Ellen G. White Devotional: June 2016

Thursday, June 30, 2016

Devoción Matutina en español

June 30, 2016

Misionero para los pobres

El Espíritu del Señor está sobre mí, por cuanto me ha ungido para dar buenas nuevas a los pobres; me ha enviado a sanar a los quebrantados de corazón; a pregonar libertad a los cautivos, y vista a los ciegos; a poner en libertad a los oprimidos. Lucas 4:18.

Los sufrimientos de la humanidad siempre tocaron el corazón de Cristo y demandaron su simpatía. Actuó con piedad y compasión hacia los afligidos de alma o cuerpo. Su ejemplo en el trato de los dolientes y afligidos debiera enseñarnos a tener compasión y piedad por sus criaturas dolientes. Cristo sufrió en la carne... Supo lo que es sufrir los agudos tormentos del

hambre y ha dejado lecciones especiales en cuanto a alimentar a los hambrientos y cuidar de los necesitados, y ha declarado que al socorrer a los necesitados, lo estamos socorriendo a él... Supo lo que era el sufrimiento de la sed, y declaró que no perdería su recompensa un vaso de agua fría dado en su nombre a cualquiera de sus discípulos.—Manuscrito 35, 1895.

Cristo fue un obrero activo y constante. Encontró a la religión cercada por elevadas y empinadas murallas de aislamiento, como algo demasiado sagrado para las actividades de la vida diaria. Derribó las murallas de separación y extendió su poder ayudador en favor de los necesitados... No preguntaba: ¿Cuál es tu credo? ¿A qué iglesia perteneces? Su vida se distinguió por un interés activo, ferviente y amante...

El Señor Jesús sabe lo que significa la pobreza. Él es el gran misionero de los pobres, los enfermos y dolientes...

En la humanidad de Cristo hay áureas fibras que unen al pobre, creyente y confiado, con el alma de infinito amor de Cristo.—Manuscrito 22, 1898.

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Thought of the Day

June 30, 2016

How great will be the joy when the redeemed of the Lord shall all meet,--gathered into the mansions prepared for them! O, what rejoicing for all who have been impartial, unselfish laborers together with God in carrying forward His work in the earth! Heaven, p. 55.

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June 30, 2016

Calamities Blamed on God's People

Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time. Rev. 12:12.

As men depart further and further from God, Satan is permitted to have power over the children of disobedience. He hurls destruction among men. There is calamity by land and sea. Property and life are destroyed by fire and flood. Satan resolves to charge this upon those who refuse to bow to the idol which he has set up. His agents point to Seventh-day Adventists as the cause of the trouble. "These people stand out in defiance of law," they say. "They desecrate Sunday. Were they compelled to obey the law for Sunday observance, there would be a cessation of these terrible judgments."

Calamities will come--calamities most awful, most unexpected; and these destructions will follow one after another. If there will be a heeding of the warnings that God has given, and if churches will repent, returning to their allegiance, then other cities may be spared for a time. But if men who have been deceived continue in the same way in which they have been walking, disregarding the law of God and presenting falsehoods before the people, God allows them to suffer calamity, that their senses may be awakened.

The judgments will be according to the wickedness of the people and the light of truth that they have had. If they have had the truth, according to that light will be the punishment.

Satan puts his interpretation upon events, and they [leading men] think, as he would have them, that the calamities which fill the land are a result of Sunday-breaking. Thinking to appease the wrath of God, these influential men make laws enforcing Sunday observance. They think that by exalting this false rest-day higher, and still higher, compelling obedience to the Sunday law, the spurious sabbath, they are doing God service. Those who honor God by observing the true Sabbath are looked upon as disloyal to God, when it is really those who thus regard them who are themselves disloyal, because they are trampling under foot the Sabbath originated in Eden.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 176.

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June 30, 2016

The Keynote of Scripture

I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. Job 19:25.

