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highest power under heaven upon His church. It is the voice of God in
His united people in church capacity which is to be respected.
God has given to His church men who have an experience, those
who have fasted and wept and prayed, even through the entire night,
for the Lord to open the Scriptures to their minds. In humility these
men have given the world the benefit of their mature experience. Is
this light of heaven, or of men? Is it of any value, or is it worthless?
Brother B is doing a work in disseminating erroneous views of Bible
truth that he will one day wish to undo; but it will be in vain. He may
repent, he may yet be saved as by fire; but, oh, how much precious
time will have been lost that never can be redeemed! How much seed
has he sown that has borne only briers and thorns! How many souls
have been lost that might have been saved had he tried as earnestly
to let the true light shine as he has to scatter his darkness! What
might he not have done had he been consecrated, sanctified through
the truth! Brother B feels too self-sufficient, too rich and increased
with goods, to see his need of anything. The True Witness pointed to
him and said: “Unless ye become converted as a little child, ye cannot
see the kingdom of heaven.” The light of truth so carefully brought
out in books and papers he does not respect; but he exalts his own
judgment above the most precious light, and this light will rise up in
the judgment to condemn him.
I saw that he would question the men upon whom God has seen fit
to lay the responsibility of His work. He would exalt his own opinions
and views above the light which God had given through them, and
would boast of his knowledge; and he would be an accuser of his
brethren, not excepting the ambassadors of Christ. All this overbearing
influence to belittle the judgment of the servants of God and to accuse
them of weaknesses and errors, exalting his own opinions above theirs,
if not repented of, will be found written against him in the books,
which he will see with shame in the day of God.
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God will hold up His servants, will preserve His favored ones; but
woe unto him who would make of none effect the words of Christ’s
ambassadors, who receive the word from the mouth of God to speak
to the people and who would tell the people that the sword is coming
and warn them to prepare for the great day of God. Brother B will find
that it is no light or trivial work in which he has been engaged; it is
a work which will roll back upon his soul with crushing weight. He