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More than a Prophet, May 26
Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel:
therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.
Ezekiel 3:17
.
Last night, in vision, I was standing before an assembly of our people, bearing
a decided testimony regarding present truth and present duty. After the discourse,
many gathered about me, asking questions. They desired so many explanations
about this point and that point, and another point, that I said, “One at a time if you
please, lest you confuse me.”
And then I appealed to them, saying: “For years you have had many evidences
that the Lord has given me a work to do. These evidences could scarcely have
been greater than they are. Will you brush away all these evidences as a cobweb,
at the suggestion of a man’s unbelief? That which makes my heart ache is the fact
that many who are now perplexed and tempted are those who have had abundance
of evidence, and opportunity to consider and pray and understand, and yet they
do not discern the nature of the sophistries that are presented to influence them to
reject the warnings God has given to save them from the delusions of these last
days.”
Some have stumbled over the fact that I said I did not claim to be a prophet,
and they have asked, Why is this?
I have had no claims to make, only that I am instructed that I am the Lord’s
messenger.... Early in my work I was asked several times, Are you a prophet? I
have ever responded, “I am the Lord’s messenger.” I know that many have called
me a prophet, but I have made no claim to this title. My Saviour declared me to
be His messenger. “Your work,” He instructed me, “is to bear My word. Strange
things will arise; and in your youth I set you apart to bear the message to the erring
ones, to carry the word before unbelievers, and with pen and voice to reprove from
the Word actions that are not right. Exhort from the Word. I will make My Word
open to you.... My Spirit and My power shall be with you.
“Be not afraid of men, for My shield will protect you. It is not you that
speaketh; it is the Lord that giveth the messages of warning and reproof. Never
deviate from the truth
under any circumstances
. Give the light I shall give you. The
messages for these last days shall be written in books, and shall stand immortalized,
to testify against those who have once rejoiced in the light, but who have been led
to give it up because of the seductive influences of evil.”—
Manuscript 63, May
26, 1906
, “A Messenger.”
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