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I Consecrate My All

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I Consecrate My All

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1

God calls for whole-souled consecration to His ways. Our highest powers are to be carefully cultivated. Our talents are lent us by God for use, not to be perverted or abused. They are to be improved by use, that they may do the work of God.

We are to give ourselves to the service of God, and we should seek to make the offering as nearly perfect as possible. God will not be pleased with anything less than the best we can offer. Those who love Him with all the heart will desire to give Him the best service of the life, and they will be constantly seeking to bring every power of their being into harmony with the laws that will promote their ability to do His will.

Personal consecration is necessary, and we cannot have this unless heart holiness is cultivated and cherished.

Let your prayer be, "Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee." This is a daily matter.

The surrender of all our powers to God greatly simplifies the problem of life. It weakens and cuts short a thousand struggles with the passions of the natural heart. Religion is as a golden cord that binds the souls of both youth and aged to Christ. Through it the willing and obedient are brought safely through dark and intricate paths to the city of God. . . .

How many times have the deep things of God been unfolded before us, and how highly should we prize these precious privileges. . . . The bright beams of Heaven's light are shining upon your pathway. . . . Receive and cherish every Heaven-sent ray, and your path will grow brighter and brighter unto the perfect day.

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Sabbath School Lesson - Further Study

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Sabbath School Lesson - Further Study

Further Study

Posted: 01 Jan 2010 09:47 AM PST

As a class, go over your answer to Sunday's question. What is the distinction between "being" good and "doing" good?

   When we talk about being good , Jesus Himself states that no one
   is good but God. Therefore our good is in the degree to which we
   display the righteousness of Christ. Our goodness is the degree
   to which we exhibit the fruit of His Spirit.

   It is possible for any person to do good and not be good. I believe
   this is possible but the question is it sustainable. You can
   only fake something for so long. And the real question is of
   motive ,and from where do these good things come.

   To one individual the good that they do comes natural to another
   the good that they do is a drudgery and burden. One is simply a
   religion of works and the other is one of works by faith through
   love.

   The real question is what is your essential nature. Have you given
   your heart to Christ and does He have your best energies.

Read carefully Ellen White's statement about how all those who join themselves to the church but not to the Lord will soon reveal their true character. What does that mean? Why should we each ask ourselves which category we truly belong in? How can we know for sure the answer?

   This statement speaks to what is necessary for true conversion.
   The person who has just been joined to the church has simply
   had an external experience with no internal change. For
   a period of time they may be able to keep up an act but
   in time they will grow tired and their true nature will
   be revealed.

   We must always be in a state of examining our hearts so that
   we may be sober as to our true state before God. We must not
   deceive ourselves in to thinking that we are something that
   we are not. Therefore is is necessary to constantly seek after
   a greater surrender to God and a greater likeness to Jesus
   Christ.

   The only way that you know is to answer the question who
   has your heart? Who has your best energies and your most
   sincere thoughts. We should not calculate our standing
   with God based on our occasional good deeds and occasional
   bad deeds but upon the trend of our lives.

Imagine two folk: One is a Seventh-day Adventist who knows and believes all the doctrines-state of the dead, Second Coming, 1844, and so on. This person, however, is mean, harsh, judgmental, and unloving. There's another person who, while professing faith in Christ, has rejected all these teachings, accepting what we would deem as theological error. Yet, this person is kind, forgiving, loving, and nonjudgmental, everything the "orthodox" Adventist isn't. Though, of course, we don't know hearts, if you had to guess which one was closer to the kingdom of God, whom would you choose, and why? What does your answer imply about what you deem is important in Christianity?

   I would say that person who most closely resembles the life of Jesus is
   the one that is closer to the kingdom of God. The purpose of the truth
   is to make us more like Jesus. But if it does not then there is something
   wrong. The thing is the the person who does not have all the truth can
   be helped to come to an understanding. But the person who already knows
   these truths is in a greater danger of being lost.

   In Christianity the most important thing that is that we become more
   like Jesus. If we are not manifesting the Character of Christ in our
   day to day lives then something is wrong. We must ask for the grace of
   God , and for the righteousness of Christ.

Prayer: Father we thank you for one more year. We thank you that we made it to the other side of a new decade. I pray that you will help us this new year to be more like you. Take us to the place that you want us to be in 2010. Bless us as we prepare for your Sabbath. Thank you in Jesus name Amen.

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I Consecrate My All

Posted by Paradise Valley Adventist Video Ministries

I Consecrate My All

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. Rom. 12:1

Personal consecration is necessary, and we cannot have this unless heart holiness is cultivated and cherished.

Let your prayer be, "Take me, O Lord, as wholly Thine. I lay all my plans at Thy feet. Use me today in Thy service. Abide with me, and let all my work be wrought in Thee." This is a daily matter.

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Sabbath School Lesson - And If It Bears Fruit, Well. But If Not

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Sabbath School Lesson - And If It Bears Fruit, Well. But If Not

And If It Bears Fruit, Well. But If Not

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:11 AM PST

Read John 15:1-10. What balance does Jesus present here in the context of bearing fruit?

   In the passage of consideration Jesus talks about cutting down
   the unfruitful tree. This may seem like something which is harsh
   but in the context of John 15:1-10 we understand why.

   Jesus is the one who enables us to bear fruit. As we abide in
   Christ and as we abide in the Father fruit comes natural. Therefore
   the only reason that a person is unfruitful is not because of
   Jesus ,it is because of their own choices.

   If God has done His part in making sure that we are able to bear
   fruit , and we don't do our part what can He do? The only
   alternative is to remove the unfruitful tree to make room for
   a tree which will be able to produce fruit.

What is the lesson to be learned from the parable Jesus told in Luke 13:7-9?

   From this parable we see the mercy of God in that He gives us
   grace when we do not deserve it. At the same time we must understand
   that God desires for us to produce fruit.

   If we are not producing fruit we are just wasting the precious
   ground which could be space for another tree. We need not think
   that we are too privileged to be taken away, we must fulfill
   the purpose which God intended.

The point here is not salvation by bearing fruit, which would be just another manifestation of salvation by works. We're not saved by bearing fruit; our fruit reveals the reality of the salvation we already have in Jesus, through faith in Him. Bearing fruit is an expression of salvation; it is not a means to attaining it. It is crucial that we understand this distinction. If not, we are sooner or later going to either become proud of what we deem our wonderful fruit, or we're going to give up in despair at what seems to be a very paltry crop

Prayer:Father I pray that you will help us to abide in you. I pray that we may keep a vital living connection to Jesus Christ. Prune us that we may become fruitful,for your glory. Thank you Father in Jesus name amen.

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What Is Truth? - January 1, 2010

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A Better Way to Live for Friday, January 1, 2010

"What Is Truth?"

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Summary: When Jesus stood trial in front of Pontius Pilate, He was asked one of the most important questions the world has been grappling with for thousands of years: What is truth? How does this question impact our lives today? In this devotional, you will also get a fun homework assignment that can re-energize your Bible study life.

Verse: "You will give truth to Jacob and mercy to Abraham, which You have sworn to our fathers from days of old."
—Micah 7:20

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