Thanks Kay! Short and sweet! I’m not so good at that

So what are some of those blessings? I believe it would help if we start giving real life examples of how these concepts apply in our everyday experiences, don’t you? Or isn’t the Gospel commission one of being firsthand witnesses?

For instance, how is ‘unbelief’ causing ‘muteness?’ One lesson I see in this is that if my “faith” is not in the nature of a complete conviction such that I cannot fail to implement it in my life, then I remain effectively “mute” simply because I am unable to be a firsthand witness re the reality of whatever specific point my ‘faith’ is in reference to.

Re “the throne of God,” what is it? Some years ago I did a word study on how the word ‘throne’ is used in the Bible and by EGW. I found that ‘throne’ stands for ‘law’ and as such it provides the foundation that empowers a given action. Example: The Constitution for the United States of America is ‘the law’ that creates day by day that entity which we know of as the US and which is granted certain limited powers for to accomplish certain things (and none other!) If and when I contribute of my powers to unlawful actions of a Government, then I am standing upon some other law than the one that is properly authorized, am I not? I don’t want to do that! Should I?

If I carefully study, reflect upon, and allow the Holy Spirit to impress me re one particular after another pertaining to the points being made by each of God’s Commandments, then I will make choices and act accordingly in my daily life. Then and only then will I have something to share with others. If not I’ll remain effectively ‘mute,’ won’t I?

The empty words of a parrot usually do not carry much weight, do they?