One of the most solemn and yet most glorious truths revealed in the Bible is that of Christ’s second coming, to complete the great work of redemption. To God’s pilgrim people, so long left to sojourn in “the region and shadow of death,” a precious, joy-inspiring hope is given in the promise of His appearing, who is “the resurrection and the life,” to “bring home again His banished.” The doctrine of the second advent is the very key-note of the Sacred Scriptures. From the day when the first pair turned their sorrowing steps from Eden, the children of faith have waited the coming of the Promised One to break the destroyer’s power and bring them again to the lost Paradise. ... Enoch, only the seventh in descent from them that dwelt in Eden, he who for three centuries on earth walked with his God, was permitted to behold from afar the coming of the Deliverer. “Behold,” he declared, “the Lord cometh with ten thousands of his saints, to execute judgment upon all.” The patriarch Job in the night of his affliction exclaimed with unshaken trust: “I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:... in my flesh shall I see God: whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.”

May the God of all grace so enlighten your understanding that you may discern eternal things, that by the light of truth your own errors, which are many, may be discovered to you just as they are, that you may make the necessary effort to put them away, and in the place of this evil, bitter fruit may bring forth fruit which is precious unto eternal life.

Humble your poor, proud, self-righteous heart before God; get low, very low, all broken in your sinfulness at His feet. Devote yourself to the work of preparation. Rest not until you can truly say: My Redeemer liveth, and, because He lives, I shall live also.

If you lose heaven, you lose everything; if you gain heaven, you gain everything. Do not make a mistake in this matter, I implore you. Eternal interests are here involved.

From Devotional: Our Father Cares, p. 315.

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Thought of the Day

June 30, 2016

Many look on this conflict between Christ and Satan as having no special bearing on their own life; and for them it has little interest. But within the domain of every human heart this controversy is repeated. Desire of Ages, p. 116.

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Wednesday, June 22, 2016

Thought of the Day

June 22, 2016

His faithful ones [will] be rewarded, when, at His coming, death loses its sting and the grave is robbed of the victory it has claimed. Then will He restore to His servants the children that have been taken from them by death. Heaven, p. 38.

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June 22, 2016

Un atributo que podemos compartir

Sed, pues, misericordiosos, como también vuestro Padre es misericordioso. Lucas 6:36.

La misericordia es un atributo que el agente humano puede compartir con Dios, cooperando así con él. La misericordia es bondadosa y compasiva. La misericordia y el amor de Dios purifican el alma y embellecen el corazón, limpiando la vida de egoísmo...

El amor de Dios por la hueste angelical es una parte de sí mismo, directa y positiva en su divinidad. El amor de Dios por la raza humana es una forma peculiar: un amor nacido de la misericordia, pues el ser humano es completamente inmerecedor...

La misericordia implica la imperfección de aquel sobre quien se la confiere. La misericordia comenzó su existencia activa debido a la imperfección del hombre. El pecado no es objeto del amor de Dios, sino de su odio. Sin embargo, se compadece del pecador porque el culpable lleva la imagen del Creador y ha

recibido de él las facultades que hacen posible que llegue a ser un hijo de Dios, no por sus propios méritos sino por los méritos imputados de Jesucristo, por el gran sacrificio que el Salvador ha hecho en su favor...

En la iglesia militante, los hijos de los hombres siempre necesitarán ser restaurados de los resultados del pecado... Todos dependemos el uno del otro. Casi invariablemente un hombre que es superior a otro en algo, le es inferior en otros respectos... El que coopera con Dios mostrando misericordia, se coloca en una posición donde Dios le extenderá su misericordia...

El amor y misericordia de Dios siempre se extienden a los pecadores. Los que han pecado contra Dios, ¿rehusarán perdonar y aceptar a un pecador arrepentido?... Dios nos amó cuando todavía éramos pecadores.—Carta 202, 1901.

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June 22, 2016

The False Revival

Then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders. 2 Thess. 2:8, 9.

