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B. “The cult leader’s word, or teaching of the cult, become absolute truth, overshadowing the teachings of the Bible.” SDASBC 12

This criterion should be contrasted with the manner in which Ellen White (identified on the video with the “cult leader”) continually uplifted the Scriptures as “the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested” (The Great Controversy, p. vii). She wrote, “God’s Word is the unerring standard. The Testimonies are not to take the place of the Word.... Let all prove their positions from the Scriptures and substantiate every point they claim as truth from the revealed Word of God.”—Evangelism, 256. See also item 2 above. SDASBC 12.4