Liberty and Bondage, THE LAW, and the Hope of Righteousness by Faith (Gal.

5:5)
Introduction Reasons for this writing The people of God are at a great crossroads at this most important time in earths history. We are now on the precipice of the great shaking soon to do its heaven ordained work in spiritual Israel: to separate the wheat from the chaff and the wise from the foolish. It seems now inescapable - but that we must lift our voice in protest against the deceptive theories now in the ascendeny. Satan is publishing his cunning deceptions using Seventh Day Adventist presses and bearing the historical names of Adventism, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. This principally is the purpose for this message being published. Also, we were constrained to write, just now, because of the dictates of Gods recent providence stirring us to publish. Several recent events revealed clearly the alarming extent of these doctrines which followed out to their logical conclusion would make the commandment of God of none effect. This is not only has been accomplished in the Sunday churches of Christendom, referred to in the Bible as Babylon, but has now gained a place of prominence in the teaching organs of Seventh Day Adventism. Dangerous Doctrines brought to view Gods providence worked wonderfully by causing this ministry to receive, in the space of one week, 2 letters from friends who worship on the Sunday: one letter was from a spiritual lay Sunday Keeper and the other from an accomplished Fundamentalist Baptist Pastor with a thriving ministry. In addition to this I personally was privied to hear explained dangerous doctrines which are prevalent and representative of many in leadership positions and I was shown these same teachings in the major publications of flagship Adventist organizations 3ABN and Amazing Facts. What was shocking was that, by the Holy Ghost, we were shown the common principle closely connecting the fundamental errors of these teachings, both of the Sunday keepers and now of the esteemed Seventh Day Adventist teachers of the people, which was brought before our eyes by God marvelous providence. This also constrained us to publish this timely message of Gods Spirit. These specific teachings will be revealed later in this present message, using the very words of the persons and organizations making them, but first we must needs lay the proper Biblical foundation of the vital subjects of the title: Liberty and Bondage, THE LAW (we will also of necessity discuss, as it is of close relation to these revelations, the Law of Moses AND the Spirit of Prophecy) and the Hope of the Righteousness which is by Faith. Lastly, after having laid the foundation and brought out clearly the dangers even now compassing us about, we must declare the warning against the great reckoning soon to shake Seventh Day Adventism because of these very things. Pray earnestly in your heart as you proceed, that God would grant you That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give

unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power. (Eph. 1:17-19) PART ONE THE LAW The first and most basic understanding we must lay down is that concerning the Law of God. It has constantly been a snare for the people of God to get into debate and discussions with Satan himself or through those directed by him to enter into strivings about the law (for they are unprofitable and vain). The strivings about the law Satan leads people into is over specific declarations in the law. Often he tries to show that there are contradictions or present subtlety leading the re-interpretations of whether specific declarations are meant to be followed precisely. In all of this Satan is successful in unsettling minds because the emphasis often placed on specific declaration in the law and not on understanding and obeying the central principles which the law embodies. This work Satan began in heaven and he has worked in this manner in the Eden before human and sin and he has not and will not change his paradigm in seeking to snare souls. The Law of God in Heaven The Law of God which we now know as the Ten Commandments are but a delineation of the Principles of the government of God a written transcript of the Character of the Eternal God. After the fall of man, the principles which existed forever were arranged in a manner to meet the needs of fallen beings and were then made known as what we now commonly refer to as the Ten Commandments. The law of Jehovah dating back to creation, was comprised in the two great principles, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these." These two great principles embrace the first four commandments, showing the duty of man to God, and the last six, showing the duty of man to his fellowman. The principles were more explicitly stated to man after the fall, and worded to meet the case of fallen intelligences. This was necessary in consequence of the minds of men being blinded by transgression. (Sign of the Times, April 15, 1875) The law of God existed before the creation of man or else Adam could not have sinned. After the transgression of Adam the principles of the law were not changed, but were definitely arranged and expressed to meet man in his fallen condition. (Sign of the Times, March 14, 1878)

So we see that the law of Jehovah is comprised of the Two Great commandments, even as Jesus Himself explained to us. But even these two great commandments can be further consolidated into one glorious principle, even as it was in heaven before Lucifer sinned: It will be seen that the glory shining in the face of Jesus is the glory of self-sacrificing love. In the light from Calvary it will be seen that the law of self-renouncing love is the law of life for earth and heaven; that the love which "seeketh not her own" has its source in the heart of God; and that in the meek and lowly One is manifested the character of Him who dwelleth in the light which no man can approach unto. {The Desire of Ages page 19 paragraph 2} Looking unto Jesus we see that it is the glory of our God to give. "I do nothing of Myself," said Christ; "the living Father hath sent Me, and I live by the Father." "I seek not Mine own glory," but the glory of Him that sent Me. John 8:28; 6:57; 8:50; 7:18. In these words is set forth the great principle which is the law of life for the universe. All things Christ received from God, but He took to give. So in the heavenly courts, in His ministry for all created beings: through the beloved Son, the Father's life flows out to all; through the Son it returns, in praise and joyous service, a tide of love, to the great Source of all. And thus through Christ the circuit of beneficence is complete, representing the character of the great Giver, the law of life. {The Desire of Ages page 21 paragraph 2} The great principle of the Law of God is selflessness: self- sacrificing love; self-renouncing love IS the law of life. If would but examine our hearts to discern our true motives and intents when Satan seeks to stir up strivings about the law we must know whether we are interpreting the specific declarations of the law and the commands of God through the fog of selfishness or do we really seek not (our) own glory," but the glory of Him that sent (us), even God. (see John 8:28; 6:57; 8:50; 7:18) Lucifer rebelled in heaven against this Principle of Selflessness There must have been law in heaven for Lucifer to have sinned. We have declared that before the entrance of sin, the law was simply the principle of being selfless and obeying what God told the inhabitants of heaven to do. How did Lucifer break this law? In heaven itself this law was broken. Sin originated in self-seeking. Lucifer, the covering cherub, desired to be first in heaven. He sought to gain control of heavenly beings, to draw them away from their Creator, and to win their homage to himself. Therefore he misrepresented God, attributing to Him the desire for self-exaltation. With his own evil characteristics he sought to invest the loving Creator. Thus he deceived angels. Thus he deceived men. He led them to doubt the word of God, and to distrust His goodness. Because God is a God of justice and terrible majesty, Satan caused them to look upon Him as severe and unforgiving. Thus he drew men to join him in rebellion against God, and the night of woe settled down upon the world. {The Desire of Ages page 21 paragraph 3} Lucifer was the first to call the Law of God bondage, while promising liberty in rebellion

Once Lucifer committed himself to the rebellion against God, his named was changed to Satan, meaning the adversary of God. Satan began by desire to exalt himself and seeking his own glory of necessity his warfare was directed at the character of God and His law which indentified his sin. To this end Satan developed a subtle system of arguments, even in heaven, which he used to begin the first questions and striving about the law among holy angels. Satans deceptions were presented in the framework of Bondage and Liberty. Leaving his place in the immediate presence of the Father, Lucifer went forth to diffuse the spirit of discontent among the angels. He worked with mysterious secrecy, and for a time concealed his real purpose under an appearance of reverence for God. He began to insinuate doubts concerning the laws that governed heavenly beings, intimating that though laws might be necessary for the inhabitants of the worlds, angels, being more exalted, needed no such restraint, for their own wisdom was a sufficient guide. They were not beings that could bring dishonor to God; all their thoughts were holy; it was no more possible for them than for God Himself to err. The exaltation of the Son of God as equal with the Father was represented as an injustice to Lucifer, who, it was claimed, was also entitled to reverence and honor. If this prince of angels could but attain to his true, exalted position, great good would accrue to the entire host of heaven; for it was his object to secure freedom for all. But now even the liberty which they had hitherto enjoyed was at an end; for an absolute Ruler had been appointed them, and to His authority all must pay homage. Such were the subtle deceptions that through the wiles of Lucifer were fast obtaining in the heavenly courts. {Patriarchs and Prophets, page 36 paragraph 4} Rejecting with disdain the arguments and entreaties of the loyal angels, he denounced them as deluded slaves. The preference shown to Christ he declared an act of injustice both to himself and to all the heavenly host, and announced that he would no longer submit to this invasion of his rights and theirs. He would never again acknowledge the supremacy of Christ. He had determined to claim the honor which should have been given him, and take command of all who would become his followers; and he promised those who would enter his ranks a new and better government, under which all would enjoy freedom. Great numbers of the angels signified their purpose to accept him as their leader. Flattered by the favor with which his advances were received, he hoped to win all the angels to his side, to become equal with God Himself, and to be obeyed by the entire host of heaven. {PP 40.1} For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage... For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. (2 Peter 2:18,19,21)

The Purpose of the Law of God By the law is the knowledge of sin (Rom. 3:20) It may seem that at this late hour in earths history it should not be necessary to review this basic fact, but present evidence bears testimony that must be repeated. The purpose of the law, as it is revealed, is to convict us of sin; not only is that function and office of the law, this is what it does by very nature: Wherefore the law is holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. Was then that which is good made death unto me? God forbid. But sin, that it might appear sin, working death in me by that which is good; that sin by the commandment might become exceeding sinful. (Romans 7:12,13) The nature of the Law of God is the same as God Himself Holy, and Just, and Good. That is why Jesus told us what shall be the office work of the Holy Ghost: And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment. (John 16:8) We must first be convinced of our sin and defects if we are ever to turn from our course of behavior which condemned by God Law and receive the help only God can provide. Yet, realizing the exceeding heinous character of selfishness, which is what any violation of the perfect law of God really is, is what must take place in us at this time in earths history. Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God. Romans 3:19

Why Jesus Magnified the Law

We are discussing the importance of knowing the principles of the law of God, to the intent that we might search our hearts and try our true motives whether they be that of selfishness or selfrenouncing love. Yet when man sinned, we lost the ability to discern spiritual things, such as the principles of God holy law Therefore it was necessary for God to more distinctly explain how a doer of the principles of heaven lives (Little children, let no man deceive you: he that doeth righteousness is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth sin is of the devil John 3:7,8). God explained what a man would do if from the heart he obeyed the precepts of Love to God and love to man. He showed how this man would live by giving specific declarations of what should be done in different situations to the intent that in meditating upon these things man might discern the common principle throughout and order his life by complete self-renouncing love seeking the good of others and only taking so that he might give more. For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin. (Romans 7:14)

