The medical/health ministry is very important to missionary work. The Spirit of Prophecy states that the Health reform is the right arm of the Third Angel’s Message. It is also stated that if our missionaries and Bible workers were to be twice as successful they should cultivate a knowledge of health and healing the body [...]
Every Sabbath afternoon, after the morning service at their church, the Church Leader and his 11-year-old son would go out into their town and hand out religious pamphlets. This particular Sabbath afternoon, as it came time for them to go to the streets with their tracts, it was very cold outside as well as pouring [...]
"One of the first laws of being is that of action. Every organ has its appointed work, upon the development of which depends its strength. The normal action of all organs gives vigor and life; inaction brings decay and death.” –The Youth’s Instructor, February 27, 1902 There are many definitions and states of being that [...]
I AM standing outside thy door to-night, Seeking thine heart to win; The world for awhile has withdrawn its light— Wilt thou open and let Me in? I have traveled far on a lonely road, In sorrow and agony; I have borne sin’s heavy, crushing load, All, all for the sake of thee! I [...]
In the Gospel according to John, two men, John the Baptist, and Pilate, each one twice introduced the Saviour to the people. While one introduces Jesus at the start of His ministry as “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world” (John 1:29), the latter presents Him during the time of [...]
"It’s your own fault.” Have you ever done something foolish and it brings negative consequences and someone tells you, “It’s your own fault”? You react in one of two ways. You acknowledge it to be true and apologize. Or you make excuses, placing the blame elsewhere, as did Adam and Eve in the Garden of [...]
"In Sweden, as in other countries, the most bitter opposition to the reformation was from the clergy. As the reformers gained the ascendency, and Protestantism became the State religion, they grew intolerant and oppressive. The priests of Sweden possess great influence, though their authority is limited. In every town there is a church council, which [...]
Wonderful promises have been given to us in the Bible. “I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.” Philippians 4:13 “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him that loved us.” Romans 8:37 “But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” 1 [...]
"The True Witness says, ‘Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.’ Revelation 3:20. Every warning, reproof, and entreaty in the word of God or through His messengers is a knock at the door of the heart. It is the voice of Jesus asking for entrance.” –The Desire of Ages, p. 489–490 “All who will [...]
The Reformation Messenger - February 2020
