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The Testimony of Jesus, October 16
And I fell at his feet to worship him. And he said unto me, See
thou do it not: I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren that
have the testimony of Jesus: worship God: for the testimony of
Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
Revelation 19:10
.
Above all other books, the Word of God must be our study, the great
textbook, the basis of all education.
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.
I took the precious Bible and surrounded it with the several
Testi-
monies for the Church
.... Here, said I, the cases of nearly all are met.
The sins they are to shun are pointed out. The counsel that they desire
can be found here, given for other cases situated similarly to them-
selves. God has been pleased to give you line upon line and precept
upon precept. But there are not many of you that really know what is
contained in the
Testimonies.
You are not familiar with the Scriptures. If
you had made God’s Word your study, with a desire to reach the Bible
standard and attain to Christian perfection, you would not have needed
the
Testimonies
....
The Lord designs to warn you, to reprove, to counsel, through the
testimonies given, and to impress your minds with the importance of
the truth of His Word. The written testimonies are not to give new light,
but to impress vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already
revealed. Man’s duty to God and to his fellow man has been distinctly
specified in God’s Word; yet but few of you are obedient to the light
given. Additional truth is not brought out; but God has through the
Testimonies
simplified the great truths already given and in His own
chosen way brought them before the people to awaken and impress the
mind with them, that all may be left without excuse.
If we disregard them [the warnings in the
Testimonies
], what excuse
can we offer?
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