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teachings. Then, to leave men and women without excuse, God gives
them plain and pointed testimonies, bringing them back to the word
they have neglected to follow.” “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.”
“Our watchword is to be, ‘to the law and to the testimony: if they
speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.’
We have a Bible full of the most precious truth. It contains the alpha
and the omega of knowledge. The Scriptures, given by inspiration
of God, are ‘profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction in righteousness: that the man of God may be perfect,
thoroughly furnished unto all good works.’ Take the Bible as your
study book.”
To her brethren in the ministry she wrote: “Do not advocate theo-
ries or tests that Christ has never mentioned, and that have no foun-
dation in the Bible. We have grand, solemn truths for the people. ‘It
is written’ is the test that must be brought home to every soul. Let us
go to the word of God for guidance. Let us seek for a ‘thus saith the
Lord.’ We have had enough of human methods. A mind trained only
in worldly science will fail to understand the things of God; but the
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same mind, converted and sanctified, will see the divine power in the
word.”—
Gospel Workers, 309, 310
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Predictions Fulfilled
One of the features that distinguish the true God from all false
Gods, is the power to communicate with men regarding the past and
the future. Through the prophet Isaiah, Jehovah issues a challenge to
the Gods worshiped by the heathen: “Let them show the former things,
what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of
them; or declare us things for to come. Show the things that are to
come hereafter, that we may know that ye are Gods.” And because of
the inability of these false gods to do this, Jehovah declares, “Behold,
ye are of nothing, and your work of nought; an abomination is he that
chooseth you.”
Isaiah 41:22-24
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One of the divinely appointed tests of a true prophet of God is the
accurate fulfillment of his words. To ancient Israel God said through
Moses, himself a mighty prophet: