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  The work of gaining salvation is one of copartnership, a joint operation. There is to be co-operation between God and the repentant sinner. This is necessary for the formation of right principles in the character. Man is to make earnest EFFORTS to overcome that which hinders him from attaining to perfection. But he is wholly dependent upon God for success. Human effort of itself is not sufficient. Without the aid of divine power it avails nothing. God works and man works. Resistance of temptation must come from man, who must draw his power from God. On the one side there is infinite wisdom, compassion, and power; on the other, weakness, sinfulness, absolute helplessness. AA 482.2  https://text.egwwritings.org/read/127.2130 We cannot even manufacture faith ourselves. “It is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8). The whole of our salvation comes through the gift of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. How glad I am. It comes from such a source that we cannot doubt it. And He is “the ...

" inasmuch as they promise something for nothing , are  games of chance , and are really gambling"  {GC88 387.2} "The Seventh-day Adventist Church organization does not condone raffles or lotteries to raise funds and it urges members not to participate in any such activities, however well- intentioned."  https://gc.adventist.org/official-statements/gambling/ Governor Washburn of Wisconsin in his annual message, January 9, 1873, declared: "Some law seems to be required to break up the schools where gamblers are made. These are everywhere. Even the church (unwittingly, no doubt) is sometimes found doing the work of the devil . Gift concerts, gift enterprises and raffles, sometimes in aid of religious or charitable objects, but often for less worthy purposes, lotteries, prize packages, etc., are all devices to obtain money without value received. Nothing is so demoralizing or intoxicating, particularly to the young, as the acquisition of money or property without...

lightning storm 4-5pm friday july 12 2024. damaging  possibly 2 projectors ($7265/ ₱480k  each),  outputs 8-16 of Behringer X32 digital audio mixer (php265k),  10 power speakers (18k-50k each),  power amp located at PIC of speaker in gazebo (with wires hanging on trees) 2 hdmi fiber cables (php 3.5k-5k each),  hdmi matrix (php8k),  hdmi splitter (php 2k) led light (~php 300). some power supplies (php150) and  TOTAL  ₱1595k based on the damaged equipment and the wires between them, the lightning seems to be in the north-east of the building. observations: no lightning arresters no SPDs on power line coming in big long and wide building seating 1800 no dedicated grounding in most power lines snake cables not grounded ungrounded speaker cable, and no SPDs going outside building across trees to gazebo. ungrounded speaker cable, and no SPDs going to roof speakers projector power was on the same winding of the undamaged audio mixer connected to the...

Some Introductions In The Bible  "There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil ." Job 1:1 " I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee " Acts 23:6 " I have lived in all good conscience before God until this day ." Acts 23:1 Acts 26:4 My manner of life from my youth, which was at the first among mine own nation at Jerusalem, know all the Jews; 5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that afte r the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. Acts 17:11 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. "Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." 2 C...

 Perfectionism God will not intrust the care of his precious flock 20 to men whose minds and judgment have been weakened by former errors that they have been in, such as so-called  perfectionism  and spiritualism, and by their course, while in these errors, have brought reproach upon the cause of truth and disgraced themselves. And although they may now feel free from error, and competent to go forth to teach this last message, God will not accept them. He will not intrust precious souls to their care; for their judgment has been perverted while in error, and is now weakened. { ExV54 19.2 } God will not entrust the care of His precious flock to men whose mind and judgment have been weakened by former errors that they have cherished, such as so-called  perfectionism  [SEE APPENDIX.] and Spiritualism, and who, by their course while in these errors, have disgraced themselves and brought reproach upon the cause of truth. Although they may now feel free from error an...