Text Message - If Paul could have sent a Text #6

That they should seek the Lord,

if haply they might feel after him,

and find him,

though he be not far from every one of us:

 

For in him we live,

and move ,

and have our being;

Acts 17:27,28

Creation Moment 2/8/2013 - "Habitable" Planets 13 light years away?

"...astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have found that 6 percent of red dwarf stars have habitable Earth-sized planets. Since red dwarfs are the most common stars in our galaxy, the closest Earth-like planet could be just 13 light-years away.

Red dwarf stars are smaller, cooler, and fainter than our Sun. An average red dwarf is only one-third as large and one-thousandth as bright as the Sun. From Earth, no red dwarf is visible to the naked eye.
Since the size of a transiting planet is determined relative to the star size, based on how much of the star’s disk the planet covers, shrinking the star shrinks the planet. And a cooler star will have a tighter habitable zone.

Dressing identified 95 planetary candidates orbiting red dwarf stars. This implied that at least 60 percent of such stars have planets smaller than Neptune. However, most weren’t quite the right size or temperature to be considered truly Earth-like. Three planetary candidates were both warm and approximately Earth-sized. Statistically, this means that 6 percent of all red dwarf stars should have an Earth-like planet.
The three habitable-zone planetary candidates identified in this study are Kepler Object of Interest (KOI) 1422.02, which is 90 percent the size of Earth in a 20-day orbit; KOI 2626.01, 1.4 times the size of Earth in a 38-day orbit; and KOI 854.01, 1.7 times the size of Earth in a 56-day orbit. All three are located about 300 to 600 light-years away and orbit stars with temperatures between 5700° and 5900° Fahrenheit (3100° and 3300° Celsius). For comparison, our Sun’s surface is 10000° F (5500° C)." Astronomy.com

Whether they are "habitable" or not, they are known by name- Lift up your eyes on high,

and behold who hath created these things,

that bringeth out their host by number:

he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might,

for that he is strong in power;

Isaiah 40:26

 

One Last Beam of Mercy

When one lies dying-& they ask if it is too late for them--point them to the cross---and ponder the thief on the cross.
He had been justified but had not time to come down and live a sanctified life to show he had changed his ways. For he would be dead that very day. But he was still saved. God reads the heart.
So with a deathbed conversion, is there a chance? Yes-look at the cross and you can see One Last Beam of Mercy. God will be the judge as to whether a deathbed conversion is true & whether it will be acceptable to Him. Point their minds eye toward the scene on the cross. Justification & Sanctification-but God will be the Judge of ones level of Sanctification.

And he said unto Jesus,

Lord,

remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom.

Luke 23:42
"The wealth of earth dwindles into insignificance when compared to the worth of a single soul for whom our Lord and Master died."
Testimonies for the Church vol.4, p.261 E.G.W.

Puritan Corner - Hope

"Truly, hope is the saint's covering,
wherein he wraps himself,
when he lays his body down to sleep in the grave:"
by William Gurnall (1617-1679)
For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven,
whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Colossians 1:5

Text Message - If Paul could have sent a Text #5

Put on the whole armour of God,

that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

 

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood,

but against principalities,

against powers,

against the rulers of the darkness of this world,

against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Ephesians 6:11,12

Creation Moment 2/7/2013 - Taxonomy

And God made the beast of the earth after his kind,

Genesis 1:25

"Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778), the founder of the science of taxonomy, tried to determine the created kinds. He defined a ‘species’ as a group of organisms that could interbreed among themselves, but not with another group, akin to the Genesis concept.
Even today, creationists are often misrepresented as believing that God created all the species we have today, just like they are today, in the beginning. This is called ‘fixity of species’. The Bible does not teach this. Nevertheless, university professors often show students that a new ‘species’ has arisen in ferment flies, for example, and then claim that this disproves the Genesis account of creation. Darwin made this very mistake when he studied the finches and tortoises on the Galapagos islands.

