Chapter 95—Obedience to the Truth
Dear Brother D,
I recollect your countenance among several others that were shown
me in vision in Rochester, New York, December 25, 1865. I was
shown that you were upon the background. Your judgment is con-
vinced that we have the truth, but you have not as yet experienced
its sanctifying influence. You have not followed closely the footsteps
of our Redeemer, therefore you are unprepared to walk even as He
walked. As you listen to the words of truth, your judgment says that
it is correct, it cannot be gainsaid; but immediately the unsanctified
heart says: “These are hard sayings, who can hear them? you would
better give up your efforts to keep pace with the people of God, for
new and strange and trying things will be continually arising; you will
have to stop sometime, and you may just as well stop now, and better
than to go further.”
You cannot consent to profess the truth and not live it; you have
ever admired a life consistent with profession. I was shown a book in
which was written your name with many others. Against your name
was a black blot. You were looking upon this and saying: “It can never
be effaced.” Jesus held His wounded hand above it and said: “My
blood alone can efface it. If thou wilt from henceforth choose the path
of humble obedience, and rely solely upon the merits of My blood to
cover thy past transgressions, I will blot out thy transgressions, and
cover thy sins. But if you choose the path of transgressors you must
reap the transgressor’s reward. The wages of sin is death.”
I saw evil angels surrounding you seeking to divert your mind from
Christ, causing you to look upon God as a God of justice and to lose
sight of the love, compassion, and mercy of a crucified Saviour who
will save to the uttermost all that come unto Him. Said the angel: “If
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any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the
righteous.”
When you are under the pressure of mental anxieties, when you are
hearkening to the suggestions of Satan and murmuring and complain-
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