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A Call to Stand Apart
the counsel of God upon all important subjects which concern our
eternal interests. Even in our secular affairs we may learn a great deal
from the Bible. Its teaching will be always suited to our individual
circumstances, preparing us to endure trial and making us ready for
our God-given work.
The Bible is God’s voice speaking to us, just as surely as if
we could hear it with our ears. If we realized this, we would open
God’s Word with awe and seriously search its laws. Reading and
contemplating the Scriptures would be considered as an audience
with the Eternal God
What book can compare with the Bible? An understanding of
its teachings is essential for every child and youth, as well as older
persons, for it is the word of God, given to guide the human family
to heaven. In the world today many things are idolized, and there
are many philosophies and ideologies. Without an understanding of
the Scriptures it is impossible for the youth to understand what is
truth, or to tell the difference between the sacred and the ordinary
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The people of God must look to the Scriptures as their safety
against the influence of false teachers and the deceiving power of
the spirits of darkness. Satan tries everything possible to prevent
everyone from knowing the Bible, because its plain teachings reveal
his deceptions. Whenever God’s work revives, the prince of evil rises
to more intense activity. Right now Satan is exerting his strongest
efforts for a final struggle against Jesus and His followers. The last
great deception is just ready to open to our view. The antichrist will
perform miracles that we will actually see. The counterfeit will be
so similar to the true that the only way to know the difference will
be by the Bible. By the principles of Scripture every statement and
miracle must be tested.
Those who are trying to obey all the commandments of God will
be opposed and mocked. We can stand only in God. In order to stand
up to the trial ahead of us, we must understand God’s will as revealed
in His Word. We can honor God only as we understand his character,
government, and purposes. Only those who have strengthened their
minds with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great
conflict. To each of us will come the searching test: Will I obey God
rather than human beings? That decisive hour is right upon us. Are
our feet planted on the rock of God’s unchanging word? Are we
