𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵 𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝗕𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗺?

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙙𝙤𝙢, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮, 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙, 𝙗𝙪𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙚𝙙, 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙’𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙. He is working with all his insinuating, deceiving power, to lead men away from the third angel’s message, which is to be proclaimed with mighty power. If Satan sees that the Lord is blessing His people and preparing them to discern his delusions, he will work with his master power to bring in fanaticism on the one hand, and cold formalism on the other, that he may gather in a harvest of souls. Now is our time to watch unceasingly. Watch, bar the way to the least step of advance that Satan may make among you….

I have been warned that henceforth we shall have a constant contest. Science so-called and religion will be placed in opposition to each other, because finite men do not comprehend the power and greatness of God. These words of Holy Write were presented to me, “Of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them” [Acts 20:30].

The moral sight of these men is diseased. They do not feel their need of the heavenly anointing, that they may discern spiritual things….They will fall into deceptions and delusions that Satan has prepared as concealed nets to entangle the feet of those who think they can walk in their human wisdom without the special grace of Christ….

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𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀. The system of truth must stand distinct from all other systems, whether of religion or of morals. It is the light emanating from Christ. Our great work is to reveal Christ to the world, and thus reveal the Father.

𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙫𝙤𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙜𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙨. They regard their course as wise, but their tendencies and actions are evil. They are of the class who, professing to be wise, need to become fools in order to be wise in God’s wisdom. They lead away from the path where the voice of Jesus is heard, saying, “𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘆, 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝘆𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁” [𝗜𝘀𝗮𝗶𝗮𝗵 𝟯𝟬:𝟮𝟭]. They are false teachers, blind leaders of the blind. They divert attention from the very work to be done in this period of the world’s history. But those who follow the Leader, step by step, will hear and 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙜𝙣𝙞𝙯𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙎𝙝𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙙….

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘆, 𝗚𝗼𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. While the Christian world are honoring a false sabbath, we are to show them its true character. It must be made plain to them that they are honoring a man-made institution in place of that which God sanctified. Every rival must be made to appear as an idol. Solemn is our responsibility.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀. They say, “Why do you in your teachings make the seventh-day Sabbath so prominent? This seems to be always thrust before us. We should harmonize with you, if you would not say so much on this point.”…And there has been a disposition on the part of some of the workers to adopt this policy. I am bidden to warn you that deceptive sentiments are entertained, a false modesty and caution, a disposition to withhold the profession of our faith in the night season, matters have been presented before me that have greatly troubled my mind. 𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙙𝙫𝙤𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨. 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙣, 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢?…𝙎𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙮 𝙖 𝙨𝙖𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙨𝙩?

If the world is in error and delusion, breaking the law of God, it is our duty to show them their sin and danger. We must proclaim the third angel’s message….𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙜 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝. 𝙒𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙣 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙐𝙣𝙛𝙪𝙧𝙡 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙚𝙚𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙖𝙯𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙡𝙨. 𝙇𝙚𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙝-𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝘼𝙙𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙨 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙣𝙤 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙚. 𝙄𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙪𝙨, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙪𝙥𝙤𝙣 𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩, 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙮, 𝙞𝙛 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙛𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙩, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙃𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙, 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙮….

𝙊𝙣 𝙣𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙧𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙣𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙞𝙣 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙤𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚𝙧𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙡𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙡. 𝙒𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙫𝙤𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙….All the success and patronage that can be secured by policy plans will be a snare to every soul who works on this principle. Some are flattering themselves that a more auspicious time is coming when God, who ever sides with the right, will vindicate His honor by lifting up His holy law, and then they will obey the truth and will triumph with it. I have been shown that in maintaining the right, it is not safe to yield one hair’s breadth because of circumstances, or to teach others that we may do this with comparative safety….

𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙖 𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨, 𝙬𝙚 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙗𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚𝙣. We should tell the people plainly that we cannot accept the papal sabbath, because it is a mark of special dishonor to God, whom we love and worship. But while we sacredly observe the Sabbath of the Lord, it is not our work to compel others to observe it. God never forces the conscience; that is Satan’s work. Since God is the Author of the Sabbath, it must be presented to the minds of men in contrast to the false sabbath, that all may choose between them….

𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙡𝙖𝙬 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣, 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙥𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙗𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙨𝙞𝙣, 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙥𝙖𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙢. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙞𝙣 𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙤 𝙥𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙢𝙞𝙨𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙤𝙙, “𝙒𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙏𝙝𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙮𝙨, 𝙊 𝙇𝙤𝙧𝙙” [𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙅𝙤𝙗 𝟮𝟭:𝟭𝟰]. Others will say, as did Pharaoh, “Who is the Lord, that I should obey His voice?” [Exodus 5:2]. But we must hold aloft the banner of the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus….While Satan will make masterly efforts to suppress the truth, we must stand firmly to reflect light to the world. let not the fear of man, the desire for patronage, be allowed to obscure a ray of heaven’s light….

We should be alarmed when we see the least disposition to hush the voices that proclaim the message of the third angel. That angel represents the people of God who give the warning to the world. No greater contempt could be shown to the Creator than the contempt manifested for the day which He has sanctified. And, as Satan with his human agencies pushes the warfare against God, by leading men to trample on the Sabbath, the few who honor God should be aroused to greater zeal and earnestness in its

defense….

In the great conflict between faith and unbelief the whole of the Christian world is involved. All will take sides. Some apparently may not engage in the conflict on either side. They may not appear t o take sides against the truth, but they do not come out boldly for Christ, through fear of losing property or suffering reproach. All such are numbered with the enemies of God. Manuscript 16, October 1, 1890. (see also 7ABC 246, 321, 331, 335, 351, 378, 393, 423; CWE 94-95; Ev 179, 593-94; 2SM 19-21) #christian #faith #god #jesuschrist #lordjesuschrist #adventistangelswatchmanradio #ecumenical