Leprosy Ministry

In China

Who will be their helping hands?

WE are called to be!

Christians are to be like Christ

LOVE = Actions + Truth

  “If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person?” 

 

-1John 3:17

The Ultimate Sacrifice…

…for YOU and ME!

What did Jesus do?

 For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

- Mark 10:45

Christians are to be like Christ

“ It is the greatest and most fatal deception to suppose that a man can have faith unto life eternal, without possessing Christ-like love for his brethren…”

Fatal Deception

-(EGWBC, John 13:34 , 5BC 1141)

We have a BIG problem:

We have a BIG problem:

SIN

Sheh-Papa

-78 years old

-Believer

-Obedient to God

“Cry aloud, spare not;

Lift up your voice like a trumpet;

Tell My people their transgression,

And the house of Jacob their sins.”

-Isaiah 58:1

Isaiah 58

Great Danger:

Spiritually Deceived!

“…You say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing; -and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked-’”

-Revelation 3:17(Message to Laodicea)

The Lord Jesus Christ will heal the church of this terrible disease if she will be healed.

“The leprosy of selfishness has taken hold of the church.

Leprosy of Selfishness

The remedy is found in the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiahfifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah..”

- (Counsels on Stewardship pg 85)

“The work of Christ in cleansing the leper from his terrible disease is an illustration of His work in cleansing the soul from sin.”

- (Desire of Ages, pg 266)

“Self-sacrifice is the keynote of Christ's teachings. Often this is enjoined upon believers in language that seems authoritative, because there is no other way to save men than to cut them away from their life of selfishness.”Counsels on Stewardship, 25)

Isaiah 58 6 “Is this not the fast that I have chosen:

To loose the bonds of wickedness,To undo the heavy burdens,To let the oppressed go free,And that you break every yoke?7 Is it not to share your bread with the hungry, And that you bring to your house the poor who are cast out;When you see the naked, that you cover him, And not hide yourself from your own flesh?

8 Then your light shall break forth like the morning,Your healing shall spring forth speedily,And your righteousness shall go before you;The glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.9 Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;You shall cry, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’

Isaiah 58

What is the work of Isaiah 58?

Why Isaiah 58? “Covetousness is one of the

most common and popular sins of the last days, and has a paralyzing influence upon the soul...

Constant, self-denying benevolence is God's remedy for the cankering sins of selfishness and covetousness. ”

(Testimonies to the Church vol. 3, 547-548)

Our God-appointed Work

“I cannot too strongly urge all our church members, all who are true missionaries, all who believe the third angel's message, all who turn away their feet from the Sabbath, to consider the message of the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah. The work of beneficence enjoined in this chapter is the work that God requires His people to do at this time. It is a work of His own appointment.” - (Welfare Ministry, 33)

“ I have no fears of workers who are engaged in the work represented in the fifty-eighth chapter of Isaiah. This chapter is explicit, and is enough to enlighten anyone who wishes to do the will of God. There is plenty of opportunity for everyone to be a blessing to humanity. The third angel's message is not to be given a second place in this work, but is to be one with it…”

-(Welfare Ministry, pg 33)

Shun-Papa

-87 years old

-Kind, cheerful

-Loves college student visitors

Moui-jeh Popo

-92 years old

-Blind leper grandma

-Cannot walk

Jiang-Papa

-Crippled leper

-Loves the Bible & Spirit of Prophecy

-Has great faith!

“Christ is waiting with longing desire for the manifestation of Himself in His church. When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own.”

-(Christ’s Object Lessons, pg 69)

CHRIST’S

“FRUIT”

CHARACTER

How is character developed?

“I saw that it is in the providence of God that widows and orphans, the blind, the deaf, the lame, and persons afflicted in a variety of ways have been placed in close Christian relationship to His church; it is to prove His people and develop their true character.”

(Testimonies to the Church vol. 3, p. 511)

The Last Message of Mercy

“…The last rays of merciful light, the last message of mercy to be given to the world, is a revelation of His character of love. The children of God are to manifest His glory. In their own life and character they are to reveal what the grace of God has done for them. The light of the Sun of Righteousness is to shine forth in good works-- in words of truth and deeds of holiness

-(Christ’s Object Lessons, pg 415-416)

The Three Angels’ Messages

1st Angel: Fear God

2nd Angel: Come out of Babylon

3rd Angel: Sabbath

Theory or Experience?

“..But in order to keep the Sabbath holy, men must themselves be holy. Through faith they must become partakers of the righteousness of Christ”

Keeping the Sabbath Holy

- (Desire of Ages, pg 283 )

“The harvest truly is great…

…but the laborers are

few.- Matthew 10:2

You are the light of the world…Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.

(Matthew 5:14,16 RSV )

What is Light?

Jesus is coming SOON!

Will you answer the call?

Will you give all for Jesus?