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indulged, the doubts expressed, the darkness cherished, encourage the
presence of evil angels, and open the way for the accomplishment of
Satan’s devices.—
Selected Messages 1:122
(1887).
Lying Spirits Contradict the Scriptures
The saints must get a thorough understanding of present truth,
which they will be obliged to maintain from the Scriptures. They
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must understand the state of the dead, for the spirits of devils will yet
appear to them, professing to be beloved friends and relatives, who
will declare to them that the Sabbath has been changed, also other
unscriptural doctrines.—
Early Writings, 87
(1854).
The apostles, as personated by these lying spirits, are made to con-
tradict what they wrote at the dictation of the Holy Spirit when on earth.
They deny the divine origin of the Bible.—
The Great Controversy,
557
(1911).
Through the two great errors, the immortality of the soul and
Sunday sacredness, Satan will bring the people under his deceptions.
While the former lays the foundation of spiritualism, the latter creates
a bond of sympathy with Rome.—
The Great Controversy, 588
(1911).
Persons will arise pretending to be Christ Himself, and claiming
the title and worship which belong to the world’s Redeemer. They will
perform wonderful miracles of healing, and will profess to have reve-
lations from heaven contradicting the testimony of the Scriptures....
But the people of God will not be misled. The teachings of this
false christ are not in accordance with the Scriptures. His blessing is
pronounced upon the worshipers of the beast and his image, the very
class upon whom the Bible declares that God’s unmingled wrath shall
be poured out.—
The Great Controversy, 624, 625
(1911).
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False Revivals
I saw that God has honest children among the nominal Adventists
and the fallen churches, and before the plagues shall be poured out,
ministers and people will be called out from these churches and will
gladly receive the truth. Satan knows this; and before the loud cry
of the third angel is given, he raises an excitement in these religious
bodies, that those who have rejected the truth may think that God is
with them.—
Early Writings, 261
(1858).