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26 - A Work of Reform - The Great Controversy · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter twenty six, a work of reform, the work of
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  Speaker 1: Sabbath reform, to be accomplished in the last days, is
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  Speaker 1: foretold in the prophecy of Isaiah. Thus, saith the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: keep ye judgment and do justice, for my salvation is
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  Speaker 1: near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed. Blessed
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  Speaker 1: is the man that doeth this, and the son of
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  Speaker 1: Man that layeth hold on it, that keepeth the Sabbath
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  Speaker 1: from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.
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  Speaker 1: The sons of the Stranger that join themselves to the
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  Speaker 1: Lord to serve him and to love the name of
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  Speaker 1: the Lord, to be his servants. Every one that keepeth
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  Speaker 1: the Sabbath from polluting it and taketh hold of my covenant,
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  Speaker 1: Even then will I bring to my holy mountain and
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  Speaker 1: make them joyful in my house of prayer. These words
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  Speaker 1: apply in the Christian age, as shown by the context.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord God, which gathereth the outcasts of Israel, saith,
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  Speaker 1: Yet will I gather others to him besides those that
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  Speaker 1: are gathered unto him. Here is foreshadowed the gathering in
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  Speaker 1: of the Gentiles by the Gospel, and upon those who
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  Speaker 1: then honor the Sabbath, a blessing is pronounced. Thus the
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  Speaker 1: obligation of the Fourth Commandment extends past the crucifixion, resurrection,
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  Speaker 1: and ascension of Christ, to the time when his servants
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  Speaker 1: should preach to all nations the message of glad tidings.
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  Speaker 1: The Lord commands by the same prophet, bind up the
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  Speaker 1: testimony seal the law among my disciples. The seal of
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  Speaker 1: God's Law is found in the Fourth Commandment. This only
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  Speaker 1: of all the ten brings to view both the name
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  Speaker 1: and the title of the lawgiver. It declares him to
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  Speaker 1: be the creator of the heavens and the earth, and
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  Speaker 1: thus shows his claim to reverence and worship above all others.
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  Speaker 1: Aside from this precept, there is nothing in the decalogue
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  Speaker 1: to show by whose authority the law is given. When
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  Speaker 1: the Sabbath was changed by the papal power, the seal
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  Speaker 1: was taken from the life law. The disciples of Jesus
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  Speaker 1: are called upon to restore it by exalting the Sabbath
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  Speaker 1: of the Fourth Commandment to its rightful position as the
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  Speaker 1: Creator's memorial and the sign of his authority to the
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  Speaker 1: law and to the testimony. While conflicting doctrines and theories abound.
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  Speaker 1: The law of God is the one unerring rule by
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  Speaker 1: which all opinions, doctrines, and theories are to be tested,
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  Speaker 1: says the prophet. If they speak not according to this word,
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  Speaker 1: it is because there is no light in them. Again,
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  Speaker 1: the command is given, cry aloud, spare not lift up
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  Speaker 1: thy voice like a trumpet, and show my people their
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  Speaker 1: transgression and the House of Jacob their sins. It is
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  Speaker 1: not the wicked world, but those whom the Lord designates
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  Speaker 1: as My people that are to be reproved for their transgressions,
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  Speaker 1: he declares. Further. Yet they seek me daily and delight
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  Speaker 1: to know My ways. As a nation that did righteousness
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  Speaker 1: and forsook not the ordinance of their God. Here is
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  Speaker 1: brought to view a class who think themselves righteous and
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  Speaker 1: appear to manifest great interest in the service of God.
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  Speaker 1: But the stern and solemn rebuke of the Searcher of
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  Speaker 1: Hearts proves them to be trampling upon the divine precepts.
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  Speaker 1: The Prophet thus points out the ordinance which has been forsaken.
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  Speaker 1: Thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations, and
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  Speaker 1: thou shalt be called the repairer of the breach, the
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  Speaker 1: restorer of paths to dwelling. If thou turn away thy
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  Speaker 1: foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my
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  Speaker 1: holy day, and call the Sabbath a delight, the Holy
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord honorable, and shalt honor him, not doing
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  Speaker 1: thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking
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  Speaker 1: thine own words, then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: This prophecy also applies in our time. The breach was
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  Speaker 1: made in the law of God when the Sabbath was
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  Speaker 1: changed by the Roman power. But the time has come
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  Speaker 1: for that divine institution to be restored. The breach is
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  Speaker 1: to be repaired, and the foundation of many generations to
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  Speaker 1: be raised up hallowed by the Creator's rest and blessing.