But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14) When Jesus came and spoke the Sermon on the Mount, He magnified Gods Law of Ten Commandments by showing that they are even transgressed in evil thoughts (such as lusting after a women is a sin equal to committing adultery with her). When this knowledge, this spirituality of the law is brought home to the conscience, man is convicted as a sinner, a transgressor of Gods law and found to be selfish and depraved before Gods glory and infinite purity. Many, when this spirituality of the law comes home to the conscience seek to relieve their distress in the same way Satan sought to do it, in endeavoring to do something they can never achieve by attempting to overthrow the law, or the character of God, which reveals our selfishness. Yet for man to follow Satan in doing this, we enter a work which they shall wot not in seeking to overthrow the law of God or diminish in our minds its claims upon us, we lessen also the greatness of the atonement made for our redemption. And truly it is in view of the sheer enormity of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge that we are led to surrender our hearts and will to Christ. It is only by a heaven inspired revelation of the vast scope of the Law delineating perfect Righteousness can we began to appreciate the infinite value of the sacrifice made in our behalf and the depth of the pit from which we are saved. It is when we most fully comprehend the love of God that we best realize the sinfulness of sin. When we see the length of the chain that was let down for us, when we understand something of the infinite sacrifice that Christ has made in our behalf, the heart is melted with tenderness and contrition. {Steps to Christ page 35 paragraph 4} We must ever be learning our great need, in order to appreciate our Saviour, and to make Him known to others. We can learn the depths of our transgression only by the length of the chain let down to draw us up. We should put our mental powers to the task to understand the fearful ruin to which sin has brought us, and we should seek to understand the divine plan by which we may be restored to the favor of God. That God's dear Son should have to come to our world to fight our battles for us that we might have strength to conquer in His name, should ever humble our proud hearts. If we look to the cross of Calvary, every boast will die upon our lips, and we shall cry, "Unclean, unworthy of so great suffering, of so rich a price paid for my redemption." {Selected Messages Vol. 1, page 316 parargraph 1} Those who are unacquainted with the laws of God's government as expounded upon the mount, are unacquainted with the truth as it is in Jesus. Christ revealed the far-reaching principles of the law; He expounded every precept, and exhibited every demand in His example. He that knows the truth as it is in the law, knows the truth as it is in Jesus; and if through faith in Christ he renders obedience to the commandments of God, his life is hid with Christ in God. The knowledge of the claims of the law would crush out the last ray of hope from the soul if there were no Saviour provided for man; but the truth as it is in Jesus, is a savor of life unto life. God's dear Son died that He might impute unto man His own righteousness, and not

that he might be at liberty to break God's holy law, as Satan tries to make men believe. Through faith in Christ, man may be in possession of moral power to resist evil. {1SM 316.3,4} Satan's lying charges against the divine character and government appeared in their true light. He had accused God of seeking merely the exaltation of Himself in requiring submission and obedience from His creatures, and had declared that, while the Creator exacted self-denial from all others, He Himself practiced no self-denial and made no sacrifice. Now it was seen that for the salvation of a fallen and sinful race, the Ruler of the universe had made the greatest sacrifice which love could make; for "God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself." 2 Corinthians 5:19. It was seen, also, that while Lucifer had opened the door for the entrance of sin by his desire for honor and supremacy, Christ had, in order to destroy sin, humbled Himself and become obedient unto death. {The Great Controversy, page 502 paragraph 2} God had manifested His abhorrence of the principles of rebellion. All heaven saw His justice revealed, both in the condemnation of Satan and in the redemption of man. Lucifer had declared that if the law of God was changeless, and its penalty could not be remitted, every transgressor must be forever debarred from the Creator's favor. He had claimed that the sinful race were placed beyond redemption and were therefore his rightful prey. But the death of Christ was an argument in man's behalf that could not be overthrown. The penalty of the law fell upon Him who was equal with God, and man was free to accept the righteousness of Christ and by a life of penitence and humiliation to triumph, as the Son of God had triumphed, over the power of Satan. Thus God is just and yet the justifier of all who believe in Jesus. {GC 502.3} But it was not merely to accomplish the redemption of man that Christ came to the earth to suffer and to die. He came to "magnify the law" and to "make it honorable." Not alone that the inhabitants of this world might regard the law as it should be regarded; but it was to demonstrate to all the worlds of the universe that God's law is unchangeable. Could its claims have been set aside, then the Son of God need not have yielded up His life to atone for its transgression. The death of Christ proves it immutable. And the sacrifice to which infinite love impelled the Father and the Son, that sinners might be redeemed, demonstrates to all the universe--what nothing less than this plan of atonement could have sufficed to do--that justice and mercy are the foundation of the law and government of God. {GC 503.1}

In these last days the Law is further magnified in the writings of Ellen G. White and called the Spirit of Prophecy or The Testimony of Jesus (see Revelation 12:17 and 19:10) In ancient times God spoke to men by the mouth of prophets and apostles. In these days He speaks to them by the testimonies of His Spirit. There was never a time when God instructed His people more earnestly than He instructs them now concerning His will and the course that He would have them pursue.-- Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 661. The Holy Ghost is the author of the Scriptures and of the Spirit of Prophecy. These are not to be twisted and turned to mean what man may want them to mean, to carry out man's ideas

and sentiments, to carry forward man's schemes at all hazards.--Letter 92, 1900. {3rd Volume of Selected Messages page 30 paragraph 3} God has seen fit in this manner to bring the minds of His people to His Word, to give them a clearer understanding of it. The Word of God is sufficient to enlighten the most beclouded mind, and may be understood by those who have any desire to understand it. But notwithstanding all this, some who profess to make the Word of God their study are found living in direct opposition to its plainest teachings. Then, to leave men and women without excuse, God gives plain and pointed testimonies, bringing them back to the Word that they have neglected to follow. The Word of God abounds in general principles for the formation of correct habits of living, and the testimonies, general and personal, have been calculated to call their attention more especially to these principles.-- Testimonies, vol. 5, pp. 663, 664. Testimonies to Bring Plain Lessons From the Word.--In the Scriptures God has set forth practical lessons to govern the life and conduct of all; but though He has given minute particulars in regard to our character, conversation, and conduct, yet in a large measure, His lessons are disregarded and ignored. Besides the instruction in His Word, the Lord has given special testimonies to His people, not as a new revelation, but that He may set before us the plain lessons of His Word, that errors may be corrected, that the right way may be pointed out, that every soul may be without excuse.-- Letter 63, 1893. (See Testimonies, vol. 5, p. 665.) {3rd Volume Selected Messages page 31 paragraph 3} I took the precious Bible and surrounded it with the several Testimonies for the Church, given for the people of God. Here, said I, the cases of nearly all are met. The sins they are to shun are pointed out. The counsel that they desire can be found here, given for other cases situated similarly to themselves. God has been pleased to give you line upon line and precept upon precept. But there are not many of you that really know what is contained in the Testimonies. You are not familiar with the Scriptures. If you had made God's word your study, with a desire to reach the Bible standard and attain to Christian perfection, you would not have needed the Testimonies. It is because you have neglected to acquaint yourselves with God's inspired Book that He has sought to reach you by simple, direct testimonies, calling your attention to the words of inspiration which you had neglected to obey, and urging you to fashion your lives in accordance with its pure and elevated teachings. The Lord designs to warn you, to reprove, to counsel, through the testimonies given, and to impress your minds with the importance of the truth of His word. The written testimonies are not to give new light, but to impress vividly upon the heart the truths of inspiration already revealed. Man's duty to God and to his fellow man has been distinctly specified in God's word; yet but few of you are obedient to the light given. Additional truth is not brought out; but God has through the Testimonies simplified the great truths already given and in His own chosen way brought them before the people to awaken and impress the mind with them, that all may be left without excuse. {2nd Volume of the Testimonies page 605 paragraph 2}

True Bondage The very deceptions Satan diffused in the heavenly courts, which were successful in deceiving one third of the holy angels and delivering their souls into perdition along with the author of sin, are the very same arguments being repeated by men and women who call themselves Christians. Obedience to the law of God is called bondage, thus depicting God as a cruel tyrant; and disavowal of the very principles of heaven is intimated as being a liberty to be sought after and desired. Even the precious doctrine of Righteousness by faith is now being colored with false perceptions liberty and bondage. Let us therefore, set these terms in their proper Biblical framework. The Bible is very clear as to what is true bondage: Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. (John 8:34) Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. (Romans 6:16-18) Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. (Romans 8:21) Jesus explains that when we sin, we are in the bondage of sin. Yet, the spirituality of the law, convicts us of more than just a sinful act which we might commit Romans 8:21 shows us that our sinful natures, our inward corruption is itself a bondage. This is nothing less than the truth that by our imperfect characters (selfish and not yet completely selfless) we have all sinned, and come short of the glory of God this is represented as bondage: These words offended the Pharisees. The nation's long subjection to a foreign yoke, they disregarded, and angrily exclaimed, "We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to any man: how sayest Thou, Ye shall be made free?" Jesus looked upon these men, the slaves of malice, whose thoughts were bent upon revenge, and sadly answered, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin." They were in the worst kind of bondage,-ruled by the spirit of evil. {The Desire Ages page 466 page 2} All this is a part of your appointed work. God also requires each of us to subdue self, not giving the rein to self-indulgence or appetite, and to form characters that will stand the test of the Judgment and go with us into the future life. To guide us in this work he has given us his law, that great standard of right, which will prove a lamp to our feet and a light to our path. Have you been conforming your life to this standard? Have you been forming right habits; a Christlike

character, or have vicious habits been left to grow and strengthen, until they hold mind and heart in bondage? {ST, January 1, 1885 par. 4} Even after we have accepted Christ and so walk in Him, there is still the bondage of Human frailty and temptation that Jesus seeks to set us free from through His gospel: There is a real work to be wrought in us. Constantly we must submit our will to God's will, our way to God's way. Our peculiar ideas will strive constantly for the supremacy, but we must make God all and in all. We are not free from the failings of humanity, but we must constantly strive to be free from these failings, not to be perfect in our own eyes but perfect in every good work. {Manuscript Releases, Vol. 21 page 301 paragraph 2} It is very solemn thought that unless we, through the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, form a perfect Christlike character we shall be return to the bondage of sin, from whence Christ came to deliver us from. Liberty in Verity We shall then find the fullest experience of liberty in Christ when we shall grow up into him in all thingseven Christ and have Christ perfectly formed within. The perfection of Christian character means to become a partaker of the divine nature, which shall effectively deliver us from the bondage of corruption. Yet, if we are found still transgressors of Gods law, and there are still corrupting thoughts which come forth from the heart; and they defile the man certainly we are still in bondage to this corrupting sinful nature, even after we have accepted Christ and even been converted What about liberty in Christ? "I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel." Genesis 3:15 God declares: "I will put enmity." This enmity is not naturally entertained. When man transgressed the divine law, his nature became evil, and he was in harmony, and not at variance, with Satan. There exists naturally no enmity between sinful man and the originator of sin. Both became evil through apostasy Had not God specially interposed, Satan and man would have entered into an alliance against Heaven; and instead of cherishing enmity against Satan, the whole human family would have been united in opposition to God But when Satan heard the declaration that enmity should exist between himself and the woman, and between his seed and her seed, he knew that his efforts to deprave human nature would be interrupted; that by some means man was to be enabled to resist his power It is the grace that Christ implants in the soul which creates in man enmity against Satan. Without this converting grace and renewing power, man would continue the captive of Satan, a servant ever ready to do his bidding. But the new principle in the soul creates conflict where hitherto had been peace. The power which Christ imparts

enables man to resist the tyrant and usurper. Whoever is seen to abhor sin instead of loving it, whoever resists and conquers those passions that have held sway within, displays the operation of a principle wholly from above. {The Great Controversy, pages 505 paragraphs 1,2 and page 506 paragraph 2} Under the influence of the Spirit of God, man is left free to choose whom he will serve. In the change that takes place when the soul surrenders to Christ, there is the highest sense of freedom. The expulsion of sin is the act of the soul itself. True, we have no power to free ourselves from Satan's control; but when we desire to be set free from sin, and in our great need cry out for a power out of and above ourselves, the powers of the soul are imbued with the divine energy of the Holy Spirit, and they obey the dictates of the will in fulfilling the will of God. {The Desire of Ages, page 466 paragraph 4} The only condition upon which the freedom of man is possible is that of becoming one with Christ. "The truth shall make you free;" and Christ is the truth. Sin can triumph only by enfeebling the mind, and destroying the liberty of the soul. Subjection to God is restoration to one's self,--to the true glory and dignity of man. The divine law, to which we are brought into subjection, is "the law of liberty." James 2:12. {DA 466.5} So there is a liberty which we enjoy in Christ, while we are yet in our sinful, fallen natures and that is the liberty - the freedom to resist Satan and leave off from committing sin by the Grace of Christ implanted in our souls. Nevertheless, until we are delivered from our corrupt, depraved natures before the law, we are yet in the bondage of corruption awaiting the glorious liberty of the children of God which is the finishing of Christs work in the heavenly sanctuary: for which the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now (waiting) for the manifestation of the sons of God. Therefore our liberty in verity is yet future and we given the hope, based on Gods promises, of its final and complete fulfillment:

For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. (Galatians 5:5) For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. (Romans 8:24,25) Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope: even to day do I declare [that] I will render double unto thee. (Zechariah 9:12) We are made prisoners of hope, waiting and groaning within ourselves for the complete fulfillment of the promise to set the captives free: This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and

iniquities will I remember no more. Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin. (Hebrews 10:16-18) Our Future Hope of Righteousness by Faith This future hope of something yet to be accomplished in us is inherent in the message of the sanctuary. Paul states this fact most forcefully when he makes the following observation: because that the worshippers once purged should have had no more conscience of sins. (Hebrews 10:2) The inherent purpose of the sanctuary is to make the comers thereunto perfect. Hence, until we have been perfected there is still work left to be done in us. Certainly if we stop looking into the perfect law of liberty, the great moral mirror, we might think we are now perfect and have attained but anyone who beholds Christ and has seen His glory as revealed in the principles of the Word of God know surely that the promise has not yet been completely fulfilled in us. In the sanctuary service when is the work of perfecting the worshippers completed? Certainly this is the purpose of the services of the Day of Atonement when complete reconciliation with God is made a living reality when heed the injunction to Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord (Acts 3:19) This clearly refers to the finishing work of our great High Priest Jesus and the refreshing of the latter rain of His Spirit which shall go forth when His work is completed in the heavenly sanctuary. "At that time shall Michael stand up, the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: and at that time thy people shall be delivered, everyone that shall be found written in the book." Daniel 12:1. When the third angel's message closes, mercy no longer pleads for the guilty inhabitants of the earth. The people of God have accomplished their work. They have received "the latter rain," "the refreshing from the presence of the Lord," and they are prepared for the trying hour before them. Angels are hastening to and fro in heaven. An angel returning from the earth announces that his work is done; the final test has been brought upon the world, and all who have proved themselves loyal to the divine precepts have received "the seal of the living God." Then Jesus ceases His intercession in the sanctuary above. He lifts His hands and with a loud voice says, "It is done;" and all the angelic host lay off their crowns as He makes the solemn announcement: "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." Revelation 22:11. Every case has been decided for life or death. Christ has made the atonement for His people and blotted out their sins. The number of His subjects is made up; "the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven," is

about to be given to the heirs of salvation, and Jesus is to reign as King of kings and Lord of lords. {The Great Controversy page 613 paragraph 2} We are now in the great Antitypical Day of Atonement when Jesus, our great High Priest, is ministering in the heavenly sanctuary to cleanse sin from the hearts of His people and then seal them in His perfect character that the promise of the gospel might be fully realized in a people on the earth before Satan is destroyed; they walk even as He walked and live in the sight of a holy God with no Intercessor mediating for them in the sanctuary even Jesus lived on earth and had no mediator between Him and God the Father. Until this work is completed let us not rest satisfied saying, I am accounted Righteous by my faith in Jesus While this is true, it is true in the sense that we hope for the fulfillment of the promise and knowing that Gods words are true and we accept it today as a fact, even as did all of Gods people in past generations: These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:13, 39,40) This belief and hope in what God will do is never meant to cause us to be any less vigilant in earnestly seeking and praying for the complete fulfillment of the promise which no one born in sin has ever received. Even in the writings of the Spirit of Prophecy, the servant of the Lord foresaw the final accomplishment of the hope of the gospel as yet future: This very day the Lord desires us to reach a higher standard than we have ever reached in the past. Day by day we are to advance upward, ever upward, until it can be said of us as a people, "Ye are complete in Him."--Manuscript 96, July 7, 1902, an early morning talk before the Pacific Union Medical Missionary Council at St. Helena, California. He who beholds Jesus, realizing what He is to us and what we are to Him, will be diligent. He will live on the plan of addition, adding to his faith virtue, and to virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity. This is a process of growth. He who cooperates with Christ will not be found tomorrow where he is today. Every day he will follow on to know the Lord, that he may know that His going forth is prepared as the morning. Of those who live in this way it will be written at last, "Ye are complete in Him." --Manuscript 102, July 9, 1899, "Remarks Made by Mrs. E. G. White in the School Chapel."

God wants that men of capabilities and of mind should understand there is a ladder for them to climb (grow up into Him in all thingseven Christ Eph. 4:15), round after round, and if they climb this ladder, round after round, why they will step off finally into the kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We want our course heavenward. And we want that all the selfishness, every thread of it, that has been woven into the pattern, that every thread of this selfishness is to be got out, and here is a work that, from the light that God has given me, it should stand, yes, a hundred per cent, higher than it stands today. {Spalding and Magan Collection page 164 paragraph1} We are in the antitypical Day of Atonement and it is given to us to have fulfilled in us the glorious reality of the promise of perfect Righteousness by Faith. At this time the people God are commanded to gather around the sanctuary and afflict their souls in humiliation and earnest confession of sin before God, praying that our sins be blotted out and we receive that abundance of grace promised to us at the revelation of Jesus Christ. How can we truly do this as we are commanded if we have misconstrued the meaning of Righteousness by Faith into a careless indifferent attitude of thinking we are now rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing more? In this great day of atonement our work is that of heart-searching, of self-abasement, and confession of sin, each humbling his own soul before God, and seeking pardon for himself individually. Anciently every one that did not on the day of atonement afflict his soul, was cut off from the people. God would have us work out our own salvation with fear and trembling. If each will search and see what sins are lurking in his own heart to shut out Jesus, he will find such a work to do that he will be ready to esteem others better than himself. He will no longer seek to pluck the mote out of his brother's eye while a beam is in his own eye. {Historical Sketches page 213 paragragh 3} We are admonished, "Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall" (1 Cor. 10:12). Our only safety is in constant distrust of self, and dependence on Christ We are never to rest in a satisfied condition, and cease to make advancement, saying, "I am saved." When this idea is entertained, the motives for watchfulness, for prayer, for earnest endeavor to press onward to higher attainments, cease to exist. No sanctified tongue will be found uttering these words till Christ shall come, and we enter in through the gates into the city of God. Then, with the utmost propriety, we may give glory to God and to the Lamb for eternal deliverance. {Maranatha page 236 paragraph 2,4}

PART TWO Present Issues: Professed Christian Churches Evading the claims of the Law of God

For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables. (2 Timothy 4:3,4) We have now manifestly come to the time when this verse has been fulfilled. It is very plain and rather obvious to any true worshipper of God that our Lord requires that we render Him obedience to His Law and loyalty to the principles of His government. Yet the great majority of professed Christians are even now diminishing the vast claims of the law in order that they might hold onto some of those things which they desire, which our Lord has declared to engender unto spiritual death, and vainly imagine within themselves that they shall yet gain heaven carrying, as it were, their idols. Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. (Matthew 7:13,14) There are many who would, if they could, climb up some other way than the Way delineated in Gods Word; they seek a Way broad enough to accommodate their unsanctified, unholy tastes, habits AND SINS. Now we shall demonstrate a few examples of how souls seeking to turn away from the truth have taken heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils - speaking lies in hypocrisy And these doctrines are now not only rife in the churches who vainly seek to worship God on the Sunday, but are also made prominent in among Seventh Day Adventists. How evading the Law is accomplished by Sunday Keepers (shown from two letters that have come in) The message committed to Seventh day Adventists concerning the perpetuity of the Law of God and the binding claims of the Seventh day Sabbath as a sign of the covenant between God and man has been going out into the world for many, many years now. This message of the Law and the Sabbath contained in it has come to all of the Sunday keeping churches. Yet most Christians still do not accept the message of heavenly origin, while at the same time still claiming that they find all of their teachings and beliefs in the Bible. It is important that we know how they have willfully blinded themselves, because we shall see that now Seventh Day Adventists are essentially doing the same thing by following the same principle of selfishness (and not dying to self and seeking only the glory of God). I mentioned in the introduction how it was Gods providence that this ministry received two letters in the same week from Sunday Keeping Christians, explaining how that the Law should not be obeyed and the Sabbath not kept. Let us study the suppositions given in these two letters and see how deceived, willfully blinded souls are wresting the scriptures to their own destruction (2 Peter 3:16). We do this to identify the underlying principle so that we can know its origin (Satan is the chief of all those who seek to overthrow the Law of God) and afterwards, to see how SDAs are doing the same.

Letter from an active and well studied lay Sunday Keeping Christian First a little background on this letter. This letter was sent to our ministry in response to an email my wife sent out to Christian friends asking them to pray for a young lady in South Korea named Natalia. Natalia had sent Anika an e-mail asking for her to pray for her because she was having some hardships and difficulties because Natalia had recently began keeping the Sabbath and choosing not to work or do her school testing on Sabbath So Anika sent out a prayer request for Natalia and this is what prompted the response from our dear Sunday keeping friend: (I will underline and bold the portions where I understand that dangerous doctrines are being advocated while making no comment of my own)
From: ___________ <__________> (name and e-mail withheld) Date: Wed, May 26, 2010 at 9:49 AM Subject: Re: prayer request To: Anika Chrishon <anikachrishon@gmail.com>>

Yes, I will pray for Natalie and for you that the Holy Spirit will open your spiritual eyes to truly understand what Jesus did for us, why he came, why he gave up his life for us to fulfill God's plan for the people He loves. Please study all the words of Jesus concerning the Sabbath, then if you believe the whole New Testament,---- read Paul's letters concerning our responsibility as followers of righteousness. One scripture, Colossians 2:16. It was not God's intention to put burdens on us concerning old laws, but to set us free to serve him with joy. I believe the Ten Commandments are serious and a guide for us to know God's will---all of them. Jesus made it very clear how the commandments are intended to fulfil God's will by loving our fellow man and respecting God in our daily lives. Let us use our knowledge and Bible study to open doors of joy and peace to others. The Holy Spirit will show every one of born-again Christians what is acceptable if they are sincere and want to enjoy the freedom that is in God. I remember all the years in visiting denominational churches and trying to fulfil the legalities of their doctrine, but didn't see JOY, Peace and Love demonstated in their daily lives! After years of prayerful study in the Word with an open mind, willing to do anything to be pleasing to God, I found the total freedom that Jesus gives. He came to set men free, not to place burdens of doctrine before a new believer can draw strength from accepting total forgiveness and allowing the Spirit of Christ to speak to them through the study of all the New Testament teaching. Jesus is our Sabbath. Jesus is our rest. The Holy Spirit is our teacher. Please read and reread the book of Romans. Many years ago, before Bible college and the years of personal striving over the rules and regulations, my desire to please all people led me to a book,"Had You Been Born in another Faith". I don't remember the author, but it opened my eyes to the fact that our early learning, taught to us by well meaning people, can be our enemy and can hinder the purpose of God. If we truly recieve the Spirit of God and rely on Grace along with Faith, He, the Holy Spirit will be our law."Whom the Son hath set free is free in deed" Not free to sin, but free to live in true righteousness.

