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of the message. After the passing of the time in 1844 they received
the light and walked in the light, and when the men claiming to have
new light would come in with their wonderful messages regarding
various points of Scripture, we had, through the moving of the Holy
Spirit, testimonies right to the point, which cut off the influence of
such messages as Elder G has been devoting his time to presenting.
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Reference is here made to teachings on the sanctuary question—at
variance with those held by Seventh-day Adventists through the years—
which denied the fulfillment of prophecy in 1844 and repudiated the
ministry of Christ in the investigative judgment.—Compilers.
] This
poor man has been working decidedly against the truth that the Holy
Spirit has confirmed.
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When the power of God testifies as to what is truth, that truth
is to stand forever as the truth. No after suppositions contrary to
the light God has given are to be entertained. Men will arise with
interpretations of Scripture which are to them truth, but which are not
truth. The truth for this time God has given us as a foundation for our
faith. He Himself has taught us what is truth. One will arise, and still
another, with new light, which contradicts the light that God has given
under the demonstration of His Holy Spirit. A few are still alive who
passed through the experience gained in the establishment of this truth.
God has graciously spared their lives to repeat, and repeat till the close
of their lives, the experience through which they passed even as did
John the apostle till the very close of his life. And the standard bearers
who have fallen in death are to speak through the reprinting of their
writings. I am instructed that thus their voices are to be heard. They
are to bear their testimony as to what constitutes the truth for this time.
We are not to receive the words of those who come with a message
that contradicts the special points of our faith. They gather together a
mass of Scripture, and pile it as proof around their asserted theories.
This has been done over and over again during the past fifty years.
And while the Scriptures are God’s word, and are to be respected,
the application of them, if such application moves one pillar from
the foundation that God has sustained these fifty years, is a great
mistake. He who makes such an application knows not the wonderful
demonstration of the Holy Spirit that gave power and force to the past
messages that have come to the people of God.