A major difference between Baal worship in the church today and true worship in the church today is that Baal worship holds fast to the belief that it is your faith plus your good works that saves you, while the gospel teaches that it is the faith of Jesus that does the good works - even the obeying of the 10 Commandments. Faith must ALWAYS precede works since it is faith itself that produces the works.
“The message given us by A. T. Jones, and E. J. Waggoner is the message of God to the Laodicean church, and woe be unto anyone who professes to believe the truth and yet does not reflect to others the God-given rays. ...” (The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1052).
Lesson #10 | The Two Covenants
The understanding of which makes all the difference in the world!
Something bigger than the worship on the day Pentecost happened in 1888 and there was minimal reception and maximum rejection. Does that mean that nobody heard it and therefore it never happened? Ellen White pled with “men” to “give up their spirit of resistance to the Holy Spirit, ... The Holy Spirit has been insulted, and light has been rejected” (The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials, p. 1494, Feb. 6, 1896).
God created Adam and Eve “in the image of God ... male and female” (Gen. 1:27). They were given “dominion” over all creatures (vs. 26). “God blessed them” (vs. 28), and they were “very good” (vs. 31). “This sinless pair wore no artificial garments. They were clothed with a covering of light and glory, such as the angels wear” (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 45). Adam did love God and his wife. A holy God created them in holiness. --Paul E. Penno