All of you tell me, where does the fire come from that destroys sin?

There are multiple places in inspiration where Jesus destroys.



Apparently, Jesus came to destroy! (And Satan knew this.)



Mrs. White commends Luther in speaking Bible truth in the following statement.



So we have Jesus coming to earth to destroy the devil, and He will destroy death. Then we have Mrs. White interpreting Jesus' own words to say that God will ultimately destroy sinners...



Destruction is God's "strange work." Mrs. White makes multiple references to this.



But the fact that Jesus sometimes "destroys" does not make Him the "destroyer." God does not delight in the destruction of the wicked. He takes no pleasure in their death.

Blessings,

Green Cochoa.

Exactly, if we reject His mission of mercy when He took the righteous punishment that we deserve, we are destroying ourselves.

I love to see it this way. God gave the world a warning through Noah and said a flood was coming.

He told everyone, "I am going to destroy the earth with a flood".

Those who rejected His warning destroyed themselves, but it was till God who sent the flood.

This is the perfect analogy of the Mission of Christ, and as it was in the days of Noah....

What about in the case of the death of all of the firstborn of Egypt?

Were they given the option of placing blood on the door posts as were the firstborn of Israel?

Also, it is more like "Love Me and I'll save you" then it is "Love Me or I'll kill you".

Exactly, the Egyptians had so many signs before it happened.

First the fulfillment of prophecy came to them through Moses being delivered directly into the house of Pharaoh, raised as a son in their household.

When his message of mercy was rejected, God sent the plagues, and when the last plague was about to come and everyone who loved God were placing blood on their door posts, they could have joined them, even if halfheartedly, but they were afraid of their peers or the wrath of Pharaoh so their first born were killed by the angel of God. But even then, after their sons were killed they could have repented and followed, but their hearts were hardened and the pursued God's people to kill them and they were swallowed up by the Red Sea.

How much more could God have done for them to keep them from His wrath? God destroys those who harden their hearts to Him because it keeps His truly devoted safe from them.

I wouldn't be so judgmental and condescending of those who claim to hear the Still Small Voice if I were you "brother".

"It is impossible for the soul to flourish while prayer is not a special exercise of the mind. Family or public prayer alone is not sufficient. Secret prayer is very important; in solitude the soul is laid bare to the inspecting eye of God, and every motive is scrutinized. Secret prayer! How precious! The soul communing with God! Secret prayer is to be heard only by the prayer-hearing God. No curious ear is to receive the burden of such petitions. In secret prayer the soul is free from surrounding influences, free from excitement. Calmly, yet fervently, will it reach out after God. Secret prayer is frequently perverted, and its sweet designs lost, by loud vocal prayer. Instead of the calm, quiet trust and faith in God, the soul drawn out in low, humble tones, the voice is raised to a loud pitch, and excitement is encouraged, and secret prayer loses its softening, sacred influence. There is a storm of feeling, a storm of words, making it impossible to discern the still, small voice that speaks to the soul while engaged in its secret, true, heartfelt devotion. Secret prayer, properly carried out, is productive of great good. But prayer which is made public to the entire family and neighborhood is not secret prayer, even though thought to be, and divine strength is not received from it. Sweet and abiding will be the influence emanating from Him who seeth in secret, whose ear is open to answer the prayer arising from the heart. By calm, simple faith the soul holds communion with God and gathers to itself divine rays of light to strengthen and sustain it to endure the conflicts of Satan. God is our tower of strength."—(Testimonies for the Church 2:189, 190.) {Pr 178.1}

"It is not always the most learned presentation of God’s truth that convicts and converts the soul. Not by eloquence or logic are men’s hearts reached, but by the sweet influences of the Holy Spirit, which operate quietly yet surely in transforming and developing character. It is the still, small voice of the Spirit of God that has power to change the heart". {PK 169.1}

I would gather by these statements, that anyone not hearing the Still Small Voice are the full of themselves and do not receive the things that God would have for them. So you want to make fun of someone who IS hearing God's voice?

This voice is how I am shown and can discern others who are truly devoted to God, and those who speak to be heard themselves. Do you want to know what He tells me about you?

Even though I removed the inappropriate content from that post, I am allowing the response by JSOT to that post to remain as is, only because it was an acceptable response.

What, Daryl? And this IS appropriate content?