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American Youth Cry Out!

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:55:22 GMT

Note: This article is being re circulated since the last shooting. What an important issue this is. All Christians should pray for guidance on how they might help.
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Todays headlines are very troubling. Another American youth decides to shoot people down for no apparent reason. This has become old news. Seems that everywhere America's youth are troubled to the point of no return.

Christian author, Ellen White has pointed out; "Aliens from God and outcasts from society, these poor souls feel that they are without hope either for this life or for the life to come. The hearts of parents are broken. Men speak of these erring ones as hopeless, but God looks upon them with pitying tenderness. He understands all the circumstances that have led them to fall under temptation. This is a class that demands labor." T6, p.254,255

When we see what is on our modern Televisions we see; "Babylon 5" and "American Idol". We have taught our youth to embrace the idea of Babylonian Oneness, a false unity. We have set our youth to look to "idols". Instead of finding out that they are already special, we teach our youth to embrace an idol, a human idol. How sad.

We have taught our youth to turn away from their Creator by teaching evolution.

"Men in their blindness boast of wonderful progress and enlightenment; but to the eye of Omniscience are revealed the inward guilt and depravity." Ellen G. White T6,p.14,15

One problem is that todays youth are taught that "true" love has no boundaries. This anarchy love is from the occult law; "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law". This false idea is a Babylonian foundation. It is taught in the Wica movement and New Age philosophies of today.

This so called "freedom" has created an insane youth. Actually, true love has boundaries, it is surrounded by the Commandments of God!

"It is not hardship, toil, or poverty that degrades humanity; it is sin, the transgression of God's law. The efforts put forth to rescue the outcast and degraded will be of no avail unless the claims of the law of God and need of loyalty to Him are impressed on the mind and heart." T6,p.259 Ellen G. White

We must understand that people are crying out for a love with boundaries! They may not say it because of what they have been taught. The truth is, it is time for the church to teach the law of God to our youth in the true love of Jesus Christ!

"The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul.......The commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes." "By the word of Thy lips," says the Psalmist, "I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. " Psalms 19:7,8; 17:4

So true love has around it a "wall of protection", the Commandments of God. False love, the one destroying this nation, is that of anarchy!

May God call those who hear to labor in this work of re-education.

Written by Eric W. King [December 6,2007]

Response for POGM Group

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:00:45 GMT

Note: Within the first five minutes that this article was posted "The Adventist Way of Life" received what can only be described, in my opinion, as "hate email" from the founder of POGM. I don't dare post the comments made by this person. I would ask that all "born again" believers in Jesus Christ pray for those stuck in cults. Thank you

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"The Adventist Way of Life", online Christian website ministry, fully supports the true Seventh Day Adventist Church and the General Conference. "The Adventist Way of Life" is in no way legitimately, legally, or officially connected with the Seventh Day Adventist Church nor is it officially endorsed by the SDA Church. This ministry also contains opinions that are not held by all Seventh Day Adventist Christians. That being said, please understand that I believe that the official SDA Church is the Church that Jesus Christ built and I currently worship at my local SDA Church.

Now, I start this article out with that statement to show that by this article I am not trying to say that "my way is the only right way". I simply believe that what I understand to be true is TRUE! So many ex-adventist Christians try and start a "new movement". They try and find something exciting and different to cause a chaotic controversy within the true SDA Church.

This is how the Davidian's got their start. This is how the CSDA group got it's start. And this is even how some "evangelicals" got their start, such as the "elite" ex-adventist evangelical movement. I have responded to some of these groups without response. The CSDA group did respond and I talked to some of the "ex-adventists" on the phone. We certainly did not change each others view points.

In this article I am yet responding to another off-shoot ministry of the true Seventh Day Adventist Church. This ministry in question is called, "Presents of God Ministry". It's founder was once Catholic. As a Catholic he taught in the Catholic church. He once held to the fallen churches beliefs. But one day he was introduced to the Truth as it is in Jesus.

He found that the SDA Church was correct in identifying the anti-christ power. He even saw much more than the standard Adventist Christian sees because of his background in error all those years. He became a Seventh Day Adventist. Along the way he recognized "Romanism" happening within the SDA Church. This troubled him and he began to speak out. So far no true Adventist Christian would see a problem with this man's concern.

