Gods people need to think from Cause to Effect
" There are periods which are turning points in the history of nations and of the church. In the providence of God, when these different crises arrive, the light for that time is given. If it is... received, there is spiritual progress; if it is rejected, spiritual declension and shipwreck follow".
E.G White {{Bible Echo, August 26, 1895 par. 11}
The Last Crisis: "We are living in the time of the end. The fast-fulfilling signs of the times declare that the coming of Christ is near at hand. The days in which we live are solemn and important. The Spirit of God is gradually but surely being withdrawn from the earth. Plagues and judgments are already falling upon the despisers of the grace of God. The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude.
The agencies of evil are combining their forces and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.
The condition of things in the world shows that troublous times are right upon us.
{Testimonies to the church vol 9 page11}
911 September 11th what does it mean.
This is my oath.To bring to the world the reality of our Creator God.His imminent return.And to make known to all the signs leading up to the soon coming judgements that are to fall on this world.My tool the Bible,History and current events. for we have a more sure word of Prophecy.2Peter 1:19
Monday, August 30, 2010
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Uncertainty of today predicted in 1800s.."No one knows " Is the theme of the News Luke21:26.
Bible Says :Luke21:26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Ellen G White says :There are not many, even among educators and statesmen, who comprehend the causes that underlie the present state of society. Those who hold the reins of government are not able to solve the problem of moral corruption, poverty, pauperism, and increasing crime. They are struggling in vain to place business operations on a more secure basis. If men would give more heed to the teaching of God's word, they would find a solution of the problems that perplex them.
Testimonies, vol. 9, p13.3}
Cramer on CNBC says :
- No one knows what their taxes will be next year. And when you don’t know, Cramer said, you sell.
- the banks just don’t know what the new law means to them.
- No one knows what their house is worth. If homeowners can’t put their finger on it, they certainly aren’t about to become stockholders.
Ellen G White says :The calamities by land and sea, the unsettled state of society, the alarms of war, are portentous. They forecast approaching events of the greatest magnitude. The agencies of evil are combining their forces, and consolidating. They are strengthening for the last great crisis. Great changes are soon to take place in our world, and the final movements will be rapid ones.--
Testimonies, vol. 9, p. 11
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Eggs predicted to be a problem since 1939
"But I wish to say that when the time comes that it is no longer safe to use milk, cream, butter, and eggs, God will reveal this. No extremes in health reform are to be advocated. The question of using milk and butter and eggs will work out its own problem. At present we have no burden on this line. Let your moderation be known unto all men".
Ellen G White {Counsels on Diet and Foods page 206.4}1938
"Let the diet reform be progressive. Let the people be taught how to prepare food without the use of milk or butter. Tell them that the time will soon come when there will be no safety in using eggs, milk, cream, or butter, because disease in animals is increasing in proportion to the increase of wickedness among men. The time is near when, because of the iniquity of the fallen race, the whole animal creation will groan under the diseases that curse our earth."
Ellen G White {Counsels on Diet and Foods page 349.1}
Monday, August 23, 2010
Is the US President a Christian ? I didnt know.
Posted August 19th, 2010 02:26 PM ET
From CNN White House Correspondent Dan Lothian
"President Obama is a committed Christian, and his faith is an important part of his daily life," Deputy White House Communications Director Jen Psaki told CNN. "He prays every day, he seeks a small circle of Christian pastors to give him spiritual advice and counseling, he even receives a daily devotional that he uses each morning. The President's Christian faith is a part of who he is, but not a part of what the public or the media is focused on everyday."
Psaki added that "the President's strong Christian faith is what guides him through the challenges – a recovering economy, bringing troops home from Iraq, putting healthcare and financial reform implementation in place - but he doesn't wear it on his sleeve."
Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Romans 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
Royalblood : Real followers of Christ need not wear their Christianity on their sleeves ,Its the whole outfit.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
And He shall be a wild man.Genesis 16:12
By Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN
August 17, 2010 -- Updated 1015 GMT (1815 HKT)
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- At least 48 people were killed and scores were wounded Tuesday morning when a suicide bomber detonated his explosives-laden vest in central Baghdad as men were queuing up outside an Iraqi army recruitment center, the interior ministry said.
The attack took place in the Bab al-Moudham commercial area. It comes amid the country's political crisis and the U.S. troop drawdown ahead of President Barack Obama's August 31 deadline for ending all combat operations.
