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Korah Leads a Rebellion
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Those who are envious and continually criticize have misrepre-
sented every step forward made by those whom God has called to
lead His work. It was this way in the time of Luther, of the Wesleys,
and other reformers, and it is the same today.
Korah and his companions rejected light until they became so
blind that the most amazing demonstrations of power were not
enough to convince them—they attributed them all to human or sa-
tanic sources, and the rest of the people did the same thing. Despite
the most convincing evidence of God’s displeasure, they dared to
claim that His judgments were from Satan, declaring that Moses and
Aaron had caused the death of good and holy men. They committed
the sin against the Holy Spirit. “Anyone who speaks a word against
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the Son of Man,” said Christ, “it will be forgiven him; but whoever
speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him” (
Matthew
12:32
). It is through the Holy Spirit that God communicates with us,
and those who deliberately reject this influence as satanic have cut
off the channel of communication between themselves and Heaven.
If we finally reject the Spirit’s work, there is no more that God
can do for us. We have cut ourselves off from God, and sin has no
remedy to cure itself. “Let him alone” (
Hosea 4:17
) is the divine
command. Then “there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a
certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which
will devour the adversaries” (
Hebrews 10:26, 27
).
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