February 15, 1897

Extracts From the Testimonies

EGW

“Day by day men are revealing whether the kingdom of God is in them. If Christ rules in their hearts, they are gaining strength of principle, power, ability to stand as faithful sentinels, true reformers; for there can be no reform unless there is a thorough co-operation with Jesus Christ. Through the grace of Christ men are to use their God-given faculties to reform themselves [not to reform others, but to reform themselves]; by this self-denying, action, which the Lord of heaven looks upon with approval, they gain victories over their own hereditary and cultivated tendencies. Then, like Daniel, they make impressions upon other hearts that will never be effaced. The influence will be carried to all parts of the world.”GCDB February 15, 1897, par. 1

I read of one whose “example has done much to unsettle confidence in the Testimonies.”GCDB February 15, 1897, par. 2

“He himself has walked directly contrary to the light which God has given.”GCDB February 15, 1897, par. 3

“The reproofs and warnings from the Lord have been evaded and interpreted and made void by the devices of men.”GCDB February 15, 1897, par. 4

“Why did you frame flimsy excuses?” “O, how ashamed should those be who have turned away from the counsel of God, and have tried to cover up the impression God would have made.”GCDB February 15, 1897, par. 5

“They put their own construction upon them, saying that they did not mean to do so.”GCDB February 15, 1897, par. 6