If two animals or two plants can hybridize (at least enough to produce a truly fertilized egg), then they must belong to (i.e. have descended from) the same original created kind. If the hybridizing species are from different genera in a family, it suggests that the whole family might have come from the one created kind. If the genera are in different families within an order, it suggests that maybe the whole order may have derived from the original created kind.
On the other hand, if two species will not hybridize, it does not necessarily prove that they are not originally from the same kind. We all know of couples who cannot have children, but this does not mean they are separate species!
In the case of three species, A, B and C, if A and B can each hybridize with C, then it suggests that all three are of the same created kind—whether or not A and B can hybridize with each other. Breeding barriers can arise through such things as mutations. For example, two forms of ferment flies (Drosophila) produced offspring that could not breed with the parent species. That is, they were a new biological ‘species’. This was due to a slight chromosomal rearrangement, not any new genetic information.
The Panthera cats lack a hyoid bone at the back of the tongue, compared to Felis. Acinonyx has the hyoid, but lacks the ability to retract its claws. So the differences between the cats could have arisen through loss of genetic information due to mutations (loss of the bone; loss of claw retraction). Note that this has nothing to do with molecules-to-man evolution, which requires the addition of new information, not loss of information (which is to be expected in a fallen world as things tend to ‘fall apart’)." CMI

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Don't just read it----

"Be not only Bible readers, but earnest Bible students, that you may know what God requires of you."
Testimonies for the Church vol.6, p.161 E.G.W.

 ....what doth the LORD thy God require of thee,
but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways,
and to love him,
and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart
and with all thy soul,
To keep the commandments of the LORD,
Deuteronomy 10:12,13

Beau Soir - Theme from Night Sounds

Night Sounds with Bill Pearce Theme Song - Beau Soir
http://www.youtube.com/embed/8mkl4kR40D8

Beau Soir is French
for Beautiful Evening


Hast thou with him spread out the sky, which is strong,
and as a molten looking glass?
Job 37:18
 

Text Message - If Paul could have sent a Text #4

For I am persuaded,

that neither death,

nor life,

nor angels,

nor principalities,

nor powers,

nor things present,

nor things to come,  

Nor height,

nor depth,

nor any other creature,

 

shall be able to separate us from the love of God,

which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8:38,39

Creation Moment 2/6/2013 - Cotyledion Surprise

And God created .... every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind,

Genesis 1:21

"A fossil creature from the phylum Entoprocta (invertebrate animals that have tentacles and lacking a mineralized skeleton) was found in marked abundance (over 400 individuals) in Burgess Shale. The Burgess is a sedimentary layer that's purportedly part of the Cambrian period about a half-billion years ago, according to evolutionists. The problem for paleontologists is that the supposedly 520 million year old creature looks exactly like its living counterparts, only up to 8 eight times larger.
In the Cambrian system, the fossils represent an explosion of complex multicellular life forms—hence the term "Cambrian Explosion." The problem for evolution is that the Cambrian explosion occurs suddenly with no transitional forms preceding it. Furthermore, many of the types of fossils found in the Cambrian layer are represented by modern organisms, such as entoprocts, that are alive and well today.
This species of entoproct, Cotyledion tylodes, was identified previously, but the specimens were not well preserved and difficult to characterize. The discovery of hundreds of new extremely well preserved fossils in much older strata was a huge surprise. Another shock was the extremely well defined detail of the fossil's mouth, anus, and digestive tract, proving that the previous classification of C. tylodes as a cnidarian (a jellyfish-like creature) was wrong. In fact, not only was the creature postulated to be much older than previously estimated, it was incredibly more complex.
Interestingly, the fossils of C. tylodes also appear to have somewhat more complex features than modern entoprocts. Unlike living entoprocts, the stem and flowerlike feeding cup of the "ancient" version was covered by tiny hardened protuberances (sclerites), and the creatures were much larger.
Clearly, a majority of the fossil record was formed as a result of the year-long global Flood recorded in Genesis, making it one of evolution's greatest enemies. The original diversity of organisms were created by God to reproduce "after their kind," which is why fossils like the entoproct are complex, fully formed, and similar to their modern living counterparts." ICR

 

Boys instead of Men?

"There are some in ____ who ought to be men instead of boys and heavenly minded instead of earthly and sensual; but their spiritual vision has become obscured;"
Testimonies for the Church vol.5, p.263 E.G.W.

We have spiritual "Boy"s...
But where are the spiritual "Men"?



When I was a child,

I spake as a child,

I understood as a child,

I thought as a child:

but when I became a man,

I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 13:11

SDA News - Eyes 4 India by It Is Written

Eyes 4 India by It Is Written

http://www.itiswritten.com/eyesforindia

And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple;
and he healed them.
Matthew 21:14

Are Cateracts linked to lack of vitamin C?

"Older adults who get very little vitamin C in their diets may have an increased risk of developing cataracts, a study in India finds.
Cataracts are a clouding of the eye’s lens that commonly cause vision problems in older people. Some studies, but not all, have found that people with higher intakes of antioxidants, including vitamin C, may have a lower risk of developing the condition.
But those studies have been done in Western countries — and not in lower-income countries like India, where people’s vitamin C levels tend to be very low and rates of cataract are particularly high.