Paul, in his second letter to the Thessalonians, points to the special working of Satan in spiritualism as an event to take place immediately before the second advent of Christ. Speaking of Christ's second coming, he declares that it is "after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders." 2 Thessalonians 2:9.

Before the final visitation of God's judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. The Spirit and power of God will be poured out upon His children. At that time many will separate themselves from those churches in which the love of this world has supplanted love for God and His word. Many, both of ministers and people, will gladly accept those great truths which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming. The enemy of souls desires to hinder this work; and before the time for such a movement shall come, he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a counterfeit. In those churches which he can bring under his deceptive power he will make it appear that God's special blessing is poured out; there will be manifest what is thought to be great religious interest. Multitudes will exult that God is working marvelously for them, when the work is that of another spirit. Under a religious guise, Satan will seek to extend his influence over the Christian world.

Young men and women will be lifted up, and will regard themselves as wonderfully favored, called to do some great thing. There will be conversions many, after a peculiar order, but they will not bear the divine signature. Immorality will come in, and extravagance, and many will make shipwreck of faith.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 168.

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June 22, 2016

Strict Integrity To Mark The Christian

Thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. Deut. 25:15.

In all the details of life, Christians are to follow the principles of strict integrity. These are not the principles that govern the world; for there Satan is master, and his principles of deception and oppression bear sway. But Christians serve under a different Master, and their actions must be wrought in God. They must put aside all desire for selfish gain.

To some, deviation from perfect fairness in business deals may look like a small thing, but our Saviour does not thus regard it. His words on this point are plain and explicit: “He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.” A man who will overreach in a small matter will overreach in a larger matter if the temptation comes to him.

Christ’s followers are obliged to be more or less connected with the world in business matters. In His prayer for them the Saviour says, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” Christians are to buy and sell with the realization that the eye of God is upon them. Never are they to use false balances or deceitful weights. . . .

In every action of life the true Christian is just what he desires those around him to think he is. He is guided by truth and uprightness. He does not scheme; therefore he has nothing to gloss over. He may be criticized, he may be tested; but through all, his unbending integrity shines out like pure gold. He is a friend and benefactor to all connected with him; and his fellow men place confidence in him; for he is trustworthy.

Does he employ laborers to gather in his harvest? He does not keep back their hard-earned money. Has he means for which he has no immediate use? He relieves the necessities of his less fortunate brother. He does not seek to enlarge his possessions by taking advantage of the untoward circumstances of his neighbor. He accepts only a fair price for that which he sells. If there are defects in the articles sold, he frankly tells the buyer, even though by so doing he may seem to work against his own pecuniary interests.

A man may not have a pleasant exterior; but if he has a reputation for straightforward, honest dealing, he is respected. . . . A man who steadfastly adheres to the truth wins the confidence of all. Not only do Christians trust him; worldlings are constrained to acknowledge the worth of his character.

From Devotional: Our Father Cares, pp. 306, 307.

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Thought of the Day

June 22, 2016

By His own example He taught that it is our duty to be industrious, that our work should be performed with exactness and thoroughness, and that such labor is honorable. Desire of Ages, p. 72.

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Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Devoción Matutina en español

June 21, 2016

Disfrutar del rico banquete que se encuentra en la palabra

Pero la unción que vosotros recibisteis de él permanece en vosotros, y no tenéis necesidad de que nadie os enseñe; así como la unción misma os enseña todas las cosas, y es verdadera, y no es mentira, según ella os ha enseñado, permaneced en él. 1 Juan 2:27.