At least 129 people were wounded in the blast.
The Iraqi government has been pushing to increase security ahead of the drawdown, which would leave a residual U.S. force of 50,000 troops focused on stability operations as well as advising and assisting Iraqi security forces.
Recruitment centers have come under attack in recent months, and many Iraqis have blamed a recent wave of violence on the current political paralysis -- in which quarreling parties have failed to form a government nearly six months after parliamentary elections.
Extremist groups, such as al Qaeda in Iraq, are known to take advantage of political fissures to carry out more attacks to create further turmoil.
The political crisis worsened on Monday when former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi's al-Iraqiya party announced that it was suspending talks with Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition in response to comments he made in a television interview.
Maysoon al-Damalouji, a spokeswoman for al-Iraqiya, told CNN the group decided to suspend negotiations after al-Maliki described Allawi's candidate list as a "Sunni list" in an interview aired Monday by the U.S.-funded network Alhurra.
Al-Damalouji said they were demanding an apology to the supporters of al-Iraqiya. Allawi, a secular Shiite, heads the cross-sectarian al-Iraqiya list, which won the largest number of seats in the March 7 national elections. Al-Iraqiya garnered most of the Sunni Arab vote.
The four top blocs are involved in weeks-long negotiations to try to build a coalition with enough seats to form a government.
A fragile mega-Shiite coalition was formed in May between al-Maliki's State of Law and the Iranian-backed Iranian National Alliance, which includes the followers of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, but the coalition collapsed this month after the INA rejected al-Maliki's nomination for a second term.
Allawi and Maliki both claim the right to lead the next government. The two blocs have been holding talks.
To form a government, a 163-seat majority of 325 seats in parliament is needed. Allawi's bloc had a narrow victory with 91 seats, while al-Maliki won 89.
Western and Iraqi officials, including Allawi, have said Iraq's next government must be inclusive and representative, or violence could result.
Sunnis largely boycotted the 2005 elections, leading to the emergence of a Shiite-led government. The move left the once-ruling minority disaffected and that contributed to the a bloody insurgency and sectarian warfare that gripped Iraq for years.
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Royalblood: The Bible says :in Genese 16:12 it says
12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Wild man translate wild Arabian Donkey..a fearless Arabian Ass or Horse.
Islam is fearless,it is bold ,its hand is against every man and every man's hand is against Islam.
Islam does dwell in the presence of all his brethren .Islam is world wide.
The 1843 and 1844 prophetic chart shows Islam and its action in prophetic history ..click here to prove it..
these angry horse are represented as woes. These 3 woes mention in the Bible are Labelled the 3 great Jihad by Islam Beginning with.
- WOE 1--> The Saracen Armies of Arabia lead by Muhammad then Abu Bekr
- WOE 2--> The splintered tribes of OttmanTurks lead by Othman
- WOE 3--> And finally the Radical Islam by under Alquadia -Bin Laden.
- The woes are only found in Revelation chapter 9 and Revelation chapter 11 now where else.
- The description of Islam is summerise in Revelation chapter 9 verse 11 ie Rev 9:11
The word Abaddon and Apollyon both mean one thing ..DESTRUCTION.
With all the people claiming to be prophets now and in the not too distant past there is one person i believe was a true prophet although she never made those claims. This is what she wrote in the 1800s
" Angels are holding the four winds, which are represented as an angry horse seeking to break loose and rush over the face of the whole earth, bearing destruction and death in its path.
A terrible conflict is before us. We are nearing the battle of the great day of God Almighty. That which has been held in control is to be let loose."
{ My life today page 308}
Was Islam restrained in the first woe Historically and Biblically Revelation9:1 ? Seems so to me it takes a key to let open a door if someone was inside held in check or restrained.
Was Islam Restrained in the second woe Historically and Biblically Revelation9:14? Seems so to me The world of God says Loose the four angels.
Now hardly any details was given of the 3rd woe you can search it high and low you wont find it.
But God has given us the formulae 1+2=3 This BIBLE principle have been proven and tested. click here.
So we now if a restraining was done in the 1st History of the woes and it was done in the 2nd history of the woes then it will be done again after Islam does its Time of Terror.
Was not Islam restrained after 911 when the coalition forces entered Afghanistan,Iraq and Pakistan.
