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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
Let everyone bear in mind that we are in no case to invite per-
secution. We are not to use harsh and cutting words. Keep them
out of every article written, drop them out of every address given.
Let the word of God do the cutting, the rebuking; let finite men hide
and abide in Jesus Christ. Let the spirit of Christ appear. Let all
be guarded in their words, lest they place those not of our faith in
deadly opposition against us and give Satan an opportunity to use
the unadvised words to hedge up our way.
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There is to be a time of trouble such as never was since there
was a nation. Our work is to study to weed out of all our discourses
everything that savors of retaliation and defiance and making a drive
against churches and individuals, because this is not Christ’s way
and method.
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The fact that God’s people, who know the truth, have failed to do
their duty according to the light given in the word of God makes it a
necessity for us to be the more guarded, lest we offend unbelievers
before they have heard the reasons for our faith in regard to the
Sabbath and Sunday.
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