But......but then he began to call the true Seventh Day Adventist Church "Babylon the Great". This basically amounts to calling God's church the "Church of Satan". This is the unfortunate mistake that many misinformed Adventists fall into. This is the same mistake that the CSDA group made and got them into the mess their in today.

This is the same mistake that starts almost all the Adventist Cults. Ellen G. White saw a tendency of fanatacism and false excitement demonstrated shortly after the "Great Disappointment" of 1844. This lead her to write out against this fanatacism and the movements it generated.

She also warned in her writings that some people would set out to look for "something strange" and or "exciting" in some new found doctrine. With this information she warned that they will cause a division in the church, or at least try to. Ellen White clearly stated that the true Seventh Day Adventist Church can never be called "Babylon" [a phrase of the false church]. She did say that the Church leadership of a certain time was in danger of being called a "sister" [not daughter] of fallen apostate Babylon.

So if she said that the SDA Church could never be called Babylon but that some of it's leadership could, would, and did fall into apostasy we are talking about apostasy and not Babylon. Wow! Seems simple. Any apostate can be likened to "babylonian". This is why Sister White pointed out the danger of becoming like a "sister" to but not a "daughter" of spiritual Babylon. In other words, some SDA local churches and their leadership would completely "fall asleep", become the Laodiceans in practice and worship. Jesus said that the wheat and the tares would grow together, in the Church He said He built and that would never fall. Never did Jesus call His own Church "Babylon the Great" and neither did Ellen White!

She agrees with the Bible and further states that the entire world and Satan will have his final conflict with "Seventh Day Adventists", not "creation" or "davidian" Seventh Day Adventist Christians. [see TM, p.37] And not with "Presents of God" people.

Though local churches have their problems because of "Babylonian" influences this does not make Christ's church "babylon". All local Christian churches have their problems...but they are not the "harlot" church. They could only become a Babylonian church in the "sister" sense, but never collectively a "daughter of the harlot".

As I said before, I will state again, God's church will have true believers and false believers in it up until the Second Coming of Christ. [Laodicean church: Rev. 3:14-22] But no Christian has the authority or the right or the power to judge in the sense of separating the "wheat" from the "tares". This is the work of Jesus Christ and His angels! [Matthew 24:31] These false movements claim to be full of wheat only, if not they claim that there is a "remnant" within the Remnant. Are we confused yet?

Jesus informs us that when the "purification" of the Church of God begins, He will send His angels to separate the "wheat" from the "chaff". He will not send "independent ministries" to do the separating. So those who start "new movements", and claim that there is a "remnant" within the Remnant are liars! Plain and simple!The true Seventh Day Adventist Church has missionaries all over the world and hospitals healing the sick and hurting. None of these "off-shoot" groups have any Biblical authority or "good fruit doctrine" for their claims or existance. We pray for them.

Ellen White stated that the church may appear to be falling through all this confusion but that it will not fall! No doubt that their are spiritual "babylonians" or "tares" within the true church. But the true SDA Church is still the true church. One problem with these Adventist off-shoot groups is that they take Ellen White's statements out of context. In 1911 she emphasized that "regarding the testimonies, nothing is ignored; nothing is cast aside; but time and place must be considered."

As Herbert E. Douglass points out:

-"...in 1875 Ellen White wrote concerning the General Conference in session: "When the judgment of the General Conference, which is the highest authority that God has upon the earth, is exercised, private independence and private judgment must not be maintained, but be surrendered."

Why the difference in her position? During the late 1880s and 1890s, as the record shows in her letters and sermons, some of the policies of the General Conference officers were not ones that Ellen White could endorse. On April 1, 1901, the day before the General Conference session opened, she spoke these words: "It is working upon wrong principles that has brought the cause of God into its present embarrassment. The people have lost confidence in those who have the management of the work. Yet we hear that the voice of the conference is the voice of God. Every time I have heard this, I have thought that it was almost blasphemy. The voice of the conference ought to be the voice of God, but it is not." Obviously, times had changed and her observations changed accordingly.

