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Testimonies for the Church Volume 2
to conceal their sins from others and because the judgments of God
do not come in a visible manner upon them. They may be appar-
ently prosperous in this world. They may deceive poor, shortsighted
mortals and be regarded as patterns of piety while in their sins. But
God cannot be deceived. “Because sentence against an evil work is
not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully
set in them to do evil. Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and
his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with
them that fear God, which fear before Him: but it shall not be well
with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a
shadow; because he feareth not before God.” Although the life of a
sinner may be prolonged upon the earth, yet not in the earth made
new. He shall be of that number whom David mentions in his psalm:
“For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt
diligently consider his place, and it shall not be. But the meek shall
inherit the earth.”
Mercy and truth are promised to the humble and penitent, but
judgments are prepared for the sinful and rebellious. “Justice and
judgment are the habitation of Thy throne.” A wicked and adulterous
people will not escape the wrath of God and the punishment they
have justly earned. Man has fallen; and it will be the work of a
lifetime, be it longer or shorter, to recover from that fall, and regain,
through Christ, the image of the divine, which he lost by sin and
continued transgression. God requires a thorough transformation
of soul, body, and spirit in order to regain the estate lost through
Adam. The Lord mercifully sends rays of light to show man his true
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condition. If he will not walk in the light he manifests a pleasure
in darkness. He will not come to the light lest his deeds shall be
reproved.
The case of N. Fuller has caused me much grief and anguish of
spirit. That he should yield himself to the control of Satan to work
wickedness as he has done is terrible. I believe that God designed
that this case of hypocrisy and villainy should be brought to light
in the manner it has been, that it might prove a warning to others.
Here is a man who was acquainted with the teachings of the Bible,
and who had listened to testimonies borne by me in his presence
against the very sins which he was practicing. More than once
he had heard me speak decidedly in regard to the prevailing sins