Our Greatest Need Ron Spear - The Eternal Gospel Church

LESSONS FROM THE PAST 37ones, and show to them their true condition. If they will acceptthe humiliation, and by confession and sincere repentance,turn unto the Lord, perfecting holiness in the fear ofGod, He will renew His love to them. But if they shut theireyes to their own sins, as did the Jews, and choose their ownways, the Lord will give them up to blindness of mind, andhardness of heart, that they cannot discern the things of theSpirit of God. Spirit of Prophecy, vol. 2, 52.Lessons In Lack of FaithMany who, like ancient Israel, profess to keep God’scommandments have hearts of unbelief while outwardly observingthe statutes of God. Although favored with great lightand precious privileges, they will nevertheless lose the heavenlyCanaan, even as the rebellious Israelites failed to enterthe earthly Canaan that God had promised them as the rewardof their obedience.As a people we lack faith. In these days few would followthe directions given through God’s chosen servant asobediently as did the armies of Israel at the taking of Jericho.The Captain of the Lord’s host did not reveal Himself to allthe congregation. He communicated only with Joshua [EllenG. White], who related the story of this interview to the Hebrews.It rested with them to believe or to doubt the wordsof Joshua [Ellen G. White], to follow the commands given byhim [her] in the name of the Captain of the Lord’s host, or torebel against his [her] directions and deny his [her] authority.They could not see the host of angels, marshaled by the Sonof God, who led their van; and they might have reasoned:“What unmeaning movements are these, and how ridiculousthe performance of marching daily around the walls of thecity, blowing trumpets of ram’s horns meanwhile! This canhave no effect upon those strong towering fortifications.”But the very plan of continuing this ceremony through solong a time prior to the final overthrow of the walls affordedopportunity for the increase of faith among the Israelites.