Doing the tasks of the Lord to the best of your understanding is a misstep? Ok...

James, I had to refuse to work on the Sabbath while serving my country in the military. I was an Air Force survival instructor and loved my job very much. I was looking forward to a long and happy career with the military.

But they changed the schedule so that what they wanted us to do on the Sabbath was unacceptable to me. After training the pilots and aircrew members how to evade and survive, we turned them loose to practice their skills. We instructors role played as enemy aggressors. It was a very necessary part of their training but they wanted me to do it on the Sabbath.

When I made it clear to them that I wouldn't participate on the Sabbath, they threatened to fine me $15,000 ( a lot of money back then) and imprison me for 2 years. I had a wife, 3 kids, a house, two cars, etc, and I couldn't afford to lose my job. Most of the church members encouraged me to work on the Sabbath, that it would be a bad witness to not work.

Long story short, after a series of awesome interventions on the part of God, I was able to separate from the military with honors. Now that I was out of the military, I didn't have a job, a way to provide for my family. After another series of wonderful interventions on the part of God, I started Wilderness Way Adventures, an outdoor ministry.

Now I get to do what I love to do, that is, teach people how to survive in the wilderness and how to rescue people stranded in the wilderness, and God is my employer - not the Air Force. My situation is 100 percent better than what it was. Praise the Lord. Thank you, Jesus!

Not through controversy and discussion is the soul enlightened. We must look and live. Nicodemus received the lesson, and carried it with him. He searched the Scriptures in a new way, not for the discussion of a theory, but in order to receive life for the soul. He began to see the kingdom of heaven as he submitted himself to the leading of the Holy Spirit. {DA 175.2}

There are thousands today who need to learn the same truth that was taught to Nicodemus by the uplifted serpent. They depend on their obedience to the law of God to commend them to His favor. When they are bidden to look to Jesus, and believe that He saves them solely through His grace, they exclaim, "How can these things be?" {DA 175.3}

Like Nicodemus, we must be willing to enter into life in the same way as the chief of sinners. Than Christ, "there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:12. Through faith we receive the grace of God; but faith is not our Saviour. It earns nothing. It is the hand by which we lay hold upon Christ, and appropriate His merits, the remedy for sin. And we cannot even repent without the aid of the Spirit of God. The Scripture says of Christ, "Him hath God exalted with His right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins." Acts 5:31. Repentance comes from Christ as truly as does pardon. {DA 175.4}

you tested Him and found Him powerful indeed!! faithful and true.

every time i think He has run out of miracles for me, or is getting fed up helping me, here He comes running!!Mar 10:36 .... What would ye that I should do for you?

Reading your comment, I feel sorry for you. You seems haven't find the joy of knowing God. From your speech, you are a typical SDA's that you could find in many of our churches, who judge people from their act, and based their judgment on the law instead of the love of God. A cynical and skeptic man, cold loveless people but a keen sabbath keeper and engaged in many church's activities.

Do you know that God so loved me, that even though I lived in the flesh and denying Him, He still did miracle for me.

One day, about 10 years ago, where I live for the flesh and got drunk every night till morning time, a big guy using a wooden club had smashed the head of another guy sitting next to me, breaking his head and he died later on the way to the hospital.

I, panic striken, tried to calm down this guy, but instead of listening to me, he change his attention to me, and then hit me with this wooden club of 1m length and 3"x3" thick many times countless. He attacked me like a crazy animal and I got hit all over my body, hands, head, neck, feet. A big strong guy, you can imagine his power.

I must have died like the other guy with broken arms, feet, ribs and head, but what had happened instead?? Nothing happen, no broken arms, feet, ribs and head. I feel nothing, even though he hit me so hard and many times till he stopped and was tired with shoulders hanging loose. he ran away leaving me wondering why I am still alive, sounds and healthy without any damage or bad bruish. This is one of the biggest miracle God personally had done for me.

Do you think it is Satan who did it? Satan want my death, beacause once I had unmasked his mask in a face to face battle. And many times in my preaching and evagelism, where some people became Adventist. Especially now, in the coming of Mark Finley for Jakarta Big Evangelsm in early September, I did a lot in sharing the bible truth. Who knows that I could brought many souls to Jesus.

Maybe because God knew that I could become his servant and disciple one day, that he spare my life even though I live by the flesh and had deny him for a long time.

You must come to understand and FEEL the love of God, and got the joy and peace that only those who is forgiven and justified could have. God then is eager to make miracles in fron of this man.

In his love

Yes, safety is the reason I could not leave the site. Safety of the equipments, safety of the job, safety of the people gathering at the job. And no one could change me.

How great I feel and how happy I was, whenever we reached the end and complete the job at Sabbath afternoon, without accident and everything run smooth and well. The obstackle had been removed to I don't know where. My heart was filled with an awesome feeling, how great and mighty my God is, and loving me.

I will face the same situation again this next Sabbath, when the job start from Friday morning till Saturday night, even I had prayed that the job might fall at other days.

In His love

I don't think you are understanding. You have judged yourself.

You have said you prefer to serve the Lord, but have chosen man.
You have said you have to serve man or you will lose your job.
You have implied that you are serving man for the big money.

Does anyone else need to judge you what you have admitted yourself?

But I will judge you in this. Even though you fully know which is the Sabbath, you have dishonestly presented that the Sabbath has been changed in order to justify your choices. You have been attempting to mislead others by justifying what you fully know is wrong.

Rather than twisting scriptures to justify your behavior, you could approach it from how health care workers do. I'm sure it would be well for workers of nuclear power plants to work on Sabbath if alternative arrangements could not be made. If you feel justified in working on the Sabbath, I am not judging you as I don't know what is involved in your work. But I do judge you for misrepresenting God's Word as you have freely admitted.

Kland, please consider your words carefully. Are you sure you know enough of the details to judge James so harshly?

James, please explain in more detail why safety concerns lead you to believe Jesus wants you to work on the Sabbath. Thank you.

Could you state what you think I am judging James on. Perhaps I am not being clear to either of you.