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responsibility, if they have as much authority even as had Ahab, they
will find that God is above them, that His sovereignty is supreme.’...
“No confederacy should be formed with unbelievers, neither should
you call together a certain chosen number who think as you do, and
who will say Amen to all that you propose, while others are excluded,
who you think will not be in harmony. I was shown that there was
great danger of doing this.
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“‘For the Lord spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed
me that I should not walk in the way of this people, saying, Say ye
not, A confederacy, to all them to whom this people shall say, A
confederacy; neither fear ye their fear, nor be afraid. Sanctify the Lord
of hosts Himself; and let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread.’
‘To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no light in them.’
Isaiah 8:11-13, 20
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world is not to be our criterion. Let the Lord work, let the Lord’s voice
be heard.
“Those employed in any department of the work whereby the world
may be transformed, must not enter into alliance with those who know
not the truth. The world know not the Father or the son, and they have
no spiritual discernment as to the character of our work, as to what
we shall do or shall not do. We must obey the orders that come from
above. We are not to hear the counsel or follow the plans suggested by
unbelievers. Suggestions made by those who know not the work that
God is doing for this time, will be such as to weaken the power of the
instrumentalities of God. By accepting such suggestions, the counsel
of Christ is set at naught....
“The eye of the Lord is upon all the work, all the plans, all the
imaginings of every mind; He sees beneath the surface of things,
discerning the thoughts and intents of the heart. There is not a deed
of darkness, not a plan, not an imagination of the heart, not a thought
of the mind, but that He reads it as an open book. Every act, every
word, every motive, is faithfully chronicled in the records of the great
Heart-searcher, who said, ‘I know thy works.’
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“I was shown that the follies of Israel in the days of Samuel will
be repeated among the people of God today, unless there is greater
humility, less confidence in self, and more trust in the Lord God of
Israel, the Ruler of the people. It is only as divine power is combined
with human effort that the work will abide the test. When men lean