Brent and you will be in my heart, I think, forever. From the day I stood at my ironing board and

watched Brent go through scripture with such excitement and share his desire to work for God, I loved him. Then I dreamed a dream that I know was you, pregnant with Samuel, in a wedding dress. In that dream, I felt your heart and your desire to be holy and acceptable and I loved you, too. Realize that I have not met you as yet. But, I love you!!Please do not break that bond that is there and feel that I am reproving you or Brent. It is my love for you that causes me to be totally honest in my conversation to you. I realize that you are in the church, the place that you love to serve, and that is good. Just please be willing to acknowledge other servants of God who interpret scripture different. What if everything in our world shut it's doors on Saturday and Sunday and everyone sat down or knelt and prayed all day on either Sabbath. Would that serve righteousness? Or would it serve a law? I choose everyday as my Sabbath, but I, also, am so thankful that we observe a day or days of rest from our labors to renew our strength and health. But, we are free to choose what is needful. I thank God for hospital workers and all segments of our society that are willing to work on Sat. or Sun., for those who need to study some for education, also. But, by law, these workers are given a day off that they can rest and commune with God. I, so very much, respect you and Brent and wish I could see you and not feel any walls between us. I appreciate your prayers for me through these years and every week-end I think of you and remember how that Brent did motivate me to make new commitments concerning the Sabbath. My prayer is that you will feel free to seek to build on all the Word of God and not rely so much on the older books and dreams, etc.. of past people. They did what they could with the knowledge they had. Brent is a very intelligent and God-fearing man and can do a great work for God. And, with you as his helper. Let's walk, in the Love and fellowship of God, together for His cause--to see people set free from the bondage of sin. Let's rely on the Holy Spirit to guide them. It is God's Church, as I was told many, many times! I love you, Anika!! Sis. ______

Letter from a Pastor and founder of a Fundamentalist Baptist ministry (because of the length of this letter I am constrained to choose out those sections which are being taught by this Baptist minister which I understand are Biblical error again without my comment I will then address each acertation by the Baptist minister below his comments)

A WARNING ABOUT SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISM Republished May 26, 2010 1. The sabbath, though mentioned in Genesis 2:2-3, was not delivered to man until it was given to Israel in the wilderness (Nehemiah 9:13-14). Ellen White added to Scripture when she taught that Adam and the patriarchs kept the sabbath. 2. The sabbath was not given to mankind in general, but to Israel alone

as a special sign between her and God (Ex. 31:13, 17). If the sabbath had been kept by mankind from the creation, it could not have been given as a special sign to Israel. 6. It cannot be proven that the apostle Paul and the early churches observed the sabbath. It is true that Paul met in the synagogues on the sabbath in order to preach to the Jews assembled there, but this does not mean that he observed the sabbath. According to the Bible, the reason Paul visited synagogues on the sabbath was to preach the gospel. Pauls desire was to preach Christ. He was burdened for his own people, the Jews. So he went where the Jews were to preach Christ to them. Consider Acts 13:14-44; 16:13-14; 17:2-4; 18:4. 7. There is much evidence in the Bible and elsewhere that the early Christians met and worshiped on the first day rather than on the sabbath. The Christians met to worship on the first day (Acts 20:6-7; 1 Cor. 16:2). Since those days, the vast majority of Christians have met to worship on the first day of the week. They do this in honor of the resurrection of their Savior. Christ was in the tomb on the sabbath and rose as the firstborn from the dead on the first day. The sabbath signifies the last day of the old creation (Gen. 2:2). Sunday is the first day of the new creation.

2. The Law of Moses holds no power over the believer; he is placed in Christ entirely out of the laws grasp. The law can no more bring condemnation to the believer than it can to Christ Himself, since the believer has been made perfect in Christ. The law has no more power over the believer than the dead husband has over a living wife. The apostles did not teach the Adventist doctrine that the believer is to conform his life to the standard of the law by the power of the resurrected Christ, and that if he fails to do so the law will condemn him in the day of judgment. See Romans 5:1-2, 6-11; 6:3-7; 8:8-10; 10:4; 7:4; Galatians 3:24-29. If the law be indeed the rule of a believers life, where are we to find it so presented in the New Testament? The inspired Apostle evidently had no thought of its being the rule when he penned the following words: For in

Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision, but a new creation. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and on the Israel of God (Gal. 6:15-16). What rule? The law? No; but the new creation. Where shall we find this in Exodus 20? It speaks not a word about new creation. On the contrary, it addresses itself to man as he isin his natural or old-creation stateand puts him to the test as to what he is really able to do. Now if the law were the rule by which believers are to walk, why does the apostle pronounce his benediction on those who walk by another rule altogether? Why does he not say, as many as walk according to rule of the Ten Commandments? Is it not evident, from this one passage, that the Church of God has a higher rule by which to walk? (C.H. Mackintosh, Notes on the Pentateuch, pp. 232-233). I, as a Christian, obey all law that is moral in the Decalogue, not because it is in the Law, but because it is in the Gospel. Worship of God only is enjoined fifty times in the New Testament; idolatry is forbidden twelve times; profanity four times; honor of father and mother is commanded six times; adultery is forbidden twelve; theft six; false witness four; and covetousness, nine times. The Ten Commandments, as Luther says, do not apply to us Gentiles and Christians, but only to the Jews. So therefore, Paul, in all his fourteen epistles, never once names the Sabbathexcept in a single passage where, classing it with the entire law, he declares it has been totally abolished. So the early church held (William C. Irvine, Heresies Exposed, p. 165). Christ came to redeem men from bondage to the law, to remove their condemnation by paying the price the law demanded for mans sin. Those who try to bring believers back under the law are deceiving men and pointing them away from the finished work of Christ and true Bible freedom in Him. They themselves are cursed because of their false gospel, and they are leading others away from the truth. The goal of salvation is not to bring the believer to the law, but to present him perfect in Christ!
* I will now briefly take an opportunity to offer Biblical answers the false acertations made in the preceding two letters: In the first letter, our dear friend, says that it matters not which day we keep.. but is this the mind of God? God says Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work Exodus 20:8-10 Many would then say, well how do we know which day is the seventh day, but they never ask this question as it pertains to the day of the resurrection of

Jesus. Behold, the Bible provides a modern account of the reckoning of the seven day week and this is the weekly cycle we still hold today: Luke 23:56 and Luke 24:1 Jesus rested in the grave on the Sabbath. The first two points I included from the ministers letter are blatantly ridiculous, because he acknowledges that God gave the Sabbath at creation, but then says that it was not given to man in general and he further claims Gods people didnt keep before the law was spoken on Mt. Sinai. Behold, here is an example of Sabbath keeping (or breaking before the Law was spoken at Sinai: (Exodus 16:26-29) The next three acertations are that the Apostles did NOT keep the Sabbath now this is a rather new feature, because most Bible historians have not tried to lie and say that Sunday keeping has been since the time of the Apostles nevertheless The texts he shares certainly do not prove that the Apostles kept Sunday as a sanctified holy, worship day. Jesus kept the Sabbath and He is our example. The burden of proof is on the minister who says the Apostles kept Sunday and there is NO evidence in the Bible that Jesus changed the forth commandment of Gods Ten Commandments law . Anyway, James 2:10-12, which in the NEW TESTEMENT says that the Ten Commandments are still binding upon men. Next two statements, the minister says that the Apostles DID not teach that believers are to conform their lives to the standard of the Ten Commandment law and that the law is not the rule (standard) of the believers life and further, that NO evidence can be shown from the New Testament that it is Behold, James 2:8 and Romans 13:9,10 shows us what law is spoken of here and James 2:11,12 shows according to this same law believers shall be judged. Next it is claimed that Paul NEVER ONCE mentions the Sabbath in the New Testament, except where he declares it abolished with the rest of the law Behold, Hebrews 4:4,9 Last of all the acertations, of which I included, the minister speaks about freedom in Christ, saying anyone who points to the law as the true standard of Righteousness, which was embodied in the Life of Christ: total selflessness is actually pointing people away from Christs finished work Behold Christs finished work: Hebrews 10:15,16 and when this happens we will live like Jesus, for He said of Himself: I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart. Psalms 40:7,8; Hebrews 10:7,9. In the New Covenant promise God takes the Ten Commandments which were written in stone and engraves them in our hearts by the Power of the Holy Spirit: see 2 Corinthians 3:3,6 and when this happens, instead of claiming that the law is abolished, we shall fulfill the whole law (see Romans 8:4, what law? see Rom. 7:7) AND keep the Sabbath of the fourth commandment through the ceaseless ages of eternity: Isaiah 66:22,23

