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David made teaching of God's Word very simple and interesting. His choice of words and his diction is at another level. He made English language so complete and fluid. That said, l listened to this sermon in the middle of the night and fell asleep again. I dreamt about him as a father gently teaching his two children how to be gentle and kind. God bless him

David made teaching of God's Word very simple and interesting. His choice of words and his diction is at another level. He made English language so complete and fluid. That said, l listened to this sermon in the middle of the night and fell asleep again. I dreamt about him as a father gently teaching his two children how to be gentle and kind. God bless him

David made teaching of God's Word very simple and interesting. His choice of words and his diction is at another level. He made English language so complete and fluid. That said, l listened to this sermon in the middle of the night and fell asleep again. I dreamt about him as a father gently teaching his two children how to be gentle and kind. God bless him

Some of the Physical Tests of a Prophet There are also what might be called physical and spiritual tests of the prophet of God. In these paragraphs those of a more physical nature will be considered. Looking through the records of the past, and especially the writings of the Bible prophets concerning the work and experience of God's holy servants, we find here and there certain characteristics of the prophet of the Lord when in vision. We have already observed that some of these messengers of the Most High had such visions in the public assembly or in their own homes while others were around them, but there are other distinguishing marks that we shall notice. When a prophet actually goes into vision, and while he is in vision, the following features should be observed: 1. He Loses All His Natural StrengthBSPC 133Daniel's testimony concerning this particular feature of his experience is given in the following expressions: "There remained no strength in me." Daniel 10:8. "1 retained no strength." Verse 8. "I have retained no strength." Verse 16. "There remained no strength in me." Verse 17. Having been deprived of his strength, Daniel would naturally fall, perhaps gently, to the ground. This is evidently what happened, for in verse 9 we find him "in a deep sleep" with his "face toward the ground." Then, he said, an angelic "hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands." Verse 10. The margin of the Revised translation gives the wording, "He set me tottering upon my knees." This condition characterized Balaam also, for we read in entering a vision that he "saw the vision of the Almighty, falling." Numbers 24:4. The text in the Authorized Version reads "falling into a trance," but it will be observed that the words "in a trance" are supplied and hence not in the original text. The thought is that of actually falling to the ground, and it is expressed by Rotherham as he "falls down"; Goodspeed as "prostrate"; the Douay as "falls." The same thing happened to Saul, afterward called Paul, in the vision on the road to Damascus. Though the record does not say he fell to the earth, it does say that "Saul arose from the earth." (Acts 9:8.) A good statement concerning this physical condition as found in one of the Jewish writings is as follows: "All the time when they had the prophetic experience, their limbs trembled, their physical strength failed them, their thoughts became confused; and the mind was left free to comprehend the vision it saw."-MAIMONIDES, The Mishneh Torah (known as the Yad Hachazakah), Book I. Edited and translated by Moses Hyamson (New York: Bloch, 1937), p. 42b. 2. He Is Supernaturally StrengthenedBSPC 133In Daniel's further testimony as to what happened to him in vision, he tells us what the angel did after he lost his natural strength: "He strengthened me." Daniel 10:18. "I was strengthened." Verse 19. "Thou has strengthened me." Verse 19. "Be strong, yea, be strong." Verse 19. In making His servants the prophets fit channels for the transmission of the divine message, God deprives them of everything that might indicate human strength and power; then He Himself empowers them with His own strength, and so the more effectively can He use them as He desires. 3. He Has His Eyes OpenBSPC 134This is expressed twice in recording the experience of the prophet Balaam: "Whose eyes are open." Numbers 24:1 "Having his eyes open." Verse 4. This undoubtedly refers to the spiritual as well as the physical sight; both are open. 4. He Does Not BreatheBSPC 134This is an unusual physical characteristic of the prophet, and Daniel in his prophecy referred to this when he said, "Neither is there breath left in me." Daniel 10:17. It seems that there can be very little dispute as to the wording of this text, for practically all the translations agree with the thought expressed in the foregoing text. The Douay Version gives, "moreover my breath is stopped." We are here face to face with a remarkable phenomenon, that of a man speaking and moving as the prophet did in vision, and yet with no breath in his body. We need not, however, be surprised at this; for after all, God can just as well keep a man alive without breathing as He could with breathing. This was one of the miracles wrought when the prophets of God had these "open" visions. So different were the prophets of God from the false prophets of their day. The impostors might go into a trance and be possessed of evil spirits, but the prophet of the Lord, when in vision, was a constant miracle of the wonder-working power of the mighty God of Israel. And as such he was possessed of the Divine Spirit speaking the message of God in and through him. 5. He Speaks Without BreathingBSPC 134This is listed here in this connection, but the matter has already been dealt with in the foregoing paragraph. 6. His Tongue Is Controlled by the LordBSPC 134Because the Lord has strengthened the prophet and empowered him with His own Spirit, naturally it is God who speaks through him. David declared, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2. In the light of this consideration the expression in 2 Timothy has particular force and cogency. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. Rotherham renders this, "Every Scripture is God-breathed." How significant! The prophet loses all natural strength; he is supernaturally strengthened. He ceases to breathe, yet God breathes through him. So the messages that come are "God-breathed." God takes the human vehicle and through him breathes his own message to men. 7. He Is Unconscious of His SurroundingsBSPC 135One might conclude that the prophet, in ecstatic vision, would be unconscious of his surroundings. Notice how the apostle Paul describes his own condition when in vision: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body I cannot tell: God knows;) how that he was caught up into paradise." 2 Corinthians 12:2-4. As to the manifestation of these characteristics in the experience of Mrs. E. G. White in her earlier visions, note the following testimonies. One of the most comprehensive descriptions of her in vision is that given by James White, in 1868: "Her condition in vision may be described as follows: "1. She is utterly unconscious of everything transpiring around her, as has been proved by the most rigid tests, but views herself as removed from this world, and in the presence of heavenly beings. "2. She does not breathe. During the entire period of her continuance in vision, which has at different times ranged from fifteen minutes to three hours, there is no breath, as has been repeatedly proved by pressing upon the chest, and by closing the mouth and nostrils. "3. Immediately on entering vision, her muscles become rigid, and joints fixed, so far as any external force can influence them. At the same time her movements and gestures, which are frequent, are free and graceful, and cannot be hindered nor controlled by the strongest person. "4. On coming out of vision, whether in the day-time or a well lighted room at night, all is total darkness. Her power to distinguish even the most brilliant objects, held within a few inches of the eyes, returns but gradually, sometimes not being fully established for three hours. This has continued for the past twenty years; yet her eyesight is not in the least impaired, few persons having better than she now possesses. "She has probably had, during the past twenty-three years, between one and two hundred visions. These have been given under almost every variety of circumstance, yet maintaining a wonderful similarity; the most apparent change being, that of late years they have grown less frequent, but more comprehensive. She has been taken off in vision most frequently when bowed in prayer. Several times, while earnestly addressing the congregation, unexpectedly to herself and to all around her, she has been instantly prostrated in vision."-James White, Life Incidents in Connection With the Great Advent Movement, pp. 272, 273. F. M. Wilcox has well expressed the matter as follows: "The physical manifestations in many of her visions correspond to the experience of the prophets of old. We refer to the physical manifestations under which many of these visions were given, similar to the experience of Daniel and other prophets of the Old Testament. "We do not, however, regard these physical manifestations as the principal convincing evidences of the divine call to Mrs. White. Rather, they constitute subsidiary or contributing evidences. The great proof of her call to divine ministry was shown in the answer of her work to prophetic prediction; in the spirit which characterized her ministry throughout the years. In the correspondence of her teachings to those of the Bible. In the marked manner in which she was used of God to save His church in many crises. And by the fruit her ministry bore through all the years of her earthly life and which is still appearing as a result of her labors."-The Review and Herald, January 19, 1950. BSPC 132.6 - BSPC 136.4

