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Selected Messages Book 2
He leads His sheep in the path of humble obedience to the law of God,
but He never encourages them in the transgression of that law.
“The voice of a stranger” is the voice of one who neither respects
nor obeys God’s holy, just, and good law. Many make great pretensions
to holiness, and boast of the wonders they perform in healing the sick,
when they do not regard this great standard of righteousness. But
through whose power are these cures wrought? Are the eyes of either
party opened to their transgressions of the law? and do they take
their stand as humble, obedient children, ready to obey all of God’s
requirements? John testifies of the professed children of God: “He
that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar,
and the truth is not in him” (
1 John 2:4
).
None need be deceived. The law of God is as sacred as His throne,
and by it every man who cometh into the world is to be judged. There
is no other standard by which to test character. “If they speak not
according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Now,
shall the case be decided according to the Word of God, or shall man’s
pretensions be credited? Christ says, “By their fruits ye shall know
them.” If those through whom cures are performed, are disposed, on
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account of these manifestations, to excuse their neglect of the law of
God, and continue in disobedience, though they have power to any and
every extent, it does not follow that they have the great power of God.
On the contrary, it is the miracle-working power of the great deceiver.
He is a transgressor of the moral law, and employs every device that
he can master to blind men to its true character. We are warned that in
the last days he will work with signs and lying wonders. And he will
continue these wonders until the close of probation, that he may point
to them as evidence that he is an angel of light and not of darkness.
Brethren, we must beware of the pretended holiness that permits
transgression of the law of God. Those cannot be sanctified who
trample that law under their feet, and judge themselves by a standard
of their own devising.—
The Review and Herald, November 17, 1885
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Will Sweep in the Whole World
We are coming right upon the time when Satan is to work with
all manner of bewitching influences, and those who are charmed with
them now, or give them the least countenance now, will be all ready