2001 April
Editorial
Editorial – Of What Spirit Are We?
The prevailing spirit of our times is that of infidelity and apostasy. The spirit manifested in the world is one of pride and self-exaltation. Men boast of illumination, which in reality is the blindest presumption; for they are in opposition to the plain word of God.
Salvation
Two Conditions You Must Meet to be Saved, Part I
There are two conditions that you must meet to be saved. Let us look at the prayer of Jesus just before He went into the Garden of Gethsemane.
Church
I Corinthians 1:2 tells us how the New Testament church is organized. "To the church of God which is at Corinth, to those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints."
Prophecy
Do You Really Love Jesus? Part II
This suits those who do not love reproof and correction, and who, if their ideas are crossed, have occasion to explain the difference between the human and the divine. . . .
Salvation
Unless there is a goal to be reached, very little effort is put forth by anyone for anything. All successful businesses, all competitive sports and all other worthy or unworthy enterprises have a goal.
Inspiration
I was shown the people of God [in vision November 20, 1857], and saw them mightily shaken. I saw some with strong faith and agonizing cries, pleading with God.
Health
Restoring the Temple – Nutrition, Eat Well and Live Well, Part II
With depression and anxiety major health concerns today, it is no wonder that a link between emotional well being and exercise has been found.
Children's Story
Jason and Joe had grumbled their way through breakfast, grumbled their way through worship and grumbled their way to church.
Food, Recipe
" Sweet April Showers Do Bring May Flowers" -Tusser- So many have asked about Monosodium Glutamate (MSG), that I thought I would tell you this month exactly what I think it is, and why we should not use it. From "Consumer Beware," authored by Beatrice Trum Hunter, we learn that MSG has had a long ... Read more
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – “I Will Be Their God”
April 28, 2001 - May 4, 2001 - With a mighty arm and with wonderful manifestations of His power, God brought Israel out of Egypt. He made them His chosen people, and gave them His law. He said to them: ‘Thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God.
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – “We Have Sinned and Committed Iniquity”
May 5, 2001 - May 11, 2001 - "Grievously had the children of Israel ‘sinned against the Lord their God, . . . and wrought wicked things.’ ‘They would not hear, but . . . rejected His statutes, and His covenant that He made with their fathers, and His testimonies which He testified against them.’
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – “When the Fullness of the Time Was Come”
May 12, 2001 - May 18, 2001 - So in heaven’s council the hour for the coming of Christ had been determined. When the great clock of time pointed to that hour, Jesus was born in Bethlehem. ‘When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son.’
Bible Study Guides
Bible Study Guides – “God So Loved the World”
May 19, 2001 - May 25, 2001 - ‘God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son.’ John 3:16. He gave Him not only to bear our sins, and to die as our sacrifice;...
All Bible texts, unless appearing in quoted references or otherwise identified, are from the New King James Version.