THE TESTING, PURIFYING, CHARACTER PERFECTING PROCESS (The Trial of Faith of the Commandment-keeping Remnant Saints)

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THE TESTING, PURIFYING, CHARACTER PERFECTING PROCESS (The Trial of Faith of the Commandment-keeping Remnant Saints)

Please first prayerfully read 1 Pet. 4:12-19; and 2:19-24; 4: 12. After doing so, now this:
4T 84-86: “Our cases are pending in the court of heaven. We’re rendering our accounts there day by day. Everyone will be rewarded according to his works/deeds [not words or professions].

Burnt offering and sacrifices were NOT acceptable to God in ancient times UNLESS THE SPIRIT WAS RIGHT with which the gift was offered. Samuel said, ‘Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as OBEYING the voice of the Lord? Behold, TO OBEY is better than sacrifice, and TO HEARKEN than the fat of rams.’ [1 Sam. 15:22, 1-35]. All the money on the earth cannot buy the blessings of God nor ensure you a single victory.

“Many would make any and every sacrifice BUT the very one which they SHOULD make, which is to YIELD themselves, SUBMIT their wills to the will of God. Said Christ to His disciples, ‘Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall NOT ENTER into the kingdom of Heaven.’ [_____].

Here is a lesson in HUMILITY. We must all become humble AS little children in order to INHERIT the kingdom!

“Our Heavenly Father sees the hearts of men, and He knows their CHARACTERS BETTER than they themselves know them…..He in MERCY reveals their HIDDEN defects, that they may look WITHIN and examine CRITICALLY the complicated emotions and exercises of their OWN HEARTS, and DETECT that which is wrong, that they may MODIFY their dispositions and REFINE their manners.

“The Lord in His providence brings men where He can TEST their moral powers and reveal their MOTIVES of action, that they might IMPROVE what is right in themselves and PUT AWAY that which is wrong. God would have His servants ACQUAINTED with the MORAL MACHINERY of their own hearts.

“In order to bring this about, He often permits THE FIRE OF AFFLICTION to assail them that they may become purified.[Malachi : 2,3 quoted. Read it for yourself pls!].” E. G. White, Vol. 4 Testimonies for the Church, pp. 84, 85, 86.

(To be continued). Bless all, NMF