But that 1901 General Conference session made significant changes in policies and personnel. Ellen White was pleased. Only two months after the changes, she became aware that her son Edson was quoting some of her pre-1901-session statements and applying them in the new, post-1901-session period. Times had changed--the statements of the 1890s no longer applied. She wrote to Edson: "Your course would have been the course to be pursued, if no changes had been made in the General Conference [1901]. But a change has been made, and many more changes will be made [in 1903, many more were made] and great developments will [yet] be seen. No issues are to be forced. . . . It hurts me to think that you are using words which I wrote prior to the Conference." -

So you see, it is true that "context controls meaning". How many more off-shoot, ex-adventist movements will arise before the Second Coming? Probably lots. This is unfortunate but it is the Signs of the Times. If you are currently attending a true Seventh Day Adventist Church stay with the "bride of Christ". Pray for the leadership. Pray for those who may be off in some wrong area of doctrine within the church. Show mercy for the bride that Christ is coming back for. She makes mistakes but God hates divorce! So stay faithful till the end.

The only way you will ever be able to discern truth from lies is to know the truth. Truth becomes the benchmark by which everything else is measured.

God bless!

Written by, Eric W. King [January 21,2008]

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Please read the "comments" below to see more on this issue or post your own thoughts and comments.

Richard Perry recently remarked;

Dear brother Eric W. King,

After you posted this article [at least a month or so later] the POGM site took down many of the pictures of "presents". This guy is nervous! Thank you for expossing Santa Claus.

Regards, Richard Perry

The Second Coming or cookies & cake?

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:49:35 GMT

Thank you for your courage. I thought that I would respond to
your "easy going" approach to prophecy and to church attendance.
One thing you might consider is the fact that Christ has one church. Just
one! And another thought is the fact that it keeps the commandments
of God. [see Revelation 14:12].

To say that we should approach the second coming with statements like, "well, whatever floats your boat" seems to me like an approach that makes the second coming sound like cookies and cake.

The second coming is a serious matter. It is the end of time. God
does have an organization that has the "gift of prophecy", pastors, teachers,
and the such. It is not like Jesus told us; "Stay home and eat popcorn, you
know, whatever floats your boat."

I do not mean to sound harsh but in Noah's day only one boat was
floating. Those who sat around and ate popcorn had a rude awakening.

Written by Eric W. King [Originally written July 07]
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Calling people to TAWOL

Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:27:28 GMT

I [founder of TAWOL Radio] invite other SDA Christians who wish to talk to come on the show and share. You may contact E.W.King at:

www.adventist.7p.com

Or send email ideas to: Er2Ki@aol.com

Is all sickness from sin?

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:58:45 GMT

Christian author Ellen G. White once wrote:

"It is a sin to be sick; for all sickness is the result of transgression" (Counsels on
Health, p. 37).

What does this mean? Does it mean that if you are sick it is because you sinned? If that were true everybody would be physically always sick. We are all "spiritually sick" because of sin and it is true that some sins can bring on physical illness such as sins that abuse our bodies [doing drugs, smoking, liquor, etc].

Mostly it is a sin to be "sick" spiritually . So get Jesus and get Life!

"All sickness" is from the first act of sin..from Adam and Eve's sin. Their sin shows where all sickness stems from. Sickness in it's ultimate sense was birthed by and through sin. Now, does that mean that if a baby get's sick and dies it was from a personal sin that the baby committed? Nope.

Some get sick simply because of inherited sin. Thus, all sickness is the result of transgression. [direct or inderect].

It was never God's intent that people get sick and die. Satan is now alowed to use sickness on others because sickness is a part of "Satan's world". But God has proven that His people trust in Him and will thus see Him again in their new bodies!

"So Satan went out from the presence of the Lord and afflicted Job with painful
sores from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. ... In all this, Job did not sin" (Job 2:7, 10).

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Written by E.W.King [June18,2008]

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Bad theology of Steve Rudd

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 03:38:19 GMT

Dear Steve Rudd,

I [the founder and speaker for "The Adventist Way of Life"] have visited your web pages and links. Even sunday keeping Christians that have reviewed your site realize that you have taken many Scriptures out of context. Your theology such as your work on Colossians 2:13,14 where you comment that these Scriptures have destroyed the 4th Commandment by "nailing it to the cross" are strange and you have taken Scripture grossly out of context.

