Adventist Bereans Uganda

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Just as the literal crops can neither germinate nor mature without the former and latter rains, in the same way the SDA church, the church which is being prepared for the harvest can not be fitted for the harvest (judgement for the living) without the last shower of rain (last shower of truth).
It's for the same reason that the Lord through Zechariah cautions US (who live in the time of the end) to ask for the latter rain lest we be choked by the sun and dry out before maturity.

Zechariah 10:1, Joel 2:23

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Adventist Bereans Uganda

As the light and life of men was rejected by the ecclesiastical authorities in the days of Christ, so it has been rejected in every succeeding generation. Again and again the history of Christ’s withdrawal from Judea has been repeated. When the Reformers preached the word of God, they had no thought of separating themselves from the established church; but the religious leaders would not tolerate the light, and those that bore it were forced to seek another class, who were longing for the truth. In our day few of the professed followers of the Reformers are actuated by their spirit. Few are listening for the voice of God, and ready to accept truth in whatever guise it may be presented. Often those who follow in the steps of the Reformers are forced to turn away from the churches they love, in order to declare the plain teaching of the word of God. And many times those who are seeking for light are by the same teaching obliged to leave the church of their fathers, that they may render obedience. DA 232.2

m.egwwritings.org/en/book/130.1059

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THE CHURCH WALKING WITH THE WORLD
The Church and the World walked far apart

On the changing shores of time,

The World was singing a giddy song,

And the Church a hymn sublime.

“Come, give me your hand,” said the merry World,

“And walk with me this way!”

But the good Church hid her snowy hands

And solemnly answered “Nay,

I will not give you my hand at all,

And I will not walk with you;

Your way is the way that leads to death;

Your words are all untrue.”



“Nay, walk with me but a little space,”
Said the World with a kindly air;
“The road I walk is a pleasant road,
And the sun shines always there;
Your path is thorny and rough and rude,
But mine is broad and plain;
My way is paved with flowers and dews,
And yours with tears and pain;
The sky to me is always blue,
No want, no toil I know;
The sky above you is always dark,
Your lot is a lot of woe;
There’s room enough for you and me
To travel side by side.”

Half shyly the Church approached the World,
And gave him her hand of snow;
And the old World grasped it and walked along,
Saying, in accents low,
“Your dress is too simple to please my taste;
I will give you pearls to wear,
Rich velvets and silks for your graceful form,
And diamonds to deck your hair.”
The Church looked down at her plain white robes,
And then at the dazzling World,
And blushed as she saw his handsome lip
With a smile contemptuous curled.
I will change my dress for a costlier one,”
Said the Church, with a smile of grace;
Then her pure white garments drifted away,
And the World gave, in their place,
Beautiful satins and shining silks,
Roses and gems and costly pearls;
While over her forehead her bright hair fell
Crisped in a thousand curls.
“Your house is too plain,” said the proud old World, “I’ll build you one like mine,
With walls of marble and towers of gold, And furniture ever so fine.”
So he built her a costly and beautiful house; Most splendid it was to behold;
Her sons and her beautiful daughters dwelt there Gleaming in purple and gold:
Rich fairs and shows in the halls were held, And the World and his children were there.
Laughter and music and feasts were heard In the place that was meant for prayer.
There were cushioned seats for the rich and the gay, To sit in their pomp and pride;
But the poor who were clad in shabby array, Sat meekly down outside.

“You give too much to the poor,” said the World. “Far more than you ought to do; If they are in need of shelter and food, Why need it trouble you? Go, take your money and buy rich robes, Buy horses and carriages fine; Buy pearls and jewels and dainty food, Buy the rarest and costliest wine; My children, they dote on all these things, And if you their love would win You must do as they do, and walk in the ways That they are walking in.” So the poor were turned from her door in scorn, And she heard not the orphan’s cry, But she drew her beautiful robes aside,
As the widows went weeping by. Then the sons of the World and the Sons of the Church Walked closely hand and heart, And only the Master, who knoweth all, Could tell the two apart. Then the Church sat down at her ease, and said, “I am rich and my goods increased; I have need of nothing, or aught to do, But to laugh, and dance, and feast.” The sly World heard, and he laughed in his sleeve,
And mockingly said, aside– “The Church is fallen, the beautiful Church; And her shame is her boast and her pride.” The angel drew near to the mercy seat, And whispered in sighs her name;
Then the loud anthems of rapture were hushed, And heads were covered with shame; And a voice was heard at last by the Church From Him who sat on the throne, “I know thy works, and how thou hast said, ‘I am rich,’ and hast not known That thou art naked, and poor and blind, And wretched before My face; Therefore from My presence cast I thee out, And blot thy name from its place.”
–Matilda C. Edwards.
I do not know the author of this poem, but it seems as inspired as what I have read to you from the Bible. The poem tells the same story as the Bible does. Those who like to dress and look like the world, do so only because their hand is, as it were in the world’s hand, and because the world refuses to walk with them unless they dress as the world dresses. Ironical indeed – the world is true to its profession, but the daughters of Zion are not true to theirs!

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As never before, we should pray not only that laborers may be sent forth into the great harvest field, but that we may have a clear conception of truth, so that when the messengers of truth shall come, we may accept the message and respect the messenger.

Testimonies to the Church Volume 6 Section 7, Chapter 53, page 420.3

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