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Selected Messages Book 1
I have had no claims to make, only that I am instructed that I am the
Lord’s messenger; that He called me in my youth to be His messenger,
to receive His word, and to give a clear and decided message in the
name of the Lord Jesus.
Early in my youth 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. It shall not be as a strange language. In the
true eloquence of simplicity, with voice and pen, the messages that I
give shall be heard from one who has never learned in the schools. My
Spirit and My power shall be with you.
“Be not afraid of man, for My shield shall 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.”
Why have I not claimed to be a prophet?—Because in these days
many who boldly claim that they are prophets are a reproach to the
cause of Christ; and because my work includes much more than the
word “prophet” signifies.
When this work was first given me, I begged the Lord to lay the
burden on someone else. The work was so large and broad and deep
that I feared I could not do it. But by His Holy Spirit the Lord has
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enabled me to perform the work which He gave me to do.
A Work of Many Features
God has made plain to me the various ways in which He would
use me to carry forward a special work. Visions have been given me,
with the promise, “If you deliver the messages faithfully and endure