Comment on New NAD president: ‘I love you’ doesn’t mean we won’t deal with issues by J. A., Sylmar.
What does one think about this, especially given that most scientific information comes from those who are not guided by God’s word?
“It may be innocent to speculate beyond what God’s word has revealed, *if
our theories do not contradict facts found in the Scriptures;* but those
who leave the word of God, and seek to account for his created works upon
scientific principles, are drifting, without chart or compass, upon an
unknown ocean. The greatest minds, if not guided by the word of God in
their research, become bewildered in their attempts to trace the relations
of science and revelation. Because the Creator and his works are so far
beyond their comprehension that they are unable to explain them by natural
laws, they regard Bible history as unreliable. Those who doubt the
reliability of the records of the Old and New Testaments, will be led to go a step farther, and doubt the existence of God; and then, having lost their anchor, they are left to beat about upon the rocks of infidelity.”
(Christian Education, p.193)
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New NAD president: ‘I love you’ doesn’t mean we won’t deal with issues
Scientific research has, as all research has, a confirmatory bias: You find what you’re looking for (or you don’t find it). Nothing else. Then you start over again. But (I reiterate) the results of scientific research are not the same as the scientific data. Data is interpreted according to
presuppositions. Some call these presuppositions, if they are very
systematic, hypotheses. It’s just the way science is done.
New NAD president: ‘I love you’ doesn’t mean we won’t deal with issues
Sounds like God has answered our prayers and has put the GC and NAD presidents in place to rein in the runaway buggy.From what I can infer, they will be dealing with the issue at LSU (and elsewhere) shortly, decisively and dogmatically. I have a smile of satisfaction. (Quote)
“We are living in the time of the end. The fast fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world and the final movements will be rapid ones” 9T 11
In this episode, Pastor Bohr discusses signs of the times in our own church. Just as ancient Troy was invaded by trickery from the inside, after all outward warfare failed to bring down the walls of that famed city, so the devil has planted Trojan horses inside of our church and hopes to deceive many thereby.
Satan is “wroth with the woman” and is out “to make war with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandments of God and have the faith of Jesus.” Rev. 12:17. In this war he is primarily attacking those very two pillars by which the remnant is identified in Scripture, by downplaying the importance of God’s law, and by attacking the true gift and interpretation of prophecy, as some members are becoming embarrassed and ashamed of our distinctiveness and differences with other churches.
“We have more to fear from within than without”. This also happened in ancient Israel as the prophets often were hated and rejected by the religious people they were sent to. Jesus warned of “wolves that would come dressed in sheep’s clothing” that would arise from within the church and Paul said that in the last days there would be a form of godliness that denied the power of living holy lives. Even the Antichrist would be a believer and not some atheist from the outside. So we must look at the fruits of their lives and teachings. Many will point to their good works and names on the church books and say “Lord, Lord” in the judgment, but their hearts did not submit to obey.
The tide of worldliness and lax standards entering our churches is also discussed. He closes by reading Elder Pierson’s concerns from his last address as General Conference President.
Will we be of that class of church members in the end that “As the storm approaches a LARGE class who have professed faith in the third angels’ message, but have not been sanctified through obedience to the truth, abandon their position and join the ranks of the opposition”? (GC 608) Who will stand when the coming flood of the “river Euphrates” pours upon us from the mouth of the dragon as he tries to shake us and drown God’s people? May this message inspire us to remain true and firm on the solid Rock of truth.
Excerpt from: Secrets Unsealed ~ Present Truth for the Last Generation
New NAD president: ‘I love you’ doesn’t mean we won’t deal with issues
Begging the question,
If a theological truth were to contradict a scientific fact, would that
damage your faith in science?
