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False prophets do not exalt Christ. They rather draw attention to
themselves. “Speaking perverse things,” they “draw away disciples”
after themselves.
Acts 20:30
. To accomplish this, they teach in a
manner to please the carnal mind of those who in their hearts “say
to the seers, see not; and to the prophets, prophesy not unto us right
things, speak unto us smooth things.”
Isaiah 30:10
. These alleged
prophets or teachers are “of the world: therefore speak they of the
world, and the world heareth them.”
1 John 4:5
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In the teachings of Mrs. White, Christ is recognized and exalted as
the only Saviour for sinners. Than Christ “there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
Acts
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4:12
. In her own work for the Master, she exemplified the following
instruction given by her to her brethren in the ministry:
“Christ crucified, Christ risen, Christ ascended into the heavens,
Christ coming again, should so soften, gladden, and fill the mind of the
minister that he will present these truths to the people in love and deep
earnestness. The minister will then be lost sight of, and Jesus will be
made manifest. Lift up Jesus, you that teach the people, lift Him up in
sermon, in song, in prayer. Let all your powers be directed to pointing
souls, confused, bewildered, lost, to the ‘Lamb of God.’ Lift Him up,
the risen Saviour, and say to all who hear, come to Him who ‘hath
loved us, and hath given Himself for us.’ Let the science of salvation
be the burden of every sermon, the theme of every song. Let it be
poured forth in every supplication. Bring nothing into your preaching
to supplement Christ, the wisdom and power of God. Hold forth
the word of life, presenting Jesus as the hope of the penitent and the
stronghold of every believer. Reveal the way of peace to the troubled
and the despondent, and show forth the grace and completeness of the
Saviour.”—
Gospel Workers, 159, 160
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“To the Law and to the Testimony”
It has ever been the effort of the enemy of righteousness to lead men
to disregard the claims of the law of Jehovah. And through his prophets,
God has ever sought to bring men to a realization of the binding claims
of his eternal and unchangeable law. Of his ancient people, it is
written: “The Lord testified against Israel, and against Judah, by all
the prophets, and by all the seers, saying, turn ye from your evil ways,
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