Dear brother and sisters,

 

Have you noticed, that, the days in which we are living are passing very fast?

We are living in the most solemn times of earth's history as we see what is taking place in the news concerning murders, crime, war and natural disasters, and distress among nations. My mind reflects on Luke 17:26-30 and testimonies volume 9

 

Luke 17:26   And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. 

Luke 17:27   They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came,  and destroyed them all. 

Luke 17:28   Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; 

Luke 17:29   But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. 

Luke 17:30   Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. 

 

The Last Crisis

We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. {9T 11.1}

 

The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones. {9T 11.2}

 

The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right upon us. The daily papers are full of indications of a terrible conflict in the near future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed of demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. Men have become infatuated with vice, and every species of evil prevails. {9T 11.3}

 

Note: Maranatha page 138 May 10, paragraph 3

 

Leviticus 26:14   But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments; 

Leviticus 26:15   And if ye shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhor my judgments, so that ye will not do all my commandments, but that ye break my covenant: 

Leviticus 26:16   I also will do this unto you; I will even appoint over you terror,

 

Note: Terror comes upon the world and nations because of the rejection of God’s law.

 

What did Ellen White say in the book Great controversy chapter 1 would be the great sin of the Christian world?

 

A: Jesus, looking down to the last generation, saw the world involved in a deception similar to that which caused the destruction of Jerusalem. The great sin of the Jews was their rejection of Christ; the great sin of the Christian world would be their rejection of the law of God, the foundation of His government in heaven and earth. The precepts of Jehovah would be despised and set at nought. Millions in bondage to sin, slaves of Satan, doomed to suffer the second death,

 

Job 31:23   For destruction from God was a terror to me, and by reason of his highness I could not endure. 

 

Psalms 119:126   It is time for thee, LORD, to work: for they have made void thy law. 

 

Transgression has almost reached its limit. Confusion fills the world, and a great terror is soon to come upon human beings. The end is very near. We who know the truth should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise.... {Maranatha 138.3}

 

Are we as a people asleep? Oh, if the young men and young women in our institutions who are now unready for the Lord’s appearing, unfitted to become members of the Lord’s family, could only discern the signs of the times, what a change would be seen in them! The Lord Jesus is calling for self-denying workers to follow in His footsteps, to walk and work for Him, to lift the cross, and to follow where He leads the way. {Maranatha 138.4}

 

At this time, we should do all in our power to proclaim the 1st 2nd and 3rd angels message our commission is to preach, teach, publish the message to all the world.

 

Revelation 14:6   And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,

 

Matthew 24:14   And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.

 

Matthew 28:19   Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 

Matthew 28:20   Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

 

Psalms 67:2   That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. 

 

The Lord is teaching men that there are limits to His forbearance. In fires, in floods, in earthquakes, in the fury of the great deep, in calamities by sea and by land, the warning is given that God’s Spirit will not always strive with men. The times in which we live are times of great depravity and crime of every degree. Why? —because men whom God has blessed and favored have reduced His holy law to a dead letter, making void the law of God by the traditions and inventions of the man of sin. A more-than-common contempt is put upon the commandments of God, while the representative men of the Colonies have exalted the first day of the week to be observed by all men. They would have men bow down and worship it, as did Nebuchadnezzar when he exalted the golden image in the plains of Dura. When wickedness comes to this pass, it is fast reaching its height. Well may the prayer go forth from the people of God, calling for His interference, “It is time for Thee, Lord, to work: for they have made void Thy law.”—Manuscript 127, 1897. {3MR 315.1}

 

Brother and sister I want to encourage you to walk with God every day with the burden of souls and service walking in sanctification of the Spirit and obedience to the truth [2 Thessalonians 2 13] We must seek to have develop in us the character of Christ, the spirit of God must bear witness that we are in Jesus and Jesus is in us please for the start of 2019 and onward let us all seek to have Christ formed within us the hope of Glory.

 

Note again the following statement.

 

I was shown that a terrible condition of things exists in our world. The angel of mercy is folding her wings, ready to depart.... The law of God is made void. We see and hear of confusion and perplexity, want and famine, earthquakes and floods; terrible outrages will be committed by men; passion, not reason, bears sway. The wrath of God is upon the inhabitants of the world, who are fast becoming as corrupt as were the inhabitants of Sodom and Gomorrah. Already fire and flood are destroying thousands of lives and the property that has been selfishly accumulated by the oppression of the poor. The Lord is soon to cut short His work and put an end to sin. Oh, that the scenes which have come before me of the iniquities practiced in these last days, might make a deep impression on the minds of God’s professing people. {Mar 137.2}

 

Brothers and sister everything mention in the above spirit of prophecy comments are happening. We are in Noah"s day and Lot's day. Jesus is coming to our name, first in judgment, and after the judgment, He will come with His reward, let us all as Seventh-day Adventist Christians, resolve to be ready and to do all to hasten his second coming.

 

Revelation 22:11   He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still. 

Revelation 22:12   And, behold, I come quickly; and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be. 

 

 

 

 

In the service of Christ

 

Maurice Berry

Pastor /Evangelist

 

 

 

While all these things are happening we have a work to do in giving the last message of warning to the world