These Scriptures refer to our sin record..which Jesus nailed to the cross. Jesus never destroyed His moral law at the cross. Mr. Rudd, I invite you to appear on TAWOL Radio with me to publicaly discuss your theology with True Adventist Chriatians. Won't you share?

Contact me at: Er2Ki@aol.com

Written by E.W.King [June 17,2008]

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Tuff Ellen White statements looked at!

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:24:14 GMT

Introduction: Among the 100,000 pages of Ellen G. White's writings, some have pointed to several statements that are difficult to understand. A few of these statements are perplexing only because they have been lifted from their immediate contexts. Other statements pose problems for those who believe God's messengers are infallible, their predictions unalterable, and that their words and expressions are communicated verbatim by the Holy Spirit. Seventh-day Adventists believe that such views are incompatible with what is observed in Scripture. They are certainly counter to what Ellen White claimed for either herself or her writings. One may also find statements that seem to defy a ready explanation or lack current scientific confirmation. Regarding such, we are reminded of the following statement concerning supposed difficulties in the Scriptures:

"While God has given ample evidence for faith, He will never remove all excuse for unbelief. All who look for hooks to hang their doubts upon will find them. And those who refuse to accept and obey God's Word until every objection has been removed, and there is no longer an opportunity for doubt, will never come to the light" (The Great Controversy, p. 527).

Statements Taken Out of Context

"Those who accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or to feel that they are saved."

A closer look at Ellen G. White's cautions regarding this subject reveals that, in context, she is not speaking against the certainty of a believer's present standing with God. She is warning against the presumptuous "once saved, always saved" teaching of eternal security--those who claim "I am saved" while continuing to transgress the law of God. Here is her full statement:

"Peter's fall was not instantaneous, but gradual. Self-confidence led him to the belief that he was saved, and step after step was taken in the downward path, until he could deny his Master. Never can we safely put confidence in self or feel, this side of heaven, that we are secure against temptation. Those who accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or to feel that they are saved. This is misleading. Everyone should be taught to cherish hope and faith; but even when we give ourselves to Christ and know that He accepts us, we are not beyond the reach of temptation. God's Word declares, 'Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried' (Dan. 12:10). Only he who endures the trial will receive the crown of life (James 1:12)" (Christ's Object Lessons, p. 155, emphasis supplied).

That Ellen White understood the proper basis for true Christian assurance is evidenced by the following remark she made before the church's General Conference session:

"Each one of you may know for yourself that you have a living Saviour, that He is your helper and your God. You need not stand where you say, 'I do not know whether I am saved.' Do you believe in Christ as your personal Saviour? If you do, then rejoice" (General Conference Bulletin, April 10, 1901).

To a woman who was struggling with doubts Ellen White wrote:

"The message from God to me for you is 'Him that cometh unto me, I will in no wise cast out' (John 6:37). If you have nothing else to plead before God but this one promise from your Lord and Saviour, you have the assurance that you will never, never be turned away. It may seem to you that you are hanging upon a single promise, but appropriate that one promise, and it will open to you the whole treasure house of the riches of the grace of Christ. Cling to that promise and you are safe. 'Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out.' Present this assurance to Jesus, and you are as safe as though inside the city of God" (Manuscript Releases, vol. 10, p. 175).

"I do not claim to be a prophetess."

Why does the Seventh-day Adventist church believe that Ellen G. White received the gift of prophecy when she said that she did not claim to be a prophetess? The misuse often made of this Ellen White statement is an illustration of the importance of proper context. Here, in her own words, is what Ellen White did and did not mean by her statement:

"Some have stumbled over the fact that I said I did not claim to be a prophet; and they have asked, Why is this?

"I have had no claims to make, only that I am instructed that I am the Lord's messenger; that He called me in my youth to be His messenger, to receive His word, and to give a clear and decided message in the name of the Lord Jesus.

"Early in my youth I was asked several times, Are you a prophet? I have ever responded, I am the Lord's messenger. I know that many have called me a prophet, but I have made no claim to this title. My Saviour declared me to be His messenger. 'Your work,' He instructed me, 'is to bear My word. Strange things will arise, and in your youth I set you apart to bear the message to the erring ones, to carry the word before unbelievers, and with pen and voice to reprove from the Word actions that are not right. Exhort from the Word. I will make My Word open to you. It shall not be as a strange language. In the true eloquence of simplicity, with voice and pen, the messages that I give shall be heard from one who has never learned in the schools. My Spirit and My power shall be with you.' . . .

