The book of Numbers cuts deep friends.So,I'm not as ecstatic on sharing on it,till I myself repent.What's the point of sharing all these beautiful lessons,if they are not changing me first?
I ask for you prayers.My only desire is to do that which pleases Him and until then,I'll say little.
I see myself in Balaam.
I see myself in the Israelites who apostatized in Jordan.
"There are thousands at the present day who are pursuing a similar course. They would have no
difficulty in understanding
their duty if it were in harmony with their inclinations. It is plainly set before them in the Bible or is
clearly indicated by circumstances and reason. But because these evidences are contrary to their desires
and inclinations they frequently set them aside and presume to go to God to learn their duty. With great
apparent conscientiousness they pray long and earnestly for light. But God will not be trifled with. He
often permits such persons to follow their own desires and to suffer the result. "My people would not
hearken to My voice. . . . So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own
counsels." Psalm 81:11, 12. When one clearly sees a duty, let him not presume to go to God with the
prayer that he may be excused from performing it. He should rather, with a humble, submissive spirit,
ask for divine strength and wisdom to meet its claims."-PP,p441,442
"Satan well knows the material with which he has to deal in the human
heart. He knows--for he has studied with fiendish intensity for thousands of years--the points most
easily assailed in every character; and through successive generations he has wrought to overthrow the
strongest men, princes in Israel, by the same temptations that were so successful at Baalpeor. All along
through the ages there are strewn wrecks of character that have been stranded upon the rocks of sensual
indulgence. As we approach the close of time, as the people of God stand upon the borders of the
heavenly Canaan, Satan will, as of old, redouble his efforts to prevent them from entering the goodly
land. He lays his snares for every soul. It is not the ignorant and uncultured
merely that need to be guarded; he will prepare his temptations for those in the highest positions, in the
most holy office; if he can lead them to pollute their souls, he can through them destroy many. And he
employs the same agents now as he employed three thousand years ago. By worldly friendships, by the
charms of beauty, by pleasure seeking, mirth, feasting, or the wine cup, he tempts to the violation of the
seventh commandment."-pp457,458
"God requires of His people now as great a distinction from the world,
in customs, habits, and principles, as He required of Israel anciently. If they faithfully follow the
teachings of His word, this distinction will exist; it cannot be otherwise. The warnings given to the
Hebrews against assimilating with the heathen were not more direct or explicit than are those
Patriarchs and Prophets by E.G White
forbidding Christians to conform to the spirit and customs of the ungodly. Christ speaks to us, "Love
not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father
is not in him." 1 John 2:15.-p458
"The friendship of the
world is enmity with God; whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
James 4:4. The followers of Christ are to separate themselves from sinners, choosing their society only
when there is opportunity to do them good. We cannot be too decided in shunning the company of
those who exert an influence to draw us away from God. While we pray, "Lead us not into temptation,"
we are to shun temptation, so far as possible."-p.459
"Many of the amusements popular in the world today, even with those who claim to be Christians, tend
to the same end as did those of the heathen. There are indeed few among them that Satan does not turn
to account in destroying souls. Through the drama he has worked for ages to excite passion and glorify
vice. The opera, with its fascinating display and bewildering
music, the masquerade, the dance, the card table, Satan employs to break down the barriers of principle
and open the door to sensual indulgence. In every gathering for pleasure where pride is fostered or
appetite indulged, where one is led to forget God and lose sight of eternal interests, there Satan is
binding his chains about the soul."-pp459,460
I ask for you prayers.My only desire is to do that which pleases Him and until then,I'll say little.
I see myself in Balaam.
I see myself in the Israelites who apostatized in Jordan.
"There are thousands at the present day who are pursuing a similar course. They would have no
difficulty in understanding
their duty if it were in harmony with their inclinations. It is plainly set before them in the Bible or is
clearly indicated by circumstances and reason. But because these evidences are contrary to their desires
and inclinations they frequently set them aside and presume to go to God to learn their duty. With great
apparent conscientiousness they pray long and earnestly for light. But God will not be trifled with. He
often permits such persons to follow their own desires and to suffer the result. "My people would not
hearken to My voice. . . . So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own
counsels." Psalm 81:11, 12. When one clearly sees a duty, let him not presume to go to God with the
prayer that he may be excused from performing it. He should rather, with a humble, submissive spirit,
ask for divine strength and wisdom to meet its claims."-PP,p441,442
"Satan well knows the material with which he has to deal in the human
heart. He knows--for he has studied with fiendish intensity for thousands of years--the points most
easily assailed in every character; and through successive generations he has wrought to overthrow the
strongest men, princes in Israel, by the same temptations that were so successful at Baalpeor. All along
through the ages there are strewn wrecks of character that have been stranded upon the rocks of sensual
indulgence. As we approach the close of time, as the people of God stand upon the borders of the
heavenly Canaan, Satan will, as of old, redouble his efforts to prevent them from entering the goodly
land. He lays his snares for every soul. It is not the ignorant and uncultured
merely that need to be guarded; he will prepare his temptations for those in the highest positions, in the
most holy office; if he can lead them to pollute their souls, he can through them destroy many. And he
employs the same agents now as he employed three thousand years ago. By worldly friendships, by the
charms of beauty, by pleasure seeking, mirth, feasting, or the wine cup, he tempts to the violation of the
seventh commandment."-pp457,458
"God requires of His people now as great a distinction from the world,
in customs, habits, and principles, as He required of Israel anciently. If they faithfully follow the
teachings of His word, this distinction will exist; it cannot be otherwise. The warnings given to the
Hebrews against assimilating with the heathen were not more direct or explicit than are those
Patriarchs and Prophets by E.G White
forbidding Christians to conform to the spirit and customs of the ungodly. Christ speaks to us, "Love
not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father
is not in him." 1 John 2:15.-p458
"The friendship of the
world is enmity with God; whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God."
James 4:4. The followers of Christ are to separate themselves from sinners, choosing their society only
when there is opportunity to do them good. We cannot be too decided in shunning the company of
those who exert an influence to draw us away from God. While we pray, "Lead us not into temptation,"
we are to shun temptation, so far as possible."-p.459
"Many of the amusements popular in the world today, even with those who claim to be Christians, tend
to the same end as did those of the heathen. There are indeed few among them that Satan does not turn
to account in destroying souls. Through the drama he has worked for ages to excite passion and glorify
vice. The opera, with its fascinating display and bewildering
music, the masquerade, the dance, the card table, Satan employs to break down the barriers of principle
and open the door to sensual indulgence. In every gathering for pleasure where pride is fostered or
appetite indulged, where one is led to forget God and lose sight of eternal interests, there Satan is
binding his chains about the soul."-pp459,460
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