Creamos en la Palabra de Dios. Quien se alimente de ese modo del Pan del cielo, y se nutra así todos los días, sabrá qué significan las palabras: “No tenéis necesidad de que nadie os enseñe”. Disponemos de lecciones puras disponibles de los labios de nuestro Dueño, quien nos ha comprado por el precio de su propia sangre. La preciosa Palabra de Dios es un fundamento sólido sobre el cual podemos construir. Cuando aparezca la gente con sus suposiciones, díganles que el gran Maestro les ha dejado su Palabra, que es de incalculable valor, y que ha enviado un Consolador en su propio nombre, es a saber, el Espíritu Santo. “Él os enseñará todas las cosas, y os recordará todo lo que yo os he dicho”. Juan 14:26.

Aquí se nos presenta un rico banquete, del cual pueden participar todos los que creen que Cristo es su Salvador personal. Es el árbol de la vida para todos los que sigan alimentándose de él.— Cada Día con Dios, 292.

Se me ha ordenado que pregunte a los que profesan recibir a Cristo como su Salvador personal: ¿Por qué no hacen caso de las palabras del Gran Maestro, y envían sus cartas a seres humanos para conseguir palabras de consuelo? ¿Por qué confían en la ayuda humana cuando tienen las numerosas, plenas y grandes promesas: “El que come mi carne y bebe mi sangre, en mí permanece y yo en él... Éste es el pan que descendió del cielo; no como vuestros padres comieron el maná, y murieron; el que come de este pan, vivirá eternamente” Juan 6:56, 58? Pueden morir, pero la vida de Cristo en ellos es eterna, y serán resucitados en el último día. “El espíritu es el que da vida; la carne para nada aprovecha; las palabras que yo os he hablado son espíritu y son vida” Juan 6:63...

Se me ha instruido por la Palabra de Dios que sus promesas son para mí y para cada hijo e hija de Dios. El banquete está puesto delante de nosotros; estamos invitados a comer la Palabra de Dios que fortalecerá cada músculo y tendón espirituales.— Manuscript Releases, 132, 133.

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Thought of the Day

June 21, 2016

All who have died in the faith of the third angel's message come forth from the tomb glorified, to hear God's covenant of peace with those who have kept His law. Heaven, p. 28.

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Daily Devotional

June 21, 2016

The Spirits and the Sunday Law Issue

To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isa. 8:20.

The miracle-working power manifested through spiritualism will exert its influence against those who choose to obey God rather than men. Communications from the spirits will declare that God has sent them to convince the rejecters of Sunday of their error, affirming that the laws of the land should be obeyed as the law of God. They will lament the great wickedness in the world and second the testimony of religious teachers that the degraded state of morals is caused by the desecration of Sunday. Great will be the indignation excited against all who refuse to accept their testimony.

Those who oppose the teachings of spiritualism are assailing, not men alone, but Satan and his angels. They have entered upon a contest against principalities and powers and wicked spirits in high places. Satan will not yield one inch of ground except as he is driven back by the power of heavenly messengers. The people of God should be able to meet him, as did our Savior, with the words: "It is written." Satan can quote Scripture now as in the days of Christ, and he will pervert its teachings to sustain his delusions. Those who would stand in this time of peril must understand for themselves the testimony of the Scriptures.

Many will be confronted by the spirits of devils personating beloved relatives or friends and declaring the most dangerous heresies. These visitants will appeal to our tenderest sympathies and will work miracles to sustain their pretensions. We must be prepared to withstand them with the Bible truth that the dead know not anything and that they who thus appear are the spirits of devils.

Satanic agencies in human form will take part in this last great conflict to oppose the building up of the kingdom of God. And heavenly angels in human guise will be on the field of action. The two opposing parties will continue to exist till the closing up of the last great chapter in this world's history.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 167.

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June 21, 2016

Blessed are they that Wash their Robes

Blessed are they that wash their robes, that they may have the right to come to the tree of life, and may enter in by the gates into the city. Rev. 22:14, R.V.

Do we expect to get to heaven at last and join the heavenly choir? Just as we go into the grave we will come up, as far as the character is concerned. . . . Now is the time for washing and ironing. . . .

