ELIJAH and YOU! The man with the Keys of the Kingdom . You have keys to your house and keys to your car. What are the “keys of the kingdom?” where are the keys to solving your problems? God offers you His “keys of the Kingdom” that you might be one of the Elijahs to this world to prepare many for safety in the coming world-wide destruction and be ready for the second coming of Christ that will follow. . God gave Elijah and gives each of Gods followers the keys of the kingdom, His word, His promises. The Papacy claims that the crossed keys in their coat of arms symbolize the keys of heaven entrusted to Simon Peter, whom they claim was the first Pope. Not true, Peter was never in Rome and was not a Pope. The Papacy originated when Emperor Justinian wrote a letter in 533 A.D. (Not God) and decreed the bishop of Rome to be supreme and he was not supreme for five more years because the Ostrogoths ruled Rome and opposed the Bishop of Rome. For over 500 years after the death of Christ on the cross there was no Pope. He ruled supreme for 1260 years as Bible prophecy predicted (Revelation 12:6). And received the deadly wound as predicted in 1798, 1260 years later (Revelation 13:3). Just as predicted, “his deadly wound was healed and all the world marveled and followed the beast.” The Keys of the Kingdom are the words of Christ, the promises of the Bible, given to every believer! . Jesus says, “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19. “The keys of the kingdom of heaven’ are the words of Christ.” Desire of Ages, page 413. preparingforeternity/hd/hd06.htm “Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heavens storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence?” Steps to Christ, page 94. . Share this post with many via face book, email etc! . Do you have a problem without an answer? Do you need a key to answer your problem? I do not know the answer to your problem but I know someone who does know - Jesus - ask and ask and ask and ask with persistence (Luke 11:8) and claim Gods promise ask and it will be given (Matthew 7:7 and Luke 11:9, 10) and continue asking God and you will find your answer. Father I ask You to teach the reader how to ask and ask and ask for the latter rain of Your Holy Spirit like Elijah when he asked You for rain seven times (1 Kings 18:42-45) in Jesus name Amen. . Ahab, the king of Israel married Jezebel who worshipped idols. Ahab and Jezebel had a religious organization of 450 prophets of Baal and 400 priests of Baal the false gods of the land. They worshipped idols and false gods and Elijah one day walked into Ahab’s palace and said “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” 1 kings 17:1. God punished the people holding back the rain for three years. There was a severe drought and famine in the land. Elijah remained hidden for those three years and then reappeared before King Ahab and told him to bring his religious leaders (450 false prophets and 400 false priests) and the people of the land and meet him on Mount Carmel. They met and Elijah demanded that they test their gods against his God. He said “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it. Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.” Hundreds of men crying out to their god Baal all day long but with no answer. . “Then Elijah . . . repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down . . . he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four water pots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and they did it three times – “So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.” And then he prayed “LORD God Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.” . ”Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” As a result Elijah ordered the 850 false prophets and priests brought and he killed them with a sword. . Elijah, amid the general apostasy, did not seek to hide the fact that he served the God of heaven. Baals prophets numbered four hundred and fifty, his priests, four hundred, and his worshipers were thousands; yet Elijah did not try to make it appear that he was on the popular side. He grandly stood alone. The mountain was covered with people full of eager expectation. The king came in great pomp, and the idolaters, confident of triumph, shouted his welcome. But God had been greatly dishonored. One man, and only one man, appeared to vindicate the honor of God. With clear, trumpetlike tones Elijah addressed the vast multitude: How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him. The result was that the Lord God, who ruleth in the heavens, was vindicated, and the Baal worshipers were slain. WHERE ARE THE ELIJAHS OF TODAY? {5T 526} . God has an Elijah message to the world today and if you will obey Jesus and “come and learn” Matthew 11:28 and then “go and teach” God will use you as an Elijah for men, women and boys and girls of our generation. “Learn, rest, go, and teach” and God will use you to be one of the Elijahs of our day, preparing the way for Jesus to come. You will be a partial fulfillment of the last two verses found in the Old Testament. “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” . Where is the Elijah message that we are to carry to the world with a loud voice? . Right here in Revelation 14 - (1) “To every nation . . . saying WITH A LOUD VOICE, “Fear God . . . for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth.” (2) HE CRIED MIGHTILY WITH A LOUD VOICE, saying, Babylon is fallen . . . Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her. “COME OUT OF HER, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. (3) “Saying with a LOUD VOICE, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” (In contrast) - “Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:6-12. This is the three-part message of the modern Elijahs who share this last warning message with everyone they can reach “in the spirit and power of Elijah . . . to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1:17) . Share this post with many via face book, email etc! . The angel Gabriel, speaking to Zacharias about the birth of his son, John the Baptist, said But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. HE WILL ALSO GO BEFORE HIM IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH, ‘TO TURN THE HEARTS of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, TO MAKE READY A PEOPLE PREPARED FOR THE LORD.” (Luke 1:13-17) John was chosen to go to the people of his generation “in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts (and) to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” John the Baptist was the Elijah to his generation to prepare the way for Christ’s first coming and God is calling you to be the Elijah to your generation. If you will seek the Lord and ask Him to change your life and fill you with His Spirit with “persistence” (Luke 11:8) God will fill you with His Spirit and use you to work “in the spirit and power of Elijah. . Now it was time to pray to God for rain. It had not rained for three years and drought and famine and death were in the land. So “Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.” Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’” Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.” God would not have answered Elijah if he had just prayed six times. But after the seventh time praying with “his face between his knees” God answered. Are you impatient for an answer? We all are but ONE OF THE KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER IS PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER. . Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, ‘LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, as John also taught his disciples.’ And He said to them, ‘Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him AT MIDNIGHT and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet BECAUSE OF HIS PERSISTENCE he will rise and give him as many as he needs. So I say to you, ASK, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread[a] from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!” (Luke 11:1-13) . You ask, “How can God use me today with the ‘LOUD VOICE’ of a modern Elijah?” The “LOUD VOICE” of the everyday person comes in the use of tracts and books distributed widely. You may not be a preacher or an Evangelist and still win more souls to the kingdom then they are winning! But you will do it in a quiet way that has a much louder voice than any evangelist ever has had. God’s word says that His last day church is sound asleep – Matthew 25:1-13. They know not what is going to break upon this world with an “overwhelming surprise.” When it does happen His church will awaken but it will be too late for many within His church. Jesus calls the “foolish virgins.” They have a “pure faith” but the lacked “the spirit and power of Elijah.” Why because they were blinded to the importance of the study of the book of Revelation. . As we near the close of this worlds history, the prophecies relating to the last days especially demand our study. The last book of the New Testament scriptures is full of truth that we need to understand. Satan has BLINDED the minds of many, so that they have been glad of any excuse for not making the Revelation their study. Christ Object Lessons, page 133 by E.G. White. “The book of Revelation opens with an injunction to us to understand the instruction that it contains. ‘Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,’ God declares, ‘and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.’ When we as a people understand what this book means to us, there will be seen among us A GREAT REVIVAL. We do not understand fully the lessons that it teaches, notwithstanding the injunction given us to search and study it.” {Testimony to Ministers, page 113} E. G. White. . It will be sad to see some of the ministers and people that we attend church with forever lost because they did not seek for “spirit and power of Elijah.” They did not study, learn and carry the Elijah message from the book of Revelation. As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angels message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who once rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren. When Sabbathkeepers are brought before the courts to answer for their faith, these apostates are the most efficient agents of Satan to misrepresent and accuse them, and by false reports and insinuations to stir up the rulers against them. {The Great Controversy, page 608} . In this time of persecution the faith of the Lords servants will be tried. They have faithfully given the warning, looking to God and to His word alone. Gods Spirit, moving upon their hearts, has constrained them to speak. Stimulated with holy zeal, and with the divine impulse strong upon them, they entered upon the performance of their duties without coldly calculating the consequences of speaking to the people the word which the Lord had given them. They have not consulted their temporal interests, nor sought to preserve their reputation or their lives. Yet when the storm of opposition and reproach bursts upon them, some, overwhelmed with consternation, will be ready to exclaim: Had we foreseen the consequences of our words, we would have held our peace. They are hedged in with difficulties. Satan assails them with fierce temptations. The work which they have undertaken seems far beyond their ability to accomplish. They are threatened with destruction. The enthusiasm which animated them is gone; yet they cannot turn back. Then, feeling their utter helplessness, they flee to the Mighty One for strength. They remember that the words which they have spoken were not theirs, but His who bade them give the warning. God put the truth into their hearts, and they could not forbear to proclaim it. {The Great Controversy, page 608} . The same trials have been experienced by men of God in ages past. Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Tyndale, Baxter, Wesley, urged that all doctrines be brought to the test of the Bible and declared that they would renounce everything which it condemned. Against these men persecution raged with relentless fury; yet they ceased not to declare the truth. Different periods in the history of the church have each been marked by the development of some special truth, adapted to the necessities of Gods people at that time. Every new truth has made its way against hatred and opposition; those who were blessed with its light were tempted and tried. The Lord gives a special truth for the people in an emergency. Who dare refuse to publish it? He commands His servants to present the last invitation of mercy to the world. They cannot remain silent, except at the peril of their souls. Christs ambassadors have nothing to do with consequences. They must perform their duty and leave results with God. {The Great Controversy, page 609} . “And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life.” 1 Kings 19: 1-3. Ask for “The Spirit and Power of Elijah” and expect opposition. - The Devil will try to stop you through others both inside and outside the church. . God calls you as He called Elijah to carry His end-time Elijah message “to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— . . . with a loud voice” use something far more powerful than the human voice -- God’s Word in print form. Why is it far more powerful than the human voice? Because it is preaching God’s last message to each person who reads the book or tract you have given or sold to them over and over again and it is preaching or talking to their hearts while you are sleeping in your bed and night and they are reading it at midnight (Luke 11:5) and are asking God to help them understand His truth (Luke 11:5-13). Books and tracts work 24/7. They can do their work 24 hours a day – This is truly “The Loud Voice” of the three angel’s message. Use every tool you have to post God’s messages on Face book, send links to books and tracts that people can read - through emails. . Put 30 GLOW tracts in your shirt pocket - and it is hardly noticeable - about the size of a small cell phone. Fill up your pocket before you leave home and put extras in your car. Christ can then use you to fulfill the prophetic call as a modern day Elijah. God’s end-time instruction is to “Let every believer scatter . . . tracts and leaflets and books. Carry with you, wherever you go, a package of select tracts, which you can hand out as you have opportunity. - Like the leaves of autumn. Christian Service, p. 145; Review and Herald, June 10, 1880; Review and Herald, July 19, 1906. . “Be Zealous and Repent - (Revelation 3:19). Some will say, “I am a minister. I am an evangelist. I am a conference official. God has given me my work to do and it does not involve passing out literature. Let the people who are professionals in gospel literature deal with passing out the literature. Let the common people in the congregation help them but I am the chief and run the show. I have important work to do and have no time to pass out literature. It’s not my thing.” God is calling you and me to “be zealous and repent.” Listen to His still small voice urging you to get involved doing the very work He has called “every believer” to accomplish. . Be Zealous, - Sacrifice for Others! - May the Lord open your eyes to see and your heart to feel, and cause you to manifest Christian zeal. Oh, how few feel the worth of souls! How few are willing to sacrifice to bring souls to the knowledge of Christ! There is much talking, much professed love for perishing souls; but talk is cheap stuff. It is earnest Christian zeal that is wanted—a zeal that will be manifested by doing something. All must now work for themselves, and when they have Jesus in their hearts they will confess Him to others. No more could a soul who possesses Christ be hindered from confessing Him than could the waters of Niagara be stopped from flowing over the falls. Testimonies to the Church, volume 2, page 233. . https://facebook/groups/186755384854355/ Hi I hope you share this wonderful book, The Great Controversy, with others --- The author of The Great Controversy, Ellen G. White is the most translated non-fiction American author that ever lived. She wrote 40 books in her lifetime. Her book Steps to Christ is translated in over 200 languages. Here is what she says about her book, The Great Controversy. She writes, “The Great Controversy should be very widely circulated. It contains the story of the past, the present, and the future. In its outline of the closing scenes of this earths history, it bears a powerful testimony in behalf of the truth. I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others I have written; for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books.”--Letter 281, 1905. Colporteur Ministry, page 127. . whiteestate.org/books/gc/gc.asp greatcontroversyproject.org/ (69 cent books in bulk (48 to a case) 800-600-7197 800-876-7313 . HARVESTIME BOOKS Larger print – easier reading 98 cents in bulk 32 to a case I believe 844-777-1844 . “Have you read . . . The Great Controversy? Do you know what it contains? Have you any appreciation of the subject matter? Do you not see that the people need the light therein given? If you have not already done so, I entreat you to read carefully these solemn warnings and appeals. I am sure that the Lord would have this work carried into all the highways and byways, where are souls to be warned of the danger so soon to come.”