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Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce
Christ? Are you washing your robes of character and making them
white in the blood of the Lamb? “Behold, I come quickly; and My
reward is with Me, to give every man according as his work shall be”
[
Revelation 22:12
]....
Changing Before It Is Too Late—Laura, it is not now too late
for wrongs to be righted. It is not now too late to make your calling
and your election sure. You may now begin to work upon the plan of
addition. Add to your faith virtue, and knowledge, and temperance,
and patience, and every Christian grace. Everything else will perish
in the great day of conflagration, but the gold of holy character is
enduring. It knows no decay. It will stand the test of the fires of the
last day. My dear child, I wish you to remember that “God shall bring
every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good,
or whether it be evil” [
Ecclesiastes 12:14
].
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Truth is unfolding to those who walk in the light of the sun of
Christ’s righteousness. The truth sanctifies. We see vice prevailing
everywhere. It is pampered and glorified, while true goodness, equity,
justice, and purity are trampled underfoot. A large number are sowing
seeds of baleful influence around them. What are you doing, Laura?
Have you, since you decided to discard counsel, to refuse advice,
been growing into a firm, well-developed Christian, or have you, in
choosing your own way, found it brings unrest, cares, and worries?
Life’s Most Crucial Choice—Why not listen to the advice of
your parents? Before you is the path that leads to certain ruin. Will
you turn while you can? Will you seek the Lord while Mercy’s sweet
voice is appealing to you, or will you still have your own way? The
Lord pities you. The Lord invites you. Will you come? Will you
return from your backslidings? May the Lord help you to choose to be
wholly the Lord’s.—
Letter 51, 1889
.
One’s Own Counsel and Will—Dear Sister Laura: I thought I
would write you a few lines because I have interest in your soul, and I
am sure your feet have been dangerously long in the path that leads
to perdition. You have not been gaining any strength to overcome
every defect of character, but you have been pursuing a course that is
unchristian. Now, I know that had you followed the advice which I
gave you in the name of the Lord, you would today be far in advance
of what you now are spiritually. But all my advice was cast aside as
naught, and I felt that it was no use to seek to do you good because