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Testimonies for the Church Volume 6
As His representatives and witnesses, we ourselves need to come to
a full understanding of the saving truths gained by an experimental
knowledge.
Teach the great practical truths that must be stamped upon the
soul. Teach the saving power of Jesus, “in whom we have redemption
through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins.”
Colossians 1:14
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was at the cross that mercy and truth met together, that righteousness
and truth kissed each other. Let every student and every worker study
this again and again, that they, setting forth the Lord crucified among
us, may make it a fresh subject to the people. Show that the life of
Christ reveals an infinitely perfect character. Teach that “as many as
received Him, to them gave He power to become the sons of God, even
to them that believe on His name.”
John 1:12
. Tell it over and over
again. We may become the sons of God, members of the royal family,
children of the heavenly King. Let it be known that all who accept
Jesus Christ and hold the beginning of their confidence firm to the
end will be heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ “to an inheritance
incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in
heaven for you, who are kept by the power of God through faith unto
salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.”
1 Peter 1:4, 5
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The Last Warning
The third angel’s message is to be given with power. The power of
the proclamation of the first and second messages is to be intensified
in the third. In the Revelation John says of the heavenly messenger
who unites with the third angel: “I saw another angel come down from
heaven, having great power; and the earth was lightened with his glory.
And he cried mightily with a strong voice.”
Revelation 18:1, 2
. We
are in danger of giving the third angel’s message in so indefinite a
manner that it does not impress the people. So many other interests
are brought in that the very message which should be proclaimed with
power becomes tame and voiceless. At our camp meetings a mistake
has been made. The Sabbath question has been touched upon, but has
not been presented as the great test for this time. While the churches
profess to believe in Christ, they are violating the law which Christ
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Himself proclaimed from Sinai. The Lord bids us: “Show My people