--Letter 1, 1890. Colporteur Ministry, page 127. . “The book The Great Controversy, I appreciate above silver or gold, and I greatly desire that it shall come before the people. While writing the manuscript of The Great Controversy, I was often conscious of the presence of the angels of God.” --Letter 56, 1911. {Colporteur Ministry, page 128.} . “The results of the circulation of this book [The Great Controversy] are not to be judged by what now appears. By reading it, some souls will be aroused, and will have courage to unite themselves at once with those who keep the commandments of God. But a much larger number who read it will not take their position until they see the very events taking place that are foretold in it. The fulfillment of some of the predictions will inspire faith that others also will come to pass, and when the earth is lightened with the glory of the Lord, in the closing work, many souls will take their position on the commandments of God as the result of this agency.”--Manuscript 31, 1890. {Colporteur Ministry, page 128.} . Share this with others via email links to everyone you know in the following languages. The distribution of this prophetic book at this time in so many many languages is a partial fulfillment of the prophecy of Revelation 14:6-7 which says, “Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.’” God is calling you to share this message by coping this entire message and sending it to everyone you know by email or by purchasing copies of it for mass distribution or to do the same with the GLOW tracts in many languages as well. 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The author of The Great Controversy, Ellen G. White is the most translated non-fiction American author that ever lived. She wrote 40 books in her lifetime. Her book Steps to Christ is translated in over 200 languages. Here is what she says about her book, The Great Controversy. She writes, “The Great Controversy should be very widely circulated. It contains the story of the past, the present, and the future. In its outline of the closing scenes of this earths history, it bears a powerful testimony in behalf of the truth. I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others I have written; for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books.”--Letter 281, 1905. Colporteur Ministry, page 127. . The book work should be the means of quickly giving the sacred light of present truth to the world. Colporteur Ministry, page 3. “When church members realize the importance of the circulation of our literature . . . Then will she go forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.-- Manuscript 113. glowonline.org – read 21 tracts that the church has provided for you to read and distribute. They come in six languages. The GLOW phone number (Seventh Day Adventist Conference in Lansing Michigan is 517-908-0825. There are many GLOW numbers – One SDA Conference # in Clovis CA is 559-347-3152 - You may order from Any SDA conference GLOW program. Give Light to Our World one page at a time!! . ”He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” 2 Corinthians 9:6. . Jesus, speaking to you and me says, “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.” Revelation 22:12. ELIJAH and YOU! The man with the Keys of the Kingdom . You have keys to your house and keys to your car. What are the “keys of the kingdom?” where are the keys to solving your problems? God offers you His “keys of the Kingdom” that you might be one of the Elijahs to this world to prepare many for safety in the coming world-wide destruction and be ready for the second coming of Christ that will follow. . God gave Elijah and gives each of Gods followers the keys of the kingdom, His word, His promises. The Papacy claims that the crossed keys in their coat of arms symbolize the keys of heaven entrusted to Simon Peter, whom they claim was the first Pope. Not true, Peter was never in Rome and was not a Pope. The Papacy originated when Emperor Justinian wrote a letter in 533 A.D. (Not God) and decreed the bishop of Rome to be supreme and he was not supreme for five more years because the Ostrogoths ruled Rome and opposed the Bishop of Rome. For over 500 years after the death of Christ on the cross there was no Pope. He ruled supreme for 1260 years as Bible prophecy predicted (Revelation 12:6). And received the deadly wound as predicted in 1798, 1260 years later (Revelation 13:3). Just as predicted, “his deadly wound was healed and all the world marveled and followed the beast.” The Keys of the Kingdom are the words of Christ, the promises of the Bible, given to every believer! . Share this post with many via face book, email etc! . Jesus says, “And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.” Matthew 16:19. “The keys of the kingdom of heaven’ are the words of Christ.” Desire of Ages, page 413. preparingforeternity/hd/hd06.htm “Why should the sons and daughters of God be reluctant to pray, when prayer is the key in the hand of faith to unlock heavens storehouse, where are treasured the boundless resources of Omnipotence?” Steps to Christ, page 94. . Do you have a problem without an answer? Do you need a key to answer your problem? I do not know the answer to your problem but I know someone who does know - Jesus - ask and ask and ask and ask with persistence (Luke 11:8) and claim Gods promise ask and it will be given (Matthew 7:7 and Luke 11:9, 10) and continue asking God and you will find your answer. Father I ask You to teach the reader how to ask and ask and ask for the latter rain of Your Holy Spirit like Elijah when he asked You for rain seven times (1 Kings 18:42-45) in Jesus name Amen. . Ahab, the king of Israel married Jezebel who worshipped idols. Ahab and Jezebel had a religious organization of 450 prophets of Baal and 400 priests of Baal the false gods of the land. They worshipped idols and false gods and Elijah one day walked into Ahab’s palace and