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The Best Specification We Can Have, December 17
Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the
great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Titus 2:13
.
We are Adventists. We are looking for the appearing of our Lord and
Saviour Jesus Christ, and we love to think about it. We know in whom we
have believed, and are not afraid to commit the keeping of our souls unto
Him against that day. We are not at all humiliated by confessing ourselves
to be Adventists....
We believe the Sabbath of the fourth commandment because it is written
plainly and is the foundation of our religious faith. Let none of us be
ashamed of this.... We accept not the authority of men’s councils, but we
go further back, even to the councils of heaven. “For ever, O Lord, thy
word is settled in heaven.” (
Psalm 119:89
). We take a “Thus saith the
Lord.” Here we stand. A doctrine that has not a “Thus saith the Lord”
may be accepted by the whole world, but that does not make it truth.... If
we want to know the way to heaven we must study the Bible, not man-
made theories or man’s suppositions.... We are not at all ashamed of our
faith, Seventh-day Adventism, for it is the very best specification we can
have. We are waiting for the second coming of our Lord and Saviour Jesus
Christ. Men may scoff and ridicule our faith, but this should not provoke
or surprise us. All these demonstrations do not make the truth error, neither
do they make error truth. We take our stand firmly and unmovably upon
the platform of the Word of God....
Eternal realities must be kept before the mind’s eye, and the attractions
of the world will appear as they are—altogether profitless.... We are pil-
grims and strangers who are waiting, hoping, and praying for that blessed
hope, the glorious appearing of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. If we
believe this and bring it into our practical life, what vigorous action would
this faith and hope inspire; what fervent love one for another; what careful
holy living for the glory of God; and ... what distinct lines of demarcation
would be evidenced between us and the world
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