had prepared on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

Jeremiah 21:8

Now you shall say to this people, Thus says the Lord: “Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.”

All through the Bible, the New Testament validates the Old Testament. Look at this scripture in John 7:38-39:

He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.” But this He spoke concerning the Spirit, whom those believing in Him would receive; for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus was not yet glorified.

Now turn to Revelation 17:15:

Then he said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the harlot sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.”

Now turn to Matthew 7:13-14:

The Narrow Way

Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

This passage in John 10:7 and verse 9 also guide us.

Jesus the Good Shepherd

John 10

Verse 7: Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.”

Verse 9: I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.

Turn now to Isaiah 14:13:

For you have said in your heart:
‘I will ascend into heaven,
I will exalt my throne above the stars of God;
I will also sit on the mount of the congregation
On the farthest sides of the north’

Now go to Isaiah 43:6-9:

I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’
And to the south, ‘Do not keep them back!’
Bring My sons from afar,
And My daughters from the ends of the earth—

Everyone who is called by My name,
Whom I have created for My glory;
I have formed him, yes, I have made him.”

Bring out the blind people who have eyes,
And the deaf who have ears.

Let all the nations be gathered together,
And let the people be assembled.
Who among them can declare this,
And show us former things?
Let them bring out their witnesses, that they may be justified;
Or let them hear and say, “It is truth.”

Let us now go to the prophet Zechariah 2:6-7:

Future Joy of Zion and Many Nations

“Up, up! Flee from the land of the north,” says the Lord; “for I have spread you abroad like the four winds of heaven,” says the Lord. “Up, Zion! Escape, you who dwell with the daughter of Babylon.”

Let us turn back to Ezekiel 47:2:

He brought me out by way of the north gate, and led me around on the outside to the outer gateway that faces east; and there was water, running out on the right side.

Now we go back to Matthew and read chapter 25:31-32:

The Son of Man Will Judge the Nations

“When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the holy angels with Him, then He will sit on the throne of His glory. All the nations will be gathered before Him, and He will separate them one from another, as a shepherd divides his sheep from the goats.”

Let us look deeper into Ezekiel 47 verses 3 through 10:

And when the man went out to the east with the line in his hand, he measured one thousand cubits, and he brought me through the waters; the water came up to my ankles. 4 Again he measured one thousand and brought me through the waters; the water came up to my knees. Again he measured one thousand and brought me through; the water came up to my waist. 5 Again he measured one thousand, and it was a river that I could not cross; for the water was too deep, water in which one must swim, a river that could not be crossed. 6 He said to me, “Son of man, have you seen this?” Then he brought me and returned me to the bank of the river.

7 When I returned, there, along the bank of the river, were very many trees on one side and the other. 8 Then he said to me: “This water flows toward the eastern region, goes down into the [a]valley, and enters the sea. When it reaches the sea, its waters are healed. 9 And it shall be that every living thing that moves, wherever [b]the rivers go, will live. There will be a very great multitude of fish, because these waters go there; for they will be healed, and everything will live wherever the river goes. 10 It shall be that fishermen will stand by it from En Gedi to En Eglaim; they will be places for spreading their nets. Their fish will be of the same kinds as the fish of the Great Sea, exceedingly many.

Now let us return to the prophet Zechariah 2:1-2:

Vision of the Measuring Line

Then I raised my eyes and looked, and behold, a man with a measuring line in his hand. So I said, “Where are you going?”

And he said to me, “To measure Jerusalem, to see what is its width and what is its length.”

Now turn to Isaiah 28:17:

Also I will make justice the measuring line,
And righteousness the plummet;
The hail will sweep away the refuge of lies,
And the waters will overflow the hiding place.

God is a God of order. You see that throughout the Bible.

Now let us go back to Matthew chapter 13:47-48:

The Parable of the Dragnet

“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a dragnet that was cast into the sea and gathered some of every kind, which, when it was full, they drew to shore; and they sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but threw the bad away.

Now turn to Psalms 65:9:

You visit the earth and water it,
You greatly enrich it;
The river of God is full of water;
You provide their grain,
For so You have prepared it.

Many scriptures speak of water. Jesus is the living water.

Now let us turn to Isaiah 55:10-11:

For as the rain comes down, and the snow from heaven,
And do not return there,
But water the earth,
And make it bring forth and bud,
That it may give seed to the sower
And bread to the eater,

So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Let us go back to Matthew one last time and read Chapter 4 verses 18 and 19:

Four Fishermen Called as Disciples

And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.”

The last verses to read are Ezekiel 47:11-12:

But its swamps and marshes will not be healed; they will be given over to salt. Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.

Caleb’s message shows a similarity between Ezekiel 47:11-12 and Revelation 22:2. Revelation 22:2:

In the middle of its street, and on either side of the river, was the tree of life, which bore twelve fruits, each tree yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.

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