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  Speaker 1: The Sabbath was kept by Adam in his innocence in
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  Speaker 1: Holy Eden, by Adam falling yet repentant when he was
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  Speaker 1: driven from his happy estate. It was kept by all
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  Speaker 1: the patriarchs, from Able to Righteous Noah to Abraham to Jacob.
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  Speaker 1: When the Chosen people were in bondage in Egypt, many
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  Speaker 1: in the midst of prevailing idolatry, lost their knowledge of
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  Speaker 1: God's law. But when the Lord delivered Israel, he proclaimed
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  Speaker 1: his law an awful grandeur to the assembled multitude, that
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  Speaker 1: they might know His will and fear and obey him forever.
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  Speaker 1: From that day to the present, the knowledge of God's
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  Speaker 1: Law has been preserved in the earth, and the Sabbath
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  Speaker 1: of the Fourth Commandment has been kept. Though the man
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  Speaker 1: of sin succeeded in trampling under foot God's Holy Day,
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  Speaker 1: yet even in the period of his supremacy, there were
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  Speaker 1: hidden in secret places, faithful souls who paid it honor.
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  Speaker 1: Since the Reformation, there have been some in every generation
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  Speaker 1: to maintain its observance, though often in the midst of
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  Speaker 1: reproach and persecution. A constant testimony has been born to
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  Speaker 1: the perpetuity of the Law of God and the sacred
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  Speaker 1: obligation of the creation Sabbath. These truths, as presented in
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  Speaker 1: Revelation fourteen, in connection with the Everlasting Gospel, will distinguish
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  Speaker 1: the Church of Christ at the time of his appearing,
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  Speaker 1: For as the result of the Threefold Message, it is
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  Speaker 1: announced here are they that keep the commandments of God
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  Speaker 1: and the faith of Jesus. And this message is the
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  Speaker 1: last to be given before the coming of the Lord.
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  Speaker 1: Immediately following its proclamation, the Son of man is seen
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  Speaker 1: by the prophet coming in glory to reap the harvest
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  Speaker 1: of the earth. Those who received the light concerning the
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  Speaker 1: sanctuary and the immutability of the law of God were
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  Speaker 1: filled with joy and wonder as they saw the beauty
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  Speaker 1: and harmony of the system of truth that opened to
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  Speaker 1: their understanding. They desired that the light, which appeared to
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  Speaker 1: them so precious, might be imparted to all Christians, and
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  Speaker 1: they could not but believe that it would be joyfully accepted.
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  Speaker 1: But truths that would place them at variance with the
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  Speaker 1: world were not welcome to many who claimed to be
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  Speaker 1: followers of Christ. Obedience to the fourth Commandment required a sacrifice,
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  Speaker 1: from which the majority drew back. As the claims of
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  Speaker 1: the Sabbath were presented, many reasoned from the worldlings standpoint,
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  Speaker 1: said they we have always kept Sunday, Our fathers kept it,
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  Speaker 1: and many good and pious men have died happy while
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  Speaker 1: keeping it. If they were right, so are we. The
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  Speaker 1: keeping of this new Sabbath would throw us out of
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  Speaker 1: harmony with the world, and we would have no influence
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  Speaker 1: over them. What can a little company keeping the Seventh
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  Speaker 1: Day hope to accomplish against all the world who are
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  Speaker 1: keeping Sunday. It was by similar arguments that the Jews
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  Speaker 1: endeavored to justify their rejection of Christ. Their fathers had
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  Speaker 1: been accepted of God in presenting the sacrificial offerings, and
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  Speaker 1: why did not the children find salvation in pursuing the
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  Speaker 1: same course. So, in the time of Luther, papists reasoned
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  Speaker 1: that true Christians had died in the Catholic faith, and
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  Speaker 1: therefore that religion was sufficient for salvation. Such reasoning would
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  Speaker 1: prove an effectual barrier to all advancement in religious faith
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  Speaker 1: or practice. Many urged that Sunday keeping had been an
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  Speaker 1: established doctrine and a widespread custom of the Church for
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  Speaker 1: many centuries. Against this argument, it was shown that the
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  Speaker 1: Sabbath and its observance were more ancient and widespread, even
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  Speaker 1: as old as the world itself, and bearing the sanction
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  Speaker 1: both of angels and of God. When the foundations of
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  Speaker 1: the earth were laid, when the morning stars sang together,
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  Speaker 1: and all the sons of God shouted for joy, then
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  Speaker 1: was laid the foundation of the Sabbath. Well, may this
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  Speaker 1: institution demand our reverence. It was ordained by no human
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  Speaker 1: authority and rests upon no human traditions. It was established
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  Speaker 1: by the ancient dad days and commanded by his eternal word.