But now the coalition forces are returning Home. The restraint is being let loose again.
Are we closer to the end ..Yes we are. Its time to study Gods word and to allow the perfection of character before the end time.
The end is not near .It is here!
Saturday, August 14, 2010
15 yrs of Historicaly researched & documented evidence that the 7th Day is indeed God's Holy Day not Sunday the 1st.
INTRODUCTION
PART 1
PART2
PART3
PART4
PART 5
PART 1
PART2
PART3
PART4
PART 5
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
We have no time to loose.Get Ready ,Get Ready ,Get Ready!
(Reuters) - The Federal Reserve meets on Tuesday to consider, and perhaps even adopt, additional measures to prop up a softening U.S. economic recovery. Details here.
(Reuters) - The Pentagon, trying to free up cash in the face of a yawning U.S. deficit, unveiled a series of cost-cutting measures on Wednesday that will shed thousands of jobs and shut down an entire military command. Details here
(Reuters) - Gaza militants may be behind rockets that hit Israel and Jordan on Monday, Egypt's official news agency quoted a security source as saying on Wednesday, but Hamas said there was no evidence to support the claim.Details here
(BBC) -Afghan civilian toll rises due to insurgent attacks: UN . Details here
(BBC)- More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China - making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade. see Details here
(BBC)-Russia is still fighting to extinguish nearly 600 wildfires in an emergency that has now claimed 50 lives. Details here
"Four mighty angels are still holding the four winds of the earth. Terrible destruction is forbidden to come in full. The accidents by land and by sea; the loss of life, steadily increasing, by storm, by tempest, by railroad disaster, by conflagration; the terrible floods, the earthquakes, and the winds will be the stirring up of the nations to one deadly combat, while the angels hold the four winds, forbidding the terrible power of Satan to be exercised in its fury until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads. Get ready, get ready, I beseech you, get ready before it shall be forever too late! The ministers of vengeance will pour all the terrible judgments upon a God-forsaken people. The way of obedience is the only path of life. May the Lord help you to see it in time to open your ears, that you may hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
{Review and Herald , June 7, 1887 paragraph. 13}
(Reuters) - The Pentagon, trying to free up cash in the face of a yawning U.S. deficit, unveiled a series of cost-cutting measures on Wednesday that will shed thousands of jobs and shut down an entire military command. Details here
(Reuters) - Gaza militants may be behind rockets that hit Israel and Jordan on Monday, Egypt's official news agency quoted a security source as saying on Wednesday, but Hamas said there was no evidence to support the claim.Details here
(BBC) -Afghan civilian toll rises due to insurgent attacks: UN . Details here
(BBC)- More than 700 people are now known to have died in a massive landslide in north-west China - making it one of the deadliest incidents so far in the country's worst flooding in a decade. see Details here
(BBC)-Russia is still fighting to extinguish nearly 600 wildfires in an emergency that has now claimed 50 lives. Details here
"Four mighty angels are still holding the four winds of the earth. Terrible destruction is forbidden to come in full. The accidents by land and by sea; the loss of life, steadily increasing, by storm, by tempest, by railroad disaster, by conflagration; the terrible floods, the earthquakes, and the winds will be the stirring up of the nations to one deadly combat, while the angels hold the four winds, forbidding the terrible power of Satan to be exercised in its fury until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads. Get ready, get ready, I beseech you, get ready before it shall be forever too late! The ministers of vengeance will pour all the terrible judgments upon a God-forsaken people. The way of obedience is the only path of life. May the Lord help you to see it in time to open your ears, that you may hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
{Review and Herald , June 7, 1887 paragraph. 13}
Friday, August 6, 2010
The prayer of an American worth noting here at the end of the world
Prayer for a California Judge
Filed under Freedom
A prayer for America in weird times when judges try to play God and abuse their power for judicial activism.
Heavenly Father,
we come before you once again in the name of Jesus asking that you would bless judge Vaugn Walker of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals with a proper knowledge of thy will and commands. Lord, we are grieved over the abominable sin his activist ruling is promoting. He ruled that Proposition 8 - which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman in California – is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution.
We want to humbly confess the sin of this nation as it drifts farther from God and its laws and society are become increasingly depraved and die in their sin for a lack of knowledge of God. Lord, we grieve that people are turning away from thee and despise the truth of thy Word while rejoicing in iniquity.