Some of the Physical Tests of a Prophet There are also what might be called physical and spiritual tests of the prophet of God. In these paragraphs those of a more physical nature will be considered. Looking through the records of the past, and especially the writings of the Bible prophets concerning the work and experience of God's holy servants, we find here and there certain characteristics of the prophet of the Lord when in vision. We have already observed that some of these messengers of the Most High had such visions in the public assembly or in their own homes while others were around them, but there are other distinguishing marks that we shall notice. When a prophet actually goes into vision, and while he is in vision, the following features should be observed: 1. He Loses All His Natural StrengthBSPC 133Daniel's testimony concerning this particular feature of his experience is given in the following expressions: "There remained no strength in me." Daniel 10:8. "1 retained no strength." Verse 8. "I have retained no strength." Verse 16. "There remained no strength in me." Verse 17. Having been deprived of his strength, Daniel would naturally fall, perhaps gently, to the ground. This is evidently what happened, for in verse 9 we find him "in a deep sleep" with his "face toward the ground." Then, he said, an angelic "hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands." Verse 10. The margin of the Revised translation gives the wording, "He set me tottering upon my knees." This condition characterized Balaam also, for we read in entering a vision that he "saw the vision of the Almighty, falling." Numbers 24:4. The text in the Authorized Version reads "falling into a trance," but it will be observed that the words "in a trance" are supplied and hence not in the original text. The thought is that of actually falling to the ground, and it is expressed by Rotherham as he "falls down"; Goodspeed as "prostrate"; the Douay as "falls." The same thing happened to Saul, afterward called Paul, in the vision on the road to Damascus. Though the record does not say he fell to the earth, it does say that "Saul arose from the earth." (Acts 9:8.) A good statement concerning this physical condition as found in one of the Jewish writings is as follows: "All the time when they had the prophetic experience, their limbs trembled, their physical strength failed them, their thoughts became confused; and the mind was left free to comprehend the vision it saw."-MAIMONIDES, The Mishneh Torah (known as the Yad Hachazakah), Book I. Edited and translated by Moses Hyamson (New York: Bloch, 1937), p. 42b. 2. He Is Supernaturally StrengthenedBSPC 133In Daniel's further testimony as to what happened to him in vision, he tells us what the angel did after he lost his natural strength: "He strengthened me." Daniel 10:18. "I was strengthened." Verse 19. "Thou has strengthened me." Verse 19. "Be strong, yea, be strong." Verse 19. In making His servants the prophets fit channels for the transmission of the divine message, God deprives them of everything that might indicate human strength and power; then He Himself empowers them with His own strength, and so the more effectively can He use them as He desires. 3. He Has His Eyes OpenBSPC 134This is expressed twice in recording the experience of the prophet Balaam: "Whose eyes are open." Numbers 24:1 "Having his eyes open." Verse 4. This undoubtedly refers to the spiritual as well as the physical sight; both are open. 4. He Does Not BreatheBSPC 134This is an unusual physical characteristic of the prophet, and Daniel in his prophecy referred to this when he said, "Neither is there breath left in me." Daniel 10:17. It seems that there can be very little dispute as to the wording of this text, for practically all the translations agree with the thought expressed in the foregoing text. The Douay Version gives, "moreover my breath is stopped." We are here face to face with a remarkable phenomenon, that of a man speaking and moving as the prophet did in vision, and yet with no breath in his body. We need not, however, be surprised at this; for after all, God can just as well keep a man alive without breathing as He could with breathing. This was one of the miracles wrought when the prophets of God had these "open" visions. So different were the prophets of God from the false prophets of their day. The impostors might go into a trance and be possessed of evil spirits, but the prophet of the Lord, when in vision, was a constant miracle of the wonder-working power of the mighty God of Israel. And as such he was possessed of the Divine Spirit speaking the message of God in and through him. 5. He Speaks Without BreathingBSPC 134This is listed here in this connection, but the matter has already been dealt with in the foregoing paragraph. 6. His Tongue Is Controlled by the LordBSPC 134Because the Lord has strengthened the prophet and empowered him with His own Spirit, naturally it is God who speaks through him. David declared, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2. In the light of this consideration the expression in 2 Timothy has particular force and cogency. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. Rotherham renders this, "Every Scripture is God-breathed." How significant! The prophet loses all natural strength; he is supernaturally strengthened. He ceases to breathe, yet God breathes through him. So the messages that come are "God-breathed." God takes the human vehicle and through him breathes his own message to men. 7. He Is Unconscious of His SurroundingsBSPC 135One might conclude that the prophet, in ecstatic vision, would be unconscious of his surroundings. Notice how the apostle Paul describes his own condition when in vision: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body I cannot tell: God knows;) how that he was caught up into paradise." 2 Corinthians 12:2-4. As to the manifestation of these characteristics in the experience of Mrs. E. G. White in her earlier visions, note the following testimonies. One of the most comprehensive descriptions of her in vision is that given by James White, in 1868: "Her condition in vision may be described as follows: "1. She is utterly unconscious of everything transpiring around her, as has been proved by the most rigid tests, but views herself as removed from this world, and in the presence of heavenly beings. "2. She does not breathe. During the entire period of her continuance in vision, which has at different times ranged from fifteen minutes to three hours, there is no breath, as has been repeatedly proved by pressing upon the chest, and by closing the mouth and nostrils. "3. Immediately on entering vision, her muscles become rigid, and joints fixed, so far as any external force can influence them. At the same time her movements and gestures, which are frequent, are free and graceful, and cannot be hindered nor controlled by the strongest person. "4. On coming out of vision, whether in the day-time or a well lighted room at night, all is total darkness. Her power to distinguish even the most brilliant objects, held within a few inches of the eyes, returns but gradually, sometimes not being fully established for three hours. This has continued for the past twenty years; yet her eyesight is not in the least impaired, few persons having better than she now possesses. "She has probably had, during the past twenty-three years, between one and two hundred visions. These have been given under almost every variety of circumstance, yet maintaining a wonderful similarity; the most apparent change being, that of late years they have grown less frequent, but more comprehensive. She has been taken off in vision most frequently when bowed in prayer. Several times, while earnestly addressing the congregation, unexpectedly to herself and to all around her, she has been instantly prostrated in vision."-James White, Life Incidents in Connection With the Great Advent Movement, pp. 272, 273. F. M. Wilcox has well expressed the matter as follows: "The physical manifestations in many of her visions correspond to the experience of the prophets of old. We refer to the physical manifestations under which many of these visions were given, similar to the experience of Daniel and other prophets of the Old Testament. "We do not, however, regard these physical manifestations as the principal convincing evidences of the divine call to Mrs. White. Rather, they constitute subsidiary or contributing evidences. The great proof of her call to divine ministry was shown in the answer of her work to prophetic prediction; in the spirit which characterized her ministry throughout the years. In the correspondence of her teachings to those of the Bible. In the marked manner in which she was used of God to save His church in many crises. And by the fruit her ministry bore through all the years of her earthly life and which is still appearing as a result of her labors."-The Review and Herald, January 19, 1950. BSPC 132.6 - BSPC 136.4

