Hello Steemian friends!
Is there any area of your life which do not reflect cleanliness and purity?
Do you sometimes have a hard time keeping your thoughts and actions positive and pure?
Surrender it to God today.
Hope you will be blessed again by reading The Laver.
Day 3- The Laver
"Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water." Heb.10:22
(This photo was taken last November 2017 at Mag-aso Falls)
Between the altar and the door of the tabernacle was the laver, which was also of brass, made the mirrors that had been the freewill offering of the women of Israel. At the laver the priests were to wash their hands and their feet whenever they went into the sacred apartments, or approached the altar to offer a burnt offering unto the Lord. (Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 26)
What impression was this to take upon the people? It was to show them that every particle of dust must be put away before they could go into the presence of God; for he was so high and holy that unless they did comply with these conditions, death would follow. . . . (Gospel Workers, 1892, pp. 162, 163)
(This photo was taken last November 2017 at Mag-aso Falls)
(This photo was taken last November 2017 at Mag-aso Falls)
The Lord requires his ministers to be pure and holy, rightly to represent the principles of truth in their own lives, and by their example to bring others up upon a high level.
(This photo was taken last November 2017 at Bacolod Adventist Church)
God requires all who profess to be his chosen people, though they are not teachers of the truth, to be careful to preserve personal cleanliness and purity, also cleanliness and order in their houses and upon their premises. We are examples to the world, living epistles known and read of all men. God requires all who profess godliness, and especially those who teach the truth to others, to abstain from all appearance of evil. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, PP. 614, 615)
(This photo was taken last November 2017 at Mag-aso Falls)
Truth never places her delicate feet in a path of uncleanness or impurity. . . . He who was so particular that the children of Israel should cherish habits of cleanliness will not sanction any impurity in the homes of His people today. God looks with disfavor on uncleanness of any kind.
Unclean, neglected comers in the house will tend to make impure, neglected corners in the soul. (My Life Today, p. 129)
(This photo was taken last 2017 at BAMC Resort in Don Salvador)
Christians will be judged by the fruit they bear in reformatory work. Every true Christian will show what the truth of the gospel has done for him. He who has been made a son of God must practice habits of neatness and cleanliness. Every action, however small, has an influence. The Lord desires to make every human being an agency through whom Christ can manifest His Holy Spirit. Christians are in no case to be careless or indifferent in regard to their outward appearanace. They are to be neat and trim, though without adornment. They are to be pure inside and out. (Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 92)
All the philosophies of human nature have led to confusion and shame when God has not been recognized as all in all. But the precious faith inspired of God imparts strength and nobility of character. As His goodness, His mercy,and His love dwelt upon, clearer and still clearer will be the perception of truth; higher, holier, the desire for purity of heart and clearness of thought. The soul dwelling in the pure atmosphere of holy thought is transformed by intercourse with God through the study of His Word. Truth is so large, so far-reaching, so deep, so broad, that self is lost sight of. The heart is softened and subdued into humility, kindness, and love. (The Faith I Live By, p. 223)
(This photo was taken last December 2017 during the NMA nightly crusade at BM Church)
God loves purity, cleanliness, order, and holiness. God requires all His people who lack these qualifications to seek them and never rest until they obtain them. They must commence the work of reform and elevate their lives, so that in conversation and deportment their acts, their lives, will be a continual recommendation of their faith and will have such a winning, compelling power upon unbelievers that they will be compelled to acknowledge that they are the children of God.
The truth as it is in Jesus will not degrade but elevate the receiver, purify his life, refine his taste, sanctify his judgment. (Our High Calling, p. 230)
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (Matt.5:48)
(This photo was taken last 2017 during the Vacation Bible School in Old Sagay Housing Project)
As God works upon the heart by His Holy Spirit, man must cooperate with Him. The thoughts must be bound about, restricted, withdrawn from branching out and contemplating things that will only weaken and defile the soul. The thoughts must be pure, the medications of the heart must be clean, if the words of the mouth are to be words acceptable to heaven, and helpful to your associates. (Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 52)
(This photo was taken last 2017 during the NMA Pathfinder Camp in CPAC)
Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things. (Phil.4:8)
Heaven is pure and holy, and those who pass through the gates of the city of God must here be clothed with inward and outward purity. (Heaven,p.97)
Source: www.tendaysofprayer.org
