Seven steps to Character Purity and Victory over sin

Written by Dionne Sabbay Thompson August 25 2009 (Revised)

The 7 Steps to Character Purity and Victory over sin is the application of the righteous Third Angel's Message and Loud Cry to the remnant's character experience and development Rev. 14:1-5. The righteous harvest's character ripeness is essential for Christ's consequential reaping Rev. 14:14-16. I then saw the third angel.Said my accompanying angel, Fearful is his work. Awful is his mission. He is the angel that is to select the wheat from the tares, and seal, or bind, the wheat for the heavenly garner.These things should engross the whole mind, the whole attention (Early Writings page 118).God's true remnant, 144,000 in number, will permanently and completely surrender to Yeshua; preparing for the Latter rain, a divine outpouring, that will fill out the ears of corn and ripen the virtuous elect or good grain for the righteous harvest Joel 2:23, Zech. 10:1, Matt. 13:23-40, Mark 4:28.1

1 D. Thompson A Soul Sealed at Character Perfectionsee back cover.

STEP #1. Abiding in Christ is paramount John 15:1-7. Becoming best friends with Christ is the first step, telling Him everything about your life, confiding in Him fully, holding nothing back, having Him "formed in you" Gal. 4:19. Additionally, we must accept His perfect Righteous Robe, clothing ourselves with it as a Shield against ungodliness while utilizing His purposeful grace and mercy Eph. 2:8-10, Phil. 3:9-11.2

STEP #2. Praying for God the Father, the Pruner, to remove Character defects in your Character Experience, replacing them with the fruit of the Holy spirit is essential John 15:1, Gal. 5:22-23. God can breathe new life into every soul that sincerely desires to serve Him, and can touch the lips with a live coal from off the altar, and cause them to become eloquent with His praise - RH July 20, 1886. By exercising the Will of God, His remnant through His righteous power can resist temptation: as they fully surrender to God, for it is Him that "doeth the works" Matthew 4:1-4, John 14:10, Heb. 4:15, James 4:7.3

STEP #3. Studying daily and advancing with the new light you receive, focusing on reproducing the Character of Christ is required Prov. 4:18, 2Tim. 2:15, Rev.14:1-5, Faith I live by page 333. "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children." Hosea 4:6. It is essential to have morning daily devotional time with the Lord. We should not permit anything to interfere with our relationship with God. If we neglect to spend time with God, we will suffer the consequences of such actions: we must refrain from making excuses. Jesus Christ made time for God the Father, spending morning hours in prayer with Him Isa. 50:4, Mark 1:35. If we fully surrender to Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Comforter, will wake us up morning by morning, empowering us to pray John 14:26.4

STEP #4. Keeping the Ten Commandments, the Character Transcript of God, containing the Sanctified Sabbath, a visible manifestation of the "living Sealing Truth" is nonnegotiable Exo. 20, Eze.20:12. "Far more sacredness is attached to the Sabbath than is given it by many professed Sabbathkeepers. The Lord has been greatly dishonored by those who have not kept the Sabbath according to the commandment, either in the letter

2 D. Thompson A Soul Sealed at Character Perfection p. 24. 3 Ibid. p. 92. 4 Ibid. p. 52.

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or in the spirit. He calls for a reform in the observance of the Sabbath."5 Making the Life of Christ, your life, "following the Lamb whithersoever He goes" Rev. 14:4. The people of God must understand the seriousness of the times. We must evacuate spiritually from Babylon, following God with no compromise. Christians must reform their ways, teaching the world about the need to abstain from worldly, earthly appetites and lasciviousness: unhealthful diets, smoking, drinking alcohol, dangerous meat eating, caffeine consumption, pornography, television addiction, romance novels, diabolical video games, cursing, worldly adornment, attending bars and worldly concerts, just to mention a few Rev. 18:1-4, Ministry of Healing pages 125-127, Testimonies for the Church volume 3 page 43, Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers pages 445, 507.6

STEP #5. Preparing for Redemption from Earth or Translation from Earth, at which point the Righteous remnant will receive new heavenly bodies. Translation is death and resurrection instantaneously or in the "twinkling of an eye" 1Cor. 15:51-52, 1Thess. 4:1617, Rev. 14:3. Genesis 1:29 edifies: "And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat". Now is the time to evaluate and apply the EIGHT LAWS OF HEALTH to our character experiences: "Pure air, sunlight, abstemiousness, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, trust in divine power--these are the true remedies. Every person should have a knowledge of nature's remedial agencies and how to apply them".7

STEP #6. Refuting false Doctrines, like Sunday sacredness and rest, the Immortality of the Soul and the Secret Rapture theory, remaining scripturally pure is critical (virginlike), as Christ provided us with the undefiled WORD. False wine is False Doctrine 2Cor. 11:2, Revelation 14:4 -- A Soul Sealed at Character Perfection page 27-29.

STEP #7. Refraining from deceitful ways and mannerisms is compulsory, as guile means deceit, gossiping and back-biting 1Pet. 2:22. Asking God to "create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me" Psa. 51:10. "The remnant of Israel shall not do iniquity, nor speak lies; neither shall a deceitful tongue be found in their mouth: for they shall feed and lie down, and none shall make them afraid" Zeph. 3:13. "If we have in any manner defrauded or injured our brother, we should make restitution. If we have unwittingly borne false witness, if we have misstated his words, if we have injured his influence in any way, we should go to the ones with whom we have conversed about

5 E.G. White Testimonies for the Church Volume 6 page 353. 6 D. Thompson A Soul Sealed at Character Perfection p. 86-88. 7 E.G. White Ministry of Healing p. 127.

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him, and take back all our injurious misstatements.8

Congratulations! You now have Gods formula, enabling you to be an Overcomer in Christ: and, I can not wait to see you in Heaven, at the foot of His throne Rev. 3:21.

Character Purity Ministries, located in Pelham, New York (Westchester

County), aims to edify the globe about the Three Angels' Messages, the Loud cry and all relevant end-time present Truth, as Christ's return is imminent: and, He hopes to cut His work short in righteousness Rom. 1:16-17, 9:28; Rev. 14:6-12, 18:1-4.

8 E.G. White Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing p. 59.