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Faithful, Earnest Warnings
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comes from lips under the moving of the Spirit of God, there are
many who treat it with disdain. There are among us those who,
in actions if not in words, “say to the seers, See not; and to the
prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth
things, prophesy deceits: get you out of the way, turn aside out
of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this
word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall,
swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an
instant.... For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In
returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence
shall be your strength: and ye would not.”
Cleansing of the Heart Needed
I inquire of those in responsible positions in Battle Creek, What
are you doing? You have turned your back, and not your face, to
the Lord. There needs to be a cleansing of the heart, the feelings,
the sympathies, the words, in reference to the most momentous
subjects—the Lord God, eternity, truth. What is the message to be
given at this time? It is the third angel’s message. But that light
which is to fill the whole earth with its glory has been despised by
some [
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] who claim to believe the present truth. Be
careful how you treat it. Take off the shoes off your feet; for you
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are on holy ground. Beware how you indulge the attributes of Satan,
and pour contempt upon the manifestation of the Holy Spirit. I know
not but some have even now gone too far to return and to repent.
Communication of Light
I state truth. The souls who love God, who believe in Christ, and
who eagerly grasp every ray of light, will see light, and rejoice in the
truth. They will communicate the light. They will grow in holiness.
Those who receive the Holy Spirit will feel the chilling atmosphere
that surrounds the souls of others by whom these great and solemn
realities are unappreciated and spoken against. They feel that they
are in the council of the ungodly, of men who stand in the way of
sinners, and sit in the seat of the scornful.