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the discipline of God. The enemy is on our track. We must be wide
awake, on our guard against him. We must put on the whole armor
of God. We must follow the directions given through the spirit of
prophecy. We must love and obey the truth for this time. This will save
us from accepting strong delusions. God has spoken to us through His
word. He has spoken to us through the testimonies to the church and
through the books that have helped to make plain our present duty and
the position that we should now occupy. The warnings that have been
given, line upon line, precept upon precept, should be heeded. If we
disregard them, what excuse can we offer?
I beseech those who are laboring for God not to accept the spurious
for the genuine. Let not human reason be placed where divine, sancti-
fying truth should be. Christ is waiting to kindle faith and love in the
hearts of His people. Let not erroneous theories receive countenance
from the people who ought to be standing firm on the platform of
eternal truth. God calls upon us to hold firmly to the fundamental
principles that are based upon unquestionable authority
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The Love of and Knowledge of the Word—Our Surety
Into the hearts of many who have been long in the truth there has
entered a hard, judicial spirit. They are sharp, critical, faultfinding.
They have climbed upon the judgment seat to pronounce sentence
upon those who do not conform to their ideas. God calls upon them to
come down and bow before Him in repentance, confessing their sins.
He says to them: “I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left
thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and
repent, and do the first works; or else I will come unto thee quickly,
and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.”
Revelation 2:4, 5
. They are striving for the first place, and by their
words and acts they make many hearts sore.
Christ calls upon His people to believe and practice His word.
Those who receive and assimilate this word, making it a part of every
action, of every attribute of character, will grow strong in the strength
of God. It will be seen that their faith is of heavenly origin. They will
not wander into strange paths. Their minds will not turn to a religion
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