Medical ministry 1

The Entering

Wedge for The Final

Generation

The Entering

Wedge for The Final

Generation

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“I can see in the Lord’s providence that the medical missionary work is to be a great entering wedge, whereby the diseased soul may be reached.”

Counsels on Diet and Foods, 76.

“When properly conducted, the health work is an entering wedge, making a way for other truths to reach the heart.

“When properly conducted, the health work is an entering wedge, making a way for other truths to reach the heart.

The Right Arm of the Gospel



When the third angel’s message is received in its fullness, health reform will be given its place in the councils of the conference, in the work of the church, in the home, at the table, and in all the household arrangements.

When the third angel’s message is received in its fullness, health reform will be given its place in the councils of the conference, in the work of the church, in the home, at the table, and in all the household arrangements.




Then the right arm will serve and protect the body.

Then the right arm will serve and protect the body.




Questions we must as ourselves, when the

National Sunday Law is passed ! , do you think you will be able to go to any medical facilities or any medical doctor to

ask them for help ?

Questions we must as ourselves, when the

National Sunday Law is passed ! , do you think you will be able to go to any medical facilities or any medical doctor to

ask them for help ?

?

Hoarded wealth will soon be worthless. When the decree shall go forth that none shall buy or sell except they have the mark of the beast, very much means will be of no avail. God calls for us now to do all in our power to send forth the warning to the world.

The Review and Herald, March 21, 1878. LDE 148.2

Hoarded wealth will soon be worthless. When the decree shall go forth that none shall buy or sell except they have the mark of the beast, very much means will be of no avail. God calls for us now to do all in our power to send forth the warning to the world.

The Review and Herald, March 21, 1878. LDE 148.2

Money will be WorthlessMoney will be Worthless

The time is coming when we cannot sell at any price. The decree will soon go forth prohibiting men to buy or sell of any man save him that hath the mark of the beast. ...

Testimonies for the Church 5:152 (1882). LDE 148.3

The time is coming when we cannot sell at any price. The decree will soon go forth prohibiting men to buy or sell of any man save him that hath the mark of the beast. ...



As yet they are held by the four angels. We are not just ready. There is a work yet to be done, and then the angels will be bidden to let go, that the four winds may blow upon the earth.


As yet they are held by the four angels. We are not just ready. There is a work yet to be done, and then the angels will be bidden to let go, that the four winds may blow upon the earth.



In the last great conflict in the controversy with Satan THOSE WHO ARE LOYAL TO GOD WILL SEE EVERY EARTHLY SUPPORT CUT OFF.

The Desire of Ages, 121, 122 (1898). LDE 148.4

In the last great conflict in the controversy with Satan THOSE WHO ARE LOYAL TO GOD WILL SEE EVERY EARTHLY SUPPORT CUT OFF.


Earthly Support Cut OffEarthly Support Cut Off

Because they refuse to break His law in obedience to earthly powers they will be forbidden to buy or sell.


Because they refuse to break His law in obedience to earthly powers they will be forbidden to buy or sell.


Earthly Support Cut OffEarthly Support Cut Off

As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions.

Counsels on Health, 506.

As religious aggression subverts the liberties of our nation, those who would stand for freedom of conscience will be placed in unfavorable positions.


Standing For Freedom of Conscience

Standing For Freedom of Conscience

For their own sake they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention, and cure.Counsels on Health, 506.

For their own sake they should, while they have opportunity, become intelligent in regard to disease, its causes, prevention, and cure.Counsels on Health, 506.

Know Disease, It’s Cause, Prevention and It’s Cure


And those who do this will find a field of labor anywhere. There will be suffering ones, plenty of them, who will need help, not only among those of our own faith, but largely among those who know not the truth.


And those who do this will find a field of labor anywhere. There will be suffering ones, plenty of them, who will need help, not only among those of our own faith, but largely among those who know not the truth.




The shortness of time demands an energy that has not been aroused among those who claim to believe the present truth.


