KNOW WHO YOUR FRIENDS ARE
Brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.--Matthew 10:21
There is not a perplexity that comes to us but the Lord will find deliverance for us. The Lord knows we are living amid the perils of the last days, when temptation and trials and conflicts will have to be met.
To meet the trials, perplexities, and persecution that are sure to come in various ways in regard to the Sabbath law, and to distinguish the path of duty clearly, will require intelligent knowledge of the Scriptures, much faith, and divine wisdom, for righteousness and truth will be darkened by error and false theories. We shall find that we must let loose of all hands except the hand of Jesus Christ. Friends will prove treacherous, and will betray us. Relatives, deceived by the enemy, will think they do God service in opposing us and putting forth the utmost efforts to bring us into hard places, hoping we will deny our faith. But we may trust our hand in the hand of Christ amid darkness and peril....
There are unclean spirits, "spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Revelation 16:14.
The children of God who have light on Bible truth must be wide awake to advance with the opening providence of God. "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." Verse 15. The righteousness of Christ is the only garment that will do. Revelation 3:18-22. (Manuscript 21, September 7, 1889)
REFLECTION: The Bible is clear. When persecutions come, even our own families may not be able to be trusted. But God always keeps His promises. He will never leave us or forsake us. "For the Lord loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off." (Psalm 37:28)
Brother will deliver up brother to death, and a father his child; and children will rise up against parents and cause them to be put to death.--Matthew 10:21
There is not a perplexity that comes to us but the Lord will find deliverance for us. The Lord knows we are living amid the perils of the last days, when temptation and trials and conflicts will have to be met.
To meet the trials, perplexities, and persecution that are sure to come in various ways in regard to the Sabbath law, and to distinguish the path of duty clearly, will require intelligent knowledge of the Scriptures, much faith, and divine wisdom, for righteousness and truth will be darkened by error and false theories. We shall find that we must let loose of all hands except the hand of Jesus Christ. Friends will prove treacherous, and will betray us. Relatives, deceived by the enemy, will think they do God service in opposing us and putting forth the utmost efforts to bring us into hard places, hoping we will deny our faith. But we may trust our hand in the hand of Christ amid darkness and peril....
There are unclean spirits, "spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty." Revelation 16:14.
The children of God who have light on Bible truth must be wide awake to advance with the opening providence of God. "Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked and they see his shame." Verse 15. The righteousness of Christ is the only garment that will do. Revelation 3:18-22. (Manuscript 21, September 7, 1889)
REFLECTION: The Bible is clear. When persecutions come, even our own families may not be able to be trusted. But God always keeps His promises. He will never leave us or forsake us. "For the Lord loves justice, and does not forsake his saints; they are preserved forever, but the descendants of the wicked shall be cut off." (Psalm 37:28)
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