Why Some Great Men Fall. Part [8] 09/20/2025 (Morning thought)

Mark 9:4 And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5 And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.

The following is an example of what we are studying and we would do well, to learn from persons who have gone before…. Mark 9:7 And there was a cloud that overshadowed them: and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, he charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen, till the Son of man were risen from the dead.

Mark 9:14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to him saluted him. 17 And one of the multitude answered and said, Master, I have brought unto thee my son, which has a dumb spirit;

Mark 9:18 And wheresoever he takes him, he tears him: and he foams, and gnashes with his teeth, and pines away: and I spoke to thy disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not. 20 And they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tore him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming.25 When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him.

Mark 9:26 And the spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27 But Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up; and he arose.

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

Why Some Great Men Fall. Part [7] 09/20/2025 (Evening thought)

Psalms 75:5 Lift not up your horn on high: speak not with a stiff neck. 6 For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. 7 But God is the judge: he puts down one, and sets up another.

Again, if suddenly, God promotes you to a high position of trust, where you find yourself on top of the world as it were, be very careful to walk humbly with God, lest the old serpent fills your head with pride, and you think that you don’t need God’s counsel and guidance anymore. These are just some of the reasons why great men fell in times past, and if the lessons of bygone years do not sink deep into our consciousness, great men, and women in our day are sure to fall also.

The servant of The Lord puts us on our guard…. [Special Testimonies 27, 1902 par 6] Christ entered upon His mission of mercy, and from the manger to the cross was beset by the enemy. Satan contested every inch of ground, exerting his utmost power to overcome Him. Like a tempest temptation after temptation beat upon Him. But the more mercilessly they fell, the more firmly did the Son of God cling to the hand of His Father, and press on in the blood-stained path.

After Christ’s transfiguration on the mountaintop, where Peter, James, and John saw Moses, and Elijah speaking with Jesus in His glorified form, devils were waiting in the valley to cause mayhem. This snare the Christian must be very wary of, and it should drive persons to prayer, even more than before the blessing came. Devils become extremely irritated and exasperated when God’s kingdom on earth is making strides and advancing.

Mark 9:2 And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3 And his raiment became shining, exceedingly white as snow; as no fuller on earth can white them.

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