The shortness of time demands an energy that has not been aroused among those who claim to believe the present truth.




“The truth for this time, the third angel’s message, is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, as we approach the great final test.

“The truth for this time, the third angel’s message, is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, as we approach the great final test.

The Last Great TestThe Last Great Test

Manuscript dated 1900; Loma Linda Messages, 62.


This test must come to the churches in connection with true medical missionary work, a work that has the Great Physician to dictate and preside in all that it comprehends.”

This test must come to the churches in connection with true medical missionary work, a work that has the Great Physician to dictate and preside in all that it comprehends.”

The Last Great TestThe Last Great Test



Why is it that the Final Test (National Sunday Law) comes

in connection with the True Medical

Missionary Work?

Why is it that the Final Test (National Sunday Law) comes

in connection with the True Medical

Missionary Work?

?

Great Controversy Chapter 36

Pages 589-590Study This Chapter

CarefullyLikewise Isa. 58 from the

KJV1611

Great Controversy Chapter 36

Pages 589-590Study This Chapter

CarefullyLikewise Isa. 58 from the

KJV1611

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“Through spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of the race, healing the diseases of the people, and professing to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith…”


Satan-The Benefactor Satan-The

Benefactor

Great Controversy pg. 589Great Controversy pg. 589

“Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows.”

“Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows.”

Satan-StudiesSatan-Studies


“When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment.”

“When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children, were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment.”

Satan-AfflictsSatan-Afflicts


It is God that shields His creatures and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for the law of Jehovah;

It is God that shields His creatures and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for the law of Jehovah;

Satan-The DestroyerSatan-The Destroyer


and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would He will withdraw His blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law and teaching and forcing others to do the same.

and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would He will withdraw His blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law and teaching and forcing others to do the same.

Satan-The DestroyerSatan-The Destroyer


Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.”

Satan has control of all whom God does not especially guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them.”

Satan-ProspersSatan-Prospers


“While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work.

“While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. Even now he is at work.

Satan-A Great Physician

Satan-A Great Physician


In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves,

In accidents and calamities by sea and by land, in great conflagrations, in fierce tornadoes and terrific hailstorms, in tempests, floods, cyclones, tidal waves,

Satan-At WorkSatan-At Work


and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power.

and earthquakes, in every place and in a thousand forms, Satan is exercising his power.



HAARPHAARP


He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous.

He sweeps away the ripening harvest, and famine and distress follow. He imparts to the air a deadly taint, and thousands perish by the pestilence. These visitations are to become more and more frequent and disastrous.

Satan-More FrequentSatan-More Frequent


Destruction will be upon both man and beast. Destruction will be upon both man and beast.

Satan-More FrequentSatan-More Frequent


Isaiah 24:4, 5.Isaiah 24:4, 5.

"The earth mourneth and fadeth away," "the haughty people . . . do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.“

"The earth mourneth and fadeth away," "the haughty people . . . do languish. The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.“


And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon those

And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. The class that have provoked the displeasure of Heaven will charge all their troubles upon those

Satan-Scapegoat True SDA



whose obedience to God's commandments is a perpetual reproof to transgressors. It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath;

whose obedience to God's commandments is a perpetual reproof to transgressors. It will be declared that men are offending God by the violation of the Sunday sabbath;




that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced;

that this sin has brought calamities which will not cease until Sunday observance shall be strictly enforced;




and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people,

and that those who present the claims of the fourth commandment, thus destroying reverence for Sunday, are troublers of the people,




preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. Destruction will be upon both man and beast.

preventing their restoration to divine favor and temporal prosperity. Destruction will be upon both man and beast.




Thus the accusation urged of old against the servant of God will be repeated and upon grounds equally well established:

Thus the accusation urged of old against the servant of God will be repeated and upon grounds equally well established:




"And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house,

"And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel? And he answered, I have not troubled Israel; but thou, and thy father's house,




in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim." 1 Kings 18:17, 18.

in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the Lord, and thou hast followed Baalim." 1 Kings 18:17, 18.