Seventh Day Adventists developing doctrines to evade the far reaching claims of the Law of God Now that we have identified how that Sunday Keeping professed Christians wrest scriptures to cause themselves to think that the Law of God is not to be obeyed (and no one will repent for the sin of transgressing the Law of God when they do not think it is sin to do so) we shall proceed to see how that Satan is deceiving (professedly) Bible and Spirit of Prophecy believing Seventh Day Adventists using the same deceptive theories. Whereas Sunday Keepers discard the whole Law to avoid the duty of keeping the Seventh Day Sabbath or they profess to honor the Law and keep Sunday because they accept the testimony of their Pastor that the sacredness of the Sabbath has been transferred to Sunday (this is not anywhere mentioned in the Bible) Seventh Day Adventists by profession claim to honor and keep the whole Law,

including, of course the Sabbath. But we have more knowledge about the Law of God and its purpose (to indentify sin and selfishness in our lives). Do we then consistently accept the far reaching claims of the spirituality of the magnified Law which extends to our thoughts, motives and lifestyle? I want to relate an experience I had in conversing with a Seventh Day Adventist Leader and founder of a long standing and successful ministry, who is also a prominent member and leader in ASI. (This was the first incident in the providential week that I received the two letters mentioned above)This person is an avid reader and expositor of the Bible and the Spirit of Prophecy. Yet strange doctrine, which to the unlearned may seem to come from the Bible was taught to me by this person, to the intent that I might accept this teaching and order my life after it. I will be as succinct as I can I was out doing literature work in the country side one afternoon. I met a nice family who after I had prayed with them and they had purchased literature, desired to give me something special to take with me. I was given a carton of fresh eggs and a sleeve of frozen pork wrapped in butchers paper from the chickens and the hogs which they kept on their property. It is not necessary to go into the details of what I did with the pork (I accepted it and later gave it to a needy non-Adventist family) but this is the situation which opened the door so that I could hear explained in detail these deceptive doctrines (I am not endeavoring to show that I was right in what I did to be consistent, I now understand that should have lovingly told my new friends what I have been taught of God concerning unclean meats to be honest, my real reason for not speaking concerning the pork was selfish because I didnt want to offend them, and I wanted to leave the burden of speaking the truth to be told by the cookbook or some other literature, which would have had to work against the influence I left by accepting the pork and not openly and with compassion sharing the reasons why I honor Jesus by not eating that which is unfit for human consumption ). When I related this story to this accomplished SDA minister who is a supporter of my literature work, I was first rebuked for even accepting the pork, so then of course I was additionally rebuked for giving it away to a poor and needy non-Adventist family. First, I truly wanted to understand why accepting (with no plan to eat it) and giving away pork would be wrong (I have now learned that I should bear courageous testimony against unhealthful practices in season and out of season; But take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumblingblock to them that are weak 1 Cor. 8:9 ) and, secondly, I wondered if I must do the same if it was cheese that was being given to me as a gift (must I also refuse cheese, and also not give it to anyone if I accepted it?) it was this set of circumstances which prepared the way for me to hear that doctrine explained to me which carried to its logical conclusion would make of none effect just about anything one did not want to follow. The discussion hinged on the acertation that eating pork was a sin but that other unhealthy foods were not. Then was explained to me that things we must obey come directly from God as it is written; such as God saying to Moses that pork is an abomination. I learned upon further inquiry that it is written only referred to things God said in the Old Testament and things directly spoken by Jesus and did not refer to the New Testament letters (example: James judgment that the gentiles abstain from food sacrificed to idols (Acts 15:19,20 The apostles and elders therefore agreed to instruct the

Gentiles by letter to abstain from meats offered to idols Acts of the Apostles page 195 paragraph 2) the idea was being told me that it was not necessary to obey this because it did not come from Mt. Sinai or spoken directly by Jesus). It was explained to me that to transgress things that God directly said is sin, but to transgress things God did not directly say is not sin; the example for this was the prohibition against eating cheese in the Spirit of Prophecy saying that if this was not obeyed was not sin, hence eating cheese, which is called unfit for food, is not sin, unless one is convicted that it is. But what says the Spirit of Prophecy: The effect of cheese is deleterious. {Counsels on Health page 114 paragraph 1} Cheese should never be introduced into the stomach. {2nd vol. Testimonies page 68 paragraph 1} Every needless transgression of the laws of our being is virtually a transgression of the law of God, and is sin in the sight of Heaven. {Christian Temperance and Bible Hygiene page87 paragraph 2} The transgression of physical law is the transgression of God's law... And the human being who is careless and reckless of the habits and practices that concern his physical life and health, sins against God. Many who profess to love Jesus Christ do not show proper reverence and respect for Him who gave His life to save them from eternal death. He is not reverenced, or respected, or recognized. This is shown by the injury done to their own bodies in violation of the laws of their being. {Counsels on Diet page 43 paragraph 3}

Picking portions of the magnified Law to accept and follow while leaving other portions to disregard The desire here is to identify the principle underlying all of these attempts to avoid the claims of Gods Law which is called: holy, and just, and good. It is our hope that this will be plain to all who have eyes anointed with heavenly eyesalve, who are not trying to lower the standard of righteousness so that we might quiet our consciences and cease to advance. Consider the following question: Does Gods Moral Law order our lifestyle choices? What is our attitude concerning the following Seventh Day Adventist reforms: Diet Reform, Dress Reform, Education Reform, Health Reform, Biblical Temperance, Sabbath Reform, etc..? Do we accept Biblical prohibitions against holding to the things and customs of the world, eating and drinking with the ungodly, having fellowship with unbelievers and disobedient, finding pleasure in unrighteousness? The point is that it is a very sad commentary indeed as we understand that we have come to a time when Protestant Christianity (Sunday-Keeping Protestants, Bible Fundamentalist and Seventh Day Adventists) which claim the principles of the Bible to be their sole rule of life are actually choosing which portions of the Law and the Gospel to follow and other plain injunctions found therein to disregard.

Confusion in Major Seventh Day Adventist teaching organs concerning the Law of Moses, refusing to be enlightened by light from the Spirit of Prophecy This we have shown to be the case and is plain to be seen. But yet more remarkable is the tragedy of Seventh Day Adventists who are standing on all of the light of nearly 6,000 years of revelation from heaven verily who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it (Acts 7:53). As a sign of the times and a harbinger of the shaking soon to come to Seventh Day Adventists consider the persistent and rebellious wresting of a much wrangled over scripture by probably the two largest and most recognized flagship organizations in Seventh Day Adventism. The scripture is from Galatians chapter 3 yet the reason we bring this to your attention is not simply over misinterpreting a scripture what is being discussed in Galatians 3 and the way different parties interpret it very much lies at the heart of what we have been discussing and building up to in this present message. We shall consider what is being taught by the two flagship Seventh Day Adventists organizations: Amazing Facts and Three Angels Broadcasting Network (otherwise known as 3ABN). Before we begin must lay a foundation based on two facts which are necessary to discern this very deceptive and subtle error. First is simply that the statutes and judgments given to Moses were simply the Law of God the Ten Commandments magnified Behold: Precepts Given to Guard Decalogue.--In consequence of continual transgression, the moral law was repeated in awful grandeur from Sinai. Christ gave to Moses religious precepts which were to govern everyday life. These statutes were explicitly given to guard the ten commandments. They were not shadowy types to pass away with the death of Christ. They were to be binding upon men in every age as long as time should last. These commands were enforced by the power of the moral law, and they clearly and definitely explained that law (Ibid., April 15, 1875). {1BC 1104.6} That quote is very plain. We do understand that the shadowy types embodied in the ceremonial law and in the services of the sanctuary / temple, did pass away with the death of Christ (hence: And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom Matt. 27:51). There were also many laws which were only in regard to Gods people living under the Theocracy (God as their King), such as the stoning of Sabbath breakers (Exodus 31:14 and Numbers 15:32-36) which we do not follow now seeing that Gods people no longer live under the Theocracy. But the quote makes very clear that is it blind and wrong to take the Law of Moses and simply equate it with the ceremonial law, then teach that it has all passed away when we as Seventh Day Adventists actually believe that the statutes given to Moses, often called the Law of Moses are binding upon men in every age as long as time should last.

Are we now ashamed of this? Maybe it is that our major teaching institutions dont know this but this quote is found in the Seventh Day Adventist Bible commentary and is plainly in the comment section of the SDA study Bible for Exodus chapter 20 (The Ten Commandments). What is really going on? This brings us to the second point we need to establish. All Seventh Day Adventists, whether they understand this are not, are bound to the belief that the writings of Ellen G White are inspired by God and carry the authority of heaven. They are like the Law of Moses in that they are the Law of God magnified and likewise they were explicitly given to guard the Ten Commandments and clearly and definitely explained that law. The reason that this must be the case is because Seventh Day Adventists believe that we are the remnant church of Bible prophecy spoken of the in Revelation 12:17; saying: And the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Now, in Revelation 19:10 the angel states to John that The Testimony of Jesus IS The Spirit of Prophecy. So you see, if we get to a place where we as a people deny the writings of Ellen G. White, commonly known as the Spirit of Prophecy, we also deny that we are that church of the end time and we have lost our significance and mission God gave us to occupy and fulfill. So it is a fearful thing when major Seventh Day Adventist institutions teach things that are not in harmony with God given light sent to instruct us and correct our errors; especially when the purpose of not being corrected is to do as the heathen and seek to downgrade the claims of Gods holy, far-reaching law. What does Amazing Facts teach about the relation of the Law of Moses to the Law of God? The following is taken from Amazing Facts study guide entitled: Written in Stone:
13. Are God's law and Moses' law the same? Answer: No, they are not the same. Study the following notes and comparison carefully. Note: Moses' law was the temporary, ceremonial law of the Old Testament. It regulated the priesthood, sacrifices, rituals, meat and drink offerings, etc., all of which foreshadowed the cross. This law was added "till the seed should come," and that seed was Christ (Galatians 3:16, 19). The ritual and ceremony of Moses' law pointed forward to Christ's sacrifice. When He died, this law came to an end, but the Ten Commandments (God's law) "stand fast for ever and ever." Psalms 111:8. That there are two laws is made crystal clear in Daniel 9:10, 11. Special Note: Please note that God's law has existed at least as long as sin has existed. The Bible says, "Where no law is, there is no transgression [or sin]." Romans 4:15. So God's Ten Commandment law existed from the beginning. Men broke that law (sinned--1 John 3:4). Because of sin (or breaking God's law), Moses' law was given (or "added"--Galatians 3:16, 19) till Christ should come and die. Two separate laws are involved: God's law and Moses' law.

That seems all straight; yet only to those not yet exercised in the word of righteousness and those not knowing very well Seventh Day Adventist history actually these statements regarding an added law

belie a deep doctrinal rift and Amazing Facts is actually taking the side against the counsel of the Spirit of Prophecy, which is why they must purposefully mislead and equate the entire Law of Moses with the ceremonial law when this is revealed, we want you to pray and keep asking WHY is this being done? until you see the common underlying principle in all these departures from heavens plainly manifested revelation? What does Three Angels Broadcasting Network teach about the relation of the Law of Moses to the Law of God? The following is taken from the extremely popular and WIDELY distributed sharing book written by the founder and president of Three Angels Broadcasting Network called Ten Commandments Twice Removed: Do you see how easy it is to understand Pauls writings once you understand the difference between the Law of Moses and the Ten Commandment law of God? With a little history on the nature and purpose of the two laws, and by examining the context of the passage, we can distinguish which law Paul was referring to and the exact intent of his writing. We can rightly divide and interpret Scripture. Within the same chapter and context, Paul explains that Gods plan of salvation has always been by grace, through faith. Then he explains why the Law of Moses was instituted in the first placeAnd this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect. For if the inheritance be of the law, it is no more of promise: but God gave it to Abraham by promise. Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator. (Gal 3:17-19) Since we just reviewed Galatians 3:10-14, you can be sure Pauls reference in Galatians 3:17-19 is to the very same Book of the Law. The Law of Moses was a temporary law, put into effect through angels by Moses, acting as a mediator between God and Israel. There was no mediator when God spoke His Ten Commandments to the entire assembly. {Ten Commandments Twice Removed, page 54} This is where we are in earths history, when Seventh Day Adventists teach obvious error and wrest scripture to avoid the far-reaching claims of the magnified law. The error in the reasoning in both the Amazing Facts acertation and here more explicitly stated in this widely distributed Seventh Day Adventist teaching book is so easily discerned that a Bible student from any church which still adheres to the principles of the Reformation can plainly reveal the flaw. The Law Paul is speaking about in Galatians chapter 3 is the Ten Commandments; this can be shown Biblically quite simply. The Law, which was four hundred and thirty years after