"Why have I not claimed to be a prophet?--Because in these days many who boldly claim that they are prophets are a reproach to the cause of Christ; and because my work includes much more than the word 'prophet' signifies. . . .

"To claim to be a prophetess is something that I have never done. If others call me by that name, I have no controversy with them. But my work has covered so many lines that I cannot call myself other than a messenger, sent to bear a message from the Lord to His people, and to take up work in any line that He points out.

"When I was last in Battle Creek, I said before a large congregation that I did not claim to be a prophetess. Twice I referred to this matter, intending each time to make the statement, 'I do not claim to be a prophetess.' If I spoke otherwise than this, let all now understand that what I had in mind to say was that I do not claim the title of prophet or prophetess" (Review and Herald, July 26, 1906, reprinted in Selected Messages, book 1, pp. 31-35).

"During the discourse, I said that I did not claim to be a prophetess. Some were surprised at this statement, and as much is being said in regard to it, I will make an explanation. Others have called me a prophetess, but I have never assumed that title. I have not felt that it was my duty thus to designate myself. Those who boldly assume that they are prophets in this our day are often a reproach to the cause of Christ.

"My work includes much more than this name signifies. I regard myself as a messenger, entrusted by the Lord with messages for His people" (Letter 55, 1905; quoted in Selected Messages, book 1, pp. 35, 36).

Unusual Statements Regarding Scientific Issues

Amalgamation of man and beast

Some have charged that Ellen White wrote in 1864 (and republished in 1870) that humans once cohabited with animals and that their offspring produced certain races that exist today. The statement reads: "But if there was one sin above another which called for the destruction of the race by the flood, it was the base crime of amalgamation of man and beast which defaced the image of God, and caused confusion everywhere. God purposed to destroy by a flood that powerful, long-lived race that had corrupted their ways before Him." [1]

No dictionary has ever used "amalgamation" to describe the cohabitation of man with beast. The primary use of the word describes the fusion of metals, the union of different elements such as in making tooth cements. Nineteenth-century usage included the mixing of diverse races.

Granted, her statement could appear ambiguous: Does she mean "amalgamation of man with beast" or "amalgamation of man and of beast"? Often, repetition of the preposition is omitted in similar construction. [2]

On other occasions, when Mrs. White used the word "amalgamation," she used it metaphorically, comparing faithful believers and worldlings. [3] She also used it to describe the origin of poisonous plants and other irregularities in the biological world: "Christ never planted the seeds of death in the system. Satan planted these seeds when he tempted Adam to eat of the tree of knowledge which meant disobedience to God. Not one noxious plant was placed in the Lord's great garden, but after Adam and Eve sinned, poisonous herbs sprang up. . . . All tares are sown by the evil one. Every noxious herb is of his sowing, and by his ingenious methods of amalgamation he has corrupted the earth with tares." [4]

Recognizing that Satan has been an active agent in the corrupting of God's plan for man, beast, plants, etc., we can better understand what Ellen White may have meant when she described the results of amalgamation. That which "defaced the image of God" in man and that which "confused the species [of animals]" has been the handiwork of Satan with the cooperation of humans. Such "amalgamation of man and [of] beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men," becomes understandable.

Mrs. White never hinted of subhuman beings or any kind of hybrid animal-human relationship. She did speak of "species of animals" and "races of men" but not any kind of amalgam of animals with human beings.

We recognize, however, that serious students of Ellen White's writings differ on what she meant by "amalgamation." "The burden of proof rests on those who affirm that Mrs. White gave a new and alien meaning to the term." [5]

For further study of this issue, see "Amalgamation" in the Reference Library.

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Dirk Anderson..his hatred!

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 01:18:03 GMT

Many people have written me about the webiste ellenwhiteexposed.com. It's founder is a man named Dirk Anderson. He claims that he along with his "sect" have "studied their way out of the Seventh Day Adventist Church". They fight against true Sabbath keepers. They pick on Ellen White instead of looking into the Bible regarding what we as Adventist Christians believe.

