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Vindication of Our Message, April 27
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall
depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of
devils; speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a
hot iron.
1 Timothy 4:1, 2
.
I am instructed that the Lord, by His infinite power, has preserved the right
hand of His messenger for more than half a century, in order that the truth may
be written out as He bids me write it for publication, in periodicals and books,
Why?—Because if it were not thus written out, when the pioneers in the
faith shall die, there would be many, new in the faith, who would sometimes
accept as messages of truth teachings that contain erroneous sentiments and
dangerous fallacies. Sometimes that which men teach as “special light” is in
reality specious error, which, as tares sown among the wheat, will spring up
and produce a baleful harvest. And errors of this sort will be entertained by
some until the close of this earth’s history.
There are some, who upon accepting erroneous theories, strive to establish
them by collecting from my writings statements of truth, which they use,
separated from their proper connection and perverted by association with
error. Thus seeds of heresy, springing up and growing rapidly into strong
plants, are surrounded by many precious plants of truth, and in this way a
mighty effort is made to vindicate the genuineness of the spurious plants.
So it was with the heresies taught in
Living Temple
.[
A book expressing
pantheistic sentiments published by J. H. Kellogg.
] The subtle errors in this
book were surrounded by many beautiful truths.... The seductive fallacies
of Satan undermined confidence in the true pillars of the faith, which are
grounded on Bible evidence. Truth is sustained by a plain “Thus saith the
Lord.” But there has been a weaving in of error, and the use of scriptures out
of their natural connection, in order to substantiate fallacies, which would
deceive, if possible, the very elect....
Let not the days pass by and precious opportunities be lost of seeking the
Lord with all the heart and mind and soul. If we accept not the truth in the
love of it, we may be among the number who will see the miracles wrought
by Satan in these last days, and believe them.—
Letter 136, April 27, 1906
, to
Brethren Butler, Daniells, and Irwin.
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