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Beware Seductive Theories, May 18
Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the
tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.
Colossians 2:8
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At this time—the last days of this earth’s history—we are to make the book
of Revelation a special study. Why? Because it depicts the scenes that we are to
meet. We need to understand what we are to meet, and how we are to meet it.
We must know what efforts we are to make, so that in this perilous time we shall
not be taken by the enemy’s devices. We know that the last great conflict will be
Satan’s most determined effort to accomplish his purposes. He will come, not
only as a roaring lion, but as a seducer, clothing sin with beautiful garments of
light that he may take human beings in his snare.
The Lord desires us to realize that it is of great importance that we stand in
these last days upon the platform of eternal truth. Those who think that the church
militant is the church triumphant make a great mistake. The church militant will
gain great triumphs, but it will also have fierce conflicts with evil that it may be
firmly established upon the platform of eternal truth. And every one of us should
be determined to stand with the church upon this platform....
There are those today who call the Revelation a sealed book. [It is a mystery,]
but it is a mystery unfolded. We need to understand what it tells us in regard to
the scenes that are to take place in the last days of this earth’s history. The enemy
will bring in everything that he possibly can to carry out his deceptive designs.
Are they not lacking in wisdom who have no desire to understand in regard to the
things that are to take place on this earth? ...
In a representation which passed before me, I saw a certain work being done by
medical missionary workers. Our ministering brethren were looking on, watching
what was being done, but they did not seem to understand. The foundation of
our faith, which was established by so much prayer, such earnest searching of the
Scriptures, was being taken down, pillar by pillar. Our faith was to have nothing
to rest upon—the sanctuary was gone, the atonement was gone....
Do you wonder that I have something to say, when I see the pillars of our faith
beginning to be moved? Seductive theories are being taught in such a way that we
shall not recognize them unless we have clear spiritual discernment.—
Manuscript
46, May 18, 1904
, “The Foundation of Our Faith,” a talk given at Berrien Springs,
Michigan.
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