Dear God, would you give us leaders that will have a shepherd’s heart and fear you. Will you give us God-fearing leaders that have experienced a know-so salvation and delight in meditating on the precepts of thy Word? Lord, hear our cry for America and the precious souls. So many are deveived with liberal lies, materialism and wicked appetites promoted through godless media. Lord, would you intervene in California for righteousness sake and help that leaders in all branches of government will do that which is pleasing in Thy sight.
Dear Lord, bring Americans back to the old country church. Lord, I grieve that many of the small rural churches are being closed and church members are dying out. Lord, I grieve at the sight of deteriorating, deserted houses of worship in so many places. Lord, America was strong when people flocked to an old country church and read the Bible on the front porch of their simple homes. Now America is destroying itself with immorality promoted by mega corporations and the total commericalization of every aspect of life. Lord, bring conviction upon us. Lord, trouble the consciences of those who are satisfied with their sin and help them to consider the latter end. Help people in California understand that they should not abuse constitutional liberty as an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another (Gal. 5:13). Let them not misuse their liberty as a cloak of covetousness (1. Pe. 2:16), but let them rather serve God with gladness of heart (Deut. 28:47).
Lord, I pray and desire that judge Vaughn Walker would repent of his sin and come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Lord, I am concerned about the condition of his soul. Lord, would you convict him in his heart and smite his conscience, in order that he might renounce his ruling of 08/05/2010 and reinstate the Proposition 8. Lord, guide his heart to apologize to the people of California since he rendered the will of the people null and void and robbed the voter of his voice. Lord, bless the people with Biblically-dervied wisdom for life and esp. for marriage and family. Lord, help that people come to understand your design of man and your blessed commands for our lives. Bless them with wisdom and understanding about the fact that you created them as male and female and that man and women compliment each other in the covenant of marriage. Let them not depart from the way of truth and not get lured into deviant patterns of life. Lord, help people to remain faithful to the precepts and commands of Thy inspired Word.
We ask it all in Jesus’ name and for Christ’s sake. Amen.
Filed under Freedom
A prayer for America in weird times when judges try to play God and abuse their power for judicial activism.
Heavenly Father,
we come before you once again in the name of Jesus asking that you would bless judge Vaugn Walker of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals with a proper knowledge of thy will and commands. Lord, we are grieved over the abominable sin his activist ruling is promoting. He ruled that Proposition 8 - which defined marriage as the union of one man and one woman in California – is unconstitutional under the U.S. Constitution.
We want to humbly confess the sin of this nation as it drifts farther from God and its laws and society are become increasingly depraved and die in their sin for a lack of knowledge of God. Lord, we grieve that people are turning away from thee and despise the truth of thy Word while rejoicing in iniquity.
Dear God, would you give us leaders that will have a shepherd’s heart and fear you. Will you give us God-fearing leaders that have experienced a know-so salvation and delight in meditating on the precepts of thy Word? Lord, hear our cry for America and the precious souls. So many are deveived with liberal lies, materialism and wicked appetites promoted through godless media. Lord, would you intervene in California for righteousness sake and help that leaders in all branches of government will do that which is pleasing in Thy sight.
Dear Lord, bring Americans back to the old country church. Lord, I grieve that many of the small rural churches are being closed and church members are dying out. Lord, I grieve at the sight of deteriorating, deserted houses of worship in so many places. Lord, America was strong when people flocked to an old country church and read the Bible on the front porch of their simple homes. Now America is destroying itself with immorality promoted by mega corporations and the total commericalization of every aspect of life. Lord, bring conviction upon us. Lord, trouble the consciences of those who are satisfied with their sin and help them to consider the latter end. Help people in California understand that they should not abuse constitutional liberty as an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another (Gal. 5:13). Let them not misuse their liberty as a cloak of covetousness (1. Pe. 2:16), but let them rather serve God with gladness of heart (Deut. 28:47).
