DI PIHAK MANAKAH KITA?
“Maka marahlah naga itu kepada perempuan itu, lalu pergi memerangi keturunannya yang lain, yang menuruti hukum-hukum Allah dan memiliki kesaksian Yesus.” Wahyu 12:17.
Hanya ada dua pihak di bumi ini—mereka yang berdiri di bawah panji Yesus Kristus yang berlumuran darah dan mereka yang berdiri di bawah panji hitam pemberontakan. 15LtMs, Lt 28, 1900, par. 13.
Umat yang menaati perintah Allah berdiri di bawah perisai agung Kemahakuasaan; namun para pelanggar perintah, di bawah panji manusia berdosa, berpikir hendak mengubah waktu dan hukum. Namun ia tidak dapat melakukan ini; ia hanya mengaku melakukannya, membuka mulutnya “dalam penghujatan terhadap Allah, menghujat nama-Nya, dan kemah-Nya, dan mereka yang diam di surga.”
Di pihak manakah kita memihak? Di pihak naga, yang murka terhadap perempuan itu, dan yang pergi untuk memerangi keturunannya yang sisa, yang menaati perintah-perintah Allah dan memiliki kesaksian Yesus Kristus?
Di pihak manakah engkau berdiri? Di pihak orang-orang yang menyembah binatang dan patungnya?…. Kristus telah mati untuk memungkinkanmu untuk dapat hidup bersekutu dengan para malaikat, sebagai ahli waris Allah dan ahli waris bersama Kristus. Jika engkau taat kepada semua perintah-Nya, maka engkau akan memerintah sebagai raja dan imam bagi Allah… PH086 10.3-11.2.
ON WHICH SIDE ARE WE?
And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.” Revelation 12:17.
There are only two parties upon the earth—those who stand under the bloodstained banner of Jesus Christ and those who stand under the black banner of rebellion. 15LtMs, Lt 28, 1900, par. 13
God’s commandment-keeping people stand under the broad shield of Omnipotence; the commandment-breakers, under the ensign of the man of sin, who thought to change times and laws. But he could not do this; he only claimed to do it, opening his mouth “in blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.”
On which side are we ranging ourselves? On the side of the dragon, who was wroth with the woman, and who went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ? “I saw three unclean spirits like frogs,” John writes, “come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.”
On which side are you standing? On the side of those that worship the beast and his image? … Christ died to make it possible for you to be allied with angels, heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ. If you are obedient to all his commandments, you will reign as kings and priests unto God… PH086 10 3-11.2.
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