As the wrath of the people shall be excited by false charges, they will pursue a course toward God's ambassadors very similar to that which apostate Israel pursued toward Elijah.

As the wrath of the people shall be excited by false charges, they will pursue a course toward God's ambassadors very similar to that which apostate Israel pursued toward Elijah.




Satan will excite indignation against the humble minority who conscientiously refuse to accept popular customs and traditions. Men of position and reputation will join with the lawless and the vile to

Satan will excite indignation against the humble minority who conscientiously refuse to accept popular customs and traditions. Men of position and reputation will join with the lawless and the vile to

5Testimony to the Church 450-4515Testimony to the Church 450-451

Satan-Conspire with evil Men


take counsel against the people of God. Wealth, genius, education, will combine to cover them with contempt. Persecuting rulers, ministers, and church members will conspire against them.

take counsel against the people of God. Wealth, genius, education, will combine to cover them with contempt. Persecuting rulers, ministers, and church members will conspire against them.




With voice and pen, by boasts, threats, and ridicule, they will seek to overthrow their faith. By false representations and angry appeals, they will stir up the passions of the people.

With voice and pen, by boasts, threats, and ridicule, they will seek to overthrow their faith. By false representations and angry appeals, they will stir up the passions of the people.




Not having a "Thus saith the Scriptures" to bring against the advocates of the Bible Sabbath, they will resort to oppressive enactments to supply the lack.

Not having a "Thus saith the Scriptures" to bring against the advocates of the Bible Sabbath, they will resort to oppressive enactments to supply the lack.




To secure popularity and patronage, legislators will yield to the demand for a Sunday law. . . . On this battlefield comes the last great conflict of the controversy between truth and error.

To secure popularity and patronage, legislators will yield to the demand for a Sunday law. . . . On this battlefield comes the last great conflict of the controversy between truth and error.




There are many who will tell you that if you keep the law of God you have fallen from grace. They make strong assertions for which they have no foundation, to lead people astray, for they do not know whereof they speak.

There are many who will tell you that if you keep the law of God you have fallen from grace. They make strong assertions for which they have no foundation, to lead people astray, for they do not know whereof they speak.

Signs of the Time April 22, 1889Signs of the Time April 22, 1889



The prophet says, "Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”

The prophet says, "Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.”




Those who are seeking to destroy the law are not of the class who are sealing the law among the disciples of Christ, but they are of the class who "shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.”

Those who are seeking to destroy the law are not of the class who are sealing the law among the disciples of Christ, but they are of the class who "shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.”




The dragon is represented as persecuting those who keep God's commandments. Evil angels conspire with evil men against God and his people.

The dragon is represented as persecuting those who keep God's commandments. Evil angels conspire with evil men against God and his people.




Persons of influence are stirred with a power from beneath; the energies of apostasy are united to deceive or to destroy the champions of truth.

Persons of influence are stirred with a power from beneath; the energies of apostasy are united to deceive or to destroy the champions of truth.




Points of Importance


Satan-Manipulates natureSatan-Manipulates nature

Satan- A great physicianSatan- A great physician

Satan-Benefactor of the race through healing

Satan-Benefactor of the race through healing



As a result of calamities and making true S.D.A his scapegoat, he then calls for a National Sunday Law while performing Medical Missionary Work by means of spiritualism.

As a result of calamities and making true S.D.A his scapegoat, he then calls for a National Sunday Law while performing Medical Missionary Work by means of spiritualism.

Satan-Scapegoat true S.D.A., blaming them for calamities created by him

Satan-Scapegoat true S.D.A., blaming them for calamities created by him



Satan The Master Mind of every

CONSPIRACY against Jesus Christ

& His people.

Satan The Master Mind of every

CONSPIRACY against Jesus Christ

& His people.

