| Danger of Indifference to Light |
Today's Text:
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John 3:19
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The Message:
The loss of one soul is represented as a catastrophe in comparison with which the gain of a world sinks into insignificance. Those tears of Jesus embraced all time. In Jerusalem is represented every soul who neglects present privileges and refuses the light which God sends them. Have the counsels of God been cherished? Have the entreaties and warnings of His servants been accepted? Has remonstrance been heeded? Oh, that we may individually improve the golden moments of this "thy day" lest the word shall come, "but now they are hid from thine eyes." [Luke 19:42.] If light shines in our day we are to receive the light, appreciate it, and walk in the light without waiting to see whether the great men or learned men accept it.
I quoted the words of Christ, "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." Matthew 5:17-19. Solemn words, definite and plainly stated. Jesus looked down through centuries and saw that the Christian world would think and teach that the death of Christ abrogated the Father's law. He therefore makes a plain statement to undeceive all minds that want to be undeceived upon this point. Those who choose fables because they are more agreeable to the natural heart will be left to strong delusions, to believe a lie....
Men and women have died without keeping the seventh-day Sabbath. They were good people and lived up to all the light they had. They could not be responsible for the light that they never had. We are accountable for the light that shines in our day. To excuse our transgression of God's law because good people in generations past did not keep it would be folly....
"This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light." John 3:19. "If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloak for their sin." John 15:22. Cf. John 9:41. It is never safe to be indifferent to light. If professedly great and good men do not obey the law of God, is it any reason we should transgress? Men who are lifted up in self-confidence and pride will venture to do many things the simple, humble Christian would never venture to do. It was the scribes, the rulers, the priests, men in holy office, men who believed their righteousness was above the whole world, who persecuted Christ. These pious pretenders were the fiercest persecutors Jesus had. They were bitterness itself, cruel as the grave. They could smite God's dear Son. They could with revengeful cruelty exult in His weary, pale, suffering appearance. It was the teachers of the people that mocked Him while He hung upon the cross.
Professed Christians of today who reject light will be no more favorable to those who receive and rejoice in the light of truth than were the Jews in the days of Christ. If they had known that He was the Prince of life, they would not have crucified Him. Why did they not know? Because they refused every evidence given them that Christ was the Messiah. God gives light today upon truth, but men, without searching with humble heart to compare Scripture with Scripture, take the course the Jews took. They will look upon the believers as a little, weak people, a few fanatics, and will speak derisively of them.-Letter 35a, 1877.
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Commentary:
My friend, the Jews in the time of Christ rejected Jesus as the Messiah because He did not fit the image of God that they had come to believe. Though He had given them unmistakable evidence that He was the Son of God, they rejected and crucified Him. Today, history is repeating itself in that the church is rejecting the One true God and His Son in favor of the trinity.
The trinity teaches that the Son of God is not truly a son like as we are, but that His divinity has no beginning and therefore cannot be a true son. In teaching thus, they destroy the father-son relationship and the foundation of the gospel which is "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son" (John 3:16). In order for God to give us His Son, He had to have a son to give, else He would be a liar.
Today, God has given us a great amount of light on the subject of who He is, but the leaders of the church have rejected this light, and denounced all that believe it as delusional. They twist Scripture and the Spirit of Prophecy to support their cherished doctrine. Some know the truth, but deny it, because to accept it would put them at odds with the leaders of the church, while others are deceived and refuse the light of truth.
The once pure church of Philadelphia has become the corrupt church of Laodicea. Their spiritual condition is such that it is sickening to God. They are rich and increased with goods, meaning that they believe that they are rich in the truth, but they refuse to see that they are "... wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked." (Revelation 3:17). They have forsaken Christ and in His place, they have placed the god of the trinity. It has the form of God, but in reality is the god of Babylon. The doctrine of the trinity is the central foundation of the Roman Catholic Church, by it comes all of her other doctrines, to include Sunday sacredness.
My friend, the church is in great peril, for it has forsaken the One true God and denies the sonship of the Son of God. It has long been drinking of the cistern of Babylon and the result of it is now being seen in the church. All of the abominations that have plagued the Protestant churches is not being manifested in the Seventh-day Adventist Church today. God has given us great light and the first angels message is calling us back to worship the One true God through His Son Jesus Christ. Will you accept the message of rebuke given to His people in love? Or will you continue to worship the false god of the trinity? How you answer this question will determine whether you will receive the mark of the beast, or the seal of God.
God bless,
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