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Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers
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Let Heaven Guide
Prophecy must be fulfilled. The Lord says: “Behold, I will send
you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful
day of the Lord.” Somebody is to come in the spirit and power of
Elijah, [
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] and when he appears, men may say: “You
are too earnest, you do not interpret the Scriptures in the proper way.
Let me tell you how to teach your message.”
There are many who cannot distinguish between the work of
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God and that of man. I shall tell the truth as God gives it to me, and
I say now, If you continue to find fault, to have a spirit of variance,
you will never know the truth. Jesus said to His disciples, “I have yet
many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.” They
were not in a condition to appreciate sacred and eternal things; but
Jesus promised to send the Comforter, who would teach them all
things, and bring all things to their remembrance, whatsoever He
had said unto them.
Brethren, we must not put our dependence in man. “Cease ye
from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be
accounted of? You must hang your helpless souls upon Jesus. It does
not become us to drink from the fountain of the valley when there
is a fountain in the mountain. Let us leave the lower streams; let us
come to the higher springs. If there is a point of truth that you do
not understand, upon which you do not agree, investigate, compare
scripture with scripture, sink the shaft of truth down deep into the
mine of God’s word. You must lay yourselves and your opinions on
the altar of God, put away your preconceived ideas, and let the Spirit
of heaven guide into all truth.—
The Review and Herald, February
18, 1890
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