Lord, I pray and desire that judge Vaughn Walker would repent of his sin and come to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ. Lord, I am concerned about the condition of his soul. Lord, would you convict him in his heart and smite his conscience, in order that he might renounce his ruling of 08/05/2010 and reinstate the Proposition 8. Lord, guide his heart to apologize to the people of California since he rendered the will of the people null and void and robbed the voter of his voice. Lord, bless the people with Biblically-dervied wisdom for life and esp. for marriage and family. Lord, help that people come to understand your design of man and your blessed commands for our lives. Bless them with wisdom and understanding about the fact that you created them as male and female and that man and women compliment each other in the covenant of marriage. Let them not depart from the way of truth and not get lured into deviant patterns of life. Lord, help people to remain faithful to the precepts and commands of Thy inspired Word.
We ask it all in Jesus’ name and for Christ’s sake. Amen.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Will the Church control the state once again ? a documented Yes is before our eyes
Read between the lines or look at the growth of church and state union predicted in Bible here. A One World Order controlled by the Vatican. See also what Rerum Novarum really is here.
From the source :http://www.usccb.org/jphd/caritasinveritate/caritas_in_veritate-study-guide-1.pdf
Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate was signed and released in June 2009. This encyclical, or teaching document, is the latest in a series of social encyclicals written by our popes over the last 120 years, as the Church sought to apply its moral principles and social teaching to emerging economic and social problems. Jesus Christ is both divine and human. In his person, he embodies what it is to live a fully human life. He is the model of how we are called to live. His teaching has both personal and social implications.
These social encyclicals shine the light of the Gospel of Christ and the Church’s moral teaching on
changing social circumstances, to provide guidance and support to Christians as we seek to live our faith in the world. In this way, the teaching is both very traditional and ever new. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI in Caritas in Veritate:
The Church's social doctrine illuminates with an unchanging light the new problems that
are constantly emerging. This safeguards the permanent and historical character of the
doctrinal “patrimony” which, with its specific characteristics, is part and parcel of the
Church's ever‐living Tradition. Social doctrine is built on the foundation handed on by
the Apostles to the Fathers of the Church, and then received and further explored by
the great Christian doctors. This doctrine points definitively to the New Man, to the “last
Adam [who] became a life‐giving spirit” (1 Cor 15:45), the principle of the charity that
“never ends” (1 Cor 13:8). It is attested by the saints and by those who gave their lives
for Christ our Savior in the field of justice and peace. It is an expression of the prophetic
task of the Supreme Pontiffs to give apostolic guidance to the Church of Christ and to
discern the new demands of evangelization (12).
Here are highlights from some of the encyclicals that are part of the Church’s modern body of social teaching:
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) 1891, Pope Leo XIII – Essentially the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching, truly groundbreaking, and a foundational document for many subsequent encyclicals (see below). This encyclical addresses the plight of workers in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, touching on issues that include socialism, unbridled capitalism, a living wage, workers’rights, support for unions, and a rejection of class struggle. Pope Leo first articulated the principles that underlie the preferential option for the poor.
Quadragesimo Anno (On the Reconstruction of the Social Order) 1931, Pope Pius XI – Commemoratingthe 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical offers an update on the state of labor and industrialization, and strong critiques of communism, unrestrained capitalism, class conflict, and inequalities. Pope Pius denounces the concentration of wealth and economic power, and calls for the reconstruction of the social order based on subsidiarity.
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) 1961, Pope John XXIII – Issued 70 years afterRerum Novarum, this encyclical looks to the Church as the “Mother and Teacher,” calling the world to salvation and better social relationships. It looks at science and technology, noting their power to improve the human condition, but also to limit human freedoms, and calling on governments to safeguard human rights. Pope John expressed concerns for the growing gap between rich and poor nations, for the plight of farmers and rural areas, and for the arms race. The encyclical calls on wealthier nations to help poorer ones.
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) 1963, Pope John XXIII – Issued only two months before the pope's death, this encyclical is the first to be directed to "all men of good will," instead of just to Catholics. In a response to the Cold War, the encyclical outlines necessary conditions for lasting world peace, looking at respect for human rights and disarmament. Pope John calls for the development of a world authority to protect the universal common good, condemns the arms race, and supports efforts to build peace.
Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) 1967, Pope Paul VI – This encyclical, which Pope Benedict's new encyclical commemorates, examines the economy on a global level, and addresses the rights of workers to decent work, just wages, decent working conditions, and to form and join unions. Pope Paul VI calls development the new name for peace, criticizes unjust economic structures that lead to inequality, and supports new international and social relationships.