Some of the Physical Tests of a Prophet There are also what might be called physical and spiritual tests of the prophet of God. In these paragraphs those of a more physical nature will be considered. Looking through the records of the past, and especially the writings of the Bible prophets concerning the work and experience of God's holy servants, we find here and there certain characteristics of the prophet of the Lord when in vision. We have already observed that some of these messengers of the Most High had such visions in the public assembly or in their own homes while others were around them, but there are other distinguishing marks that we shall notice. When a prophet actually goes into vision, and while he is in vision, the following features should be observed: 1. He Loses All His Natural StrengthBSPC 133Daniel's testimony concerning this particular feature of his experience is given in the following expressions: "There remained no strength in me." Daniel 10:8. "1 retained no strength." Verse 8. "I have retained no strength." Verse 16. "There remained no strength in me." Verse 17. Having been deprived of his strength, Daniel would naturally fall, perhaps gently, to the ground. This is evidently what happened, for in verse 9 we find him "in a deep sleep" with his "face toward the ground." Then, he said, an angelic "hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands." Verse 10. The margin of the Revised translation gives the wording, "He set me tottering upon my knees." This condition characterized Balaam also, for we read in entering a vision that he "saw the vision of the Almighty, falling." Numbers 24:4. The text in the Authorized Version reads "falling into a trance," but it will be observed that the words "in a trance" are supplied and hence not in the original text. The thought is that of actually falling to the ground, and it is expressed by Rotherham as he "falls down"; Goodspeed as "prostrate"; the Douay as "falls." The same thing happened to Saul, afterward called Paul, in the vision on the road to Damascus. Though the record does not say he fell to the earth, it does say that "Saul arose from the earth." (Acts 9:8.) A good statement concerning this physical condition as found in one of the Jewish writings is as follows: "All the time when they had the prophetic experience, their limbs trembled, their physical strength failed them, their thoughts became confused; and the mind was left free to comprehend the vision it saw."-MAIMONIDES, The Mishneh Torah (known as the Yad Hachazakah), Book I. Edited and translated by Moses Hyamson (New York: Bloch, 1937), p. 42b. 2. He Is Supernaturally StrengthenedBSPC 133In Daniel's further testimony as to what happened to him in vision, he tells us what the angel did after he lost his natural strength: "He strengthened me." Daniel 10:18. "I was strengthened." Verse 19. "Thou has strengthened me." Verse 19. "Be strong, yea, be strong." Verse 19. In making His servants the prophets fit channels for the transmission of the divine message, God deprives them of everything that might indicate human strength and power; then He Himself empowers them with His own strength, and so the more effectively can He use them as He desires. 3. He Has His Eyes OpenBSPC 134This is expressed twice in recording the experience of the prophet Balaam: "Whose eyes are open." Numbers 24:1 "Having his eyes open." Verse 4. This undoubtedly refers to the spiritual as well as the physical sight; both are open. 4. He Does Not BreatheBSPC 134This is an unusual physical characteristic of the prophet, and Daniel in his prophecy referred to this when he said, "Neither is there breath left in me." Daniel 10:17. It seems that there can be very little dispute as to the wording of this text, for practically all the translations agree with the thought expressed in the foregoing text. The Douay Version gives, "moreover my breath is stopped." We are here face to face with a remarkable phenomenon, that of a man speaking and moving as the prophet did in vision, and yet with no breath in his body. We need not, however, be surprised at this; for after all, God can just as well keep a man alive without breathing as He could with breathing. This was one of the miracles wrought when the prophets of God had these "open" visions. So different were the prophets of God from the false prophets of their day. The impostors might go into a trance and be possessed of evil spirits, but the prophet of the Lord, when in vision, was a constant miracle of the wonder-working power of the mighty God of Israel. And as such he was possessed of the Divine Spirit speaking the message of God in and through him. 5. He Speaks Without BreathingBSPC 134This is listed here in this connection, but the matter has already been dealt with in the foregoing paragraph. 6. His Tongue Is Controlled by the LordBSPC 134Because the Lord has strengthened the prophet and empowered him with His own Spirit, naturally it is God who speaks through him. David declared, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2. In the light of this consideration the expression in 2 Timothy has particular force and cogency. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. Rotherham renders this, "Every Scripture is God-breathed." How significant! The prophet loses all natural strength; he is supernaturally strengthened. He ceases to breathe, yet God breathes through him. So the messages that come are "God-breathed." God takes the human vehicle and through him breathes his own message to men. 7. He Is Unconscious of His SurroundingsBSPC 135One might conclude that the prophet, in ecstatic vision, would be unconscious of his surroundings. Notice how the apostle Paul describes his own condition when in vision: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body I cannot tell: God knows;) how that he was caught up into paradise." 2 Corinthians 12:2-4. As to the manifestation of these characteristics in the experience of Mrs. E. G. White in her earlier visions, note the following testimonies. One of the most comprehensive descriptions of her in vision is that given by James White, in 1868: "Her condition in vision may be described as follows: "1. She is utterly unconscious of everything transpiring around her, as has been proved by the most rigid tests, but views herself as removed from this world, and in the presence of heavenly beings. "2. She does not breathe. During the entire period of her continuance in vision, which has at different times ranged from fifteen minutes to three hours, there is no breath, as has been repeatedly proved by pressing upon the chest, and by closing the mouth and nostrils. "3. Immediately on entering vision, her muscles become rigid, and joints fixed, so far as any external force can influence them. At the same time her movements and gestures, which are frequent, are free and graceful, and cannot be hindered nor controlled by the strongest person. "4. On coming out of vision, whether in the day-time or a well lighted room at night, all is total darkness. Her power to distinguish even the most brilliant objects, held within a few inches of the eyes, returns but gradually, sometimes not being fully established for three hours. This has continued for the past twenty years; yet her eyesight is not in the least impaired, few persons having better than she now possesses. "She has probably had, during the past twenty-three years, between one and two hundred visions. These have been given under almost every variety of circumstance, yet maintaining a wonderful similarity; the most apparent change being, that of late years they have grown less frequent, but more comprehensive. She has been taken off in vision most frequently when bowed in prayer. Several times, while earnestly addressing the congregation, unexpectedly to herself and to all around her, she has been instantly prostrated in vision."-James White, Life Incidents in Connection With the Great Advent Movement, pp. 272, 273. F. M. Wilcox has well expressed the matter as follows: "The physical manifestations in many of her visions correspond to the experience of the prophets of old. We refer to the physical manifestations under which many of these visions were given, similar to the experience of Daniel and other prophets of the Old Testament. "We do not, however, regard these physical manifestations as the principal convincing evidences of the divine call to Mrs. White. Rather, they constitute subsidiary or contributing evidences. The great proof of her call to divine ministry was shown in the answer of her work to prophetic prediction; in the spirit which characterized her ministry throughout the years. In the correspondence of her teachings to those of the Bible. In the marked manner in which she was used of God to save His church in many crises. And by the fruit her ministry bore through all the years of her earthly life and which is still appearing as a result of her labors."-The Review and Herald, January 19, 1950 BSPC 132.6 - BSPC 136.4

