“It is a fact widely ignored, though never without danger, that error rarely appears for what it really is. It is by mingling with or attaching itself to truth that it gains acceptance. The eating of the tree of knowledge of good and evil caused the ruin of our first parents, and the acceptance of a mingling of good and evil is the ruin of men and women today. The mind that depends upon the judgment of others is certain, sooner or later, to be misled.
“The power to discriminate between right and wrong we can possess only through individual dependence upon God. Each for himself is to learn from Him through His word. Our reasoning powers were given us for use, and God desires them to be exercised. ‘Come now, and let us reason together’ (Isaiah 1:18), He invites us. In reliance upon Him we may have wisdom to ‘refuse the evil, and choose the good.’ Isaiah 7:15; James 1:5” (Education, pp. 230, 231).
“But light and darkness cannot harmonize. Between truth and error there is an irrepressible conflict. To uphold and defend the one is to attack and overthrow the other. Our Saviour Himself declared: 'I came not to send peace, but a sword.' Matthew 10:34. Said Luther, a few years after the opening of the Reformation: 'God does not guide me, He pushes me forward. He carries me away. I am not master of myself. I desire to live in repose; but I am thrown into the midst of tumults and revolutions.'--D'Aubigne, b. 5, ch. 2” (The Great Controversy, pp. 126, 127).
“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. It is Bible truth, showing the perils that are right upon us. This light should lead us to a diligent study of the Scriptures, and a most critical examination of the positions which we hold” (Gospel Workers, p.299).
Monday, February 8, 2010
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This evening we faced an unfortunate need to censor a comment for vulgarity. This is the first time we have felt the need to do so, and we hope it will be the last, but vulgarity will not be tolerated.
Ellen White would show you the door if she saw your blog and the apparent use of the quotes to justify your feeble position.
Anonymous was right... She would show you the door.
BTW, I would hardly call "hind-end" vulgarity. Your choice to censor the comment tells more about you than the anonymous poster who posted it.
Hind End? The comment was removed because it said hind end? That is way to funny. As I casually stumbled on to the website I must think the creators and writers can't fit into their cars they are so full of themselves.
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