John saw the throne of God and around that throne a company, and he inquired, Who are these? The answer came, "These are they which . . . have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb" (Rev. 7:14). Christ leads them to the fountains of living waters, and there is the tree of life and there is the precious Savior. Here is presented to us a life that measures with the life of God. There is no pain, sorrow, sickness, or death there. All is peace and harmony and love. . . .

Now is the time to receive grace and strength and power to combine with our human efforts that we can form characters for everlasting life. When we do this we will find that the angels of God will minister unto us, and we shall be heirs of God and joint heirs with Jesus Christ. And when the last trump shall sound, and the dead shall be called from their prison house and changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, the crowns of immortal glory shall be placed upon the heads of the overcomers. The pearly gates will swing back for the nations that have kept the truth and they will enter in. The conflict is ended.

"Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world" (Matt. 25:34). Do we want this benediction? I do, and I believe you do. May God help you that you may fight the battles of this life and gain a victory day by day and at last be among the number that shall cast their crowns at Jesus' feet and touch the golden harps and fill all heaven with sweetest music. I want you to love my Jesus. . . . Do not reject my Savior, for He has paid an infinite price for you. I see in Jesus matchless charms, and I want you to see these charms.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 334.

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Thought of the Day

June 21, 2016

Christ was the only sinless one who ever dwelt on earth; yet for nearly thirty years He lived among the wicked inhabitants of Nazareth. This fact is a rebuke to those who think themselves dependent upon place, fortune, or prosperity, in order to live a blameless life. Temptation, poverty, adversity, is the very discipline needed to develop purity and firmness. Desire of Ages, p. 72.

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Monday, June 20, 2016

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June 20, 2016

Look at Things Eternal

We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:18.

If the church will put on the robe of Christ's righteousness, withdrawing from all allegiance with the world, there is before her the dawn of a bright and glorious day. God's promise to her will stand fast forever. . . . Truth, passing by those who despise and reject it, will triumph. Although at times apparently retarded, its progress has never been checked. . . . Endowed with divine energy, it will cut its way through the strongest barriers and triumph over every obstacle.

What sustained the Son of God during His life of toil and sacrifice? He saw the results of the travail of His soul and was satisfied. Looking into eternity, He beheld the happiness of those who through His humiliation had received pardon and everlasting life. His ear caught the shout of the redeemed. He heard the ransomed ones singing the song of Moses and the Lamb.

We may have a vision of the future, the blessedness of heaven. In the Bible are revealed visions of the future glory, scenes pictured by the hand of God, and these are dear to His church. By faith we may stand on the threshold of the eternal city, and hear the gracious welcome given to those who in this life co-operate with Christ, regarding it as an honor to suffer for His sake. As the words are spoken, "Come, ye blessed of my Father," they cast their crowns at the feet of the Redeemer, exclaiming, "Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing. . . . Honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever." Matthew 25:34; Revelation 5:12, 13.

There the redeemed greet those who led them to the Savior, and all unite in praising Him who died that human beings might have the life that measures with the life of God. The conflict is over. Tribulation and strife are at an end. Songs of victory fill all heaven as the ransomed ones take up the joyful strain, Worthy, worthy is the Lamb that was slain, and lives again, a triumphant conqueror.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 333.

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Devoción Matutina en español

June 20, 2016

Vendido

Ninguno puede servir a dos señores; porque o aborrecerá al uno y amará al otro, o estimará al uno y menospreciará al otro. No podéis servir a Dios y a las riquezas. Mateo 6:24.

Tan gradual fue la apostasía de Salomón que antes de que él se diera cuenta de ello, se había extraviado lejos de Dios. Casi imperceptiblemente comenzó a confiar cada vez menos en la dirección y bendición divinas, y cada vez más en su propia fuerza...

Embargado por un deseo avasallador de superar en ostentación a las demás naciones, el rey pasó por alto la necesidad de adquirir belleza y perfección de carácter. Al procurar glorificarse delante del mundo, perdió su honor e integridad...

