Special Testimony Relating To Politics
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of My royal family, children of the heavenly King.” As believers in
the truth we are to be distinct in practice from sin and sinners. Our
citizenship is in heaven.
We should realize more clearly the value of the promises God has
made to us, and appreciate more deeply the honor He has given us.
God can bestow no higher honor upon mortals than to adopt them into
His family, giving them the privilege of calling Him Father. There
is no degradation in becoming children of God. “My people shall
know My name,” the Lord declares; “therefore they shall know in
that day that I am He that doth speak: behold, it is I.” The Lord God
omnipotent reigneth. “How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet
of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth
good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion,
Thy God reigneth! Thy watchmen shall lift up the voice; with the
voice together shall they sing: for they shall see eye to eye, when the
Lord shall bring again Zion.”
Why is so much attention given to human agencies, while there
is so little reaching up of the mind to the eternal God? Why are
those who claim to be children of the heavenly King so absorbed in
the things of this world? Let the Lord be exalted. Let the word of
the Lord be magnified. Let human beings be placed low, and let the
Lord be exalted. Remember that earthly kingdoms, nations, monarchs,
statesmen, counselors, great armies, and all worldly magnificence and
glory are as the dust of the balance. God has a reckoning to make with
all nations. Every kingdom is to be brought low. Human authority is to
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be made as naught. Christ is the King of the world, and His Kingdom
is to be exalted.
The Lord desires all who bear the message for these last days
to understand that there is a great difference between professors of
religion who are not doers of the word, and the children of God, who
are sanctified through the truth, who have that faith that works by love
and purifies the soul. The Lord speaks of those who claim to believe
the truth for this time, yet see nothing inconsistent in their taking part
in politics, mingling with the contending elements of these last days, as
the circumcised who mingle with the uncircumcised, and He declares
that He will destroy both classes together without distinction. They
are doing a work that God has not set them to do. They dishonor God
by their party spirit and contention, and He will condemn both alike.