FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
LOYALTY TO GOD IS THE FIRST AND LAST TEST OF MANKIND
Everyone and every institution, from the POTUS to the army, to parents, to every fraternity and especially secretive orders, etc. where the first concept, principle and virtue begin on earth?
See Gen. 1: 27, 28 first. Now this: “Adam was crowned king in Eden. To Him was given dominion over EVERY living thing that God had created. The Lord blessed Adam and Eve with intelligence such as He had not given to ANY other creature. [it is a fallacy to claim that animals have intelligence; they only have instincts]. He made Adam the rightful SOVEREIGN over all the works of His hands.
“Our first parents, though created innocent and holy [no propensities or tendencies for disobedience or to sin], were NOT PLACED BEYOND THE POSSIBILITY OF WRONGDOING. God had made them FREE MORAL AGENTS, capable of appreciating the wisdom and benevolence of His character and the JUSTICE of His requirements, and WITH FULL LIBERTY TO YIELD OR WITHHOLD OBEDIENCE.
“They were to enjoy communion with God and with holy angels; but BEFORE they could be rendered eternally secure, their LOYALTY MUST BE TESTED.
“At the very beginning of man’s existence, a CHECK was placed upon the desire for SELF-INDULGENCE, the fatal passion that lay at the foundation of Satan’s fall. [What was this ‘check’?]: The tree of knowledge, which stood NEAR the tree of life in the MIDST of the garden, was to be a TEST of [1] obedience [2] faith [3] and love [equals BIblical loyalty] of our first parents.
“God placed man under LAW, as an INDISPENSABLE condition to his very EXISTENCE. He was a subject of the DIVINE GOVERNMENT, and THERE CAN BE NO GOVERNMENT WITHOUT LAW. [this is the prescription for confusion, dystopia, anarchy and disintegration of the society of man]- E. G. White, God’s Amazing Grace, p. 40.
The final test of loyalty to God OR man is soon at hand in the enforcement of the Mark of the beast. Do you clearly understand what it is, and who will bring it about, starting where?? Study these things. NMF.