is a reference to The Law given at Mount Sinai, given four hundred and thirty years after the promise was made to Abraham (Genesis 15:13,14, Exodus 12:41 and 19:1) which is what Paul is discussing. The Law (The Ten Commandments) was spoken by Jesus Christ Himself the only Mediator between God and man; to wit, For there is one God, and one Mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus (1 Tim 2:5). To say there was no Mediator when God spoke the Ten Commandments is a blatant disregard to Gods counsel through the Spirit of Prophecy, yet we can see the truth clear enough from the Bible. Before we move on into why would there be such an obvious twisting of scripture by Seventh Day Adventists, let us make manifest even more how rebellious it is for these institutions to continue to teach this (But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men Matt. 15:9). Do they do this because the instruction in the right way is hidden in the Spirit of Prophecy? Behold: Jesus was the light of His people--the Light of the world--before He came to earth in the form of humanity. The first gleam of light that pierced the gloom in which sin had wrapped the world, came from Christ. And from Him has come every ray of heaven's brightness that has fallen upon the inhabitants of the earth. {Patriarchs and Prophets page 367 paragraph 3} It was Christ who, amid thunder and flame, had proclaimed the law upon Mount Sinai. {MB 45.1} The law given upon Sinai was the enunciation of the principle of love, a revelation to earth of the law of heaven. It was ordained in the hand of a Mediator--spoken by Him through whose power the hearts of men could be brought into harmony with its principles. {Thoughts from the Mount of Blessing page 46 paragraph 2} *remember the book Ten Commandments Twice Removed teaches that There was no mediator when God spoke His Ten Commandments to the entire assembly in order to twist scripture to show that the Law of Galatians 3:19, supposedly the Law of Moses, is done away with. In giving heaven ordained counsel on the verse from Galatians particularly in question, Ellen White provides the following commentary; we share this to show the law referred to when Paul asks, Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions (Gal. 3:19) is the Ten Commandments spoken from Sinai: But if the Abrahamic covenant contained the promise of redemption, why was another covenant formed at Sinai? (another way of expressing - Wherefore then serveth the law?.. if God gave it (the inheritance) to Abraham by promise Galatians 3:19,18) In their bondage the people had to a great extent lost the knowledge of God

and of the principles of the Abrahamic covenant. In delivering them from Egypt, God sought to reveal to them His power and His mercy, that they might be led to love and trust Him. He brought them down to the Red Sea--where, pursued by the Egyptians, escape seemed impossible--that they might realize their utter helplessness, their need of divine aid; and then He wrought deliverance for them. Thus they were filled with love and gratitude to God and with confidence in His power to help them. He had bound them to Himself as their deliverer from temporal bondage. But there was a still greater truth to be impressed upon their minds. Living in the midst of idolatry and corruption, they had no true conception of the holiness of God, of the exceeding sinfulness of their own hearts, their utter inability, in themselves, to render obedience to God's law, and their need of a Saviour. All this they must be taught. God brought them to Sinai; He manifested His glory; He gave them His law, with the promise of great blessings on condition of obedience: "If ye will obey My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then . . . ye shall be unto Me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation." Exodus 19:5, 6. The people did not realize the sinfulness of their own hearts, and that without Christ it was impossible for them to keep God's law; and they readily entered into covenant with God {Patriarchs and Prophets page 371 paragraph 2 page 372 paragraph 1} And in the following quote are the concluding thoughts of the very significant chapter in Patriarchs and Prophets entitled The Law and the Covenants- this also shows that the Law of Moses essentially magnifies and teaches the principles and precepts contained in the Ten Commandments how then say we, that the Law of Moses is done away without making clear that only the ceremonial law is done away?: The great principles of love to God, which He set forth as the foundation of the law and the prophets, are only a reiteration of what He had spoken through Moses to the Hebrew people: "Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." Deuteronomy 6:4, 5. "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Leviticus 19:18. The teacher is the same in both dispensations. God's claims are the same. The principles of His government are the same. For all proceed from Him "with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning." James 1:17. {Patriarchs and Prophets page 373 paragraph 2} Considering these things how does Amazing Facts teach that it is the temporary, ceremonial law spoken of in Galatians 3:19 and how does Three Angels Broadcasting Network teach , the doctrine that, The Law of Moses was a temporary law, (the law of Galatians 3:19) put into effect through angels by Moses, acting as a mediator between God and Israel. There was no mediator when God spoke His Ten Commandments to the entire assembly ?

Why are these obvious errors being promulgated by our major Seventh Day Adventists flagship organizations and why is the General Conference Corporation of Seventh Day Adventists supportive of this and why would they seem to refuse to accept the plain testimony of the Spirit of Prophecy, which they claim to believe in, concerning the things which we teach which are so fundamental to our doctrines of the The Law of God and the Sabbath? Now we shall delve into why these things are being done and finally discuss why this is so important for us to understand in relation to our continuing to press and agonize for our future hope of Righteousness by faith (Galatians 5:5) and how this relates to the finishing of the gospel work in these last days and the Loud Cry of the Third angels message. PART THREE The finishing work of this present Controversy It is now necessary to make manifest the doctrinal principles which lie at the heart of why professed Christians, who claim to believe in the Bible, give witness to the fact that they will not accept some of its plainest utterances, and particularly how this has entered in among Seventh Day Adventists. These issues are verily wrapped up in the final issues of the great shaking prophesied to come among Seventh Day Adventists one side of the people separated will go to perfection and the other will fall away into perdition the greater light which they possessed only working to make greater the condemnation. Actually this debate over what law is spoken about in Galatians chapter 3 is not a new debate at all. But it is sad to say that this issue has already been clearly settled for those who believe in and accept the veracity of the Spirit of Prophecy; sad because our church leaders rejected the counsel of God many years ago when the truth was first brought forth and is manifestly rejecting that same counsel to this very day. But the same reasons the leading men in the Seventh Day Adventist Church fought against the light then, are same reasons they refuse to walk in the light now. Yet this discussion, about the law in Galatians is the doctrinal gateway though which came the outbreaking of light that streamed forth in the message of Righteousness by Faith during the immortal events which took place at the 1888 General Conference of Seventh Day Adventists which light was described in the Spirit of Prophecy in the following words: This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth {1st Volume of Selected Messages page 362 paragraph 4} 1.) Lessons from the Law in Galatians debate which preceded and lead up the epochal 1888 conference We shall deal with this subject by asking the question WHY WOULD SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST LEADERS DESIRE TO INTERPRET THE LAW IN GALATIANS THREE AS THE LAW OF MOSES (which they will

further say, was done away) IN OPPOSITION TO THE CLEAR AND POINTED TESTIMONY OF GODS SERVANT, ELLEN G. WHITE? Let us begin by showing how plainly Ellen G. White settled this question: I am asked concerning the law in Galatians. What law is the schoolmaster to bring us to Christ? I answer: Both the ceremonial and the moral code of ten commandments... {1SM 233.1} "The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith" (Gal. 3:24). In this scripture, the Holy Spirit through the apostle is speaking especially of the moral law. {1SM 234.5} The reason for this debate, which we have shown still persists even to this very time in the teachings of Amazing Facts and 3ABN with the support of the GC Corporation of SDAs, is because every Bible student must conceded that Paul is speaking of the same law in his discussion of Gods promise made to Abraham and the relation of the law to that promise in Galatians chapter 3. Each side must concede this fact, regardless of which side of this controversy one sides. The point of contention comes in as Paul wraps up His argument and thought which he has been building to in Galatians 3 here is the true source of the controversy: Wherefore the law (the same law Paul has been talking about) was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. But after that faith is come, we are no longer under a schoolmaster. (Gal 3:24,25)

At this point in Seventh Day Adventist history, when this disagreement concerning what law Paul is speaking of came to the forefront, the Spirit of Prophecy says this about Seventh Day Adventists: You will meet with those who will say, "You are too much excited over this matter. You are too much in earnest. You should not be reaching for the righteousness of Christ, and making so much of that. You should preach the law." As a people, we have preached the law until we are as dry as the hills of Gilboa that had neither dew nor rain. We must preach Christ in the law, and there will be sap and nourishment in the preaching that will be as food to the famishing flock of God. We must not trust in our own merits at all, but in the merits of Jesus of Nazareth. Our eyes must be anointed with eye-salve {EGW 1888 Materials page 560 paragraph 4} The Seventh Day Adventist church in the 1880s had only been around for little over 40 years, and our church leaders at this time were carving out their niche by focusing disproportionately on the Ten Commandment Law and the Sabbath. Their evangelism was very successful and they knew how to take their Bibles in hand and defend their doctrines, they felt, better than any other people on earth. Yet they were still not entirely free from error themselves and yet had much to learn about Jesus Christ.

The Bible text in question is one that Sunday churches pre-eminently used (and still do) to show that we are no longer to be in bondage to the law seeing that Galatians 3:25 says that we are no longer under the law which was our schoolmaster. The way Seventh Day Adventists, for a long time, worked out this problem was to teach that the law Paul was referring to is the ceremonial law of Moses, which we are no longer under. ButThe Lord in His great mercy sent a most precious message to His people through Elders Waggoner and Jones. This message was to bring more prominently before the world the uplifted Saviour, the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world {EGW 1888 Materials page 1336 paragraph 2} This message, which later came to be known simply as the message of Righteousness by faith, actually grew out of and began to dawn upon Gods people from the understanding and Biblical teaching that the Law of Galatians chapter 3 is referring to especially the Ten Commandments 2.) Beginning of the Loud Cry What then is the true thrust of the text? Are we no longer duty bound to keep the Ten Commandments because we think that we are no longer under the law which was our schoolmaster? The true thrust of what Paul is teaching in Galatians is best understood in the language he also chose to use to explain it: the true Biblical understanding of what is Liberty and what is Bondage. Notice the many texts in the book of Galatians where Paul chooses to describe our spiritual condition in these terms: Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all; But is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. (Gal. 4:1,2) Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ... But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the weak and beggarly elements, whereunto ye desire again to be in bondage? (Gal 4:7,9) Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear the law? For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free. (Gal 4:22,23,31) Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. (Gal 5:1) For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by love serve one another. (Gal 5:13) In the cases we have discussed in this message, the confusing doctrines which cannot be maintained in the true tenor of scriptural principles come from a misunderstanding of the true states of Liberty in Christ and spiritual Bondage. Jesus Christ Himself told us that Biblical bondage is that of sin: Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sinIf the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. (John 8:34,36) Paul makes this point same point this way, Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? (Romans 6:16)

