Chapter 51—Loyal or Disloyal
Apostasies
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Appeared in Notebook Leaflets, the Church, No. 3
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I am in great travail of soul for our people. We are living in
the perils of the last days. A superficial faith results in a superficial
experience. There is a repentance that needs to be repented of. All
genuine experience in religious doctrines will bear the impress of
Jehovah. All should see the necessity of understanding the truth for
themselves individually. We must understand the doctrines that have
been studied out carefully and prayerfully. It has been revealed to me
that there is among our people a great lack of knowledge in regard to
the rise and progress of the third angel’s message. There is great need
to search the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation, and learn the
texts thoroughly, that we may know what is written.
The light given me has been very forcible that many would go
out from us, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of devils.
The Lord desires that every soul who claims to believe the truth shall
have an intelligent knowledge of what is truth. False prophets will
arise and will deceive many. Everything is to be shaken that can be
shaken. Then does it not become everyone to understand the reasons
of our faith? In place of having so many sermons there should be
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a more close searching of the Word of God, opening the Scriptures,
text by text, and searching for the strong evidences that sustain the
fundamental doctrines that have brought us where we now are, upon
the platform of eternal truth.
Charmed by Spurious Holiness
My soul is made very sad to see how quickly some who have had
light and truth will accept the deceptions of Satan, and be charmed
with a spurious holiness. When men turn away from the landmarks the
Lord has established that we may understand our position as marked
out in prophecy, they are going they know not whither.
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