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Selected Messages Book 1
When the Holy Spirit reveals anything regarding the institutions
connected with the Lord’s work, or concerning the work of God upon
human hearts and minds, as He has revealed these things through me
in the past, the message given is to be regarded as light given of God
for those who need it. But for one to mix the sacred with the common
is a great mistake. In a tendency to do this we may see the working of
the enemy to destroy souls.
To every soul whom God has created He has given capabilities
to serve Him, but Satan seeks to make this work of service hard
by his constant temptation to mislead souls. He works to dim the
spiritual perceptions that men may not distinguish between that which
is common and that which is holy. I have been made to know this
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distinction through a life’s service for my Lord and Master
The message came to me, Dedicate yourself to the highest work
ever committed to mortals. I will give you high aspirations and powers
and a true sense of the work of Christ. You are not your own, for you
are bought with a price, by the life and death of the Son of God. God
calls for your child’s heart and service under the sanctification of the
Holy Spirit.
I gave myself, my whole being, to God, to obey His call in every-
thing, and since that time my life has been spent in giving the message,
with my pen and in speaking before large congregations. It is not I
who controls my words and actions at such times.
But there are times when common things must be stated, common
thoughts must occupy the mind, common letters must be written and
information given that has passed from one to another of the workers.
Such words, such information, are not given under the special inspi-
ration of the Spirit of God. Questions are asked at times that are not
upon religious subjects at all, and these questions must be answered.
We converse about houses and lands, trades to be made, and locations
for our institutions, their advantages and disadvantages.
I receive letters asking for advice on many strange subjects, and
I advise according to the light that has been given me. Men have
again and again opposed the counsel that I have been instructed to
give because they did not want to receive the light given, and such
experiences have led me to seek the Lord most earnestly.—
Manuscript
107, 1909
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