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TOPICS THIS WEEK – July 9 – July 15
Worship Sunday – The Good Samaritan; Monday – Not With Outward Show – Tuesday – Blessing the Children; Wednesday – “One Thing Thou Lackest”; Thursday – “Lazarus, Come Forth”; Friday – Priestly Plottings; Saturday, the Sabbath – The Law of the New Kingdom [All topics per Desire of Ages by Ellen G. White.]
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Words of Encouragement
2 Peter 1:10-11 Wherefore the rather brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for it ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Revelation 15:2-3 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
For Heaven’s Sake…
It was the time of the final Passover. Jesus, the Christ, called the twelve about Him and opened unto them the details of his betrayal and sufferings. He spoke with a ‘greater definiteness than ever before.’ They were amazed. They heard Him say that He would be put to death, but that He would rise on the third day. Still, they did not understand.
“Had they not just before proclaimed everywhere, ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand’? Had not Christ Himself promised that many should sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of God? Had He not promised to all who had left aught for His sake a hundredfold in this life, and a part in His kingdom? And had He not given to the twelve the special promise of positions of high honor in His kingdom,–to sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel? Even now He had said that all things written in the prophets concerning Him should be fulfilled. And had not the prophets foretold the glory of the Messiah’s reign? In the light of these thoughts, His words in regard to betrayal, persecution, and death seemed vague and shadowy. Whatever difficulties might intervene, they believed that the kingdom was soon to be established. DA 547.3
“In the kingdoms of the world, position meant self-aggrandizement. The people were supposed to exist for the benefit of the ruling classes. Influence, wealth, education, were so many means of gaining control of the masses for the use of the leaders. The higher classes were to think, decide, enjoy, and rule; the lower were to obey and serve. Religion, like all things else, was a matter of authority. The people were expected to believe and practice as their superiors directed. The right of man as man, to think and act for himself, was wholly unrecognized. DA 550.2
“Christ was establishing a kingdom on different principles. He called men, not to authority, but to service, the strong to bear the infirmities of the weak. Power, position, talent, education, placed their possessor under the greater obligation to serve his fellows. To even the lowliest of Christ’s disciples it is said, ‘All things are for your sakes.’ 2 Cor. 4:15. DA 550.3
“‘The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give His life a ransom for many.’ Among His disciples Christ was in every sense a caretaker, a burden bearer. He shared their poverty, He practiced self-denial on their account, He went before them to smooth the more difficult places, and soon He would consummate His work on earth by laying down His life. The principle on which Christ acted is to actuate the members of the church which is His body. The plan and ground of salvation is love. In the kingdom of Christ those are greatest who follow the example He has given, and act as shepherds of His flock. DA 550.4
“The words of Paul reveal the true dignity and honor of the Christian life: ‘Though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all,’ ‘not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.’ 1 Cor. 9:19; 10:33. DA 550.5
“In matters of conscience the soul must be left untrammeled. No one is to control another’s mind, to judge for another, or to prescribe his duty. God gives to every soul freedom to think, and to follow his own convictions. “Every one of us shall give account of himself to God.” No one has a right to merge his own individuality in that of another. In all matters where principle is involved, ‘let every man be fully persuaded in his own mind.’ Rom. 14:12, 5. In Christ’s kingdom there is no lordly oppression, no compulsion of manner. The angels of heaven do not come to the earth to rule, and to exact homage, but as messengers of mercy, to co-operate with men in uplifting humanity. DA 550.6
“The principles and the very words of the Saviour’s teaching, in their divine beauty, dwelt in the memory of the beloved disciple. To his latest days the burden of John’s testimony to the churches was, ‘This is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.’ ‘Hereby perceive we the love of God, because He laid down His life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.’ 1 John 3:11, 16. DA 551.1”
(This study is based on Matthew 20:20-28; Mark 10:32-45; Luke 18:31-34; and chapter 60, “The Law of the New Kingdom” in The Desire of Ages (DA), by Ellen G. White.)