Some of the Physical Tests of a Prophet There are also what might be called physical and spiritual tests of the prophet of God. In these paragraphs those of a more physical nature will be considered. Looking through the records of the past, and especially the writings of the Bible prophets concerning the work and experience of God's holy servants, we find here and there certain characteristics of the prophet of the Lord when in vision. We have already observed that some of these messengers of the Most High had such visions in the public assembly or in their own homes while others were around them, but there are other distinguishing marks that we shall notice. When a prophet actually goes into vision, and while he is in vision, the following features should be observed: 1. He Loses All His Natural StrengthBSPC 133Daniel's testimony concerning this particular feature of his experience is given in the following expressions: "There remained no strength in me." Daniel 10:8. "1 retained no strength." Verse 8. "I have retained no strength." Verse 16. "There remained no strength in me." Verse 17. Having been deprived of his strength, Daniel would naturally fall, perhaps gently, to the ground. This is evidently what happened, for in verse 9 we find him "in a deep sleep" with his "face toward the ground." Then, he said, an angelic "hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands." Verse 10. The margin of the Revised translation gives the wording, "He set me tottering upon my knees." This condition characterized Balaam also, for we read in entering a vision that he "saw the vision of the Almighty, falling." Numbers 24:4. The text in the Authorized Version reads "falling into a trance," but it will be observed that the words "in a trance" are supplied and hence not in the original text. The thought is that of actually falling to the ground, and it is expressed by Rotherham as he "falls down"; Goodspeed as "prostrate"; the Douay as "falls." The same thing happened to Saul, afterward called Paul, in the vision on the road to Damascus. Though the record does not say he fell to the earth, it does say that "Saul arose from the earth." (Acts 9:8.) A good statement concerning this physical condition as found in one of the Jewish writings is as follows: "All the time when they had the prophetic experience, their limbs trembled, their physical strength failed them, their thoughts became confused; and the mind was left free to comprehend the vision it saw."-MAIMONIDES, The Mishneh Torah (known as the Yad Hachazakah), Book I. Edited and translated by Moses Hyamson (New York: Bloch, 1937), p. 42b. 2. He Is Supernaturally StrengthenedBSPC 133In Daniel's further testimony as to what happened to him in vision, he tells us what the angel did after he lost his natural strength: "He strengthened me." Daniel 10:18. "I was strengthened." Verse 19. "Thou has strengthened me." Verse 19. "Be strong, yea, be strong." Verse 19. In making His servants the prophets fit channels for the transmission of the divine message, God deprives them of everything that might indicate human strength and power; then He Himself empowers them with His own strength, and so the more effectively can He use them as He desires. 3. He Has His Eyes OpenBSPC 134This is expressed twice in recording the experience of the prophet Balaam: "Whose eyes are open." Numbers 24:1 "Having his eyes open." Verse 4. This undoubtedly refers to the spiritual as well as the physical sight; both are open. 4. He Does Not BreatheBSPC 134This is an unusual physical characteristic of the prophet, and Daniel in his prophecy referred to this when he said, "Neither is there breath left in me." Daniel 10:17. It seems that there can be very little dispute as to the wording of this text, for practically all the translations agree with the thought expressed in the foregoing text. The Douay Version gives, "moreover my breath is stopped." We are here face to face with a remarkable phenomenon, that of a man speaking and moving as the prophet did in vision, and yet with no breath in his body. We need not, however, be surprised at this; for after all, God can just as well keep a man alive without breathing as He could with breathing. This was one of the miracles wrought when the prophets of God had these "open" visions. So different were the prophets of God from the false prophets of their day. The impostors might go into a trance and be possessed of evil spirits, but the prophet of the Lord, when in vision, was a constant miracle of the wonder-working power of the mighty God of Israel. And as such he was possessed of the Divine Spirit speaking the message of God in and through him. 5. He Speaks Without BreathingBSPC 134This is listed here in this connection, but the matter has already been dealt with in the foregoing paragraph. 6. His Tongue Is Controlled by the LordBSPC 134Because the Lord has strengthened the prophet and empowered him with His own Spirit, naturally it is God who speaks through him. David declared, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2. In the light of this consideration the expression in 2 Timothy has particular force and cogency. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. Rotherham renders this, "Every Scripture is God-breathed." How significant! The prophet loses all natural strength; he is supernaturally strengthened. He ceases to breathe, yet God breathes through him. So the messages that come are "God-breathed." God takes the human vehicle and through him breathes his own message to men. 7. He Is Unconscious of His SurroundingsBSPC 135One might conclude that the prophet, in ecstatic vision, would be unconscious of his surroundings. Notice how the apostle Paul describes his own condition when in vision: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body I cannot tell: God knows;) how that he was caught up into paradise." 2 Corinthians 12:2-4. As to the manifestation of these characteristics in the experience of Mrs. E. G. White in her earlier visions, note the following testimonies. One of the most comprehensive descriptions of her in vision is that given by James White, in 1868: "Her condition in vision may be described as follows: "1. She is utterly unconscious of everything transpiring around her, as has been proved by the most rigid tests, but views herself as removed from this world, and in the presence of heavenly beings. "2. She does not breathe. During the entire period of her continuance in vision, which has at different times ranged from fifteen minutes to three hours, there is no breath, as has been repeatedly proved by pressing upon the chest, and by closing the mouth and nostrils. "3. Immediately on entering vision, her muscles become rigid, and joints fixed, so far as any external force can influence them. At the same time her movements and gestures, which are frequent, are free and graceful, and cannot be hindered nor controlled by the strongest person. "4. On coming out of vision, whether in the day-time or a well lighted room at night, all is total darkness. Her power to distinguish even the most brilliant objects, held within a few inches of the eyes, returns but gradually, sometimes not being fully established for three hours. This has continued for the past twenty years; yet her eyesight is not in the least impaired, few persons having better than she now possesses. "She has probably had, during the past twenty-three years, between one and two hundred visions. These have been given under almost every variety of circumstance, yet maintaining a wonderful similarity; the most apparent change being, that of late years they have grown less frequent, but more comprehensive. She has been taken off in vision most frequently when bowed in prayer. Several times, while earnestly addressing the congregation, unexpectedly to herself and to all around her, she has been instantly prostrated in vision."-James White, Life Incidents in Connection With the Great Advent Movement, pp. 272, 273. F. M. Wilcox has well expressed the matter as follows: "The physical manifestations in many of her visions correspond to the experience of the prophets of old. We refer to the physical manifestations under which many of these visions were given, similar to the experience of Daniel and other prophets of the Old Testament. "We do not, however, regard these physical manifestations as the principal convincing evidences of the divine call to Mrs. White. Rather, they constitute subsidiary or contributing evidences. The great proof of her call to divine ministry was shown in the answer of her work to prophetic prediction; in the spirit which characterized her ministry throughout the years. In the correspondence of her teachings to those of the Bible. In the marked manner in which she was used of God to save His church in many crises. And by the fruit her ministry bore through all the years of her earthly life and which is still appearing as a result of her labors."-The Review and Herald, January 19, 1950 BSPC 132.6 - BSPC 136.4