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  Speaker 1: As the attention of the people was called to the
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  Speaker 1: subject of Sabbath reform, popular ministers perverted the Word of God,
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  Speaker 1: placing such interpretations upon its testimony as with best quiet,
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  Speaker 1: inquiring minds, and those who did not search the scriptures
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  Speaker 1: for themselves were content to accept conclusions that were in
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  Speaker 1: accordance with their desires. By argument sophistry, the traditions of
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  Speaker 1: the fathers and the authority of the Church. Many endeavored
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  Speaker 1: to overthrow the truth. Its advocates were driven to their
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  Speaker 1: Bibles to defend the validity of the Fourth Commandment. Humble men,
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  Speaker 1: armed with the word of Truth alone withstood the attacks
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  Speaker 1: of men of learning, who, with surprise and anger, found
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  Speaker 1: their eloquent sophistry powerless against the simple, straightforward reasoning of
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  Speaker 1: men who were versed in the scriptures rather than in
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  Speaker 1: the subtleties of the schools. In the absence of Bible
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  Speaker 1: testimony in their favor, many with unwearying persistence urged forgetting
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  Speaker 1: how the same reasoning had been employed against Christ and
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  Speaker 1: his apostles. Why do not our great men understand the
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  Speaker 1: Sabbath question? But if you believe as you do, it
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  Speaker 1: cannot be that you are right, and that all the
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  Speaker 1: men of learning in the world are wrong. To refute
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  Speaker 1: such arguments, it was needful only to cite the teachings
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  Speaker 1: of the scriptures and the history of the Lord's dealings
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  Speaker 1: with his people in all ages. God works through those
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  Speaker 1: who hear and obey His voice, those who will, if
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  Speaker 1: need be, speak unpalatable truths, those who do not fear
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  Speaker 1: to reprove popular sins. The reason why He does not,
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  Speaker 1: oftener choose men of learning and high position to lead
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  Speaker 1: out and reform movements is that they trust to their creeds, theories,
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  Speaker 1: and theological systems, and feel no need to be taught
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  Speaker 1: of God. Only those who have a personal connection with
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  Speaker 1: the source of wisdom are able to understand or explain
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  Speaker 1: the scriptures. Men who have little of the learning of
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  Speaker 1: the schools are sometimes called to declare the truth, not
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  Speaker 1: because they are unlearned, but because they are not too
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  Speaker 1: self sufficient to be taught of God. They learn in
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  Speaker 1: the school of Christ, and their humility and obedience make
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  Speaker 1: them great. In committing to them a knowledge of His truth,
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  Speaker 1: God confers upon them in honor in comparison with which
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  Speaker 1: earthly honor and human greatness sink into insignificance. The majority
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  Speaker 1: of Adventists rejected the truths concerning the Sanctuary and the
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  Speaker 1: Law of God, and many also renounced their faith in
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  Speaker 1: the advent movement and adopted unsound and conflicting views of
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  Speaker 1: the prophecies which applied to that work. Some were led
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  Speaker 1: into the error of repeatedly fixing upon a definite time
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  Speaker 1: for the coming of Christ. The light which is now
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  Speaker 1: shining on the subject of the Sanctuary would have shown
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  Speaker 1: them that no prophetic period extends to the Second Advent,
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  Speaker 1: that the exact time of this event is not foretold.
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  Speaker 1: But turning from the light, they continued to set time
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  Speaker 1: after time for the Lord to come, and as often
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  Speaker 1: they were disappointed. When the Thessalonian Church received erroneous views
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  Speaker 1: concerning the coming of Christ, the apostle Paul counseled them
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  Speaker 1: to test their hopes and anticipations carefully by the word
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  Speaker 1: of God. He cited them to prophesies revealing the events
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  Speaker 1: to take place before Christ should come, and showed that
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  Speaker 1: they had no ground to expect Him in their day.
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  Speaker 1: Let no man deceive you by any means. Are his
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  Speaker 1: words of warning should they indulge expectations that were not
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  Speaker 1: sanctioned by the scriptures, they would be led to a
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  Speaker 1: mistaken course of action. Disappointment would expose them to the
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  Speaker 1: derision of unbelievers, and they would be in danger of
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  Speaker 1: yielding to discouragement and would be tempted to doubt the
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  Speaker 1: truths essential for their salvation. The apostles admonition to the
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  Speaker 1: Thessalonians contains an important lesson for those who live in
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  Speaker 1: the last days. Many adventists have felt that unless they
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  Speaker 1: could fix their faith upon a definite time for the
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  Speaker 1: Lord's coming, they could not be zealous and diligent in
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  Speaker 1: the work of preparation. But as their hopes are again
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  Speaker 1: and again excited, only to be destroyed, their faith receives
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  Speaker 1: such a shock that it becomes well nigh impossible for
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  Speaker 1: them to be impressed by the great truths of prophecy.