El espíritu concienzudo y considerado que había señalado su trato con el pueblo durante la primera parte de su reinado, había cambiado. Después de haber sido el gobernante más sabio y más misericordioso, degeneró en un tirano. Antes había sido para el pueblo un guardián compasivo y temeroso de Dios; pero llegó a ser opresor y déspota.— La Historia de Profetas y Reyes, 39.

Los hombres que manejan sumas de dinero deben aprender una lección de la historia de Salomón. Los que viven en forma desahogada están en continuo peligro de pensar que el dinero y la posición les asegurarán el respeto ajeno, y no necesitan ser tan escrupulosos. Pero la exaltación propia es sólo una burbuja. Al usar mal los talentos otorgados, Salomón apostató de Dios. Cuando Dios da prosperidad a los hombres, ellos deben tener cuidado de no seguir las imaginaciones de sus propios corazones, no sea que hagan peligrar la simplicidad de su fe y malogren su experiencia religiosa.—Manuscrito 40, 1898.

La lección que debemos sacar de la historia de esta vida pervertida es la necesidad de llevarnos continuamente de los consejos de Dios, vigilar cuidadosamente la tendencia de nuestra conducta y reformar cada hábito que pueda alejarnos de Dios. Nos enseña que se necesita gran prudencia, vigilancia y oración para mantener limpia la sencillez y pureza de nuestra fe. Si queremos elevarnos hasta la más alta excelencia moral, y alcanzar la perfección del carácter religioso, ¡qué discriminación tendremos que hacer al formar amistades y al elegir una compañía para la vida! The S.D.A. Bible Commentary 2:1031.^{* Salmos 120-134}

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June 20, 2016

Spiritualism's Role in Deception

Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world. 1 John 4:1.

Many will be ensnared through the belief that spiritualism is a merely human imposture; when brought face to face with manifestations which they cannot but regard as supernatural, they will be deceived, and will be led to accept them as the great power of God.

As the teachings of spiritualism are accepted by the churches, the restraint imposed upon the carnal heart is removed, and the profession of religion will become a cloak to conceal the basest iniquity. A belief in spiritual manifestations opens the door to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils, and thus the influence of evil angels will be felt in the churches.

The popular ministry cannot successfully resist spiritualism. They have nothing wherewith to shield their flocks from its baleful influence. Much of the sad result of spiritualism will rest upon ministers of this age; for they have trampled the truth under their feet, and in its stead have preferred fables.

Satan has long been preparing for his final effort to deceive the world. The foundation of his work was laid by the assurance given to Eve in Eden: "Ye shall not surely die." "In the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil." Genesis 3:4, 5. Little by little he has prepared the way for his masterpiece of deception in the development of spiritualism. He has not yet reached the full accomplishment of his designs; but it will be reached in the last remnant of time. Says the prophet: "I saw three unclean spirits like frogs....They are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Revelation 16:13, 14. Except those who are kept by the power of God, through faith in His word, the whole world will be swept into the ranks of this delusion. The people are fast being lulled to a fatal security, to be awakened only by the outpouring of the wrath of God.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 166.

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Thought of the Day

June 20, 2016

The King of kings descends upon the cloud, wrapped in flaming fire. The heavens are rolled together as a scroll, the earth trembles before Him, and every mountain and island is moved out of its place. Heaven, p. 32.

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June 20, 2016

Look at Things Eternal

We look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal. 2 Cor. 4:18.

From Devotional: Maranatha, p. 333.

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Thought of the Day

June 20, 2016

As a child, Jesus manifested a peculiar loveliness of disposition. His willing hands were ever ready to serve others. He manifested a patience that nothing could disturb, and a truthfulness that would never sacrifice integrity. In principle firm as a rock, His life revealed the grace of unselfish courtesy. Desire of Ages, p. 68.

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