LIVING CHANNELS OF LIGHT

Living Channels of Light

The Master has a people for whom he prays that they may be one with him as he is one with the Father. If we are, as followers of Yahushua, doers of the word, we shall practice in our lives that for which Yahushua prayed; for by his Holy Spirit Yahushua can bind heart to heart. We are living amid the perils of the last days; evil times are upon us; gross darkness has covered the land. Satan seeks to intercept his hellish shadow between us and Yahuwah, so as to obscure the light of Heaven by every device at his command; but all who claim to be followers of Yahushua, if they are Yahushua-like, will follow closely in the footsteps of Yahushua. They will have the mind which was in Yahushua Yahushua.

We are standing in the presence of the Master Elohim of Israel, and no one can stand before Yahuwah in his own strength. Those only who stand in Yahushua's righteousness have a sure foundation. Those who attempt to stand before him in their own righteousness, he will humble in the dust. Those who walk in humility will feel their own utter unworthiness. To such the Master says, "Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid." (John 14:27). Noah preached the righteousness of Yahuwah; Jonah called the city of Nineveh to repentance, and there is a similar work to be done today. There are now more than one Noah to do the work, and more than one Jonah to proclaim the word of the Master. While discord and strife, crime and blood-shed are in the land, let Yahuwah's people love one another. Plagues and pestilence, fire and flood, disaster by land and by sea, horrible murders, and every conceivable crime exist in the world, and does it not now become us who claim to have large light to be true to Yahuwah, to love him supremely and our neighbor as ourselves?

Shall not every soul who has light and truth now come before Yahuwah in humility and with earnest prayer, that Yahuwah may kindle a purer flame in our souls, and give us a higher, better love, a love pure and undefiled, a love for the truth as it is in Yahushua, a respect and jealousy for the honor of Yahuwah, and an intense desire for the salvation of our fellow-men? We have no time for the indulgence of pride. We must keep the way of the Master, and speak and act as standing in his sight, living by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of Yahuwah, that no strange fire shall mingle with that which is holy. Light and darkness cannot be mingled and harmonize. Many act partly as children of time, and partly as children of eternity, and this course Yahuwah abhors. "If the Master be Yahuwah, follow him; but if Baal, then follow him." (1 King 18:21). If you believe the word of Yahuwah, submit your ways to its guidance in all things, even though your own inclinations are crossed. Believe the truth heartily. Do not stand as many of you have done, apparently wavering between dependence upon the righteousness of Yahushua, and dependence upon your own righteousness. Deception has come upon some minds until they have thought that their own merits were of considerable value. Their minds are confused and perplexed where all is clear and plain. The end is near! We have no time to halt between two opinions.

What has not the Master Yahuwah of Israel done for his people? He has given them his word; he has followed them with his testimonies, which have warned, reproved, rebuked, encouraged; he has given signs; he has given precious promises; and how few give him praise of glory! Many think if they tolerate the movings and workings of Yahuwah in their behalf they ought to be commended. Oh, how few really know Yahuwah and Yahushua whom he has sent! He has spoken by prophets and apostles of what will be in the future. He has given living testimonies of himself in these last days when he spake unto us by his Son, and yet it is a truth that pains my soul, that the Master is grieved with hard hearts and unteachable minds. How few believe and repent! to how few is the arm of the Master revealed! "And go, get thee . . . unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Master Yahuwah; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear." (Ezekiel 3:11). And will come to a decision to declare wholly for Yahuwah or for Baal. Yahuwah has sent to his people testimonies of truth and righteousness, and they are called to lift up Yahushua, and to exalt his righteousness.

Those whom Yahuwah has sent with a message are only men, but what is the character of the message which they bear? Will you dare to turn from, or make light of, the warnings, because Yahuwah did not consult you as to what would be preferred? Yahuwah calls men who will speak, who will cry aloud and spare not. Yahuwah has raised up his messengers to do his work for this time. Some have turned from the message of the righteousness of Yahushua to criticize the men and their imperfections, because they do not speak the message of truth with all the grace and polish desirable. They have too much zeal, are too much in earnest, speak with too much positiveness, and the message that would bring healing and life and comfort to many weary and oppressed souls, is, in a measure, excluded; for just in proportion as men of influence close their own hearts and set up their own wills in opposition to what Yahuwah has said, will they seek to take away the ray of light from those who have been longing and praying for light and for vivifying power. Yahushua has registered all the hard, proud, sneering speeches spoken against his servants as against himself.

