Heavenly Observers Witness Every Word Spoken

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

Heavenly Observers Witness Every Word Spoken

Today's Text: And they said, Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us? And the Lord heard it. Numbers 12:2

The Message:      Aaron and Miriam became displeased with Moses because of his marriage.... They thought Moses regarded himself as superior to them, and they must ever stand as second. This state of feeling was just what Satan desired to bring about. It was in his lines to carry forward the work he began in heaven.... Satan could not touch the head, the reasoning faculties, the eyes of the mind; but he could make things that the outward eye looked upon appear in accordance with his subtle working.... Aaron and Miriam became one in mind. They communicated with one another and they said, "Hath the Lord indeed spoken only by Moses? hath he not spoken also by us?" Mark that which follows: "And the Lord heard it." The Lord hears many things human beings say, and He understands the current of evil started into intense activity by words spoken in secret. If persons could always consider that there is a Witness present to hear every word they speak, even in the secret chamber, there would be fewer private communications coming from human lips to leaven the minds of others by their ideas and evil suggestions that are voicing the temptations of the great deceiver....      There was One who could vindicate Moses. Hear His testimony; the words come sounding down along the lines to our time, evidencing that the mind of God is not in agreement with the thoughts of unsanctified humans. "(Now the man Moses was very meek, above all the men which were upon the face of the earth.) ... And the Lord came down in the pillar of the cloud, and stood in the door of the tabernacle, and called Aaron and Miriam: and they both came forth.      "And he said, Hear now my words: If there be a prophet among you, I the Lord will make myself known unto him in a vision, and will speak unto him in a dream. My servant Moses is not so, who is faithful in all mine house. With him will I speak mouth to mouth.... And the cloud departed from off the tabernacle; and, behold, Miriam became leprous, white as snow."...      Because Aaron and Miriam were honored with a part in the work, they thought they were equal to Moses, and were indeed a very essential part of the great whole. They felt that credit should be given to them and that Moses should not have all the honor. Let the human agent consider that in any position where God has placed him or her, he or she must put entire confidence in God.-Letter 7, 1894.

Commentary: My friend, we must ever be on guard with what we say and do for it will undoubtedly influence others either for good or evil.  If we desire to influence others for Christ, we must fix our minds upon Him, seeking after His righteousness as for the very air we breath.  When we do this we will be brought into a closer and yet closer relationship with Jesus.  Then as we go about our daily duties, His thoughts and His will will be manifested in all that we say and do. To have the mind of God we must have the Son of God living within our hearts.  Philippians 2:5 tells us "Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus;".  Yet sadly there are so many that do not have a correct understanding of who God is and as such do not have Him living within their hearts.  The trinity, which teaches that there are three members within the Godhead and that they are God both individually and collectively, is not the God spoken of in the Scriptures.  Jesus, in His prayer to His Father in John 17:3, said "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." Jesus declared that there is only one true God and that is the Father and we can only know Him through Jesus Christ.  He also said in John 14:6 "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto to the Father, but by me."  The trinity is a false representation of God and as such introduces to man another mediator different from Jesus Christ.  It teaches that the Holy Spirit is a separate being from the Father and the Son, and as such introduces into the life of the believer another spirit and another mediator. The Scriptures tell us that there is only one Spirit and that Spirit is the Spirit of God, and that the Spirit of God lives within the Son of God, and as such we are brought into connection with God through Jesus Christ living within our hearts.  "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:" (Colossians 1:27). My friend, Moses humbled himself in before the One true God and by this was brought into a very close relationship with God.  The relationship that he had with God is a relationship that we can have if we would but surrender our hearts fully to the One true God of the Bible.  When we do this, He will manifest Himself to us and live within our hearts, then all that we say and do will testify that we have been with God. God bless,

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