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the gospel. They are dealing with the idle sophistry which the enemy
brings forward to divert minds from the truths that concern their eternal
welfare. They have no word from Christ to vindicate their suppositions.
Do not spend your time in the discussion of such matters. If you
have any question as to what you should teach, any question as to the
subjects upon which you should dwell, go right to the discourses of
the Great Teacher, and follow His instructions....
Do not allow anything to draw your attention from the question,
“What shall I do to inherit eternal life?” (
Luke 10:25
). This is a life
and death question, which we must each settle for eternity. Let the
mind be weighted with the importance of the solemn truth which we
possess. Those who allow the mind to wander in search of cheap,
unimportant theories need to be converted....
Erroneous theories, with no authority from the Word of God, will
come in on the right hand and the left, and to weaklings these theories
will appear as truth which makes wise. But they are as nothingness.
And yet many church members have become so well satisfied with
cheap food that they have dyspeptic religion. Why will men and
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women belittle their experience by gathering up idle tales and pre-
senting them as matters worthy of attention? The people of God have
no time to dwell on the indefinite, frivolous questions which have no
bearing on God’s requirements.
God desires men and women to think soberly and candidly. They
are to ascend to a higher and still higher grade, commanding a wider
and still wider horizon. Looking unto Jesus, they are to be changed
into His image. They are to spend their time in searching for the deep,
everlasting truths of heaven. Then there will be nothing frivolous in
their religious experience. As they study the grand truths of God’s
Word, they endure the seeing of Him who is invisible. They see that the
most uplifting, ennobling truths are those most closely connected with
the Source of all truth. And as they learn of Him, their motives and
sympathies become firm and unchanging; for the impressions made
by the All-wise are substantial and enduring. The living water, which
Christ gives, is not like a surface spring, which babbles for a short
time, and then dries up. The living water springs up unto everlasting
life.
Let us follow the revealed will of God. Then we shall know that the
light we receive comes from the divine Source of all true light. Those