Garden Ministry’s purpose is to encourage the workers in the field of the Lord, and to keep them looking up to Jesus.
This is the 20th letter:
Text for the day: 1 Peter 1:12
For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.
Our Theme for the day: Seasonal Food
It is often said that present truths are testing truths. To accept them has required more faith than is possessed by the nominal follower of God. Have you notice lately, that the majority of people who profess religion are willing to accept the truths that require no sacrifice of ease or pleasure? But when a testing truth is presented, a truth that to accept would mean to stand alone, the vast majority refuse to face it and walk away. The Bible speaks of these special messages of truth under the name of “present truth”. Like a parent who gives instructions to a child for today, this is liken to present truth, yesterdays instruction was for yesterday, which is liken to past truth. Although yesterday’s word is good, it is not present truth for the child today. In Genesis Chapter 6 and 7 the Bible speaks of a coming flood, which was a special truth for a special time, this was a present truth.
But in the days of Moses, God’s message to Noah for the people of his day was not a testing or present truth to him. So it was in the days of John the Baptist, he was given a message of present truth for the generation of his day, and not for Moses. His message could not be preached to the generation before, or the generation after him, for it would not have been a testing truth or present truth. The great fundamental truths of the Bible such as the state of the dead, the suffering, and redemption of Christ, may and should be preached at any time. However, present truths cannot always be preached, for they are not always true, and therefore are not always in season. They are seasonal.
No message of present truth has ever been permitted by God before the due date. But has the time arrived for an awakening of meat in due season, known as present truth? I would have to say yes, and this is the reason why. As every message of present truth has always included in it all the truths that had been revealed before it was presented, so it will be with God’s last or present day message, every truth that has been revealed to man will be included. Matthew 24:44-45 say’s, Therefore you also be ready, for the Son of Man is coming at an hour you do not expect. “Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his master made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season?
This food in do season is present truth; it is seasonal food, which includes the message of the soon coming of Jesus, and a preparation to meet Him in peace. This food in do season in our day will entail a call to the judgment, for we are living in the judgment hour. This food in do season, which is present truth, will entail the message of the fall of Babylon as the popular massagers, reject Bible truths and persecute God’s people for shearing it. And finally, this food in due season, which is present truth, will show a contrast with those who keep the commandments of God, and those who will eventually have the mark of the beast. As a servant of God today you must ask your self these questions, am I a commandment keeper, or a commandment breaker? Not that the law of God will save you, it can’t, only Jesus saves. But do I love Jesus with all my heart that what ever he asks of me I will do? As servant of God today, you must continue to point out the right, and speak the truth in love even if you are not popular. You are not called to speak or live a popular message, but an unpopular one, which is present truth. This week-end let us find someway of which we can unite our community’s, and look to be prepared for further service in the Lord. Don’t Give Up. Look Up!
Our Prayer for today:
Please join us as we pray for faithfulness in the servants of God in the speaking of present truth.
Remember, you’re the only Jesus some will ever see.
If you are blessed by these “uplifting gems”, share them.
These letters are written by Elder Kevin Santucci
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