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  Speaker 1: The preaching of a definite time for the judgment in
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  Speaker 1: the giving of the first message was ordered of God.
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  Speaker 1: The computation of the prophetic periods on which that message
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  Speaker 1: is based, placing the close of the twenty three hundred
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  Speaker 1: days in the autumn of eighteen forty four, stands without impeachment.
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  Speaker 1: The repeated efforts to find new dates for the beginning
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  Speaker 1: and close of the prophetic periods, and the unsound reasoning
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  Speaker 1: necessary to sustain these positions not only leave minds away
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  Speaker 1: from the present truth, but through contempt upon all efforts
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  Speaker 1: to explain the prophecies. The more frequently a definite time
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  Speaker 1: is set for the Second Advent, and the more widely
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  Speaker 1: it is taught, the better it suits the purposes of Satan.
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  Speaker 1: After the time has passed, he excites ridicule and contempt
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  Speaker 1: of its advocates, And thus past's reproach upon the Great
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  Speaker 1: Advent Movement of eighteen forty three and eighteen forty four,
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  Speaker 1: Those who persist in this error will at last fix
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  Speaker 1: upon a date too far in the future for the
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  Speaker 1: coming of Christ. Thus they will be led to rest
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  Speaker 1: in a false security, and many will not be undeceived
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  Speaker 1: until it is too late. The history of ancient Israel
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  Speaker 1: is a striking illustration of the past experience of the
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  Speaker 1: adventist's body. God led his people in the Advent movement,
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  Speaker 1: even as he led the children of Israel from Egypt
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  Speaker 1: in the Great Disappointment. Their faith was tested, as was
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  Speaker 1: that of the Hebrews of the Red Sea. Had they
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  Speaker 1: still trusted to the guiding hand that had been with
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  Speaker 1: them in their past experience, they would have seen of
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  Speaker 1: the salvation of God. If all who had labored unitedly
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  Speaker 1: in the work in eighteen forty four had received the
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  Speaker 1: Third Angel's message and proclaimed it in the power of
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  Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit, the Lord would have wrought mightily with
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  Speaker 1: their efforts. A flood of light would have been shed
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  Speaker 1: upon the world years ago. The inhabitants of the earth
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  Speaker 1: would have been warned the closing work completed, and Christ
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  Speaker 1: would have come for the redemption of his people. It
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  Speaker 1: was not the will of God that Israel should wander
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  Speaker 1: forty years in the wilderness. He desired to lead them
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  Speaker 1: directly to the land of Canaan and establish them there
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  Speaker 1: a wholly happy people. But they could not enter in
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  Speaker 1: because of unbelief. Because of their backsliding and apostasy, they
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  Speaker 1: perished in the desert, and others were raised up to
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  Speaker 1: enter the promised land. In like manner, it was not
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  Speaker 1: the will of God that the coming of Christ should
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  Speaker 1: be so long delayed, and his people should remain so
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  Speaker 1: many years in this world of sin and sorrow. But
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  Speaker 1: unbelief separated them from God as they refused to do
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  Speaker 1: the work which he had appointed them. Others were raised
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  Speaker 1: up to proclaim the message in mercy to the world.
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  Speaker 1: Jesus delays his coming that sinners may have an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: to hear the warning and find in him a shelter
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  Speaker 1: before the wrath of God shall be poured out. Now,
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  Speaker 1: as in former ages, the presentation of a truth that
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  Speaker 1: reproves the sins and errors of the times will excite opposition.
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  Speaker 1: Every one that doeth evil, hateth the light, neither cometh
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  Speaker 1: to the light lest his deeds should be reproved. As
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  Speaker 1: men see that they cannot maintain their position by the scriptures,
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  Speaker 1: many determined to maintain it at all hazards, and with
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  Speaker 1: a malicious spirit, they assail the character and motives of
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  Speaker 1: those who stand in defense of unpopular truth. It is
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  Speaker 1: the same policy which has been pursued in all ages.
