Old & New Testament

"We go to both the Old and the New Testament; for they support each other, and the New Testament would have but little force without the Old. 

1. The New-Testament Scriptures are largely made up of references to, and quotations from, the Old; 

2. The Old-Testament Scriptures testify of Christ, and without them it would be difficult to show that Christ was the Messiah; 

3. Christ commands us to search them (John 5:39), and says, "It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt. 4:4); 

4. They are all the Scriptures that the apostles and the primitive church had for years; 

5. Those who searched them in apostolic times, were said to be more noble than those who did not (Acts 17:11); 

Surely, we cannot get along without the Old Scriptures, 

and if we believe in the New Testament, 

we shall not despise the Old."

D. T. Bourdeau

To those who reject the Sabbath because the Jews kept it

"When God had made the world in six days, He rested from His work

on the seventh day, and thus the seventh day became His rest-day, or Sabbath day. 

He then "blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it ; because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made." Gen. 2 : 1-3 ; Ex. 20 : 8-11. 

Thus the seventh day became God's blessed and sanctified rest-day, or Sabbath day, and a memorial of His rest from His works. 

--It will not do to call the Sabbath Jewish, and give it to the Jews, simply because the Jews kept it. 

--The Jews had the same God that we have, 

--and looked forward to the same Messiah that we believe in. 

--Christ and the apostles were Jews. 

--Our Bible comes from the Jews. 

The advantage of the Jews was " much every way ; chiefly because that to them were committed the oracles of God" (Rom. 3: 1, 2), i. e., what God spoke or delivered orally, the ten commandments. (See Webster's definitions of oracle and oral.) Acts 7 : 38 ; Deut. 4 : 8- 13. In short, the Savior says, "Salvation is of the Jews." John 4:22. 

Q: Shall we reject these blessings simply because the Jews enjoyed them?"
D. T. Bourdeau

How to Reflect God's Love

If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and His love is
perfected in us? 1 John 4:12

 

"*God and Christ love in deed and in truth, and not in word only;

and so it should be with us. The love of God shines gloriously in all His dealings with his creatures; in like manner should we manifest
love in our dealings with our fellow-creatures.

*God in love extends mercy and pardon unto us, suffers long with us, and helps us to overcome sin, and develop a holy character; and so should we extend mercy, pardon, and long-suffering to others.

*God shows His love in laboring to promote the happiness of His creatures; so should we evince our love by laboring for the happiness of our fellow-beings, and for the happiness of the creatures that are under them." D.T. Bordeau

That Time Without an Intercessor

"Isaiah while dwelling on the time when the indignation of the Lord will be upon all nations, and his fury upon all their armies; when he shall utterly destroy them, and their slain shall be cast out,--and their stink shall come out of their carcasses, and the mountains shall be melted with their blood, says, "for it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, and the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion." Isa. xxiv, 8. 

 

Here the nouns day and year are put in by apposition, the noun year being explanatory of the noun day, and establishing our proposition beyond the possibility of successful contradiction. Isa. lxiii, 4 is also explicit: "For the day of vengeance is in my heart, and the year of my redeemed is come."
 

The Lord will come at the close of the time of trouble; for
under the sixth plague he says, "Behold I come as a thief." It is also under this plague that the spirits of devils, working miracles, go to the kings of the earth and to the whole world to gather them to the battle of the great day, in which Christ will take a part at his coming. Rev. xvi, 14, 15; xix, 11-21; 2 Thess. ii, 8; Joel iii, 9-13.

 
The Lord must come under the seventh plague; for it is under this plague that the islands and mountains are moved out of their places, and that men cry to the rocks and mountains to fall on them and hide them from the face of the Lamb. Compare Rev. xvi, 20; vi, 14-17.

 
Therefore the last church will be one year on the earth without an intercessor, while the plagues are falling."

   D. T. Bourdeau

Inverse Relationship of our Reaction to Truth

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. Revelation 3:18

"In the language of Jesus to the Laodiceans, we should anoint our eyes that we may see.

--This--To live up to the truth brings our natures in harmony with it, and brings light to the soul.

