How to Meet a Controverted Point of Doctrine
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answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under
the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.
And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall
see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending
upon the Son of man” (
John 1:49-51
).
This is what we shall see if we are connected with God. God wants
us to depend upon Him, and not upon man. He desires us to have a
new heart; He would give us revealings of light from the throne of God.
We should wrestle with every difficulty, but when some controverted
point is presented, are you to go to man to find out his opinion, and
then shape your conclusions from his?—No, go to God. Tell Him
what you want; take your Bible and search as for hidden treasures.
We Do Not Go Deep Enough
We do not go deep enough in our search for truth. Every soul who
believes present truth will be brought where he will be required to
give a reason of the hope that is in him. The people of God will be
called upon to stand before kings, princes, rulers, and great men of
the earth, and they must know that they do know what is truth. They
must be converted men and women. God can teach you more in one
moment by His Holy Spirit than you could learn from the great men
of the earth. The universe is looking upon the controversy that is
going on upon the earth. At an infinite cost, God has provided for
every man an opportunity to know that which will make him wise unto
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salvation. How eagerly do angels look to see who will avail himself of
this opportunity!
When a message is presented to God’s people, they should not
rise up in opposition to it; they should go to the Bible, comparing it
with the law and the testimony, and if it does not bear this test, it is
not true. God wants our minds to expand. He desires to put His grace
upon us. We may have a feast of good things every day; for God can
open the whole treasure of heaven to us. We are to be one with Christ
as He is one with the Father, and the Father will love us as He loves
His Son. We may have the same help that Christ had, we may have
strength for every emergency; for God will be our front guard and our
rearward. He will shut us in on every side, and when we are brought
before rulers, before the authorities of the earth, we need not meditate