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  Speaker 1: Elijah was declared to be a troubler in Israel, Jeremiah
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  Speaker 1: a traitor, Paul, a polluter of the temple. From that
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  Speaker 1: day to this, those who would be loyal to truth
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  Speaker 1: have been denounced as seditious, heretical, or schismatic. Multitudes who
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  Speaker 1: are too unbelieving to accept the sure word of prophecy
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  Speaker 1: will receive with unquestioning credulity and accusation against those who
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  Speaker 1: dare to reprove fashionable sins. This spirit will increase more
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  Speaker 1: and more, and the Bible plainly teaches that a time
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  Speaker 1: is approaching when the laws of the state will so
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  Speaker 1: conflict with the law of God that whosoever should obey
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  Speaker 1: all the divine precepts must brave reproach and punishment as
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  Speaker 1: an evil doer. In view of this, what is the
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  Speaker 1: duty of the messenger of truth? Shall he conclude that
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  Speaker 1: the truth ought not to be presented, since often it
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  Speaker 1: is only a fact as to arouse men to evade
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  Speaker 1: or resist its claims. No, he has no more reason
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  Speaker 1: for withholding the testimony of God's word because it excites
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  Speaker 1: opposition than had earlier reformers. The confession of faith made
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  Speaker 1: by saints and martyrs was recorded for the benefit of
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  Speaker 1: succeeding generations. Those living examples of holiness and steadfast integrity
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  Speaker 1: have come down to inspire courage in those who are
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  Speaker 1: now called to stand as witnesses for God. They received
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  Speaker 1: grace and truth, not for themselves. Alone, but that through
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  Speaker 1: them the knowledge of God might enlighten the earth. Has
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  Speaker 1: God given light to his servants in this generation, then
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  Speaker 1: they should let it shine forth to the world. Anciently,
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  Speaker 1: the Lord declared to one who spoke in his name,
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  Speaker 1: the house of Israel will not hearken unto Thee, for
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  Speaker 1: they will not hearken unto me. Nevertheless, he said, thou
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  Speaker 1: shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear
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  Speaker 1: or whether they will forbear. To the servant of God
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  Speaker 1: at this time is the command addressed. Lift up thy
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  Speaker 1: voice like a trumpet, and show my people their transgression,
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  Speaker 1: and the House of Jacob their sins. So far as
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  Speaker 1: his opportunities extend. Every one who has received the light
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  Speaker 1: of truth is under the same solemn and fearful responsibility
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  Speaker 1: as was the Prophet of Israel, to whom the word
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  Speaker 1: of the Lord came, saying, Son of Man, I have
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  Speaker 1: set thee a watchman unto the House of Israel. Therefore,
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  Speaker 1: thou shalt hear the word at my mouth and warn
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  Speaker 1: them from me. When I say, unto the wicked, O
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  Speaker 1: wicked man, thou shalt surely die. If thou dost not
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  Speaker 1: speak to warn the wicked from his way. That wicked
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  Speaker 1: man shall die in his iniquity. But his blood will
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  Speaker 1: I require at thine hand. Nevertheless, if thou warn the
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  Speaker 1: wicked of his way to turn from it, if he
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  Speaker 1: do not turn from his way, he shall die in
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  Speaker 1: his iniquity. But thou hast delivered thy soul. The great
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  Speaker 1: obstacle both to the acceptance and to the promulgation of
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  Speaker 1: truth is the fact that it involves inconvenience and reproach.
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  Speaker 1: This is the only argument against the truth, which its
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  Speaker 1: advocates have never been able to refute. But this does
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  Speaker 1: not deter the true followers of Christ. These do not
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  Speaker 1: wait for truth to become popular. Being convinced of their duty,
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  Speaker 1: they deliberately accept the cross with the apostle Paul, counting
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  Speaker 1: that our light affliction, which is but for a moment,
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  Speaker 1: worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight
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  Speaker 1: of glory, with one of old, esteeming the reproach of
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  Speaker 1: Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt. Whatever may
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  Speaker 1: be their profession, it is only those who are world
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  Speaker 1: servers at heart that act from policy rather than principle.
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  Speaker 1: In religious things, we should choose the right because it
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  Speaker 1: is right, and leave consequences with God to men of principle,
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  Speaker 1: faith and daring. The world is indebted for its great
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  Speaker 1: reforms by such men. The work of reform for this
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  Speaker 1: time must be carried forward. Thus saith the Lord hearken
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  Speaker 1: unto me, Ye that no righteousness, the people in whose
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  Speaker 1: heart is my law fear ye not the reproach of men.
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  Speaker 1: Neither be ye afraid of their revilings. For the moth
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  Speaker 1: shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm
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  Speaker 1: shall eat them like wool. But my righteousness shall be forever,
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  Speaker 1: and my salvation from generation to generation. End of Chapter
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