Some of the Physical Tests of a Prophet There are also what might be called physical and spiritual tests of the prophet of God. In these paragraphs those of a more physical nature will be considered. Looking through the records of the past, and especially the writings of the Bible prophets concerning the work and experience of God's holy servants, we find here and there certain characteristics of the prophet of the Lord when in vision. We have already observed that some of these messengers of the Most High had such visions in the public assembly or in their own homes while others were around them, but there are other distinguishing marks that we shall notice. When a prophet actually goes into vision, and while he is in vision, the following features should be observed: 1. He Loses All His Natural StrengthBSPC 133Daniel's testimony concerning this particular feature of his experience is given in the following expressions: "There remained no strength in me." Daniel 10:8. "1 retained no strength." Verse 8. "I have retained no strength." Verse 16. "There remained no strength in me." Verse 17. Having been deprived of his strength, Daniel would naturally fall, perhaps gently, to the ground. This is evidently what happened, for in verse 9 we find him "in a deep sleep" with his "face toward the ground." Then, he said, an angelic "hand touched me, which set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands." Verse 10. The margin of the Revised translation gives the wording, "He set me tottering upon my knees." This condition characterized Balaam also, for we read in entering a vision that he "saw the vision of the Almighty, falling." Numbers 24:4. The text in the Authorized Version reads "falling into a trance," but it will be observed that the words "in a trance" are supplied and hence not in the original text. The thought is that of actually falling to the ground, and it is expressed by Rotherham as he "falls down"; Goodspeed as "prostrate"; the Douay as "falls." The same thing happened to Saul, afterward called Paul, in the vision on the road to Damascus. Though the record does not say he fell to the earth, it does say that "Saul arose from the earth." (Acts 9:8.) A good statement concerning this physical condition as found in one of the Jewish writings is as follows: "All the time when they had the prophetic experience, their limbs trembled, their physical strength failed them, their thoughts became confused; and the mind was left free to comprehend the vision it saw."-MAIMONIDES, The Mishneh Torah (known as the Yad Hachazakah), Book I. Edited and translated by Moses Hyamson (New York: Bloch, 1937), p. 42b. 2. He Is Supernaturally StrengthenedBSPC 133In Daniel's further testimony as to what happened to him in vision, he tells us what the angel did after he lost his natural strength: "He strengthened me." Daniel 10:18. "I was strengthened." Verse 19. "Thou has strengthened me." Verse 19. "Be strong, yea, be strong." Verse 19. In making His servants the prophets fit channels for the transmission of the divine message, God deprives them of everything that might indicate human strength and power; then He Himself empowers them with His own strength, and so the more effectively can He use them as He desires. 3. He Has His Eyes OpenBSPC 134This is expressed twice in recording the experience of the prophet Balaam: "Whose eyes are open." Numbers 24:1 "Having his eyes open." Verse 4. This undoubtedly refers to the spiritual as well as the physical sight; both are open. 4. He Does Not BreatheBSPC 134This is an unusual physical characteristic of the prophet, and Daniel in his prophecy referred to this when he said, "Neither is there breath left in me." Daniel 10:17. It seems that there can be very little dispute as to the wording of this text, for practically all the translations agree with the thought expressed in the foregoing text. The Douay Version gives, "moreover my breath is stopped." We are here face to face with a remarkable phenomenon, that of a man speaking and moving as the prophet did in vision, and yet with no breath in his body. We need not, however, be surprised at this; for after all, God can just as well keep a man alive without breathing as He could with breathing. This was one of the miracles wrought when the prophets of God had these "open" visions. So different were the prophets of God from the false prophets of their day. The impostors might go into a trance and be possessed of evil spirits, but the prophet of the Lord, when in vision, was a constant miracle of the wonder-working power of the mighty God of Israel. And as such he was possessed of the Divine Spirit speaking the message of God in and through him. 5. He Speaks Without BreathingBSPC 134This is listed here in this connection, but the matter has already been dealt with in the foregoing paragraph. 6. His Tongue Is Controlled by the LordBSPC 134Because the Lord has strengthened the prophet and empowered him with His own Spirit, naturally it is God who speaks through him. David declared, "The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, and his word was in my tongue." 2 Samuel 23:2. In the light of this consideration the expression in 2 Timothy has particular force and cogency. "All scripture is given by inspiration of God." 2 Timothy 3:16. Rotherham renders this, "Every Scripture is God-breathed." How significant! The prophet loses all natural strength; he is supernaturally strengthened. He ceases to breathe, yet God breathes through him. So the messages that come are "God-breathed." God takes the human vehicle and through him breathes his own message to men. 7. He Is Unconscious of His SurroundingsBSPC 135One might conclude that the prophet, in ecstatic vision, would be unconscious of his surroundings. Notice how the apostle Paul describes his own condition when in vision: "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knows;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body I cannot tell: God knows;) how that he was caught up into paradise." 2 Corinthians 12:2-4. As to the manifestation of these characteristics in the experience of Mrs. E. G. White in her earlier visions, note the following testimonies. One of the most comprehensive descriptions of her in vision is that given by James White, in 1868: "Her condition in vision may be described as follows: "1. She is utterly unconscious of everything transpiring around her, as has been proved by the most rigid tests, but views herself as removed from this world, and in the presence of heavenly beings. "2. She does not breathe. During the entire period of her continuance in vision, which has at different times ranged from fifteen minutes to three hours, there is no breath, as has been repeatedly proved by pressing upon the chest, and by closing the mouth and nostrils. "3. Immediately on entering vision, her muscles become rigid, and joints fixed, so far as any external force can influence them. At the same time her movements and gestures, which are frequent, are free and graceful, and cannot be hindered nor controlled by the strongest person. "4. On coming out of vision, whether in the day-time or a well lighted room at night, all is total darkness. Her power to distinguish even the most brilliant objects, held within a few inches of the eyes, returns but gradually, sometimes not being fully established for three hours. This has continued for the past twenty years; yet her eyesight is not in the least impaired, few persons having better than she now possesses. "She has probably had, during the past twenty-three years, between one and two hundred visions. These have been given under almost every variety of circumstance, yet maintaining a wonderful similarity; the most apparent change being, that of late years they have grown less frequent, but more comprehensive. She has been taken off in vision most frequently when bowed in prayer. Several times, while earnestly addressing the congregation, unexpectedly to herself and to all around her, she has been instantly prostrated in vision."-James White, Life Incidents in Connection With the Great Advent Movement, pp. 272, 273. F. M. Wilcox has well expressed the matter as follows: "The physical manifestations in many of her visions correspond to the experience of the prophets of old. We refer to the physical manifestations under which many of these visions were given, similar to the experience of Daniel and other prophets of the Old Testament. "We do not, however, regard these physical manifestations as the principal convincing evidences of the divine call to Mrs. White. Rather, they constitute subsidiary or contributing evidences. The great proof of her call to divine ministry was shown in the answer of her work to prophetic prediction; in the spirit which characterized her ministry throughout the years. In the correspondence of her teachings to those of the Bible. In the marked manner in which she was used of God to save His church in many crises. And by the fruit her ministry bore through all the years of her earthly life and which is still appearing as a result of her labors."-The Review and Herald, January 19, 1950 BSPC 132.6 - BSPC 136.4

