•Rev 13:13 He performs great signs, so that he even makes fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men. •Rev 14:7 saying with a loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, for the hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him who made heaven and earth, the sea and springs of water.“
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Luke 9:51 Now it came to pass, when the time had come for Him to be received up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem, |
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•The Principal of wrath explained, in the destruction of Israel. “We cannot know how much we owe to Christ for the peace and protection which we enjoy. It is the restraining power of God that prevents mankind from passing fully under the control of Satan. The disobedient and unthankful have great reason for gratitude for God’s mercy and longsuffering in holding in check the cruel, malignant power of the evil one. But when men pass the limits of divine forbearance, that restraint is removed. God does not stand towards the sinner as an execution of the sentence against transgression; but He leaves the rejecters of His mercy to themselves, to reap that which they have sown, which yields its unfailing harvest. The Spirit of God, persistently resisted, is at last withdrawn from the sinner, and then there is left no power to control the evil passions of the soul, and no protection from the malice and enmity of Satan. The destruction of Jerusalem is a fearful and solemn warning to all who are trifling with the offers of divine grace, and resisting the pleading of his divine mercy. Never was there given a more decisive testimony to God’s hatred of sin, and to the certain punishment that will fall upon the guilty.” The Great Controversy, 35, 36
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•The Law of Love being the foundation of the government of God, the happiness of all created beings depended upon their perfect accord with its great principals of righteousness. God desires from all his creatures service of love, -- homage that springs from an intelligent appreciation of His character. He takes no pleasure in a forced allegiance, and to all he grants freedom of will, that they may render Him voluntary service. Patriarchs and Prophets, 34. | |||
Job 1:9 So Satan answered the LORD and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? |
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Saul 1Ch 10:3 The battle became fierce against Saul. The archers hit him, and he was wounded by the archers. 1Ch 10:13 So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the LORD, because he did not keep the word of the LORD, and also because he consulted a medium for guidance. |
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Serpants •“And the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people; and much people of Israel died.” Numbers 21:6. “because they had been shielded by divine power, they had not realized the countless dangers by which they were continually surrounded. In their ingratitude and unbelief they had anticipated death, and now the Lord permitted death to come upon them. The poisonous serpents that infested the wilderness were called fiery serpents, on account of the terrible effects produced by their sting, it causing violent inflammation and speedy death. As the protecting hand of God was removed from Israel, great numbers of people were attacked by these venomous creatures.” Patriarchs and Prophets, 428,429
Deu 8:15 who led you through that great and terrible wilderness, in which were fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty land where there was no water; who brought water for you out of the flinty rock; |
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•“And I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and multiply My signs in the land of Egypt.”Exodus 7:3 •“Every additional evidence of the power of God that the Egyptian monarch resisted, carried him on to a stronger and more persistent defiance of God. Thus the work went on, finite man warring against the expressed Holy Ghost. ‘Whatsoever a man sows, that shall he also reap.’ Gradually the Lord withdrew His Spirit. Removing His restraining power, He gave the king into the hands of the worst of all tyrants.” The Review and Herald, July 27, 1897.
In referring to the Jewish leaders with Jesus “It is not God that blinds the eyes of men or hardens their hearts, He sends them light to correct their errors, and lead them in safe paths; it is by the rejection of this light that the eyes are blinded and the heart hardened. Often the process is gradual, and almost imperceptible. Light comes to the soul through God’s word, through His servants, or by the direct agency of His Spirit; but when one ray of light is disregarded, there is a partial benumbing of the spiritual perceptions and the second revealing of light is less clearly discerned. So the darkness increases, until it is night in the soul. Thus it had been with the Jewish leaders. They were convinced that a divine power attended Christ, but in order to resist the truth, they attributed the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan, and henceforth they were controlled by his power.” The Desire of Ages, 322, 323 •“It is not God that puts the blinder before the eyes of men or makes their hearts hard; it is the light which God sends His people, to correct their errors, to lead them in safe paths, but which they refuse to accept, --it is this that binds their minds and hardens their hearts.”Review and Herald, Oct 21, 1890.
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| Eze 16:49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fullness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. Eze 16:50 And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: |
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Level 1 (Pre-Conventional) 1.Obedience and punishment orientation (How can I avoid punishment?)
-individuals focus on the direct consequences that their actions will have for themselves. For example, an action is perceived as morally wrong if the person who commits it gets punished. "The last time I did that I got spanked so I will not do it again" 2. Self-interest orientation (What's in it for me?) -right behaviour being defined by what is in one's own best interest. Stage two reasoning shows a limited interest in the needs of others, but only to a point where it might further one's own interests, such as "you scratch my back, and I'll scratch yours" Level 2 (Conventional) 3. Interpersonal accord and conformity (Social norms) Individuals are receptive of approval or disapproval from other people as it reflects society's accordance with the perceived role. They try to be a good boy or good girl to live up to these expectations,[3] having learned that there is inherent value in doing so. Stage three reasoning may judge the morality of an action by evaluating its consequences in terms of a person's relationships, which now begin to include things like respect, gratitude and the 'golden rule'. "I want to be liked and thought well of; apparently, not being naughty makes people like me." Desire to maintain rules and authority exists only to further support these social roles. 4. Authority and social-order maintaining orientation (Law and order morality) it is important to obey laws, dictums and social conventions because of their importance in maintaining a functioning society. Moral reasoning in stage four is thus beyond the need for individual approval exhibited in stage three; society must learn to transcend individual needs. A central ideal or ideals often prescribe what is right and wrong, such as in the case of fundamentalism. If one person violates a law, perhaps everyone would - thus there is an obligation and a duty to uphold laws and rules. When someone does violate a law, it is morally wrong; (police, giving you a ticket for running a red light at 3 a.m.) Level 3 (Post-Conventional) 5. Social contract orientation laws are regarded as social contracts rather than rigid dictums. Those that do not promote the general welfare should be changed when necessary to meet the greatest good for the greatest number of people.[8] This is attained through majority decision, and inevitably compromise. In this way democratic government is ostensibly based on stage five reasoning. (Judges) 6. Universal ethical principles (Principled conscience) moral reasoning is based on abstract reasoning using universal ethical principles. Laws are valid only insofar as they are grounded in justice, and that a commitment to justice carries with it an obligation to disobey unjust laws. Rights are unnecessary as social contracts are not essential for deontic moral action. Decisions are not met hypothetically in a conditional way but rather categorically in an absolute way (see Immanuel Kant's 'categorical imperative').[13] This can be done by imagining what one would do being in anyone's shoes, who imagined what anyone would do thinking the same (see John Rawls's 'veil of ignorance').[14] The resulting consensus is the action taken. In this way action is never a means but always an end in itself; one acts because it is right, and not because it is instrumental, expected, legal or previously agreed upon. While Kohlberg insisted that stage six exists, he had difficulty finding participants who consistently used it. It appears that people rarely reach stage six of Kohlberg's model.
God loves us à 1st 4 commandments = loving god back. •1Jn 4:19 We love Him because He first loved us.
•2Th 3:5 Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ. (none of us are born with true love)
•1Jn 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is of God; and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God.
•Last 6 = the love of god in us, being directed into our neighbors.
•Many people claim the love god.. How do you love god? By loving your neighbor
•1Jn 4:20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?
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