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Selected Messages Book 2
The people of God are to be educated not to trust in human inventions
and uncertain tests as a means of learning God’s will concerning them.
Satan and his agencies are always ready to step into any opening to be
found that will lead souls away from the pure principles of the Word
of God. The people who are led and taught of God will give no place
to devisings for which there is not a “Thus saith the Lord.”
Let all who claim to be preparing for the coming of the Lord
humbly seek Him for a knowledge of His will, and for a spirit that is
willing to walk in all the light He sends. As a people we have had
much instruction regarding our duty to depend upon God for wisdom
and counsel. Let us go to the Word of God for instruction. “Search
the scriptures,” the Saviour said.... We need to humble our hearts and
purify our souls daily, learning at all times to walk by the faith of the
Son of God.
My brethren and sisters, leave all minor tests that you may be
tempted to make, and test your spirit by the witness of the Word of
God. Study that Word, that you may know the character and will of
God. It is positively essential that every believer make the truths of
the Bible his guide and safeguard. To every young man and woman,
and to those of advanced years, I testify that the study of the Word is
the only safeguard for the soul who would remain steadfast unto the
end.—
Special Testimonies, Series B 17a:25-29
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Questions Answered in an Interview
W. C. White: What is your mind regarding the matter of deciding
business questions and questions about the daily movements and deci-
sions of an individual by asking the Lord to answer “Yes” or “No” to
his question, in this way? He writes the words on either side of a card,
and then drops it, and accepts as an answer the way in which the card
falls, believing that in this way God indicates that He does or does not
want him to do a certain thing.
E. G. White: [It is a haphazard method, which God does not
approve. To men who have suggested such tests, I have said, “No, no.”
The sacred things which concern the cause of God must not be dealt
with by such methods. God does not instruct us that we are to learn
His will in any such way.