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Chapter 10
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. See
EGW comment on Luke 22:70
.
34 (
Luke 12:51
). No Peace Because of Rejected Messages
—
Christ declared, “I came not to send peace, but a sword.” Why?
Because men would not receive the word of life. Because they
warred against the message sent them to bring them joy and hope
and life.
We look upon the Jews as inexcusable because they rejected and
crucified Christ. But today the messages that the Lord sends are
often received in a manner similar to the way in which the Jews
received Christ’s message. If the instruction of the Lord does not
harmonize with the opinions of men, anger takes control of reason,
and men play into the enemy’s hands by opposing the message that
God sends. Satan uses them as sharp instruments to oppose the
progress of truth (
Manuscript 31, 1889
).
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