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: "Opportunistic
Upmanship are against those who hide in Rock of Salvation" 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 85. 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. Why don’t you click on this link right
now: https://absg.adventist.org/pdf.php?file=2022:3Q:SE:PDFs:EAQ322_10.pdf ---Remember Daniel praying three times
with an open window towards Jerusalem (western side of the palace in Babylon)
and those men trying to find fault with him to blame him? ---But they could not find any fault
with him. Why? David had similar ones trying to take his throne with wicked
imaginations Psalm 62:3 “against man”. ---The bad spiritual leaders of Israel
in Christ day did the same with Him. Constantly they sought opportunity to kill
Him. ---There is opportunistic upmanship at
work for some people. In order to achieve and get to the top, these wicked
imaginations motivated with their ambitions for honor, fame, and money, will
step on anyone in their way to lift themselves up. ---They create political intrigues
through which they could control and maneuver the data of gossip to favor
themselves. ---Misrepresentation says Ellen White is
what they are doing The Upward Look p. 177. ---Notice that both parties are looking
up. David to God, Daniel to God, Jesus to His Father and the Spirit, --but the
opposing parties are only looking up to worldly positions of power and control
and fame and honor among humans. ---One party looks up vertical to divine
help. The other party looks horizontal for human failure and human gossip. ---Satan has not reason to look Up to
God for anything. He decided his fate. We do not have to follow him in any of
his agendas. ---Our firm foundation is in the Rock of
our salvation. ---Clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ is
the secret weapon in Romans 13:14. “Be ye clothed with the Lord Jesus Christ.” ---When a faithful person by oversight
in his or her mind makes a mistake, Satan is eager to destroy the person but
the protective clothing of the Lord and Holy Spirit indwelling prevent Satan
from coming near. ---The fierce attack of Satan is
minimized and adjusted to fit the velocity of the faithful person’s capacity,
muscle strength and endurance. ---With thankfulness in the heart the
faithful victim realizing his/her failures can improve to higher success with
the opposition’s balloon of enthusiasm punctured and air of revenge and wrath
blown out. Thanks to the powerful Spirit of God. ---Indeed our Rock is our Refuge.