If there were just one sin for which God would be justified in removing the candlestick from the SDA church, it would have to be the casting aside of the Spirit of Prophecy in practice, if not in actuality.
“The work of gaining salvation is one of co-partnership, a joint operation. There is to be co-operation between God and the repentant sinner.” Acts of the Apostles, 482. “Your only hope and salvation is in overcoming as Christ overcame.” Testimonies, vol. 3, 457.
Satan’s third brigade is even more subtle. We read about it in Selected Messages, Book 2, 19. “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…”
November 6, 1999 – November 12, 1999 – “I pray not that Thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that Thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” John 17:15.
A quick review is that the church is God’s temple (Ephesians 2), that God has prerogatives that He will not give to any created being, and any man or angel who attempts to assume prerogatives of God in the church has thereby set himself up as God, in the temple of God,…
March 17, 2001 – March 23, 2001 – Are we hoping to see the whole church revived? That time will never come. There are persons in the church who are not converted, and who will not unite in earnest, prevailing prayer.
I would like to study something with you that we actually have studied before,… I have received many letters and communications lately asking questions like, Are you starting a new denomination?
November 17-23, 2002 – “Wherefore I will not be negligent to put you always in remembrance of these things, though ye know [them], and be established in the present truth.” 2 Peter 1:12
Perhaps you have never before studied the Book of Amos. I have chosen the Book of Amos in developing a series of articles to give us an understanding of the New Testament. You may wonder how Amos of the Old Testament is going to help us with the New Testament.