Chapter 7—The Divine Credentials
Dear Brother M,
[
Letter to one who had come to the conclusion that the Seventh-day
Adventist Church had fallen into the low spiritual state described as
Babylon.—Compilers
.]
Your letter addressed to me was received at the beginning of the
Sabbath I should advise you to attend the school, and not to leave this
country until you become thoroughly settled in your mind as to what
is truth. I sincerely hope that you will attend this term of school and
learn all you can in regard to this message of truth that is to go to the
world.
The Lord has not given you a message to call the Seventh-day
Adventists Babylon, and to call the people of God to come out of her.
All the reasons you may present cannot have weight with me on this
subject, because the Lord has given me decided light that is opposed
to such a message.
I do not doubt your sincerity or honesty. I have written long letters
at different times to those who were accusing the church of Seventh-
day Adventists of being Babylon, that they were not handling the truth.
You think individuals have prejudiced my mind. If I am in this state, I
am not fitted to be entrusted with the work of God. But this matter has
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been brought before my mind in other cases where individuals have
claimed to have messages for the Seventh-day Adventist Church, of
a similar character, and the word has been given me, “Believe them
not.” “I have not sent them, and yet they ran.”
A Few Cases Recalled
Elder K, [
See p. 96, also
Selected Messages 1:176-184
.] a dying
man, had his room filled with interested people, while he was at the
hospital at Battle Creek. Many were deceived. The man seemed to be
inspired. But the light that was given me was, “This work is not of
God. Believe not the message.”
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