Chapter 62—The Sifting Time
The apostle exhorts the brethren, saying, “Finally, my brethren, be
strong in the Lord, and in the power of His might. Put on the whole
armor of God, that ye may be able to stand ... in the evil day, and
having done all, to stand.” Oh, what a day is before us! What sifting
will there be among those who claim to be the children of God! The
unjust will be found among the just. Those who have great light and
who have not walked in it will have darkness corresponding to the light
they have despised. We have need to heed the lesson contained in the
words of Paul, “But I keep under my body, and bring it in subjection:
lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should
be a castaway.” The enemy is diligently working to see whom he can
add to the ranks of apostasy; but the Lord is soon coming, and erelong
every case will be decided for eternity. Those whose works correspond
with the light graciously given them will be numbered on the Lord’s
side
But the days of purification of the church are hastening on apace.
God will have a people pure and true. In the mighty sifting soon to
take place we shall be better able to measure the strength of Israel.
The signs reveal that the time is near when the Lord will manifest that
His fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly purge His floor
Victory for Those Who Seek Deliverance
I was shown the people of God, and saw them mightily shaken.
Some, with strong faith and agonizing cries, were pleading with God.
Some, I saw, did not participate in this work of agonizing and
pleading. They seemed indifferent and careless. They were not resist-
ing the darkness around them, and it shut them in like a thick cloud.
The angels of God left these, and I saw them hastening to the assis-
tance of those who were struggling with all their energies to resist the
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