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) 1981, Pope John Paul II – Issued to mark the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical once again emphasizes the dignity of work and the rights of workers, and the priority of labor over capital. Pope John Paul also addresses disabled workers, emigration, materialism, and the spirituality of work.
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) 1987, Pope John Paul II – This encyclical honored PopulorumProgressio on its 20th anniversary, offering solidarity as a central requirement of our faith and times.
Pope John Paul critiques East‐West blocs and other “structures of sin” that compromise the progress of poor nations, and calls for solidarity between rich and poor nations.
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year) 1991, Pope John Paul II – On the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, John Paul II reflected on the current state of issues that Leo XIII had addressed in his day. It focuses on the moral dimensions of economic life, the advantages and limitations of the market, the role of business, and the responsibilities and limitations of government.
Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) 1995, Pope John Paul II – An affirmation of the gift of human life and the need to protect it, this encyclical explored many threats to human life, including the evils of abortion, euthanasia, and the use of the death penalty. It called the Church to be “a people of life and for life.”
Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) 2005, Pope Benedict XVI – Benedict's first encyclical emphasized the connections between love of God and love of neighbor. Pope Benedict said the Church could no more neglect charity than it could Scripture or the sacraments. He located love of the poor at the center of Catholic life.
Caritas In Veritate (Charity in Truth) 2009, Pope Benedict XVI – Anticipated since 2007, this encyclical follows up on the themes of Pope Paul VI’s Populorum Progressio, calling it the Rerum Novarum of the present age. It deals with the ethics of contemporary economics; poverty and development; global solidarity; charity, justice and the common good; rights and duties; and care for creation, among other topics.
“Charity is at the heart of the Church's social doctrine. Every responsibility and every
commitment spelt out by that doctrine is derived from charity which, according to the teaching
of Jesus, is the synthesis of the entire Law (cf. Mt 22:36‐ 40). It gives real substance to the
personal relationship with God and with neighbour; it is the principle not only of microrelationships
(with friends, with family members or within small groups) but also of macrorelationships
(social, economic and political ones). For the Church, instructed by the Gospel,
charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first
Encyclical Letter, “God is love” (Deus Caritas Est): everything has its origin in God's love,
everything is shaped by it, everything is directed towards it. Love is God's greatest gift to
humanity, it is his promise and our hope” (2).
“To love someone is to desire that person’s good and to take effective steps to secure it. Besides
the good of the individual, there is the good that is linked to living in society: the common good.
It is the good of “all of us”, made up of individuals, families and intermediate groups who
together constitute society. It is the good that is sought not for its own sake, but for the people
who belong to the social community and who can only really and effectively pursue their good
within it. To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and
charity” (7).
“If we love others with charity, then first of all we are just towards them. Not only is justice not
extraneous to charity, not only is it not an alternative or parallel path to charity: justice is
inseparable from charity1, and intrinsic to it. Justice is the primary way of charity or, in Paul VI's
words, “the minimum measure” of it 2, an integral part of the love “in deed and in truth” (1 Jn
3:18), to which Saint John exhorts us. On the one hand, charity demands justice: recognition
and respect for the legitimate rights of individuals and peoples. It strives to build the earthly
city according to law and justice. On the other hand, charity transcends justice and completes it
in the logic of giving and forgiving3” (6).
“The [Second Vatican] Council probed more deeply what had always belonged to the truth of
the faith, namely that the Church, being at God's service, is at the service of the world in terms
of love and truth. Paul VI set out from this vision in order to convey two important truths. …
[T]he whole Church, in all her being and acting — when she proclaims, when she celebrates,
when she performs works of charity — is engaged in promoting integral human development.
She has a public role over and above her charitable and educational activities: all the energy she
brings to the advancement of humanity and of universal fraternity is manifested when she is
able to operate in a climate of freedom” (11).
From the source :http://www.usccb.org/jphd/caritasinveritate/caritas_in_veritate-study-guide-1.pdf
Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Caritas in Veritate was signed and released in June 2009. This encyclical, or teaching document, is the latest in a series of social encyclicals written by our popes over the last 120 years, as the Church sought to apply its moral principles and social teaching to emerging economic and social problems. Jesus Christ is both divine and human. In his person, he embodies what it is to live a fully human life. He is the model of how we are called to live. His teaching has both personal and social implications.
These social encyclicals shine the light of the Gospel of Christ and the Church’s moral teaching on
changing social circumstances, to provide guidance and support to Christians as we seek to live our faith in the world. In this way, the teaching is both very traditional and ever new. In the words of Pope Benedict XVI in Caritas in Veritate:
The Church's social doctrine illuminates with an unchanging light the new problems that
are constantly emerging. This safeguards the permanent and historical character of the
doctrinal “patrimony” which, with its specific characteristics, is part and parcel of the
Church's ever‐living Tradition. Social doctrine is built on the foundation handed on by
the Apostles to the Fathers of the Church, and then received and further explored by
the great Christian doctors. This doctrine points definitively to the New Man, to the “last
Adam [who] became a life‐giving spirit” (1 Cor 15:45), the principle of the charity that
“never ends” (1 Cor 13:8). It is attested by the saints and by those who gave their lives
for Christ our Savior in the field of justice and peace. It is an expression of the prophetic
task of the Supreme Pontiffs to give apostolic guidance to the Church of Christ and to
discern the new demands of evangelization (12).
Here are highlights from some of the encyclicals that are part of the Church’s modern body of social teaching:
Rerum Novarum (On the Condition of Labor) 1891, Pope Leo XIII – Essentially the beginning of modern Catholic social teaching, truly groundbreaking, and a foundational document for many subsequent encyclicals (see below). This encyclical addresses the plight of workers in the wake of the Industrial Revolution, touching on issues that include socialism, unbridled capitalism, a living wage, workers’rights, support for unions, and a rejection of class struggle. Pope Leo first articulated the principles that underlie the preferential option for the poor.
Quadragesimo Anno (On the Reconstruction of the Social Order) 1931, Pope Pius XI – Commemoratingthe 40th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical offers an update on the state of labor and industrialization, and strong critiques of communism, unrestrained capitalism, class conflict, and inequalities. Pope Pius denounces the concentration of wealth and economic power, and calls for the reconstruction of the social order based on subsidiarity.
Mater et Magistra (Christianity and Social Progress) 1961, Pope John XXIII – Issued 70 years afterRerum Novarum, this encyclical looks to the Church as the “Mother and Teacher,” calling the world to salvation and better social relationships. It looks at science and technology, noting their power to improve the human condition, but also to limit human freedoms, and calling on governments to safeguard human rights. Pope John expressed concerns for the growing gap between rich and poor nations, for the plight of farmers and rural areas, and for the arms race. The encyclical calls on wealthier nations to help poorer ones.
Pacem in Terris (Peace on Earth) 1963, Pope John XXIII – Issued only two months before the pope's death, this encyclical is the first to be directed to "all men of good will," instead of just to Catholics. In a response to the Cold War, the encyclical outlines necessary conditions for lasting world peace, looking at respect for human rights and disarmament. Pope John calls for the development of a world authority to protect the universal common good, condemns the arms race, and supports efforts to build peace.
Populorum Progressio (On the Development of Peoples) 1967, Pope Paul VI – This encyclical, which Pope Benedict's new encyclical commemorates, examines the economy on a global level, and addresses the rights of workers to decent work, just wages, decent working conditions, and to form and join unions. Pope Paul VI calls development the new name for peace, criticizes unjust economic structures that lead to inequality, and supports new international and social relationships.
Laborem Exercens (On Human Work) 1981, Pope John Paul II – Issued to mark the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, this encyclical once again emphasizes the dignity of work and the rights of workers, and the priority of labor over capital. Pope John Paul also addresses disabled workers, emigration, materialism, and the spirituality of work.
Sollicitudo Rei Socialis (On Social Concern) 1987, Pope John Paul II – This encyclical honored PopulorumProgressio on its 20th anniversary, offering solidarity as a central requirement of our faith and times.
Pope John Paul critiques East‐West blocs and other “structures of sin” that compromise the progress of poor nations, and calls for solidarity between rich and poor nations.
Centesimus Annus (The Hundredth Year) 1991, Pope John Paul II – On the 100th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, John Paul II reflected on the current state of issues that Leo XIII had addressed in his day. It focuses on the moral dimensions of economic life, the advantages and limitations of the market, the role of business, and the responsibilities and limitations of government.
Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life) 1995, Pope John Paul II – An affirmation of the gift of human life and the need to protect it, this encyclical explored many threats to human life, including the evils of abortion, euthanasia, and the use of the death penalty. It called the Church to be “a people of life and for life.”