For the new study, researchers evaluated more than 5,600 Indian adults age 60 and up for cataracts. They also interviewed them about their diets and lifestyle habits, and measured their blood levels of vitamin C.
Overall, nearly 73 percent of the study participants were found to have cataracts. But that risk dipped as vitamin C blood levels and vitamin C intake rose." TheDelhiNews

Text Message - If Paul could have sent a Text #3

When I was a child,

I spake as a child,

I understood as a child,

I thought                 as a child:

 

but when I became a man,

I put away childish things.

1 Corinthians 13:11

Creation Moment 2/5/2013 - Watch Stasis Problem for evolution

Watch 59 second clip on stasis as another problem for evolution CMI
http://www.youtube.com/embed/fw3yrcdNhbM

Bottom Line is this: Stasis and sudden appearance in the fossil record undermines evolution....

And God made

the beast of the earth after his kind,

and cattle after their kind,

  and every thing that creepeth

upon the earth after his kind:

and God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:25

Text Message - If Paul could have sent a Text #2

Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels,

and have not LOVE,

I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal.

 

And though I have the gift of prophecy,

and understand all mysteries,

and all knowledge;

and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains,

and have not LOVE, I am nothing.

 

And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor,

and though I give my body to be burned ,

and have not LOVE, it profiteth me nothing.

 

And now abideth

faith,

hope,

LOVE,

these three;

but the greatest of these is LOVE.

 

1 Corinthians 13:1-4,13

Pretty Clear.....

To those TV Evangelists (& others) who preach & teach Cheap Grace----the prophets & Christ taught otherwise...............

The prophets taught- Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, 1 Samuel 15:22

Christ Himself taught - Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, John 5:14

Pretty Clear

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not.

And if any man sin ,

we have an advocate with the Father,

Jesus Christ the righteous:

1 John 2:1

 

A Psalm of David

Save me, O God;
for the waters are come in unto my soul.
I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. I am weary of my crying:
my throat is dried:
mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Psalm 69:1-3

Creation Moment 2/4/2013 - Image of God

"Man was the crowning act of the creation of God, made in the image of God, ...Man is very dear to God, because he was formed in His own image. This fact should impress us with the importance of teaching by precept and example the sin of defiling, by the indulgence of appetite or by any other sinful practice, the body which is designed to represent God to the world."
Review & Herald 6/18/1895 E.G.W.

And God said , Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
Genesis 1:26

Text Message - If Paul could have sent a Text #1

 ....that if one died for all, then were all dead: 

And that he died for all,

that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves,

but unto him which died for them,

and rose again. 

 

Therefore if any man be in Christ,

he is a new creature:

old things are passed away;

behold, all things are become new.

2 Corinthians 5:14,15,17

Our Publishing Institutions

"Our publishing institutions are to exalt the claims of God's downtrodden law. Through their testimony the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is to stand as a witness, a constant reminder of God, to attract notice and arouse investigation that shall direct the minds of men to their Creator."
Testimonies for the Church vol.7, p.139 E.G.W.

WOW-how far have we fallen away from the day when
our publications carried our doctrines in the name & headings:
Above one can glean the Sabbath, Sanctuary & 2nd Advent---
But today, like the Adventist Review, our publications are
void of doctrine & full of about as much fluff as the other
churches out there---How did we get here?

Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him;
for the hour of his judgment is come:
and worship him that made heaven,
and earth, and the sea,
and the fountains of waters.
Revelation 14:7

Puritan Corner - Into Print

"The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print"
by William Gurnall (1617-1679)

The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation,
and shall condemn it:
because they repented at the preaching of Jonah;
Matthew 12:41


 

Affliction of the Human Family

"A large proportion of all the infirmities that afflict the human family, are the results of their own wrong habits. It is not possible for us to glorify God while living in violation of the laws of life. The heart cannot possibly maintain consecration to God while lustful appetite is indulged. A diseased body and disorderd intellect, because of continual indulgence in hurtful lust, make sanctification of the body and spirit impossible. The apostle understood the importance of the healthful condition of the body for the successful perfection of Christian character. He mentions the fruit of the Spirit, among which is temperance."
Health Reformer 3/1878 E.G.W.

But the fruit of the Spirit is............ temperance:

Galatians 5:22,23

Creation Moment 2/3/2013 - Paraconformity

Paraconformity is a word used by evolutionary geologists for fossil systems that are "out-of-order" in the ground. Of course if all life was created as in Genesis, and if there was a global flood as in Genesis--then one doesn't need to invent words to describe what one finds......

Thus the heavens and the earth were finished,

and all the host of them.   

