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The Perils of False Science, May 6
O Timothy, keep that which is committed to thy trust, avoiding
profane and vain babblings, and oppositions of science falsely so
called.
1 Timothy 6:20
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In New Hampshire there were those who were active in disseminating
false ideas in regard to God. Light was given me that these men were
making the truth of no effect by their ideas, some of which led to free-
lovism. I was shown that these men were seducing souls by presenting
speculative theories regarding God....
Among other views, they held that those once sanctified could not sin,
and this they were presenting as gospel food. Their false theories, with
their burden of deceptive influence, were working great harm to themselves
and to others. They were gaining a spiritualistic power over those who
could not see the evil of these beautifully clothed theories. Great evils had
already resulted. The doctrine that all were holy had led to the belief that
the affections of the sanctified were never in danger of leading astray. The
result of this belief was the fulfillment of the evil desires of hearts which,
though professedly sanctified, were far from purity of thought and practice.
This is only one of the instances in which I was called upon to rebuke
those who were presenting the doctrine of an impersonal god diffused
through nature, and the doctrine of holy flesh.
In the future, truth will be counterfeited by the precepts of men. De-
ceptive theories will be presented as safe doctrines. False science is one of
the agencies that Satan used in the heavenly courts, and it is used by him
today....
I beseech those who are laboring for God not to accept the spurious for
the genuine. We have a whole Bible full of the most precious truth. We
have no need for supposition or false excitement. In the golden censer of
truth, as presented in Christ’s teachings, we have that which will convict
and convert souls. Present in the simplicity of Christ the truths that He came
to this world to proclaim, and the power of your message will make itself
felt. Do not present theories or tests that have no foundation in the Bible.
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