The New Year
Another year has almost passed into eternity; 1884 is almost dead; 1885 will soon be here. Let us review the record of the year that so soon will be past. What advancement have we made in Christian experience? Our work—have we so done it that it will bear the...
Success definitions – variable vs. fixed
Many influential people are using a variable definition of success. When asked what they consider success to be, they define success by their own standard. This is not the way Jesus defined success. What was Jesus' definition of success? Jesus desired to please His...
Are you happy?
How would you define a happy person? Once you have an answer to that question in your mind, see how it compares with the words of Jesus Christ and how he defines a happy person in Matthew chapter five. "Blessed" means happy: "And he opened his mouth, and taught them,...
Finding your Bible promises
"Jets of light" are people who believe on Jesus Christ and obey the words of Christ. When I first became a jet of light my study of the Bible was very simple. I began my study of the Bible by finding promises which spoke to my heart. When reading the Bible I'd come...
The welcome post
Welcome to Jets of Light! I'm hoping that you'll gain strength by visiting this site. I'm interested in you. I hope that you'll reach out and say hello. I'd like to start out by welcoming you the same way the writers of the new testament welcomed the saints and...
SDA Wives to Submit unto Husbands in Context
Manuscript Release No. 1544 Relation of Husbands and Wives Article written by: Ellen G. White (Note: Underlined words have been supplied) Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the...
The Errors of Professed Christians are a Beacon Light to Warn Others
It is in God's mercy that through various ways he shows the erring soul their guilt just as he did in Bible times. There is encouragement in these paragraphs and hope for the fainting heart. Testimony for the Church, Volume 4, Chapter 1 - Bible Biographies The pen of...
How God Turns Persecution into a Blessing
I use to think that Matthew 5:10-12 mainly applied to physical persecution but that is not true. This beatitude promise works with all types of persecution including verbal and emotional. This is a study on the blessing of persecution for righteousness sake.
The SDA Trinity Doctrine In Ellen White’s Book Evangelism
Listed below is a detailed analysis of chapter eighteen in the book Evangelism by Ellen White. Many Seventh-day Adventists defend official fundamental belief number two (the Godhead) by using quotes from the book compilation. Officially our church believes the...
Ellen’s Son W.C. White Answers Question About Holy Spirit
Back in 1935 a gentleman by the name of H.W. Carr wrote a letter to W.C. White (Ellen White's son.) Mr. Carr wrote that some Seventh-day Adventist leaders were saying that the Holy Spirit is a third person of the same nature of the Father and Son. H.W. Carr wanted to...
What is the Soul? (Matthew 10:28)
What is the soul according to Matthew 10:28? "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell." Matthew 10:28 And why is it valuable to know? Because "all that...
Elohim. What does it mean?
It is taught, and believed, by most Christians, that the word "elohim," when referring to the only true God, describes a God who is the Trinity, or one God (singularity) who is three persons in nature (plurality). This is the prevailing belief among Christians...
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