Jesus has made provision that we may be free from sin, BY BEING FREE TO CHOOSE NOT TO SIN and therefore not sinning. Jesus proved that, by His grace, it is possible for man to not sin. So if we still commit sin, yes, by our own choice, then we are indeed still in bondage to sin and convicted under the law. The Sunday churches interpret these verses speaking of bondage (In Galatians and in other places in the Bible) to mean that keeping the Ten Commandments is a yoke of bondage and the true purpose for their doing this is evade the command to keep the Seventh Day Sabbath. The true underlying reason the Seventh Day Adventists have confusion over the same issue deals with how we interpret what is Liberty and what is Bondage through the lens of our popular and mistaken belief that once we accept the Sabbath and live in acceptance of the Ten Commandments and even do our best to follow them, that we are then set free into Biblical liberty when we take that error, the next step is that we evade any further light that still convinces us that we are yet sinners and the reason is that we get tired of reforming (most Seventh Day Adventists went through a lot just to accept and keep the Sabbath), we become wearied in leaving off of sin, selfishness and the world and many desire a smoother path This is what was confronting our leading brethren in the build up to the 1888 General Conference in Minneapolis. Most Seventh Day Adventists were proud and self satisfied and did not know that they had stopped following Jesus. When light came which showed them how far they were from Christ, instead of accepting the testimony from heaven, they fought against it desiring to maintain their present belief that they were elect of God and just as well pleasing to heaven as they were to themselves. All of this is clearly manifested in the writings of Ellen G. White called the Spirit of Prophecy: This message was to bring more prominently before the world the uplifted Saviour, the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world. It presented justification through faith in the Surety; it invited the people to receive the righteousness of Christ, which is made manifest in obedience to all the commandments of God. Many had lost sight of Jesus. They needed to have their eyes directed to His divine person, His merits, and His changeless love for the human family. {EGW 1888 Materials page 1336 paragraph 2} Many sermons are preached that are Christless as was the offerings of Cain, and heavenly intelligences look with amazement and sorrow upon the self-tainted, worthless offering. Could men realize how their services are regarded by heaven, they would humble themselves before God. Many workers have educated themselves as debaters and critics; but have they the example of Christ for dealing with souls in this way?--No, and unless this class of workers shall humble their hearts before God, they cannot sit with Christ upon his throne. Only those who have the Spirit of a little child will enter into the kingdom of heaven. Should Christ come to our world as he came at his first advent, many who imagine themselves to be children of God, would criticize him. Those who think they are keen, smart men, who are wise in their own conceit,

need to know Jesus and him crucified. They need to understand the power of his grace. All our hope is founded and sustained by Christ, then when our ministers fall on the Rock and are broken, they will say, "More of Christ and less of theories." {1888 1055.2} O how few know the day of their visitation!.. Today there are few who are heartily serving God. The most of those who compose our congregations are spiritually dead in trespasses and sins. They come and go like the door upon its hinges. For years they have complacently listened to the most solemn, soul-stirring truths, but they have not practiced them. They are less and less sensible of the preciousness and value of truth, because they neglect the practice of those things which are pleasing in the sight of God. The stirring testimonies of reproof and warning do not arouse them. The sweetest melodies that come from God through human lips--justification by faith, and the righteousness of Christ-do not bring forth from them a response of love and gratitude. Though the heavenly merchantman displays before them the richest jewels of faith and love, though his voice invites them to buy of him "gold tried in the fire," and "white raiment that they may be clothed," and "eye-salve that they may see," they steel their hearts against him, and fail, to exchange their lukewarmness for love and zeal; but fold their hands in complacency, make a profession, but deny the power of true godliness. If they continue in this state, God will reject them with abhorrence. To praise the world and God at the same time, is in no way acceptable to God. Awake, awake, before it is everlastingly too late {1888 1055.4} There is less excuse in our day for stubbornness and unbelief than there was for the Jews in the days of Christ. They did not have before them the example of a nation that had suffered retribution for their unbelief and disobedience. But we have before us the history of the chosen people of God, who separated themselves from him, and rejected the Prince of life. Though they could not convict him of sin, though they could not fail to see their own hypocrisy, they hated the Prince of life because he laid bare their evil ways. In our day greater light and greater evidence is given. We have also their example, the warnings and reproofs that were presented to them, and our sin and its retribution will be the greater, if we refuse to walk in the light. Many say, "If I had only lived in the days of Christ, I would not have wrested his words, or falsely interpreted his instruction. I would not have rejected and crucified him as did the Jews;" but that will be proved by the way in which you deal with his message and his messengers today. The Lord is testing the people of today as much as he tested the Jews in their day. When he sends his messages of mercy, the light of his truth, he is sending the spirit of truth to you, and if you accept the message, you accept of Jesus. Those who declare that if they had lived in the days of Christ, they would not do as did the rejecters of his mercy, will today be tested. Those who live in this day are not accountable for the deeds of those who crucified the Son of God; but if with all the light that shone upon his ancient people, delineated before us, we travel over the same ground, cherish the same spirit, refuse to receive reproof and warning, then our guilt will be greatly augmented, and the condemnation that fell upon them will fall upon us, only it will be as much greater as our light is greater in this age than was their light in their age. {EGW 1888 Materials, Address to the Church pages 1055-1058}

The law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith" (Gal. 3:24). In this scripture, the Holy Spirit through the apostle is speaking especially

of the moral law. The law reveals sin to us, and causes us to feel our need of Christ and to flee unto Him for pardon and peace by exercising repentance toward
God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.

An unwillingness to yield up preconceived opinions, and to accept this truth,

lay at the foundation of a large share of the opposition manifested at Minneapolis against the Lord's message through Brethren {E.J.} Waggoner and {A.T.} Jones. By exciting that opposition Satan succeeded in shutting away from our people, in a great measure, the special power of the Holy Spirit that God longed to impart to them. The enemy prevented them from obtaining that efficiency which might have been theirs in carrying the truth to the world, as the apostles proclaimed it after the day of Pentecost. The light that is to lighten the whole earth with its glory was resisted, and by the action of our own brethren has been in a great degree kept away from the world. {1st Volume of Selected Messages page 234 paragraph 5 page 235 paragraph 1} We see revealed in the preceding quote that bound up with the true principles of this discussion, is the obtaining of the efficiency to equip the people of God for the carrying the truth to the world That efficiency, that POWER is the latter rain of the Holy Spirit, sent to us through this most precious message so that we might give the Loud Cry of the Third Angel - for the fulfilling of the gospel work in the earth. Concerning the message given in 1888, Ellen G. White declared under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit: The time of test is just upon us, for the loud cry of the third angel has already begun in the revelation of the righteousness of Christ, the sin-pardoning Redeemer. This is the beginning of the light of the angel whose glory shall fill the whole earth.

What were our brethren who fought against this truth afraid of? You see, the leading brethren in 1888 thought they knew all the answers The prided themselves that they kept the law of God, yet they could not see that their behavior and manners were wholly unChristlike when their carnal natures were put to test of righteousness. Jesus came very near to them as the Spirit of Truth, even as He came near to the Jews of old. Many of our Seventh Day Adventist people felt like when they accepted the Sabbath and endured the reproach and persecution that comes with it, that they had fulfilled the law; whereas the Sunday keeping Christians were to them essentially heathens. So how can it be said, they reasoned, that the Ten Commandments are our schoolmaster?.. now the Sunday churches will say that the Decalogue is no longer binding because surely that faith has already come when anyone accepts Jesus!? So they reasoned.

The time Paul is speaking about in Galatians 3:24,25 when he says that we are no longer under a schoolmaster after that faith is come is the same time Paul looked forward to in most all of his epistles it is the time of the COMPLETE consummation and fulfillment of the promise of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and that time is yet future. Let us examine the text The purpose of the law is to bring us unto Christ This is not referring to when Jesus should come to die upon the cross nor when a believer accepts Christ as His Lord and Savior Paul expresses the true intent of his words in many ways throughout his epistles: Wherefore the law was our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, that we might be justified by faith. Galatians 3:24 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Romans 10:4 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned: 1 Timothy 1:5 Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law. Romans 13:8-10 For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Galatians 5:14 Knowing this, that the law is not made for a righteous man, but for the lawless and disobedient, for the ungodly and for sinners, for unholy and profane, for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers, for manslayers, For whoremongers, for them that defile themselves with mankind, for menstealers, for liars, for perjured persons, and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine 1 Timothy 1:9 Clearly then Perfect Love or Charity (1 Cor. 13) is the fulfillment of the law; this was seen and manifested in the life of Jesus and until we grow up into Christ we are yet under the laws office as schoolmaster to drive us to Christ for more grace and washing of regeneration for cleansing from sin and pardon and RIGHTEOUSNESS. It is only a righteous man who is not under the conviction of sin by the perfect Law of God. Who of us can say with Christ, Which of you convinceth me of sin? (John 8:46) The following texts show that Paul saw this final and complete fulfillment of Liberty from the bondage of sin YET FUTURE:

(That ye) May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God. Ephesians 3:18,19 Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ: Ephesians 4:13,15 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. For the creature was made subject to vanity, not willingly, but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope, Because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and travaileth in pain together until now. And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, WAITING for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body. For we are saved by hope: but hope that is seen is not hope: for what a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for? But if we hope for that we see not, then do we with patience wait for it. Romans 8:19-25 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith. Galatians 5:5 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect. (Hebrews 11:39,40) In the following quote from the Spirit of Prophecy, speaking through His chosen vessel Ellen G. White, tells us plainly when the glorious liberty of the children of God shall be finally accomplished, it is for this that the whole creation (waiteth) and travaileth in pain together until now: Refreshing of the Latter Rain.--As the members of the body of Christ approach the period of their last conflict, "the time of Jacob's trouble," they will grow up into Christ, and will partake largely of His Spirit. As the third message swells to a loud cry, and as great power and glory attend the closing work, the faithful people of God will partake of that glory. It is the latter rain which revives and strengthens them to pass through the time of trouble. Their faces will shine with the glory of that light which attends the third angel (Review and Herald May 27, 1862). {7 volume of SDA Bible Commentary page 984 paragraph 4}

To these people, the law was their schoolmaster to bring them unto Christ and the manifestation of the sons of God shall close the long standing Great Controversy between Christ and Satan and finally Jesus will then be able to leave the heavenly sanctuary and return in the second coming for His children.