The third angel's message will not be comprehended, the light which will lighten the earth with its glory will be called a false light, by those who refuse to walk in its advancing glory. The work that might have been done, will be left undone by the rejecters of truth, because of their unbelief. We entreat of you who oppose the light of truth, to stand out of the way of Yahuwah's people. Let Heaven-sent light shine forth upon them in clear and steady rays. Yahuwah holds you to whom this light has come, responsible for the use you make of it. Those who will not hear will be held responsible; for the truth has been brought within their reach, but they despised their opportunities and privileges. Messages bearing the divine credentials have been sent to Yahuwah's people; the glory, the majesty, the righteousness of Yahushua, full of goodness and truth, have been presented; the fullness of the Father in Yahushua has been set forth among us with beauty and loveliness, to charm all whose hearts were not closed with prejudice. We know that Yahuwah has wrought among us. We have seen souls turn from sin to righteousness. We have seen faith revived in the hearts of the contrite ones. Shall we be like the lepers that were cleansed who went on their way, and only one returned to give glory to Yahuwah? Let us rather tell of his goodness, and praise Yahuwah with heart, with pen, and with voice.

The work of every ambassador of Yahushua is to bear witness to the light. He is not to take Yahushua's place, but to reveal Yahushua to the world, to show forth the praises of Him who hath called us out of darkness into his marvelous light. Yahuwah has sent his ministers out as his standard-bearers. They are to point to Yahushua who taketh away the sin of the world. They are not to awaken the sympathy of the people for themselves, but to carry their sympathies above themselves to the precious object of their praise and reverence, that they may lead the people to love Yahushua and him crucified. If, through the grace of Yahushua, you have caught some beams of the light of truth as it is in Yahushua, do not place yourself upon the pinnacle; do not think that you have caught all the rays of light, and that there is no increased illumination to come to our world.

We are to be constantly receiving and giving. We are to be living channels of light. The transforming grace of Yahushua must come to every minister that he may sanctify himself, that others also may be sanctified. There should be earnest effort put forth to wake up an ease-loving, sleepy Church that has great light and knowledge, but not corresponding faith and works. There must be a living testimony borne, pointing out the necessity of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit of Yahuwah upon every church-member, that light may shine forth to others that are in darkness. There is altogether too little done in ministerial labors. There is plenty of surface plowing, and the result is manifest--there is scarcity of fruit-bearing followers of Yahushua.

There should be deep searching of the Scriptures that the ministers of Yahuwah may declare the whole counsel of Yahuwah. The relation of Yahushua to the law is but faintly comprehended. Some preach the law, and feel that their brethren are not doing their whole duty if they do not present the subject in the very same way in which they do. These brethren shrink from the presentation of justification by faith, but just as soon as Yahushua is discovered in his true position in relation to the law, the misconception that has existed on this important matter will be removed. The law and the gospel are so blended that the truth cannot be presented as it is in Yahushua, without blending these subjects in perfect agreement. The law is the gospel of Yahushua veiled; the gospel of Yahushua is nothing more or less than the law defined, showing its far-reaching principles. "Search the Scriptures," (John 5:39) is the injunction of our Master. Search to find out what is truth. Yahuwah has given us a test whereby to prove doctrine: "To the law and to the testimony; if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them." (Isaiah 8:20). Search the Scriptures diligently, earnestly, unweariedly, to find out what Yahuwah has revealed concerning yourself, your duties, your work, your responsibilities, your future, that you may make no mistake in seeking for eternal life. You may, in searching the Scriptures, know the mind and the will of Yahuwah; and although the truth does not coincide with your ideas, you may have grace to lay down every prejudice in favor of your own customs and practices, and see what is truth, pure and unadulterated. Here is the word of the Master. Obey it from the heart. Yahushua is full of pitying tenderness to all who repent. He will pardon the transgressor.

By: Ellen White
Review and Herald
May 27, 1890