Keeping your alms giving private is something a true alms giver will eventually have to do. If everyone knows you will give double what they ask for, you will soon have nothing. You might think well I'll just say I've given enough, go away. That's what the wealthy do. They give a small percentage of their wealth. Jesus tells us not to rest on our laurels. We can't say I've done enough. If you do the alms giving your light will shine. The church will be overflowing so bad the people outside the church who can't get in due to the crowd will not be able to hear the sermon.

It’s crazy how few people have criticized Swedenborgian esotericism. What’s even more crazy is how many people actually believe it.

23:57 they do not accept any "historic" creeds.

Was doing well until 12:57 first misnomer.

It is insidious,satanic and involved at the highest levels of commerce and political corruption .Indeed king charles is probably a grandmaster.Tentacles in the Vatican,and influenced by Solomon.solomon.

Anyone living under law is subject to its curse.

The evil 😈 of this world 🌎 always tell you in messages what they plan for the world 🌎. Like the Simpson's predictions that seem to be coming to pass .Like it was all programmed to happen. THE Devil thinks he is god and wants to be God and does the opposite to God .jesus christ who doesn't want anyone to perish. HAS Freewill to choose who ever he has mercy on. And being a God of ❤️ he has to warn ⚠️ you so you can repent. And seek forgiveness salvation grace 👑. AND noah tried for 120 years thats along time. And God has wanted his word spread across the 4 corners of the Earth 🌎 and there is millions of Christians ✝️ warning ⚠️ people alot more than Noah because jesus christ doesn't want anyone perish. And people are going around as if they haven't heard his messages and just ignoring it .Thinking they are going to live forever. HE LL means a separation of God. SOME people think Earth 🌎 is hell and we have a Firmament over the Earth 🌎 And Elon musk tried to break the Firmament with his rocket 🚀 and couldn't. THE only way out of here is jesus christ the Truth the life .You Have Freewill and in charge of your own destiny. BUT if you choose the Devil 😈 and end up in Hell. Just remember you were warned ⚠️ and warned ⚠️ and jesus christ weeps john I1 .35 because he died to save our.sins and loves all his children ❤Seek jesus christ today now .You wont be sorry. Its life saving ❤

I couldn't be a Mormon ilove my coffee 😋 Milo is nice but not my cup of tea.Also paying 10 percent of your income even if unemployed iam struggling to live now never mind paying 10 percent. JESUS CHRIST doesn't cost anything to worship him .Just Faith as small as a mustard seed .That can grow as big as a 🌳 And a bible. Churches ⛪️ were originally formed and designed for prayer worship. BUT somehow its gone all wrong now a lot have making money 💰 out of jesus christ a Reglion of making money 💰 not teaching his Good news the holy bible which is free .ONE thing the Mormons have is the Mormons choir and one of the best 👌 👍

Ihate Reglion because of all the Evil 😈 in it .Pedofiles running churches. And mega churches ⛪️ trying to rewrite the bible. Saying sin is ok and no Saying no worries. And not teaching Gods True scriptures as it is written. They don't seem to be working for God in heaven there own views not Gods .And jesus christ picked his own disciplines. AND didn't pick any in charge of churches including the pope or would. HE would only pick dedicated preachers for his Glory and teach his scriptures of the bible. GOD is in charge not them .And Gods wrath is against all the churches ⛪️ and judgement is here .Best to repent because if they actually read 📚 as it is written in the bible they are in it and how it all Ends .And not good unless they repent the world needs to Fear God .ido .He is a just God and needs to be .He doesn't want anyone to perish. BUT bad fruits like the fig tree not bearing fruit .Was destroyed and God burns 🔥 bad fruits. NO use to anyone. SEEK forgiveness mercy salvation grace 👑 ❤

The more ilearn about so called Reglions Freemasons Catholics jovah witnesses Mormons British Israelites budda hindi what ever so called Reglions .I liken jesus christ being the first block buster video shop the original and the best 👌 And then everyone wanted to get in the act .Asaw opportunity to have there own shop but it wasn't as good as the original name. AND values and the best way to run it .