Deus Caritas Est (God is Love) 2005, Pope Benedict XVI – Benedict's first encyclical emphasized the connections between love of God and love of neighbor. Pope Benedict said the Church could no more neglect charity than it could Scripture or the sacraments. He located love of the poor at the center of Catholic life.
Caritas In Veritate (Charity in Truth) 2009, Pope Benedict XVI – Anticipated since 2007, this encyclical follows up on the themes of Pope Paul VI’s Populorum Progressio, calling it the Rerum Novarum of the present age. It deals with the ethics of contemporary economics; poverty and development; global solidarity; charity, justice and the common good; rights and duties; and care for creation, among other topics.
“Charity is at the heart of the Church's social doctrine. Every responsibility and every
commitment spelt out by that doctrine is derived from charity which, according to the teaching
of Jesus, is the synthesis of the entire Law (cf. Mt 22:36‐ 40). It gives real substance to the
personal relationship with God and with neighbour; it is the principle not only of microrelationships
(with friends, with family members or within small groups) but also of macrorelationships
(social, economic and political ones). For the Church, instructed by the Gospel,
charity is everything because, as Saint John teaches (cf. 1 Jn 4:8, 16) and as I recalled in my first
Encyclical Letter, “God is love” (Deus Caritas Est): everything has its origin in God's love,
everything is shaped by it, everything is directed towards it. Love is God's greatest gift to
humanity, it is his promise and our hope” (2).
“To love someone is to desire that person’s good and to take effective steps to secure it. Besides
the good of the individual, there is the good that is linked to living in society: the common good.
It is the good of “all of us”, made up of individuals, families and intermediate groups who
together constitute society. It is the good that is sought not for its own sake, but for the people
who belong to the social community and who can only really and effectively pursue their good
within it. To desire the common good and strive towards it is a requirement of justice and
charity” (7).
“If we love others with charity, then first of all we are just towards them. Not only is justice not
extraneous to charity, not only is it not an alternative or parallel path to charity: justice is
inseparable from charity1, and intrinsic to it. Justice is the primary way of charity or, in Paul VI's
words, “the minimum measure” of it 2, an integral part of the love “in deed and in truth” (1 Jn
3:18), to which Saint John exhorts us. On the one hand, charity demands justice: recognition
and respect for the legitimate rights of individuals and peoples. It strives to build the earthly
city according to law and justice. On the other hand, charity transcends justice and completes it
in the logic of giving and forgiving3” (6).
“The [Second Vatican] Council probed more deeply what had always belonged to the truth of
the faith, namely that the Church, being at God's service, is at the service of the world in terms
of love and truth. Paul VI set out from this vision in order to convey two important truths. …
[T]he whole Church, in all her being and acting — when she proclaims, when she celebrates,
when she performs works of charity — is engaged in promoting integral human development.
She has a public role over and above her charitable and educational activities: all the energy she
brings to the advancement of humanity and of universal fraternity is manifested when she is
able to operate in a climate of freedom” (11).
The World's Wisdom is still lacking.
Proverbs 3:19 The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens.
20 By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew.
21 My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
22 So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
The Meaning of Enduring Wisdom.
--True wisdom is a treasure as lasting as eternity. Many of the world's so-called wise men are wise only in their own estimation. Content with the acquisition of worldly wisdom, they never enter the garden of God, to become acquainted with the treasures of knowledge contained in His holy Word. Supposing themselves to be wise, they are ignorant concerning the wisdom which all must have who gain eternal life. They cherish a contempt for the Book of God, which, if studied and obeyed, would make them truly wise. The Bible is to them an impenetrable mystery. The grand, deep truths of the Old and New Testaments are obscure to them, because spiritual things are not spiritually discerned. They need to learn that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, and that without this wisdom, their learning is of little worth. {3BC 1156.2}
Those who are striving for an education in the sciences, but who have not learned the lesson that the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, are working helplessly and hopelessly, questioning the reality of everything. They may acquire an education in the sciences, but unless they gain a knowledge of the Bible and a knowledge of God, they are without true wisdom. The unlearned man, if he knows God and Jesus Christ, has a more enduring wisdom than has the most learned man who despises the instruction of God
source :Ellen White (MS 33, 1911). {3BC 1156.3}
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