Seite 7 - Selected Messages Book 2 (1958)

Contents
Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i
A Word to the Reader . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Section 1—Fanaticism and Deceptive Teachings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Chapter 1—Warnings Against Sensational Teachings and
Emotional Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Danger of Speculative Ideas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
The Charm of New Theories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
The Need for Clear Discernment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Fanaticism to Appear in Our Midst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Feeling Not to Master Judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Obedience Versus Emotion or Rapture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
A Call for Old-fashioned Sermons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cold Formalism or Fanaticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
False Ideas of God’s Blessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
All is Quiet, Calm, Unpretending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
The Example of Christ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
A Desire to Change the Present Order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
No Oddities or Eccentricities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
God’s Word to Be Uncontaminated by Fallacies . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Chapter 2—Early Fanaticism to be Repeated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Removing the Landmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Bodily Demonstrations Not Demanded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
A Claim to Be Sealed and Holy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Marring the Sacredness of the Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Maintaining Propriety In Deportment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 3—The “Holy Flesh” Doctrine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
A Repetition of Early Fanaticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Worship With a Bedlam of Noise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chapter 4—Warnings Against Deceptive Claims of the
Spirit’s Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
God’s Work Characterized by Calmness and Dignity . . . . . . . 39
Statements by Mrs. White in the Interview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Counsel to the Brother and His Wife . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
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