And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made;

Genesis 2:1,2

"Secret" Rapture MYTH

There are 2 verses used as the backbone of the "Secret" Rapture MYTH:

1) That Jesus will come as a thief in the night- For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night. 
1 Thessalonians 5:2

But this simply means that Christ will come suddenly and unexpected- For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking , marrying and giving in marriage , until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came , and took them all away ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Matthew 24:38,39




2) The 2 men & 2 women-

2a) One Bed - I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken , and the other shall be left. Luke 17:34

This simply refers to the resurrection. For sleep is what death is referred to. These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go , that I may awake him out of sleep. Howbeit Jesus spakeof his death: John 11:11,13

2b) 2 Women - Two women shall be grinding together ; the one shall be taken , and the other left. Luke 17:35

This simply refers to the 2 churches working on earth, Babylon & Jerusalem, as represented in Revelation. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a comely and delicate woman. Jeremiah 6:2 & .....for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand. Revelation 19:2

2c) The Field- Two men shall bein the field; the one shall be taken , and the other left. Luke 17:36

This field is simply the world wherein the 2 groups are labouring in. The field is the world; Matthew 13:38

Follies & Enchantments of the World

"If we ever reach heaven, it will be by linking our souls to Christ, leaning upon Him, and cutting loose from the world, its follies and enchantments" Testimonies for the Church vol. 6, p.148 E.G.W.

Love not the world,

neither the things that are in the world.

If any man love the world,

the love of the Father is not in him.

1 John 2:15

"……the thoughts and interests of the people of God, especially the young. In one scale were the thoughts and interests tending heavenward; in the other were the thoughts and interests tending to earth. And in this scale were thrown all the reading of storybooks, thoughts of dress, and…vanity, pride, etc….the angels of God, standing with scales, weighing the thoughts of His professed children,….The scale filled with thoughts of earth…quickly went down…rolled from the scale. The one with the thoughts and interests tending to heaven went quickly up as the other went down….the angel with the scales weighing the thoughts and interests of the people of God, said the angel: Can such enter heaven? NO, NO, NEVER. Testimonies for the Church vol. 1 p. 124-125 E.G.W.

Creation Moment 2/2/2013 -Very Good

And God saw every thing that he had made,

and, behold, it was very good.

And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

Genesis 1:31

This is a problem for theistic evolutionists (those who believe in evolution but say that "God guided evolution" over eons of time).
When they point to the fossil record below your feet, and tell you that it came millions of years before mankind "evolved", they have a problem. For in that fossil record are the signs of sin-pain, suffering & death. Sin entered the world through mankind. At the creation all was "VERY GOOD".
 

Fresh Manna

"Deep, earnest study of the Word under the guidance of the Holy Spirit will give you fresh manna...."
Testimonies for the Church vol.6, p.163 E.G.W.
You sent your good Spirit to instruct them,
and you did not stop giving them manna from heaven or water for their thirst.
Nehemiah 9:20 NLT

The People Did What?

As Paul and Barnabas were going out,
the people urged them to speak about these things again
the next sabbath.  
Acts 13:42 NRS

Micah 6:8 performed by the Maranatha Singers

Micah 6:8 performed by the Maranatha Singers
https://www.youtube.com/embed/jMZXGlYbKx4?list=PLT70zxsi10M-5tREKsVMI9eLueLA-Rs9h

He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good;
and what doth the LORD require of thee,
but to do justly,
and to love mercy,   
and to walk          humbly with thy God?
Micah 6:8

Creation Moment 2/1/2013 - Ghost Craters of Moon Undermine evolutionary Long Age

"Ghost craters on the moon’s maria (singular mare: dark “seas” formed from massive lava flows) are a problem for the assumed long ages. Enormous impacts evidently caused the large craters and lava flows within those craters, and this lava partly buried other, smaller impact craters within the larger craters, leaving “ghosts”. But this means that the smaller impacts can’t have been too long after the huge ones, otherwise the lava would have flowed into the larger craters before the smaller impacts. This suggests a very narrow time frame for all this cratering, and by implication the other cratered bodies of our solar system. They suggest that the cratering occurred quite quickly." CMI

The moon and stars to rule by night:

Psalm 136:9

Example

For even to this were you called: because Christ also suffered for us,

leaving us an example,

that you should follow his steps:

1 Peter 2:21

"...the life of Christ.

He laid aside His glory,

His high command,
His honor, and
His riches, and
humbled Himself to our necessities.

We cannot equal the example, but we should copy it."

Testimonies for the Church vol.2, p.628 E.G.W.