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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
Satan has a large confederacy, his church. Christ calls them the
synagogue of Satan because the members are the children of sin.
The members of Satan’s church have been constantly working to
cast off the divine law, and confuse the distinction between good and
evil. Satan is working with great power in and through the children
of disobedience to exalt treason and apostasy as truth and loyalty.
And at this time the power of his satanic inspiration is moving the
living agencies to carry out the great rebellion against God that
commenced in heaven.
Clear, Decided Distinctions
At this time the church is to put on her beautiful garments—
“Christ our righteousness.” There are clear, decided distinctions
to be restored and exemplified to the world in holding aloft the
commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. The beauty of holiness
is to appear in its native luster in contrast with the deformity and
darkness of the disloyal, those who have revolted from the law
of God. Thus we acknowledge God and recognize His law, the
foundation of His government in heaven and throughout His earthly
dominions. His authority should be kept distinct and plain before the
world, and no laws are to be acknowledged that come in collision
with the laws of Jehovah. If in defiance of God’s arrangements
the world be allowed to influence our decisions or our actions, the
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purpose of God is defeated. However specious the pretext, if the
church waver here, there is written against her in the books of heaven
a betrayal of the most sacred trusts, and treachery to the kingdom
of Christ. The church is firmly and decidedly to hold her principles
before the whole heavenly universe and the kingdoms of the world;
steadfast fidelity in maintaining the honor and sacredness of the law
of God will attract the notice and admiration of even the world, and
many will, by the good works which they shall behold, be led to
glorify our Father in heaven. The loyal and true bear the credentials
of heaven, not of earthly potentates. All men shall know who are
the disciples of Christ, chosen and faithful, and shall know them
when crowned and glorified as those who honored God and whom
He has honored, bringing them into possession of an eternal weight
of glory....