Are Seventh-Day Adventist Ready For His Coming?
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I have been shown that many who profess to have a knowledge of present truth know not what they believe. They do not understand the evidences of their faith. They have no just appreciation of the work for the present time. When the time of trial shall come, there are men now preaching to others who will find, upon examining the positions they hold, that there are many things for which they can give no satisfactory reason. Until thus tested they know not their great ignorance. And there are many in the church who take it for granted that they understand what they believe; but, until controversy arises, they do not know their own weakness. When separated from those of like faith and compelled to stand singly and alone to explain their belief, they will be surprised to see how confused are their ideas of what they had accepted as truth....
God will arouse His people; if other means fail, heresies will come in among them, which will sift them, separating the chaff from the wheat. The Lord calls upon all who believe His word to awake out of sleep. Precious light has come, appropriate for this time.... Believers are not to rest in suppositions and ill-defined ideas of what constitutes truth. Their faith must be firmly founded upon the word of God so that when the testing time shall come and they are brought before councils to answer for their faith they may be able to give a reason for the hope that is in them, with meekness and fear.7Testimonies for the Church 5:707, 708.
The servants of Christ are to prepare no set speech to present when brought to trial for their faith. Their preparation is to be made day by day, in treasuring up in their hearts the precious truths of God's word, in feeding upon the teaching of Christ, and through prayer strengthening their faith; then, when brought into trial, the Holy Spirit will bring to their remembrance the very truths that will reach the hearts of those who shall come to hear.
God will flash the knowledge obtained by diligent searching of the Scriptures, into their memory at the very time when it is needed.8Counsels on Sabbath School Work, 40, 41.
Our Spiritual Journey From The City To The Country
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Ellen G. White's Urgent Call To Leave The Cities
"The time has come when, as God opens the way, families should move out of the cities." (Country Living, p. 10)
"The cities are filled with temptation. We should plan our work in such a way as to keep our young people as far as possible from this contamination." (Country Living, p. 6)
"The Lord desires His people to move into the country, where they can settle on the land and raise their own fruit and vegetables."
(Country Living, p. 6)
"In the quiet of the country, the still, small voice of God can be heard far more distinctly than amid the noise and confusion of the city." (Country Living, p. 14)
"The more nearly we come into harmony with God's original plan, the more favorable will be our position to secure health of body, and mind, and soul." (Country Living, p. 6)
"The time is not far distant when, like the early disciples, we shall be forced to seek a refuge in desolate and solitary places." (Country Living, p. 10)
"The cities are to be worked from outposts... not by God's people living in them." (Country Living, p. 30)
"Fathers and mothers who possess a piece of land and a comfortable home are kings and queens." (Country Living, p. 18)
"In the great cities there are multitudes living in ignorance and sin, and they need to be worked. But it is not the purpose of God's people to live in the cities." (Country Living, p.9)
"The time is fast coming when the controlling power of the labor unions will be very oppressive. Again and again the Lord has instructed that our people are to take their families away from the cities." (Country Living, p. 9)
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