Every one thought they are just lovely old men .Yeh right

Hellfire?! Scriptural answer to Pawson’s “Part 5” containing his supposed Scriptural basis for ‘hellfire’. 1. JWs do believe in ‘hell’ (the Anglo-Saxon word) as far as it translates very poorly some Hebrew and Greek words. It simply means the grave. Job asked to go there (Job 14:13). Ezekiel 18:4 says that the wicked will ‘die’ (go to grave) not be tricked into eternal torture. Psalm 6:5, Eccl 9:10 and Isa 38:18,19 speak of the grave as a place of inactivity. Adam was told that rebellion would return him “to the dust”, not eternal torture or fire. Jesus was raised from hell (Acts 2:27, 31, 32 and Psalm 16:10 prophetically). People are not conscious in the grave (Mt 25:41,46 13:30 Hebrews 10:26,27 Rev 20: 10,14,15). 2. Pawson agress that ‘hellfire’ cannot be supported by the OT (4000 years) nor the writings of Paul. Maybe God tricked and conned those millions of people living before Christ into thinking they would just ‘die’, go to ‘dust’ but actually He would drop them into eternal agony and suffering with no reprieve or respite? This is arguably the most blasphemous accusation anyone could make of God who is described consistently as a God of love, mercy and justice! Its so preposterous, no wonder hardly anyone now believes such a wicked thing. 3. Pawson is blatantly lying too about William Whiston. Far from WW teaching hellfire, he published his view that the idea was “absurd, cruel, and an insult to God”. 4. Similar, John Wesley was not an ardent believer in hellfire; he wrestled with differing views on it. Modern Methodists such as Rob Bell (“Love Wins”) do not follow the ‘traditional’ line. 5. If there is an ‘instinctive’ belief in torture, it must have come from pagan ideas, not normal human nature. Thats why there’s a ‘moral’ argument against it; it’s far from just or equitable’ let alone loving and merciful. 6. Words used in ‘dark ages’ Bibles are largely mistranslated and misunderstood to mean torture. ‘Tartarus’ is uniquely a place where demons are ‘restrained’ pending eventual destruction. ‘Gehenna’ and ‘Hinnom’ were places in Jesus day that were places of destruction and disposal, not torture. Dead bodies were thrown there. 7. Its no surprise that Roman Catholics teach hellfire. Fear and abject terror have almost always been their strategy, from the many Inquisitions in the Near East, Europe and the Baltics, to the burning alive of people. They thought they were doing Gods work. How many millions have they killed? Its literally countless, but in the millions. 8. The one verse that Pawson quotes from Jesus words in Matt 10:28 (“can destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.” The critical word here is ‘soul’ (‘psuche’ in the Greek). A proper look at all of Scripture, and Greek lexicons too, highlights the meaning of this as ‘life’ or ‘self’ or sometimes ‘emotions’... these, as the verse says, can be DESTROYED by God eternally (Greek; ‘apollumi’ a strengthened form of ‘ollumi’ meaning ‘utterly destroy, perish’. Its a contrast with the previous phrase, showing that God can destroy all of a persons life prospects rather than just the body. 9. Other concepts in Scripture such as ‘lake of fire, ‘Abrahams bosom’ etc are all deeply symbolic. Even ‘hell’ is to be ‘thrown’ into the ‘lake of fire’! (Rev 20:13,14) 10. Pawsons ministry is totally destructive; there’s no ‘gospel’ (good news). Leave the positive, loving and constructive stuff to Jehovah’s Witnesses; their global witnessing is being blessed. Tens of thousands of new Kingdom Halls are being built, and millions getting baptised. They are totally united, loving, peaceful, and focussed on the Bible and true worship rather than any man-made creeds of hateful blasphemous teachings. As Pawson rightly says, there is in Christendom a “declining interest in saving” lives. 11. As Isaiah 66:1,2 predicts, in the last days God would be looking for a global people who are ‘contrite’ and ‘lovers of His Word’... humble enough to see where they were wrong, and put it right in a true revival and restoration... also to obey God in whatever work He instructs, which currently is the great commission of Matt 28:19,20 (Matt 24:14, Acts 1:8 Rev 14:6,7)

Swedenborgism is the doctrine of demons Jesus warned about

The tin commandments say Saturday is the sabbath who can deny that, so what's wrong with somebody worshipping on the sabbath? Please tell me Christ said he didn't come to change 15 commandments.

This presenter misrepresented Christian Science so badly that there's no way I could believe anything he claims about other denominations

Yes Jehovahs give his son the power to resureect the dead, as he just resurected Lazerous. Humanity has one of two conditions, dead waiting for the resurection / kingdom hope. Or presently, dead, in the grave waiting Christ kingdom and the resurection under Jehivahs soverinity! John 5:28. 25 “Most truly I say to you, the hour is coming, and it is now, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who have paid attention will live. 26 For just as the Father has life in himself,s so he has granted also to the Son to have life in himself.t 27 And he has given him authority to do judging,u because he is the Son of man.v 28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming in which all those in the memorial tombs will hear his voicew 29 and come out, those who did good things to a resurrection of life, and those who practiced vile things to a resurrection of judgment. x 30 I cannot do a single thing of my own initiative. Just as I hear, I judge, and my judgment is righteousy because I seek,

I am in awe of the calling of David Pawson and his humility as he preached around the world.

Truth about SDA ua-cam.com/video/91efg5Or1OE/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared

AW COME ON ! ANY SCHOLOR WITH A 5TH GRADE EDUCATION KNOWES THE HISTORY OF HELL,! DEATH, IS THE ABSENCE OF LIFE. THATS EXACTLY WHAT JEHOVAH TOLD ADAM, IF , IF YOU EAT OF THE TREE OF KNOWLEGE OF GOOD AND EVIL, YOU SHALL CERTIANLY ,,,DIE,, ! IT WAS ONLY WHEN SATAN COUNTERDICTED THIS STATEMENT, CLAIMING GOD TO BE A LIER WHEN HER TOLD EVE, OH NO, THATS NOT SO, YOU WILL BE LIKE GOD KNIWING GOOD AND EVIL! THROUGH THIS LIE, REBELION, SIN DEATH CAME TO MANKIND, THE IMMORTAL SOUL, HELL, HELLFIRE, ARE JUST EXTENSIONS OF THAT ORIGINAL LIE. FACT! DEATH MEANS DEATH!! THE GRAVE ( SHEOL) MEANS GRAVE. HELL IS THE GREEK WORD ( PLACE OF THE DEAD) WAS USED AS SHEOL. THE GREEK /PAGAN /PHILOSOPHY. WAS ADOPTED INTO ROMAN CHISTANUTY AS WELL. THERE IS DEATH DUE TO ADAMS SIN , AND LIFE THROUGH JESUSS SACRIFICE AND RESUEECTION 12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned- 13for before the law was given, sin was in the world. But sin is not taken into account when there is no law. 14Nevertheless, death reigned from the time of Adam to the time of Moses, even over those who did not sin by breaking a command, as did Adam, who was a pattern of the one to come. 15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God's grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, overflow to the many! NO MENTION OF IMORTAL SOUL, OR AFTER LIFE. WE ARE NOT A CATIPILLIAR THAT CLIMBES A TREE, SPINS A CACOON AND FLYS AWAY A BUTTERFLY. WE DEPEND ON THE RESURECTION POWER OF JESUS INTO HIS KINGDOM.

