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The Proper Attitude, August 31
Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have
wrought, but that we receive a full reward. Whosoever transgresseth,
and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.
2 John 1:8, 9
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Soon every possible effort will be made to discount and pervert the truth of
the testimonies of God’s Spirit. We must have in readiness the clear, straight
messages that since 1846 have been coming to God’s people.
There will be those once united with us in the faith who will search for
new, strange doctrines, for something odd and sensational to present to the
people. They will bring in all conceivable fallacies, and will present them as
coming from Mrs. White, that they may beguile souls....
Those who have treated the light that the Lord has given as a common
thing will not be benefited by the instruction presented.
There are those who will misinterpret the messages that God has given,
in accordance with their spiritual blindness.
Some will yield their faith, and will deny the truth of the messages,
pointing to them as falsehoods.
Some will hold them up to ridicule, working against the light that God
has been giving for years, and some who are weak in the faith will thus be
led astray.
But others will be greatly helped by the messages. Though not personally
addressed, they will be corrected, and will be led to shun the evils specified....
The Spirit of the Lord will be in the instruction, and doubts existing in many
minds will be swept away. The testimonies themselves will be the key that
will explain the messages given, as scripture is explained by scripture. Many
will read with eagerness the messages reproving wrong, that they may learn
what they may do to be saved.... These messages are to find their place in
hearts, and transformations will take place.—
Selected Messages 1:41, 42
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