“God’s people will not find their safety in working miracles; for Satan will counterfeit the miracles that will be wrought. God’s tried and tested people will find their power in the sign spoken of in Exodus 31:12-18.

“God’s people will not find their safety in working miracles; for Satan will counterfeit the miracles that will be wrought. God’s tried and tested people will find their power in the sign spoken of in Exodus 31:12-18.

9 Testimony 169 Testimony 16

No Safety in MiraclesNo Safety in Miracles

They are to take their stand on the living Word, ‘It is written.’ This is the only foundation upon which they can stand securely. Those who have broken their covenant with God will in that day be without God and without hope.”

They are to take their stand on the living Word, ‘It is written.’ This is the only foundation upon which they can stand securely. Those who have broken their covenant with God will in that day be without God and without hope.”

9 Testimony 169 Testimony 16

It is WrittenIt is Written

Since miracles will not play a major role in the final work of God’s people, then what will take its

place?

Since miracles will not play a major role in the final work of God’s people, then what will take its

place?

?

Counsel on HealthPages 573

Counsel on HealthPages 573

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“I wish to tell you that soon there will be no work done in ministerial lines but medical missionary work. The work of a minister is to minister. Our ministers are to work on the gospelplan of ministering. . . .

“I wish to tell you that soon there will be no work done in ministerial lines but medical missionary work. The work of a minister is to minister. Our ministers are to work on the gospelplan of ministering. . . .

Counsel on Health 533Counsel on Health 533

Only Work in Ministerial LineOnly Work in

Ministerial Line

“You will never be ministers after the gospel order till you show a decided interest in medical missionary work, the gospel of healing and blessing and strengthening.

“You will never be ministers after the gospel order till you show a decided interest in medical missionary work, the gospel of healing and blessing and strengthening.


Medical Missionary work

Medical Missionary work Is Part of the Gospel OrderIs Part of the Gospel Order

Come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty powers of darkness, that it be not said of you, ‘Curse ye Meroz, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord.’ Judges 5:23

Come up to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty powers of darkness, that it be not said of you, ‘Curse ye Meroz, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord.’ Judges 5:23


Come up to The Lord’s Help

Come up to The Lord’s Help

“It is because of the directions I have received from the Lord that I have the courage to stand among you and speak as I do, notwithstanding the way in which you may look at the medical missionary work.

“It is because of the directions I have received from the Lord that I have the courage to stand among you and speak as I do, notwithstanding the way in which you may look at the medical missionary work.


Direction EGW Received

Direction EGW Received

I wish to say that the medical missionary work is God’s work. The Lord wants every one of His ministers to come into line.

I wish to say that the medical missionary work is God’s work. The Lord wants every one of His ministers to come into line.


God’s WorkGod’s Work

Take hold of the medical missionary work, and it will give you access to the people. Their hearts will be touched as you minister to their necessities.

Take hold of the medical missionary work, and it will give you access to the people. Their hearts will be touched as you minister to their necessities.


MM Work =Access to people

MM Work =Access to people

As you relieve their sufferings, you will find opportunity to speak to them of the love of Jesus.”

As you relieve their sufferings, you will find opportunity to speak to them of the love of Jesus.”


MM Work Relieve Sufferings

MM Work Relieve Sufferings



Medical Missionary Work is part of the Gospel Order

Medical Missionary Work is part of the Gospel Order

The Lord needs our help now, and this help is effective when we are true Medical Missionaries

The Lord needs our help now, and this help is effective when we are true Medical Missionaries

Very soon the only work in ministerial line will be Medical Missionary Work

Very soon the only work in ministerial line will be Medical Missionary Work



MMW is God’s WorkMMW is God’s Work

All True SDA Ministers are Medical Missionaries

All True SDA Ministers are Medical Missionaries

MMW gives Access to PeopleMMW gives Access to People

MMW Relieve sufferingMMW Relieve suffering

EGW received direction from the Lord regarding MMW

EGW received direction from the Lord regarding MMW

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