September 11, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE CHRIST’S KINGDOM OF GRACE IS BEING SET UP AGAINST THE KINGDOMS OF THIS WORLD
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against SPIRITUAL wickedness in high places.”
Eph. 6:12, KJV.
“The FALLEN WORLD is the battlefield for the greatest conflict the heavenly universe and the earthly powers have ever witnessed. It was appointed as THEATER on which would be fought out the grand struggle [AKA ‘the great controversy’] between good and evil, between heaven and hell.
“Every human being acts a part in this conflict. No one can stand on neutral ground. Men must either accept or reject the world’s Redeemer. All are witnesses, EITHER for or against Christ. Christ calls upon those who stand under His banner to ENGAGE in the conflict with Him as FAITHFUL soldiers, that they may inherit the crown [that is called] eternal life.
“Battles are to be fought EVERY day. A great warfare is going on over every SOUL, between the prince of darkness and the Prince of life. As God’s AGENTS you are to yield yourselves to Him, that He may PLAN and DIRECT and FIGHT the battle for you, WITH your co-operation.
“The Prince of life is at the head of His work. He is to be WITH you in your daily battle with SELF, that you may be TRUE to principle; that passion, when warring for the mastery, may be SUBDUED BY THE GRACE OF CHRIST; that you come off ‘more than conquerors through Him that hath loved us.’ Jesus has been over the ground. He KNOWS the power of every temptation. He knows just how to meet EVERY EMERGENCY and how to GUIDE YOU through every path of danger.” E.G. White, God’s Amazing Grace, p. 36.
This is what “saved by grace, not by works” means. God’s saving grace works for all who are “striving to overcome even as He overcame.” This is the working partnership between humanity and divinity.
Bless all, NMF.