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Section 5—Warning Against Spiritistic Sophistry
Building on the Rock
Christ illustrated character building by a house built on a rock,
against which storm and tempest were powerless, and the house built
on the sand, which was swept away. We are living in perilous times.
Amidst the changing scenes, with heresy and false doctrines coming
in that will test the faith of all, the house built on the solid rock
cannot be shaken. But when storm and tempest come, the house
built on the sand will fall, and great will be the fall of it.
Let us take heed, then, how we build. Let no one build unwisely.
The word of God is our only foundation. Every semblance of error
will come upon us. Some of these errors will be very specious
and attractive, but if received, they would remove the pillars of the
foundation that Christ has established and set up a structure of man’s
building. There are those who seeing, see not, and hearing, hear
not, and under Satan’s guidance they prepare false foundations for
human minds.
Christ’s lessons should be studied by everyone. The truth is
solid, substantial. This truth is to be presented to all; for Satan will
come in with his pleasing sentiments, which make nothingness of
God’s word and turn aside minds from the truth to fables.—
Letter
223, 1905
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Spurious Scientific Theories
Spurious scientific theories are coming in as a thief in the night,
stealing away the landmarks and undermining the pillars of our faith.
God has shown me that the medical students are not to be educated
in such theories, because God will not endorse these theories. The
most specious temptations of the enemy are coming in, and they are
coming in on the highest, most elevated plane. These spiritualize
the doctrines of present truth until there is no distinction between
the substance and the shadow.
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