The morning Manna will be provided at 6am. Thanks.

Studying In the Crucible with Christ in the SSnet.org series Lesson 10, may the Holy Spirit be the speaker to your heart.

The Topic today is: "Pro-silence or pro-active?" for Morning Manna of the Sabbath School Lesson In the Crucible with Christ.

The Opening Hymn will be 229 "Spirit of the Living God"

The Sabbath School Quarterly, downloadable from SSnet.org in the Teacher's Edition is on page 128 and for the laymen edition or Standard Edition, on page 84.

The SSnet.org site allows anyone, anywhere to read the lesson in their own language. Choose your own language to see God speaking also to your heart.

https://absg.adventist.org/pdf.php?file=2022:3Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ322_10.pdf

---In a very nice way, the lesson tells us to be quiet rather than noisy about unjust situations around us.

---The “crusade” Spirit of the Middle Ages, was wrong.

---Jesus could have done a lot to cry out or point out the wrongs of society around Him in His day and that would have been an example for us to get on political horses and fight the evil.

---He did not. Do you know that because Calvinists believe in a Kingdom of Heaven or Second Coming of Christ on this earth as is, that therefore they have to help Christ “Coming” in all systems and institutions political and social around them?

---They have to fight the Antichrists as political soldiers in every city and hamlet and by “control” over society set up Christ’s way.

---The example of Christ was one of meekness.

---“learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart” (Matt. 11:29)

---“[Peter] describes how Jesus responded to unjust and painful treatment and suggests to them [slaves working in the Roman empire times] that He [Jesus] has left them [the underdog, the victim of unjust behavior] “an example, that you should follow His steps” (1 Pet. 2:21, NKJV).

---Fist in the air? No. Meekness.

---Due to inherent selfishness which we unfaithfully harbor around every corner for financial gain and honor seeking, therefore since we step on others to climb the self-ladder we have also inherently a bad conscience and to turn our bad feelings into good feelings, we climb the fight injustice around us horses, participate and change things and feel good or better.

---No. Do not. Says Christ in His example. Isaiah 53 says the lamb that was slaughtered for our sins started to bite the hand that led it to slaughter? No. He did not open His mouth Isaiah said.

---Quite different than us who tend to defend our own thoughts and activities constantly.

---But what Christ was not silent about, is personal moral sins of individuals around Him controlled by Satan. He was not permissive allowing people to sin in His face. Eli was, says Patriarchs and Prophets chapter 57 by Ellen White citing Samuel.

---Even though the Lord talked to Samuel about the wrongs of Eli, Eli let it go without repenting the wrong of permissiveness.

---We live in a permissive society that encourages permissive reactions by people. “Do not say anything when he is doing wrong in front of you”.

---Christ pointed out with clear simple words in kindness the wrong and then left it to the individual to decide what to do. There were no civil activism schemes in Jesus agendas.

---True Adventism is cold to fighting for social justice calls by labor unions and other networks around us. Christians are not asked to play policeman in Satan’s domain.

--- Christ is more powerful and the Holy Spirit in us will help us say the right words and that right time. That is it. The record in heaven is that you opened your mouth about it. That is not Eli but Christ.

---Is the meekness of Christ balance clear? Saying nothing when He was the victim of unjust behavior but when moral sins are committed around Him robbing them from heaven, He spoke out or pointed that out.

---When He hit people with a whip on Sunday in the Temple from making it a marketplace, it was divinity that flashed through humanity.

--- None of us has that divinity to grab whips and chase people out of our congregations. But, the Spirit of God indwelling in us, with prayer can do a lot. 

---Should we write books to encourage Adventists to be more involved in social fighting on the streets demonstrating with the other churches in an ecumencial holding of hands against the "Satans" in society systemic wrongs? Christ's example says no. And that is absolutely no.