Beware of The Chair. Part [1] 06/06/2025 (Evening thought)

3rd John 1: 2 Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospers. 4 I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

According to the above passage, the Christian’s life is supposed to be a balanced portfolio, in which the spiritual, and mental aspects of life are in sync with the physical, the social and financial. All are referred to in our opening passages as being essential to the health and wellbeing of the Christian. Wheresoever there is an imbalance between one or more aspects you will end up with adverse results, some more, some less, and if the imbalance is not addressed and corrected, the entire person will be affected adversely, and your days on planet earth will be numbered.

While it is good and important for us to work, work is not all there is to life, for all work and no play can prevent you from enjoying what you worked for in the first place. Therefore, the wish that we prosper and be in health will call for us to do that which is needed to bring these aspects of our being into line. Ever so gradually and almost imperceptibly we have moved from a lifestyle of activity, to one where we have to think seriously about physical exercise.

The days when persons would get up in the morning and do manual labor, are, for all intents, and purposes in many cases, over. For instance, back in former years during the time of the industrial revolution, some men would be seen going to work in factories and others could be seen working in the agricultural sector. Some would be found working on the assembly lines at Ford or GM while others had some type of trade.

Psalms 67:1 God be merciful unto us, and bless us; and cause his face to shine upon us. 2 That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations.

May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!

Can God’s Prophets Make Mistakes. Part [18] 06/05/2025 (Morning thought)

Romans 13: 11 And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.

[C.C. pp 33, Par 1] The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake…. And there are other references in her writings. Not one of them ever speak of the 144,000 as being a figurative number, no not one. Question: Why is it important for us to understand that there are two distinct groups? Answer: It’s important, because if we don’t, we will be expecting God to deliver all His people at a time when deliverance may not be forthcoming for everyone, and that could severely shake a person’s faith.

That passage in Revelation 14 which says “Blessed are the dead who die in The Lord, from henceforth” is telling us that we should be prepared and expect to be put to sleep, before all hell breaks loose. It is critically important for all the Remnant people of God to manage our expectations prudently. It is not written in the Bible how the putting to sleep is going to take place, but one thing we know, that it is the majority who have kept the Sabbath up until the time, when the third angel’s message is given.

Let us therefore live in readiness, for we know not when the time is, but final movements will be rapid ones, and it is quite possible that we may see these things come to pass sooner rather than later. We therefore end with a passage of Scripture that should cheer us on our way. While we look forward with expectancy, let us live soberly and righteously in this generation, for whether we live or die, we are The Lord’s.

Romans 13:12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.

May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!