Mr. Anderson has taken Ellen White's writtings out of context..mixed some of her writings with others to make her say what he and his group wants to hear. Why? Who really now's why he and his sect have such hatred toward loving Christian Adventists. I have sent him email's to take on his claims regarding Ellen White publicaly on TAWOL radio..but he has never responded. Seems he and his group feel safe behind the fence "throwing stones".

My friend and brother in Christ Jesus, Edwin Cotto [founder of "The Adventist Defense League"] has done and is doing a great job in exposing Mr. Andersons one sided parade. I too [Mr. Eric W. King - founder of "The Adventist Way of Life"] will continue to make myself available for those who wish to correspond regarding the lies of Mr. Anderson.

We here will continue to pray for Mr. Dick Anderson and his cult.

E.W.King [written June 4,2008]

Send questions and or comments to; Er2Ki@aol.com

For Truth visit: www.adventist.7p.com

Sent by Mariah,

Dear E.W.King

Mr. Dirk said that you have nver challenged him. What's up with that?

Answer: Dear Mariah,

Here I am..where are you and the others?

E.W.King

www.adventist.7p.com

Note: Since Eric W. King invited Mr. Anderson [both in the year 2007 and 2008] he has heard from others but never from Mr. Anderson. The invitation is still valid!

The Beast wants your worship

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:16:28 GMT

“And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the
image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many would
not worship the image of the beast should be killed.” [Revelation
13:15]

Notice here that the Devil would have us “make and image”
and “worship the image”. The first two commandments are here brought
to the test. Dear fellow Christians, the “Great Controversy” is; are
we going to serve God and keep His commandments or are we going to
worship the Beast and keep his commandments?

The characteristics of the Saints who live in these last days are
described in Revelation 14:12 which reads; “Here is the patience of
the saints: here are they that keep the commandments of God, and the
faith of Jesus.”

Everyday in the news we see Satan trying to lower the standard. Sad
that many professed Christians have followed the “wide road”. We see
many laughing at us when we say that one should “remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy”, or when we remark “you really shouldn’t lie”.

When the anti-christ comes in full power he will alow only those who
worship him on his day [most likely the pagan sun-day] to buy and
sell. “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark,
or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.” [Revelation
13:17]

God instructs His people through the prophet Nehemiah regarding the
holy Sabbath; “And if the people of the land bring ware or any
victuals on the sabbath day to SELL, that we would not BUY it of them
on the sabbath.” [Nehemiah 10:31] Yet, the Beast will tell us to buy
and sell on God’s holy sabbath.

The prophet Daniel informs us that the Beast will try and “change
God’s times and laws.” [Daniel 7:25] Jesus, when speaking of
the “great tribulation” which is yet to come said; “But pray that
your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day. For
then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning
of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.” [Matthew 24:21]
Clearly Jesus expected His followers to be keeping the seventh day
sabbath in the last days!

We are told that the Beast has a “mark” that he wishes to give
people. This mark is clearly the Beasts character in your “head”
[mind] and in your “right hand” [your actions]. God’s mark will be in
his saints. What is God’s mark? God tells His people; “And it shall
be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between
thine eyes [forehead], that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth:”
[Exodus 13:9]

Clearly this verse regarding God’s law in our “hand” and “forehead”
means that we will have put on the “righteousness of Christ”. We will
be lights shinning in a very dark place. Revelation chapter seven
informs us that only those who have God’s mark will be protected and
they will refuse the “mark of the Beast”.

During this time: “he that turneth away his ear from hearing the law
[of God], even his prayer shall be abomination.” [Proverbs 28:9]

So dear “born again” Christians, here is the conclusion of the
matter; “Fear God, and keep His commandments: for this is the whole
duty of man.” [Ecclesiates 12:13]

Written by, Eric W. King [May 7, 2007]

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Have we fallen asleep?

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:55:30 GMT

The reformers have restored that which was lost but do we have
everything restored? Are we not to keep moving on…moving upward?
The sad state of the Christian church today is that it thinks that it
has “need of nothing” and she has thus stopped her protesting against
error and so has stopped growing.

