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Today’s Manna

Daily Reading for Saturday, March 16, 2024
Scripture: Proverbs 15:10
"Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die."
Meditation:

"The office of a messenger whom God has chosen to send with reproofs and warnings, is strangely misunderstood at the present time. When reproof is given, the church members feel humiliated, as their real situation is revealed to them, which they were not able to discern. God in mercy sent them warnings and reproof because he loved them. He says, 'As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous therefore and repent' (Revelation 3:19). Those who need reproof bring sorrow and grief upon the soul of him who must correct their errors; but though his message be painful to him, he dare not neglect his work. Those who deserve reproofs feel hurt under personal admonition. Pride is wounded, and Satan suggests that their mistakes and errors will be reported to others, and remarks will be made in reference to their mistaken course of action. It would be well for these individuals to realize that their defects are manifest to all, and the world measures them by that which they do. Not only this world beholds their course, but they are a spectacle to the angels of heaven. The heavenly host are looking upon every man, woman, and child, and they see the defects of their characters. Besides this, nothing is hid from God; our secret sins are in the light of His countenance." 1

Reference(s):

1 The Review and Herald, July 25, 1893.