--OR--

--This--By neglecting to live up to the knowledge that we already have, and by the practice of sin, our natures become gradually, and sometimes imperceptibly, averse to the truth."

D. T. Bordeau

3 Questions about Knowing Truth

"This we denominate present truth, because it applies to the present time, and is adapted to the wants of the present generation.

 

Q: Does God cause light to shine on his word in vain? 

Q: Can men understandingly treat any portion of God's word with indifference or impunity without incurring guilt? 

Q: Can men avoid performing known duties and yet be free from sin? 

 

A: Said Christ, "If I had not come and spoken unto
them they had not had sin; but now they have no cloak for their
sin." Jno. xv, 22." D. T. Bordeau

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 We have a more sure word of prophecy whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the day-star arise in your hearts.  

2 Peter 1:19

 

Lofty Tree Example

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The Holy Spirit's Role in Sanctification Simplified 

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Which Servant Do You Long To Be?

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Reasonable to expect that Light will Increase

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How an Erroneous View of Sanctification can lead to the False Doctrine of Universalism 

http://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/05/how-erroneous-view-of-sanctification.html 

Inverse Relationship of our Reaction to Truth

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3 Questions about Knowing Truth

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That Time Without an Intercessor

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How to Reflect God's Love 

http://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2022/06/how-to-reflect-gods-love.html

To those who reject the Sabbath because the Jews kept it

https://master1844-dc.blogspot.com/2024/05/to-those-who-reject-sabbath-because.html

How an Erroneous View of Sanctification can lead to the False Doctrine of Universalism

 "Scriptures plainly teach that God sanctifies His people. Ex. xxxi,

13; Eze. xx, 12; Jno. xvii, 17; Heb. ii, 11. God graciously provides and urges the means of sanctification, and helps his people to use them. 

It is impossible for man to devise means whereby he can sanctify himself, or to attain to holiness by his own strength. Man must accept the means which God has devised, and the gracious assistance which he affords.

 
The plan of God is such that we must co-operate with Him in
this work. This is seen in the following texts: "Sanctify yourselves
therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the Lord your God. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the Lord which sanctify you." Lev. xx,7, 8. 

"Cleanse your hands ye sinners, and purify your hearts ye double-minded." 

"Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit." 

"Every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself even as he is pure." 

"Abstain from all appearance of evil. And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly." James iv, 8; 2 Cor. vii, 1; 1 Jno. iii, 3; 1 Thess. v, 23.
 

*From this view of the subject, it is evident that we cannot be
sanctified, or become holy, without making special efforts to
overcome sin" D. T. Bourdeau

 

Now as for How an Erroneous View of Sanctification can lead to the False Doctrine of Universalism

---"If men could be sanctified irrespective of the course they pursue, we might conclude that sanctification depends wholly on the will of God; 

---and as God is no respecter of persons, we might also conclude that if he sanctifies one he will sanctify all, and that all mankind will be saved."  

D. T. Bourdeau

Reasonable to expect that Light will Increase

 "David says, "Thy word is a lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path." Ps. cxix, 105. 

Again Peter says, "We have a more sure word of prophecy (or the word of the prophets which is very firm, French Trans.); whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawns, and the day-star arise in your hearts." 2 Pet. i, 19.

*The word of God was given to be a light unto the just, to show
them their duty and whereabouts in this dark world. 

--The idea that this word is a revelation of God to man which should be studied, is proof that God designed it should be understood. 

 

Strong and numerous have been the efforts of the powers of darkness to extinguish this light of heavenly birth; but it shines to-day. 

 

Q: And is it not reasonable to expect that light will increase on the word of God, and that the prophecies will be better understood as those prophecies relating to the last days are fast fulfilling, and as the end toward which they point approaches? 

 

A: Said an angel while speaking to the prophet Daniel concerning the last days, or the time of the end, "Many shall run to and 13
fro, and knowledge shall be increased." Dan. xii, 4. And in the
same connection we read, "Many shall be purified, and made white and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand." Verse 10." D. T. BOURDEAU