The Name the Lord Has Given Us

Today's Devotion Monday, February 17, 2020

The Name the Lord Has Given Us

Today's Text The Lord shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, ... if thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways. And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord; and they shall be afraid of thee. Deuteronomy 28:9, 10

If we would come into possession of the heavenly inheritance, the glorious, eternal substance, we must be in covenant relation with God, and employ every faculty of our being to win souls to Christ. O, would that I could present this subject in more fitting language, that you might comprehend the matter as it really is! God's people must be a peculiar, holy people, distinct in character and practice from the world, distinguished from all the religionists of the day. They must be patterns in personal piety and good works. There is higher, holier work for us to do than we have yet done. Christ has said, “My Kingdom is not of this world.” It has no principles that will meet the principles of the world. The Lord has set His church as a light in the world, to guide the world to heaven. It is to be a part of heaven on the earth, flashing divine light on the pathway of benighted souls. The Review and Herald, January 21, 1890. You are a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. God's people should now receive the light and diffuse it. They need not try to shine; if their hearts are enlightened by Christ, they cannot help shining. The brightness will appear; every true disciple will reveal Christ to the world as the sin-pardoning Saviour. The Review and Herald, July 26, 1898. We are Seventh-day Adventists. Are we ashamed of our name? We answer, No, no! We are not. It is the name the Lord has given us. It points out the truth that is to be the test of the churches.... That this may be, we must look ever to Jesus. Selected Messages 2:384. The name Seventh-day Adventist carries the true features of our faith in front, and will convict the inquiring mind. Like an arrow from the Lord's quiver, it will wound the transgressors of God's law, and will lead to repentance toward God and faith in our Lord Jesus Christ. Testimonies for the Church 1:224. There are many who are looking to you, to see what religion can do for you. If you are faithful in your God-given work, you will make right impressions, and will lead souls in the way of righteousness. The Review and Herald, October 16, 1888. Note: In some areas phrases have been omitted by the compilers for whatever reason. I have restored them as underlined text, that the full intent of the author may be given.

My Thoughts: My friend, God will have a people that will shine forth the everlasting gospel to the whole world. This group of people will be so surrendered to the indwelling Christ, that His love and grace will shine forth to the world. They will be as a light shining in a dark place, and the world will either receive or reject the witness that they bear. The great truths of God, have been entrusted to the Seventh-day Adventist church, and since the time of the great disappointment God had shed His light upon this small group of people that eventually became the Seventh-day Adventist Church. This was depicted in the Scriptures as the church of Philadelphia, and at the time that the prophet of God penned the words above, the church had largely remained pure. But since the the passing of the church pioneers, the church has become the Church of Laodicea, a church that no longer has the righteousness of Christ. Since the time of 1888 when the message of Christ our Righteousness was given to the church by A.T. Jones and E.J. Waggoner, the church had not accepted the message of Christ our Righteousness that would have prepared the church for the closing work that was to go to the world. In their rejection of the message, the church continued to drift away from Christ and with the passing of our church pioneers began to embrace the doctrine of the trinity, thus separating themselves from the true Son of God and becoming the Church of Laodicea. Today the message of Christ our righteousness will be presented to the world, but only by those who heed the counsel give by Jesus, the Faithful and True Witness of God saying "I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy nakedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent." (Revelation 3:18, 19).  The gold tried in the fire is the purification that comes through persecution, and the white raiment is the righteousness of Christ, and the eye salve is spiritual discernment that comes when our true spiritual condition before God is made plain. This will cause us to zealously repent, turn away from the false god of the trinity and put on the righteousness of God in Jesus Christ. May we all heed the warning of the Faithful and True Witness of God to us today, that we may become beacons of Christ's righteousness to the world. God bless,

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