I volunteer for a charity founded by members of a church I used to attend. The church funds a clinic in Uganda which supports our communities with their health needs as its main purpose. Over the last few weeks, I’ve felt God leading me to change priorities, because this charity isn’t serving a kingdom purpose in bringing people to Christ, even if its purpose is noble. This message helps bring this home for me, along with what I’ve read in the Bible from John 13 and 14.

Unfortunately, David Pawson has no idea what Freemasonry is. He would have done better in leaving this topic alone.

This is nonsense bad lie

@12:20 that's a lie, he didn't say that. It was not because people were not keeping the Sabbath but that Jesus had gone into the most holy place

@11:00 that's where you lost it, Daniel 8:14 says "the sanctuary shall be cleansed", this cleansing was done once a year, Leviticus 16, when the High priest entered the most holy place once a year, so did Jesus entered the most Holy to cleanse the sanctuary as after 2300days of Daniel. It's super clear.

Being with God and his people forever is a big upgrade.

Thanks Dave.

SDA is a cult; just like Latter-day Saints, Christian Science, Jehovah's Witnesses etc.

Funny how this one is feminine and the Free Mason’s are masculine

Jehovah's witnesses aren't Christians.

I wasn't tazed by him.

Praise God almighty for men like David pawson.

“I have had conversation with spirits and angels for many years now; and no spirit has dared, nor has any angel wished, to tell me anything, still less to instruct me, about what is in the Word, or about any matter of doctrine from the Word. I have been taught by the Lord alone, who was revealed to me… and He has enlightened me.” Divine Providence n. 135 (E. Swedenborg)

As a life-long member of the Church of the New Jerusalem, I can say with confidence that some of your statements about "Swedenborgianism" are completely accurate, and some of them are completely inaccurate. Here are some examples: "The New Church" does have a Bible that differs from the Protestant Bible. Yes, agreed. Of course, the Protestant Bible also differs from the earlier Catholic Bible. Does it follow that the Protestants have "taken away" from the Bible? Let's not forget that Luther wanted to exclude the Book of Revelation from Scripture, something that most Christians today, including members of the New Church, would find absolutely appalling and completely unacceptable. Swedenborg states that he did NOT receive any doctrine from spirits or angels, but from the mouth of the Lord alone. Swedenborg, or rather the Lord through Swedenborg, actually quoted Paul on numerous occasions to support the teachings of the New Church. We consider Paul's works to be useful, but not Divinely inspired. I, for one, can't understand how anyone could consider Paul's thoughts to be superior to the very words spoken by the Lord Himself, and to words of the disciples who actually walked with Him. The speaker is correct in saying that the book Heaven and Hell doesn't contain many quotes from the Bible. Yes, agreed. However anyone who is in the least bit familiar with New Church doctrinal works knows that thousands of quotes from Scripture are put forward in other books. The amount of Scripture quoted in New Church docrine is almost overwhelming. We do not at all believe Jesus was sinful. Indeed,, we believe He perfectly conquered in every temptation. We believe that His soul was Divine, and that His earthly external temporarily took on the sinful inheritance of His earthly mother Mary. It was Mary's sinful inheritance that Jesus (the Lord) fought against and gradually conquered, and that the passion of the cross was His final earthly contest and victory, whereby He became completely Divine down to His flesh and bones. And we absolutely believe that Jesus rose bodily and fully glorified into heaven. We absolutely do NOT believe that the Holy Spirit is an "It." We believe, as the Bible teaches, that after Jesus was glorified, He possessed the Holy Spirit, or was One with the Holy Spirit. The Bible clearly states that Jesus breathed on His disciples and said, "Receive the Holy Spirit." The Holy Spirit and Jesus were not two separate gods, they were One in Jesus. You are absolutely correct that New Church doctrine rejects tri-personal gods. We reject them completely. As Paul himself said, "In Jesus Christ dwells the fullness of God bodily." Jesus is the One God. As the Lord Himself declared, "Before Abraham was, I AM." You are also completely correct that we reject faith alone as being saving. As James said, "Faith without works is dead." Believing isn't enough. Jesus said we also need to take up our own crosses and follow Him. Whoever does not do it is not worthy of Him. The Bible also clearly states that we are to bear much fruit. Faith alone is not enough. If I was going to summarize the religion of a New Churchman in a single sentence, it would be, "Those who obey the Commandments of God, and have the Testimony of Jesus." If anyone would be interested in reading New Church teachings for themselves, I'd recommend the book True Christian Religion.

Venus day ☀️ night 🌃 and Saturn 🪐 day ☀️ and Sun day ☀️ worship are all Pagan worship. The New Moon 🌒 is still and the Sabbath Originally was Dependant Upon the Lunar Cycle...("Holidays" Universal Jewish Encyclopedia p.410). Ask your smart phone: "When did Sun 🌞 Day become the first day of the week on the Julian Calendar?" WAtch UA-cam video, 'The Great Cover-up by the SDA Church - Lunar Sabbath' & 'World's Last Chance Lunar Sabbath Series'. Read Ezekiel 46: 1-3 & Isaiah 66: 22-(24) & Leviticus 23 & Exodus 16.

Thank you ,

This man contradicts the bible. God commanded to remember the seventhday Sabbath to keep it holy . That is not a suggestion. Jesus said if you love keep my commandments (John 14:15). In the new covenant God writes his commandment law on the believers hearts and minds (Hebrews 8:10). Sin is the transgression of God's Holy commandment law (1john 3:4) For the law is Holy and Good and Perfect (Romans 7:12, Psalms 19:7). The law of God will never change (Matthew 5:17-19) . Listen to God not David Pawson !

Thank God their numbers are dwindling and those buildings are being sold! Horrible they need to sell to pay off child molestation cases that have been hidden for decades...but at least this part of Babylon the Great is being exposed!

Sounds like Kenneth Copeland And his disciples concerning we are little gods. If horses get together they produce horses etc. if the Godhead gets to get together what do they produce. Not exactly the same teaching but close enough to send up red flags concerning WOF movement

Mark 15: 42 refers to Jesus being crucified on Friday, the day before the Sabbath.

This is truth. It doesn’t set well with those who believe their personal best is enough.

Mormons shares a lot in common with Islam. They too think they have superseded the bible, with their new prophet.... Islam has the Quran, and Mormons have the book of Mormon...

Don't forget a literalist interpretation of the historical stories of the bible. There is a clear attempt by what Catholics call "Modernists" to mythologize everything in the bible. To such an a extent the bible becomes a mish mash of moral teachings, and not true history of the acts of God. We also the wisdom of the holy ghost necessary to interpret prophecy, and to believe prophecy describing future events.