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Lesson Study #3 - All That My Eyes DESIRED
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01/14/07 01:57 PM
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It's time to get into this week's study, therefore, here is the direct link: http://www.ssnet.org/qrtrly/eng/07a/less03.htmlLet the discussion begin. By the way, it seems to be a continuation from last week's study in the sense that all is vanity.
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Re: Lesson Study #3 - All That My Eyes DESIRED
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I found this interesting sentence in the Sabbath Afternoon section:
Even the study of theology, if not done with a humble and seeking heart, leads nowhere.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this? How can there be a wrong study of theology? Are any of us guilty of that in any of our theological discussions/studies here at MSDAOL?
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Re: Lesson Study #3 - All That My Eyes DESIRED
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It seems like many Christians in the past interpreted Eccl. 2:2 as stating that laughing is a sin. I never saw my father laugh, and hardly even smile. But then my Mother, a real saint, told me the story of the little girl watching a cow by the fence, asking her mother if that cow was a Christian. - Why, asked the mother. - Because it has such a long face! It amazed me reading the story of the famous M. L. Andreasen, which I have referred to elsewhere here on MSDAOL, when he discovered that Ellen White was laughing. Doesn't Scripture elsewhere tell us to be happy? ====== Edited BSDAOL to MSDAOL. - Daryl 
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"Here is a last piece of advice. If you believe in goodness and if you value the approval of God, fix your minds on the things which are holy and right and pure and beautiful and good. Model your conduct on what you have learned from me, on what I have told you and shown you, and you will find the God of peace will be with you."
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Re: Lesson Study #3 - All That My Eyes DESIRED
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01/16/07 01:23 AM
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The whispering and laughing and talking which might be without sin in a common business place should find no sanction in the house where God is worshiped. {5T 492.2}
The flippant words that fall from his lips, the trifling anecdotes, the words spoken to create a laugh, are all condemned by the word of God and are entirely out of place in the sacred desk. {TM 142.2} Context is important.
By God's grace,
Arnold
There is no excuse for any one in taking the position that there is no more truth to be revealed, and that all our expositions of Scripture are without an error. The fact that certain doctrines have been held as truth for many years by our people, is not a proof that our ideas are infallible. Age will not make error into truth, and truth can afford to be fair. No true doctrine will lose anything by close investigation. RH 12/20/1892
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I found this interesting sentence in the Sabbath Afternoon section:
Even the study of theology, if not done with a humble and seeking heart, leads nowhere.
Does anybody have any thoughts on this? How can there be a wrong study of theology? Are any of us guilty of that in any of our theological discussions/studies here at MSDAOL? More than being possible, I think this is common. The "humble and seeking heart" is crucial. I must be humble enough to know that I have error to unlearn, and seek the truth that I must learn. Unless I am ready to be taught what I need, then theology doesn't do me any good. How many of us are guilty of studying the Bible to prove someone else wrong? How about reading a verse and having "So and so needs to read this!" immediately pop into our heads? How about going through devotions where every verse is "perfect" for somebody, but none for us? Lucifer knew all about God, but it didn't do him any good. Knowing about God will do us the same amount of good. What we need is to know God to the point of turning us into new creatures.
By God's grace,
Arnold
There is no excuse for any one in taking the position that there is no more truth to be revealed, and that all our expositions of Scripture are without an error. The fact that certain doctrines have been held as truth for many years by our people, is not a proof that our ideas are infallible. Age will not make error into truth, and truth can afford to be fair. No true doctrine will lose anything by close investigation. RH 12/20/1892
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The flippant words that fall from his lips, the trifling anecdotes, the words spoken to create a laugh, are all condemned by the word of God and are entirely out of place in the sacred desk. {TM 142.2}
Context is important. Once when Ellen White was preaching in the Battle Creek Tabernacle she wondered why so many in the audience were smiling and subduing their amusement. When she turned around she saw the reason behind her. Then she remarked that she had always taken her son Willie along to church in a baby cradle. As soon as the service started he'd fall asleep. - As you see, he still follows that same habit, she remarked. So there is a difference between telling trifling anecdotes to create special effects, and having a sense of humor.
"Here is a last piece of advice. If you believe in goodness and if you value the approval of God, fix your minds on the things which are holy and right and pure and beautiful and good. Model your conduct on what you have learned from me, on what I have told you and shown you, and you will find the God of peace will be with you."
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