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to earnestly desire to know their duty. He will make duty plain. He
will give all an ample opportunity to develop what is in their hearts.
The Lord reproves and corrects the people who profess to keep
His law. He points out their sins and lays open their iniquity because
He wishes to separate all sin and wickedness from them, that they may
perfect holiness in His fear. God rebukes, reproves, and corrects them,
that they may be refined, sanctified, elevated, and finally exalted to
His own throne
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To Point Men to the Bible
The written testimonies are not to give new light, but to impress
vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already revealed. Man’s
duty to God and to his fellow man has been distinctly specified in God’s
word, yet but few of you are obedient to the light given. Additional
truth is not brought out; but God has through the Testimonies simplified
the great truths already given and in His own chosen way brought them
before the people to awaken and impress the mind with them, that all
may be left without excuse. The Testimonies are not to belittle the
word of God, but to exalt it and attract minds to it, that the beautiful
simplicity of truth may impress all
The Spirit was not given—nor can it ever be bestowed—to super-
sede the Bible; for the Scriptures explicitly state that the word of God
is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested.
Says the apostle John, “Believe not every spirit, but try the spirits
whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out
into the world.”
1 John 4:1
. And Isaiah declares, “To the law and to
the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because
there is no light in them.”
Isaiah 8:20
Brother J would confuse the mind by seeking to make it appear that
the light God has given through the Testimonies is an addition to the
Word of God, but in this he presents the matter in a false light. God has
seen fit in this manner to bring the minds of His people to His word, to
give them a clearer understanding of it. The word of God is sufficient
to enlighten the most beclouded mind and may be understood by those
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