As we transition to see those who by FAITH receive TRUTH, we sum up the contrast betweenst those faithful and those who reject truth. The line between the Indifferent “Latest and Greatest” and the Obstinate “Oldest and Boldest” to contrast to the position of the faithful is very much clear.
BUT the line is often obscure between the Young Faithful who are FOR TRUTH, when confronted with The LEGAL LIBRARIAN. You see there is a difference in KNOWLEDGE and TRUTH. TRUTH edifies in righteousness. KNOWLEDGE, Puffeth up.
There is a passage of New Testament Scripture most mistakenly read as:
”Study to shew thyself approved…a workman that needeth not be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
Do I have to study volumes and volumes of work to gain the approval of MAN?
No. FOR The passage above ‘as presented’ is A LIE!
That is not what the passage says at all, YET ALL ACROSS the land, pastors teach those given a call to promote truth, that they must “BE LEARNED!” That they must “Go TO SCHOOL!” That they MUST “Graduate Seminary” to SHEW THEMSELVES APPROVED!
But these things are A LIE! They gain the approval of MAN! NOT GOD!
and the passage correctly read, states:
”Study to shew thyself approved UNTO GOD, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15
I have to gain approval of only GOD! And I have to have a HEART THAT IS ACTIVELY WILLING TO STUDY! TO engage in continual in PRESENT STUDY when called upon to do such, a heart that is willing to “STUDY THYSELF TO BE APPROVED UNTO GOD” not to MAN, and a Heart that is WILLING TO “Study to show thyself approved unto God, rightly dividing the word of Truth” not a heart that is merely willing to “Be STUDIED, to shew thyself approved, to boast thy laurels before man, to be proven to win any argument, to display knowledge above thy fellow servants!”
Gypsy Smith, one of the Greatest Evangelist used by God to bring reform in the 1800s. He was illiterate. It is said he TAUGHT himself. That he taught himself to read by reading the Bible. But it was reported, that was the ONLY Book he could read. The truth of the matter, is he was not “SELF TAUGHT!” he was “SPIRIT TAUGHT!”
Now before you draw conclusions, as to Catherine Matteson’s Proclamation of David telling those Rabbi’s when they suggested he should learn Hebrew to study the Torah, and he replied “Why should I? I wrote it!” Which to those priests, at least some, likely most or all, sounded blasphemous, a stoning offence. She said David when he left Israel, could see them on the runway, watching his plane take off. I get their shock, but what you have to understand that sometimes David was told to speak in the 1st person when he was given a message by God. This meant, he spake a thing as if he himself were saying it, but what was going on, was that GOD was speaking, and David was nothing more than a Microphone. For those paying attention in his day, they could tell. For those looking for excuse to criticize, to justify unbelief, they saw only a man who thought he was God, they saw the flesh, but they did not acknowledge the SPIRIT upon the MAN, and therefore did not HEAR the Spirit when the Spirit Spoke. SO when the proclamation came “Why Should I, I wrote it!” You have to realize that it was THE SPIRIT of GOD speaking, and David was merely a voicebox.
I asked Clive once about David KNOWING The entire Scriptures by heart. Clive responded
“Well, its not so much that he really knew the entire Bible by Memory. That is not the case at all. Those of us who were at Mt. Carmel, who paid attention, could tell when the Spirit was upon David. It was like he went into a sort of trance. He wasn’t all out of it, but he wasn’t exactly himself, and you could see it in his eyes, on his face when he spoke, it was like he was reading directly from a prompt behind us, at the top of the wall at the back of the room or above our heads, a prompt that he could see, but we could not. So it was not so much that he KNEW the entire Scriptures By Memory! But that he HAD THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK RIGHT THERE…TELLING HIM WHAT TO SAY!”
So You See, THE TRUTH” does not work like OWNING the best edition of a book, it works like a “BOOK SIGNING!”
That is the whole point of this reply!
AND THIS, brings us to two groups of those who are “FOR THE TRUTH.” Rarely, some hearts are prepared to easily accept a New Message early on. God usually has this in play so they can assist his messenger. But this is RARE, and not the norm. MOST of those presented with NEW TRUTH, have to be “ROUSED” to the Truth. They RECOGNIZE it as Truth intitially as the Spirit testifies such to their spirit, but then Immediatley They REJECT the Truth of the New Message and appear to be “Legal Librarians!” They want answers to their questions, they want to know how the one harmonizes to the other.
This is natural. But it takes the SUPER NATURAL MIND, the SPIRIT FILLED MIND, to act in FAITH when coming to the position that says…”I KNOW This is TRUTH, I CANNOT PROVE IT, and it sounds shocking, and I have so many questions and it seems up front to contradict much I have thought I already knew…but my Spirit testifies to me by the Spirit of God this is TRUTH, I must investigate FURTHER!”
That, is an act of faith.
The Mind that says…”Oh no, they aint coming in here and taking over! I KNOW WHAT I KNOW and I don’t care what they say or how good it sounds…I aint having it, and I will do what it takes to PROVE them a LIAR!” That, well, it should be obvious what kind of mind that is.
But it is natural even for wheat-lings to come off as “Legal Librarians” at first.
In his Sermon “SEVEN EYES” pt 2 at approx 10:00 to 12:30 on the timeline,
David cites “Every time that God brings a new message, the Former messenger doesn’t want to give up the reigns!”
Well, some may say he was speaking of himself and sister Roden. But Brother Roden did not come with a message until after Brother Houteff had passed away. It had been a few years after the death of Sister White that Brother Houteff even got saved and joined the SDA. So what David was referring to was “THE REMNANT”, which sometimes stand as “THE MESSENGER” for a time, after that messenger passes. And Usually in such cases, they are even more obstinate to let go of the reigns and make way for the next Messenger.
The difference between these young wheat-lings…and the tares in that group of Legal Librarians, is the condition of a heart that is willing not only to investigate, but if their investigation confirms New Truth as TRUTH, then a heart willing to CONVERT to the same.
Such persons are LED by the SPIRIT. And they recognize when the Spirit has established a hierarchy and they know their own role in the same. These PEOPLE do not need to go to LIBRARIES for Answers, they go to the SPIRIT for answers!
In the very first post in this reply, what did I recommend to all reading this?
I recommended you start by Listening to The Sermon “THE BIRD”. David’s Primary Text in the sermon is “Ecclesiastes Chapter 12.” He refers to much more scriptures than that, but weaves back and forth, coming back to again and again his primary text. Undoubtedly a few clicked on the sermon and listened to a portion, maybe even all of part A. But fewer listened to BOTH PARTS! Fewer still listened to both parts before reading all this reply. I know this For Mother has told me such would be the course.
There were several things in that sermon I wanted the reader of this reply to hear. But to You Angela, what I wanted you most to hear before reading this reply was in The latter part of that Sermon,
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