“Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.” Those who would compose the family of God in heaven must be merciful and pure in heart. The compassionate spirit of Christ must abide in their hearts. He left his royal throne, laid aside his kingly crown, and clothed his divinity with hu
“Ye will not come to me, that ye might have life.” How sad it is that Jesus has to stretch out his hands pleading with his people to come unto him, and they refuse to hear, refuse to believe, refuse to receive the comfort of the fulness that God designed should be theirs. Jesus wept over the impenitent city of Jerusalem, and cried with brokenness o
The saddest thing that could have happened to us, will be the saddest thing that could happen to us, and that is to become irrelevant. ― S. H. Khan Welcome back to part two of the series, “The Death and Rebirth of the Investigative Judgment”. In the introduction, I asked the overarching question, “Does the Investigative Judgment Matter?” in which I
This column is the first in a three-part series on Romans 6, 7, and 8. I have considered writing about Romans 7 for quite a while, primarily because there is still a debate, in Adventism and also general Christendom, as to whether Paul, in his admitted self-conflict regarding the law and sin, right and wrong, was converted or unconverted. At the ti
Work of the Spirit on the Heart A person may not be able to tell the exact time or place, or trace all the chain of circumstances in the process of conversion; but this does not prove him to be unconverted. Christ said to Nicodemus, “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whit
Have you ever been the victim of a hateful snare? I am going to guess yes. Not because I know you, but because I know a little about human nature. Life throws us surprises, and in the many days and nights of our breath, a chain of events will at some point or another bring us on the threshold of duplicity. We may even be the ones casting the bait.
The title of the Sabbath School lesson this week is, “The Road to Faith.” What does this mean? Is the author referring to another path leading to salvation that exists prior to or separate from faith in Jesus Christ? Are there two paths, one for Jewish Christian believers and another for Gentiles? Or are we all on the same road of faith all
The passage of Scripture that we now refer to as Christ’s “Sermon on the Mount” extends from Matthew 5:1 to Matthew 7:29. Consisting of three entire chapters and 111 verses, it stands as one of the most significant speeches of Christ’s life. Nowhere else do we find so thoroughly detailed the principles and ideals underlying His kingdom and mission.
Former NAD President Charles Bradford once said: “The threat of hanging wonderfully clears the mind.” How apropos to a generation that ironically believes in its own invincibility yet is surrounded by harbingers of a dark night in world history. This is not a cynical or nihilistic statement, but an observation of the current political upheavals, ca
In a couple of days people will be flocking to Louisville, Kentucky, for this year’s Generation. Youth. Christ. (GYC) convention. I remember my excitement and fervor as I left the corridors of this same city five years ago at the end of GYC 2010, with the theme Unashamed. GYC is driven by a sense of calling for mission as God’s chosen people and ch