said “As the LORD God of Israel lives, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, except at my word.” 1 kings 17:1. God punished the people holding back the rain for three years. There was a severe drought and famine in the land. Elijah remained hidden for those three years and then reappeared before King Ahab and told him to bring his religious leaders (450 false prophets and 400 false priests) and the people of the land and meet him on Mount Carmel. . They met and Elijah demanded that they test their gods against his God. He said “I alone am left a prophet of the LORD; but Baal’s prophets are four hundred and fifty men. Therefore let them give us two bulls; and let them choose one bull for themselves, cut it in pieces, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it; and I will prepare the other bull, and lay it on the wood, but put no fire under it. Then you call on the name of your gods, and I will call on the name of the LORD; and the God who answers by fire, He is God.” So they took the bull which was given them, and they prepared it, and called on the name of Baal from morning even till noon, saying, “O Baal, hear us!” But there was no voice; no one answered. Then they leaped about the altar which they had made.” Hundreds of men crying out to their god Baal all day long but with no answer. . “Then Elijah . . . repaired the altar of the LORD that was broken down . . . he put the wood in order, cut the bull in pieces, and laid it on the wood, and said, “Fill four water pots with water, and pour it on the burnt sacrifice and they did it three times – “So the water ran all around the altar; and he also filled the trench with water.” And then he prayed “LORD God Hear me, O LORD, hear me, that this people may know that You are the LORD God, and that You have turned their hearts back to You again.” . ”Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice, and the wood and the stones and the dust, and it licked up the water that was in the trench. Now when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces; and they said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!” As a result Elijah ordered the 850 false prophets and priests brought and he killed them with a sword. . Elijah, amid the general apostasy, did not seek to hide the fact that he served the God of heaven. Baals prophets numbered four hundred and fifty, his priests, four hundred, and his worshipers were thousands; yet Elijah did not try to make it appear that he was on the popular side. He grandly stood alone. The mountain was covered with people full of eager expectation. The king came in great pomp, and the idolaters, confident of triumph, shouted his welcome. But God had been greatly dishonored. One man, and only one man, appeared to vindicate the honor of God. With clear, trumpetlike tones Elijah addressed the vast multitude: How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Baal, then follow him. The result was that the Lord God, who ruleth in the heavens, was vindicated, and the Baal worshipers were slain. WHERE ARE THE ELIJAHS OF TODAY? {5T 526} . God has an Elijah message to the world today and if you will obey Jesus and “come and learn” Matthew 11:28 and then “go and teach” God will use you as an Elijah for men, women and boys and girls of our generation. “Learn, rest, go, and teach” and God will use you to be one of the Elijahs of our day, preparing the way for Jesus to come. You will be a partial fulfillment of the last two verses found in the Old Testament. “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. 6 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.” . Where is the Elijah message that we are to carry to the world with a loud voice? . Right here in Revelation 14 - (1) “To every nation . . . saying WITH A LOUD VOICE, “Fear God . . . for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth.” (2) HE CRIED MIGHTILY WITH A LOUD VOICE, saying, Babylon is fallen . . . Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her. “COME OUT OF HER, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive of her plagues. (3) “Saying with a LOUD VOICE, ‘If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand, he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God.” (In contrast) - “Here is the patience of the saints; here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.” Revelation 14:6-12. This is the three-part message of the modern Elijahs who share this last warning message with everyone they can reach “in the spirit and power of Elijah . . . to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” (Luke 1:17). . share this post with many via face book, email etc! . . The angel Gabriel, speaking to Zacharias about the birth of his son, John the Baptist, said But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John. And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth. For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb. And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. HE WILL ALSO GO BEFORE HIM IN THE SPIRIT AND POWER OF ELIJAH, ‘TO TURN THE HEARTS of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, TO MAKE READY A PEOPLE PREPARED FOR THE LORD.” (Luke 1:13-17) John was chosen to go to the people of his generation “in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts (and) to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.” John the Baptist was the Elijah to his generation to prepare the way for Christ’s first coming and God is calling you to be the Elijah to your generation. If you will seek the Lord and ask Him to change your life and fill you with His Spirit with “persistence” (Luke 11:8) God will fill you with His Spirit and use you to work “in the spirit and power of Elijah. . Now it was time to pray to God for rain. It had not rained for three years and drought and famine and death were in the land. So “Elijah went up to the top of Carmel; then he bowed down on the ground, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant, “Go up now, look toward the sea.” So he went up and looked, and said, “There is nothing.” And seven times he said, “Go again.” Then it came to pass the seventh time, that he said, “There is a cloud, as small as a man’s hand, rising out of the sea!” So he said, “Go up, say to Ahab, ‘Prepare your chariot, and go down before the rain stops you.’” Now it happened in the meantime that the sky became black with clouds and wind, and there was a heavy rain. So Ahab rode away and went to Jezreel.” God would not have answered Elijah if he had just prayed six times. But after the seventh time praying with “his face between his knees” God answered. Are you impatient for an answer? We all are but ONE OF THE KEYS TO ANSWERED PRAYER IS PERSISTENCE IN PRAYER. . Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, ‘LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY, as John also taught his disciples.’ And He said to them, ‘Which of you shall have a friend, and go to him AT MIDNIGHT and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine has come to me on his journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within and say, ‘Do not trouble me; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give to you’? I say to you, though he will not rise and give to him because he is his friend, yet BECAUSE OF HIS PERSISTENCE he will rise and give him as many as he needs. So I say to you, ASK, AND IT WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU; SEEK, AND YOU WILL FIND; knock, and it will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened. 11 If a son asks for bread[a] from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish? Or if he asks for an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? 13 If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, HOW MUCH MORE WILL YOUR HEAVENLY FATHER GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO THOSE WHO ASK HIM!” (Luke 11:1-13) . You ask, “How can God use me today with the ‘LOUD VOICE’ of a modern Elijah?” The “LOUD VOICE” of the everyday person comes in the use of tracts and books distributed widely. You may not be a preacher or an Evangelist and still win more souls to the kingdom then they are winning! But you will do it in a quiet way that has a much louder voice than any evangelist ever has had. God’s word says that His last day church is sound asleep – Matthew 25:1-13. They know not what is going to break upon this world with an “overwhelming surprise.” When it does happen His church will awaken but it will be too late for many within His church. Jesus calls the “foolish virgins.” They have a “pure faith” but the lacked “the spirit and power of Elijah.” Why because they were blinded to the importance of the study of the book of Revelation. . As we near the close of this worlds history, the prophecies relating to the last days especially demand our study. The last book of the New Testament scriptures is full of truth that we need to understand. Satan has BLINDED the minds of many, so that they have been glad of any excuse for not making the Revelation their study. Christ Object Lessons, page 133 by E.G. White. “The book of Revelation opens with an injunction to us to understand the instruction that it contains. ‘Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy,’ God declares, ‘and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.’ When we as a people understand what this book means to us, there will be seen among us A GREAT REVIVAL. We do not understand fully the lessons that it teaches, notwithstanding the injunction given us to search and study it.” {Testimony to Ministers, page 113} E. G. White. . It will be sad to see some of the ministers and people that we attend church with forever lost because they did not seek for “spirit and power of Elijah.” They did not study, learn and carry the Elijah message from the book of Revelation. As the storm approaches, a large class who have professed faith in the third angels message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition. By uniting with the world and partaking of its spirit, they have come to view matters in nearly the same light; and when the test is brought, they are prepared to choose the easy, popular side. Men of talent and pleasing address, who once rejoiced in the truth, employ their powers to deceive and mislead souls. They become the most bitter enemies of their former brethren. When Sabbathkeepers are brought before the courts to answer for their faith, these apostates are the most efficient agents of Satan to misrepresent and accuse them, and by false reports and insinuations to stir up the rulers against them. {The Great Controversy, page 608} . In this time of persecution the faith of the Lords servants will be tried. They have faithfully given the warning, looking to God and to His word alone. Gods Spirit, moving upon their hearts, has constrained them to speak. Stimulated with holy zeal, and with the divine impulse strong upon them, they entered upon the performance of their duties without coldly calculating the consequences of speaking to the people the word which the Lord had given them. They have not consulted their temporal interests, nor sought to preserve their reputation or their lives. Yet when the storm of opposition and reproach bursts upon them, some, overwhelmed with consternation, will be ready to exclaim: Had we foreseen the consequences of our words, we would have held our peace. They are hedged in with difficulties. Satan assails them with fierce temptations. The work which they have undertaken seems far beyond their ability to accomplish. They are threatened with destruction. The enthusiasm which animated them is gone; yet they cannot turn back. Then, feeling their utter