maskeenel,Would you please clarify what you mean by the above statement? Are we saved by accepting Jesus alone, or are we saved by accepting Jesus plus His standards? And if the latter, then what do you mean by standards?Stan
If I recall correctly the primary function of "the latter rain" is not so much to lead people to Christ as it is to prepare those who are already with Christ to give the Loud Cry with power and garner in the harvest. There can be no question that there will be an unpresidented out pouring of the Holy Spirit upon those who are seeking Christ but this seems to be a different function of the Holy Spirit. Perhaps there is a two pronged function of the latter rain.
Hello my friend Colporteur. Are you the one I know from elsewhere? Isn't one of the functions of the Latter Rain to empower the saints to go forth and preach the Third angel's message?Robert
Hi Robert,Yes, I agree with you... But, I must inform you that Cp is no longer on this board.
Do you mean that he is no longer posting here Newbie? Or has he disappeared altogether? My, Satan has a field day doesn't he?
That's right, Robert.... he no longer posts here. If you want to talk to him I can give you his email. PM me if you want it. God Bless,newbie
Ed you have revived this old thread and it reminds me that dear Robert has left us... oh how I miss him. We used to chat via emails as he was in australia and me here/ It was a mind blowing experience to be talking to someone from around the world. A colporteur all his life.
The subject of the actual outpouring of the Early and Latter Rains deserves scholarly consideration and a well thought out searching of both SDA history and what God has said and God has already sent.It seems that this man has done both.Ellen G. White and the Loud Cry (Fred Bischoff ) MP3 http://ellenwhiteaudio.org/pioneers/modern-works/ellen-g-white-and-the-loud-cry/ PDF http://ellenwhiteaudio.org/audio/en/pioneers/Modern%20Works/Ellen%20G.%20White%20and%20the%20Loud%20Cry/Ellen%20White%20and%20the%20Loud%20Cry.pdf
"In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing,.......... and His teaching in our past history. We are now a strong people, if we will put our trust in the Lord; for we are handling the mighty truths of the word of God. We have everything to be thankful for."--General Conference Bulletin, 1893, p. 24 (see Life Sketches, p. 196; Testimonies to Ministers, p. 31). {3SM 162.3}
In reviewing our past history, having traveled over every step of advance to our present standing, I can say, Praise God! As I see what God has wrought, I am filled with astonishment, and with confidence in Christ as leader. We have nothing to fear for the future except as we shall forget the way the Lord has led us, and His teaching in our past history. {TM 31.1} We are now a strong people, if we will put our trust in the Lord; for we are handling the mighty truths of the word of God. We have everything to be thankful for. If we walk in the light as it shines upon us from the living oracles of God, we shall have large responsibilities, corresponding to the great light given us of God. We have many duties to perform because we have been made the depositaries of sacred truth to be given to the world in all its beauty and glory. We are debtors to God to use every advantage He has entrusted to us to beautify the truth by holiness of character, and to send the messages of warning, and of comfort, of hope and love, to those who are in the darkness of error and sin. {TM 31.2}
Without presuming to read maskeenel's mind, I think what he was getting at is that by accepting Jesus, one also accepts His standards, His way of living, as outlined in Scripture.
Are we saved by accepting Jesus alone, or are we saved by accepting Jesus plus His standards?
How IS Jesus accepted in God's sight ?
Christ came to the world to counteract Satan's falsehood that God had made a law which men could not keep. Taking humanity upon Himself, He came to this earth, and by a life of obedience showed that God has not made a law that man cannot keep. He showed that it is possible for man perfectly to obey the law. Those who accept Christ as their Saviour, becoming partakers of His divine nature, are enabled to follow His example, living in obedience to every precept of the law. Through the merits of Christ, man is to show by his obedience that he could be trusted in heaven, that he would not rebel. {FLB 114.2}