How many Christians say things like; “I understand what I need to
know to be saved. I really need nothing to effect my Christian
understandings. I have need of nothing.” Does this not sound like the
modern Laodicean?

Jesus said to them; “Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased
with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art
wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:”……”I
will spue thee out [spit you out] of my mouth!” [see Revelation 3:14-
22]

The reason why people have stopped going to church is because the
church has fallen asleep. Let us look at the ladder of progress;
First we remember Martin Luther, the true “father of the
reformation”. Luther’s cry was; “The just shall live by faith!”. He
helped point the church back to the only posible way that Christians could please God, through faith alone.

We then could look at John Knox. He pointed people back to the gifts
of the Holy Spirit. In order to facilitate the worship and service of
Jesus Christ, and trusting in the Holy Spirit, John Knox pointed
Christians to nurture the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Next there was John Wesley who pointed people to the grace of God.
Without God’s grace none would be saved, all would be lost. Wesley
pointed out; God’s grace is a wonderful gift to humankind. Grace is
God’s love freely offered to us. We do not do anything to “earn” it.

Then there was Alexander Campbell who pointed out the proper practice of water baptizm, by immersion. Campbell in The Christian System wrote: “While Protestant hatred to the Roman Pontiff and the Papacy continued to increase, a secret lust in the bosoms of Protestants for ecclesiastical power and patronage worked in the members of the Protestant Popes, who gradually assimilated the new church to the old. Creeds and manuals, synods and councils, soon shackled the minds of men, and the spirit of reformation gradually forsook the Protestant church, or was supplanted by the spirit of the world.”

The next and perhaps most contraversialreformer was the Baptist
minister, William Miller. Pastor Miller brought us the 2300 day prophecy spoken of in the book of Daniel. He pointed out the accuracy of of the famous “70-7’s” passage regarding the prophecies of Jesus Christ. William Miller pointed Christians to prophecy and the importance of understanding it.

All five of these reformers teachings were “put into one vessel”, so
to speak. The Seventh Day Adventist church moved with God’s Spirit in the reformation. Adding “light upon light”. The Christian church in
1844 was then moving right along, keeping up with the moves of the
Holy Spirit. Then came the restoration of the Holy Sabbath day.

Isaiah 58:12-14: “…and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the
breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. If thou turn away thy foot
from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call
the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt
honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure,
nor speaking thine own words: Then shalt thou delight thyself in the
LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the
earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the
mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.”

But there are still some who argue; “No! No! We have all the truth.
We are surely right. The church is in need of nothing.”

Christian author Ellen White once said; “If God’s professed people
would receive the light as it shines upon them from His word, they
would reach that unity for which Christ prayed, that which the
apostle describes, “the unity of the Spirit in the bond of
peace.” “There is,” he says, ” one body, and one Spirit, even as ye
are called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one
baptism.” Ephesians 4:3-5. Such were the blessed results experienced
by those who accepted the advent message. They came from different
denominations, and their denominational barriers were hurled to the
ground; conflicting creeds were shivered to atoms.” - GC p.379

“The great obstacle both to the acceptance and to the promulgation of
truth is the fact that it involves inconvenience and reproach. This
is the only argument against the truth which its advocates have never
been able to refute. But this does not deter the true followers of
Christ. These do not wait for truth to become popular. Being
convinced of their duty, they deliberately accept the cross, with the
apostle Paul counting that “our light affliction, which is but for a
moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of
glory;” with one of old, “esteeming the reproach of Christ greater
riches than the treasures in Egypt.” 2 Corinthians 4:17; Hebrews
11:26.

Whatever may be their profession, it is only those who are world
servers at heart that act from policy rather than principle in
religious things. We should choose the right because it is right, and
leave consequences with God. To men of principle, faith, and daring,
the world is indebted for its great reforms. By such men the work of
reform for this time must be carried forward.

Thus saith the Lord: “Hearken unto Me, ye that know righteousness,
the people in whose heart is My law; fear ye not the reproach of men,
neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth shall eat them
up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool: but My
righteousness shall be forever, and My salvation from generation to
generation.” Isaiah 51:7, 8.” - GC p.460

Written by, Eric William King [May 21,2007]

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