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as did the same sin upon ancient Israel. There is a limit beyond which
He will no longer delay His judgments.—
Testimonies for the Church
4:166, 167
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Dead in Trespasses and Sins
Today a large part of those who compose our congregations are
dead in trespasses and sins. They come and go like the door upon its
hinges. For years they have complacently listened to the most solemn,
soul-stirring truths, but they have not put them in practice. Therefore
they are less and less sensible of the preciousness of truth.... While
making a profession, they deny the power of godliness. If they continue
in this state, God will reject them. They are unfitting themselves to be
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members of His family.—
Testimonies for the Church 6:426, 427
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Human Moralists
Many who call themselves Christians are mere human moralists.
They have refused the gift which alone could enable them to honor
Christ by representing Him to the world. The work of the Holy Spirit is
to them a strange work. They are not doers of the word. The heavenly
principles that distinguish those who are one with Christ from those
who are one with the world have become almost indistinguishable.
The professed followers of Christ are no longer a separate and pe-
culiar people. The line of demarcation is indistinct. The people are
subordinating themselves to the world, to its practices, its customs,
its selfishness. The church has gone over to the world in transgres-
sion of the law, when the world should have come over to the church
in obedience to the law. Daily the church is being converted to the
world.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 315, 316
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A Spotted Record
Many have a form of godliness, their names are upon the church
records, but they have a spotted record in heaven. The recording
angel has faithfully written their deeds. Every selfish act, every wrong
word, every unfulfilled duty, and every secret sin, with every artful
dissembling, is faithfully chronicled in the book of records kept by the
recording angel.—
Testimonies for the Church 2:442
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