helplessness, they flee to the Mighty One for strength. They remember that the words which they have spoken were not theirs, but His who bade them give the warning. God put the truth into their hearts, and they could not forbear to proclaim it. {The Great Controversy, page 608} . The same trials have been experienced by men of God in ages past. Wycliffe, Huss, Luther, Tyndale, Baxter, Wesley, urged that all doctrines be brought to the test of the Bible and declared that they would renounce everything which it condemned. Against these men persecution raged with relentless fury; yet they ceased not to declare the truth. Different periods in the history of the church have each been marked by the development of some special truth, adapted to the necessities of Gods people at that time. Every new truth has made its way against hatred and opposition; those who were blessed with its light were tempted and tried. The Lord gives a special truth for the people in an emergency. Who dare refuse to publish it? He commands His servants to present the last invitation of mercy to the world. They cannot remain silent, except at the peril of their souls. Christs ambassadors have nothing to do with consequences. They must perform their duty and leave results with God. {The Great Controversy, page 609} . “And Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, also how he had executed all the prophets with the sword. Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.” And when he saw that, he arose and ran for his life.” 1 Kings 19: 1-3. Ask for “The Spirit and Power of Elijah” and expect opposition. - The Devil will try to stop you through others both inside and outside the church. . God calls you as He called Elijah to carry His end-time Elijah message “to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— . . . with a loud voice” use something far more powerful than the human voice -- God’s Word in print form. Why is it far more powerful than the human voice? Because it is preaching God’s last message to each person who reads the book or tract you have given or sold to them over and over again and it is preaching or talking to their hearts while you are sleeping in your bed and night and they are reading it at midnight (Luke 11:5) and are asking God to help them understand His truth (Luke 11:5-13). Books and tracts work 24/7. They can do their work 24 hours a day – This is truly “The Loud Voice” of the three angel’s message. Use every tool you have to post God’s messages on Face book, send links to books and tracts that people can read - through emails. . Put 30 GLOW tracts in your shirt pocket - and it is hardly noticeable - about the size of a small cell phone. Fill up your pocket before you leave home and put extras in your car. Christ can then use you to fulfill the prophetic call as a modern day Elijah. God’s end-time instruction is to “Let every believer scatter . . . tracts and leaflets and books. Carry with you, wherever you go, a package of select tracts, which you can hand out as you have opportunity. - Like the leaves of autumn. Christian Service, p. 145; Review and Herald, June 10, 1880; Review and Herald, July 19, 1906. . “Be Zealous and Repent - (Revelation 3:19). Some will say, “I am a minister. I am an evangelist. I am a conference official. God has given me my work to do and it does not involve passing out literature. Let the people who are professionals in gospel literature deal with passing out the literature. Let the common people in the congregation help them but I am the chief and run the show. I have important work to do and have no time to pass out literature. It’s not my thing.” God is calling you and me to “be zealous and repent.” Listen to His still small voice urging you to get involved doing the very work He has called “every believer” to accomplish. . Be Zealous, - Sacrifice for Others! - May the Lord open your eyes to see and your heart to feel, and cause you to manifest Christian zeal. Oh, how few feel the worth of souls! How few are willing to sacrifice to bring souls to the knowledge of Christ! There is much talking, much professed love for perishing souls; but talk is cheap stuff. It is earnest Christian zeal that is wanted—a zeal that will be manifested by doing something. All must now work for themselves, and when they have Jesus in their hearts they will confess Him to others. No more could a soul who possesses Christ be hindered from confessing Him than could the waters of Niagara be stopped from flowing over the falls. Testimonies to the Church, volume 2, page 233. . https://facebook/groups/186755384854355/ Hi I hope you share this wonderful book, The Great Controversy, with others --- The author of The Great Controversy, Ellen G. White is the most translated non-fiction American author that ever lived. She wrote 40 books in her lifetime. Her book Steps to Christ is translated in over 200 languages. Here is what she says about her book, The Great Controversy. She writes, “The Great Controversy should be very widely circulated. It contains the story of the past, the present, and the future. In its outline of the closing scenes of this earths history, it bears a powerful testimony in behalf of the truth. I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others I have written; for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books.”--Letter 281, 1905. Colporteur Ministry, page 127. . whiteestate.org/books/gc/gc.asp greatcontroversyproject.org/ (69 cent books in bulk (48 to a case) 800-600-7197 800-876-7313 . HARVESTIME BOOKS Larger print – easier reading 98 cents in bulk 32 to a case I believe 844-777-1844 . “Have you read . . . The Great Controversy? Do you know what it contains? Have you any appreciation of the subject matter? Do you not see that the people need the light therein given? If you have not already done so, I entreat you to read carefully these solemn warnings and appeals. I am sure that the Lord would have this work carried into all the highways and byways, where are souls to be warned of the danger so soon to come.”--Letter 1, 1890. Colporteur Ministry, page 127. . “The book The Great Controversy, I appreciate above silver or gold, and I greatly desire that it shall come before the people. While writing the manuscript of The Great Controversy, I was often conscious of the presence of the angels of God.” --Letter 56, 1911. {Colporteur Ministry, page 128.} . share this post with many via face book, email etc! . “The results of the circulation of this book [The Great Controversy] are not to be judged by what now appears. By reading it, some souls will be aroused, and will have courage to unite themselves at once with those who keep the commandments of God. But a much larger number who read it will not take their position until they see the very events taking place that are foretold in it. The fulfillment of some of the predictions will inspire faith that others also will come to pass, and when the earth is lightened with the glory of the Lord, in the closing work, many souls will take their position on the commandments of God as the result of this agency.”--Manuscript 31, 1890. {Colporteur Ministry, page 128.} . Share this with others via email links to everyone you know in the following languages. The distribution of this prophetic book at this time in so many many languages is a partial fulfillment of the prophecy of Revelation 14:6-7 which says, “Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people— saying with a loud voice, ‘Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.’” God is calling you to share this message by coping this entire message and sending it to everyone you know by email or by purchasing copies of it for mass distribution or to do the same with the GLOW tracts in many languages as well. Below are just some of the languages in which you can read this prophetic book. . amazon/Great-Controversy-Storm-Coming/dp/B002IJUVL4 great-controversy.org/GC-3-Chapters/Philippine-Africa/GC-3Afrikaans.pdf great-controversy.org/Arabic/gc_all.pdf earlysda/books/bengali-1858-great-controversy.pdf great-controversy.org/GC-3-Chapters/East-Europe/GC-3Bulgarian.pdf great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/cebuano-great-controversy.pdf great-controversy.org/ch/content.htm Chinese great-controversy.org/Croatian.pdf great-controversy.org/cz/toc.htm Czech great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/daitousou.pdf great-controversy.org/Den%20Store%20Strid.pdf Danish great-controversy.org/Dutch1884.htm whiteestate.org/books/gc/gc.asp English great-controversy.org/GCSP/Conflictol.htm Espanol great-controversy.org/fr/gc_toc_fr.htm French great-controversy.org/Finnish/st.html great-controversy.org/ger/toc.htm German great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/hindi-great-controversy.pdf great-controversy.org/hu/hutoc.htm Hungarian great-controversy.org/GC-3-Chapters/Philippine-Africa/GC-3Ilacano.pdf great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/ilonggo-great-controversy.pdf great-controversy.org/it/Italiantoc.html earlysda/nihongo/gcn/index.html Japanese great-controversy.org/ko/A-Table.htm Korean great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/nepali-great-controversy.pdf mothistoriensklimaks.no/ Norwegian great-controversy.org/GC-3-Chapters/Philippine-Africa/GC-3Panayan.pdf earlysda/polish/wielki-boj-roz0-4.html great-controversy.org/pg/o_grande_conflito_toc.htm Portuguese earlysda/books/romanian-1858-great-controversy.pdf great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/Russian-GC1858.pdf great-controversy.org/Serbian.pdf great-controversy.org/GCSP/Conflictol.htm Spanish great-controversy.org/Whole-GCspdf/Swahili.pdf great-controversy.org/sw/toc.htm Swedish great-controversy.org/GC-3-Chapters/Philippine-Africa/GC-3Tagalog.pdf great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/ukrainian-great-controversy.pdf great-controversy.org/1858GCpdf/vietnamese-great-controversy.pdf . The author of The Great Controversy, Ellen G. White is the most translated non-fiction American author that ever lived. She wrote 40 books in her lifetime. Her book Steps to Christ is translated in over 200 languages. Here is what she says about her book, The Great Controversy. She writes, “The Great Controversy should be very widely circulated. It contains the story of the past, the present, and the future. In its outline of the closing scenes of this earths history, it bears a powerful testimony in behalf of the truth. I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others I have written; for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books.”--Letter 281, 1905. Colporteur Ministry, page 127. . The book work should be the means of quickly giving the sacred light of present truth to the world. Colporteur Ministry, page 3. “When church members realize the importance of the circulation of our literature . . . Then will she go forth fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and terrible as an army with banners.-- Manuscript 113. glowonline.org – read 21 tracts that the church has provided for you to read and distribute. They come in six languages. The GLOW phone number (Seventh Day Adventist Conference in Lansing Michigan is 517-908-0825. There are many GLOW numbers – One SDA Conference # in Clovis CA is 559-347-3152 - You may order from Any SDA conference GLOW program. Give Light to Our World one page at a time!! . ”He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.” 2 Corinthians 9:6. . Jesus, speaking to you and me says, “And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.” Revelation 22:12. . share this post with many via face book, email etc!
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