PART FOUR The issue was and is between Continual Growth VS. Present spiritual satisfaction In all of the examples given we see Christians who, believing the delusions of Satan, have stopped looking into mirror of the perfect law of liberty. In some way or another they have downgraded the Law of God which is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Instead of praying for more grace to fulfill the ever advancing duties in the Way of self denial, they seek to justify their present course and develop some subtle doctrine which tells them that they shall yet gain heaven even as they hold onto pet sins condemned by the direct Ten Commandment law or in the magnification of that same law. We are to never rest satisfied but our watchword is to be Holier, yes Holier still. Continual Growth until perfection taught by Paul in Hebrews and seen in the Seventh Day Adventist sanctuary doctrine Paul teaches in Hebrews that the purpose of our High Priests work in the heavenly sanctuary is the perfection of the worshippers (Hebrews 9:9,10; 10:1,2; 10:16-22, 13:20,21). This perfection of the worshippers does not take place until the completion of the work of our great High Priest Jesus Christ the Righteous, in the great Day of Atonement, as taught in the ritual service and in the book of Hebrews. Seventh Day Adventists know that the duty of the people on the Day of Atonement is to gather around the sanctuary and afflict our souls and be repentant of all of our sins and plead with God for purity and keep our minds stayed upon the work of the High Priest as He goes within the veil before God to make an Atonement for all of our sins and take them away from us forever. When He is finished with this work, Jesus shall have that people who the Law and Gospel has pointed to since the fall of Adam and after the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ; He shall come forth of the sanctuary and declare: He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is

holy, let him be holy still. Revelation 22:11

These people who at this time are declared, BY JESUS, to be Righteous and Holy, are the ones who are no longer under a schoolmaster they have grown up into Christ and reflect His character

Until this time comes our duty is to press on and follow after that which we are apprehended of Christ and receive and assimilate every ray of divine light from heaven which He sends us for it is to make us perfect is the reason for which He sent it Nothing is to be refused but, by EVERY word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live. (Deut. 8:3, Matt 4:4) A warning against the Great Reckoning soon to come upon Seventh Day Adventists What does it mean now that these things have been brought to the forefront? Will our flagship Seventh Day Adventist institutions repent and turn and teach the truth that has of a long time been revealed? Probably not. They have not come to this place overnight; they have long time sought to promulgate the last warning message through means, resources, money and media technology while blatantly disregarding many reforms given us in the Spirit of Prophecy such as Health reform, Diet Reform, Dress Reform and prohibitions against worldly alliances, worldly ways and business practices. Also they have come to believe that where we are now is all that is entailed in the Gospel promise and they feign themselves that they are only waiting on the latter rain to finish the work. But what says the Spirit of Prophecy concerning this: I also saw that many do not realize what they must be in order to live in the sight of the Lord without a high priest in the sanctuary through the time of trouble. Those who receive the seal of the living God and are protected in the time of trouble must reflect the image of Jesus fully. I saw that many were neglecting the preparation so needful and were looking to the time of "refreshing" and the "latter rain" to fit them to stand in the day of the Lord and to live in His sight. Oh, how many I saw in the time of trouble without a shelter! They had neglected the needful preparation; therefore they could not receive the refreshing that all must have to fit them to live in the sight of a holy God. Those who refuse to be hewed by the prophets and fail to purify their souls in obeying the WHOLE TRUTH, and who are willing to believe that their condition is far better than it really is, will come up to the time of the falling of the plagues, and then see that they needed to be hewed and squared for the building. But there will be no time then to do it and no Mediator to plead their cause before the Father. Before this time the awfully solemn declaration has gone forth, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still." I saw that none could share the "refreshing" unless they obtain the victory over every besetment, over pride, selfishness, love of the world, and over every wrong word and action. We should, therefore, be drawing nearer and nearer to the Lord and be earnestly seeking that preparation necessary to enable us to stand in the battle in the day of the Lord. Let all remember that God is holy and that none but holy beings can ever dwell in His presence. {Early Writings page 71 paragraph 1,2} Because we have done these things, when we were plainly warned against neglecting the light which would fit us to become overcomers in Jesus God says I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye

not returned unto me, saith the LORD. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and because I will do this unto thee, prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. Now, because of false teaching of the errors of men and the leading away by our most prominent leaders, the majority Seventh Day Adventists - the people of the book, can now be defeated by anyone who still adheres to sound Biblical explanation and principles this is an extraordinary sign of the end time. Here is the conclusion of the matter: LET THE LAW STAND IN ITS FORCE! My friends do not seek to evade the broad claims of the far reaching spirituality of Gods Law by believing doctrines that downgrade the revelation of Gods will. Let the law stand in its force; let the law do its office work in your lives. As we know more and more of the purity and brightness and selflessness which is in Jesus Christ, we will discern more of His beauty and we will more see our own sinfulness and learn to hate sin. The law will drive us to seek after and to be closer and still closer to Christ until we are conformed to His image. Never rest satisfied but gather yourselves to the Tower of Strength, Turn you to the strong hold, ye prisoners of hope - follow Jesus into the Most Holy Place of the heavenly sanctuary by faith, and afflict your souls in repentance and PLEAD the blood of Jesus that God shall cleanse you from all sin and NEVER rest satisfied until He fulfills in you His promise: I will make a man more precious than fine gold; even a man than the golden wedge of Ophir. Isaiah 13:12 Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them. Ezekiel 36:25-27 And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps: And they sung as it were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth. These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God. Revelation 14:1-5

PART FIVE What shall we do to be saved? The law requires us to present to God a holy character. It demands of men today just what it demanded of Adam in Eden,--perfect obedience, perfect harmony with all its precepts in all relations of life, under all circumstances and conditions. No unholy thought can be tolerated, no unlovely action can be justified. As the law requires that which no man of himself can render, the human family are found guilty before the great moral standard, and it is not in the province of law to pardon the transgressor of law. The standard of the law cannot be lowered to meet man in his fallen condition. No compromise can be made with the sinner to take less than the full requirement of the law. The law cannot acquit the guilty, it cannot cleanse the sinner, or give power to the transgressor to raise himself into a purer, holier atmosphere. Standing before a holy, good, and just law, and finding ourselves condemned because of transgression, we may well cry out, What shall we do to be saved? {Signs of the Times, May 30, 1895 paragraph 3} ??? In view of that great day the word of God, in the most solemn and impressive language, calls upon His people to arouse from their spiritual lethargy and to seek His face with repentance and humiliation: "Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and sound an alarm in My holy mountain: let all the inhabitants of the land tremble: for the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand." "Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly: gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children: . . . let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet. Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar." "Turn ye even to Me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning: and rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for He is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness." Joel 2:1, 15-17, 12, 13. {GC 311.1} To prepare a people to stand in the day of God, a great work of reform was to be accomplished. God saw that many of His professed people were not building for eternity, and in His mercy He was about to send a message of warning to arouse them from their stupor and lead them to make ready for the coming of the Lord. {The Great Controversy 311.2} Those who accepted the advent doctrine were roused to the necessity of repentance and humiliation before God. Many had long been halting between Christ and the world; now they felt that it was time to take a stand. "The things of eternity assumed to them an unwonted reality. Heaven was brought near, and they felt themselves guilty before God."-- Bliss, page 146. Christians were quickened to new spiritual life. They were made to feel that time was short, that what they had to do for their fellow men must be done quickly. Earth receded, eternity seemed

to open before them, and the soul, with all that pertained to its immortal weal or woe, was felt to eclipse every temporal object. The Spirit of God rested upon them and gave power to their earnest appeals to their brethren, as well as to sinners, to prepare for the day of God. The silent testimony of their daily life was a constant rebuke to formal and unconsecrated church members. These did not wish to be disturbed in their pursuit of pleasure, their devotion to money-making, and their ambition for worldly honor. Hence the enmity and opposition excited against the advent faith and those who proclaimed it. {The Great Controversy 340.1} Yet God accomplished His own beneficent purpose in permitting the warning of the judgment to be given just as it was. The great day was at hand, and in His providence the people were brought to the test of a definite time, in order to reveal to them what was in their hearts. The message was designed for the testing and purification of the church. They were to be led to see whether their affections were set upon this world or upon Christ and heaven. They professed to love the Saviour; now they were to prove their love. Were they ready to renounce their worldly hopes and ambitions, and welcome with joy the advent of their Lord? The message was designed to enable them to discern their true spiritual state; it was sent in mercy to arouse them to seek the Lord with repentance and humiliation. {The Great Controversy 353.1} Everywhere the searching testimony was heard, warning sinners, both worldlings and church members, to flee from the wrath to come. Like John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ, the preachers laid the ax at the root of the tree and urged all to bring forth fruit meet for repentance. Their stirring appeals were in marked contrast to the assurances of peace and safety that were heard from popular pulpits; and wherever the message was given, it moved the people. The simple, direct testimony of the Scriptures, set home by the power of the Holy Spirit, brought a weight of conviction which few were able wholly to resist. Professors of religion were roused from their false security. They saw their backslidings, their worldliness and unbelief, their pride and selfishness. Many sought the Lord with repentance and humiliation. The affections that had so long clung to earthly things they now fixed upon heaven. The Spirit of God rested upon them, and with hearts softened and subdued they joined to sound the cry: "Fear God, and give glory to Him; for the hour of His judgment is come." {The Great Controversy 369.1}

Jacob knows now that it is the Angel of the covenant with whom he has been in conflict. Though disabled and suffering the keenest pain, he does not relinquish his purpose. Long has he endured perplexity, remorse, and trouble for his sin; now he must have the assurance that it is pardoned. The divine visitant seems about to depart; but Jacob clings to Him, pleading for a blessing. The Angel urges, "Let Me go, for the day breaketh;" but the patriarch exclaims, "I will not let Thee go, except Thou bless me." What confidence, what firmness and perseverance, are here displayed! Had this been a boastful, presumptuous claim, Jacob would have been instantly destroyed; but his was the assurance of one who confesses his weakness and unworthiness, yet trusts the mercy of a covenant-keeping God.

"He had power over the Angel, and prevailed." Hosea 12:4. Through humiliation, repentance, and self-surrender, this sinful, erring mortal prevailed with the Majesty of heaven. He had fastened his trembling grasp upon the promises of God, and the heart of Infinite Love could not turn away the sinner's plea. {The Great Controversy 616.3,4} God had manifested His abhorrence of the principles of rebellion. All heaven saw His justice revealed, both in the condemnation of Satan and in the redemption of man. Lucifer had declared that if the law of God was changeless, and its penalty could not be remitted, every transgressor must be forever debarred from the Creator's favor. He had claimed that the sinful race were placed beyond redemption and were therefore his rightful prey. But the death of Christ was an argument in man's behalf that could not be overthrown. The penalty of the law fell upon Him who was equal with God, and man was free to accept the righteousness of Christ and by a life of penitence and humiliation to triumph, as the Son of God had triumphed, over the power of Satan. Thus God is just and yet the justifier of all who believe in Jesus. {The Great Controversy 502.3} We are now living in the great day of atonement. In the typical service, while the high priest was making the atonement for Israel, all were required to afflict their souls by repentance of sin and humiliation before the Lord, lest they be cut off from among the people. In like manner, all who would have their names retained in the book of life should now, in the few remaining days of their probation, afflict their souls before God by sorrow for sin and true repentance. There must be deep, faithful searching of heart. The light, frivolous spirit indulged by so many professed Christians must be put away. There is earnest warfare before all who would subdue the evil tendencies that strive for the mastery. The work of preparation is an individual work. We are not saved in groups. The purity and devotion of one will not offset the want of these qualities in another. Though all nations are to pass in judgment before God, yet He will examine the case of each individual with as close and searching scrutiny as if there were not another being upon the earth. Everyone must be tested and found without spot or wrinkle or any such thing. {GC 489.3} Solemn are the scenes connected with the closing work of the atonement. Momentous are the interests involved therein. The judgment is now passing in the sanctuary above. For many years this work has been in progress. Soon--none know how soon--it will pass to the cases of the living. In the awful presence of God our lives are to come up in review. At this time above all others it behooves every soul to heed the Saviour's admonition: "Watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is." Mark 13:33. "If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee." Revelation 3:3. {The Great Controversy 490.1} A revival of true godliness among us is the greatest and most urgent of all our needs. To seek this should be our first work. There must be earnest effort to obtain the blessing of the Lord, not because God is not willing to bestow His blessing upon us, but because we are unprepared to receive it. Our heavenly Father is more willing to give His Holy Spirit to them that

ask Him, than are earthly parents to give good gifts to their children. But it is our work, by confession, humiliation, repentance, and earnest prayer, to fulfill the conditions upon which God has promised to grant us His blessing. A revival need be expected only in answer to prayer. {Ist Vol. Selected Messages chapter 16 Calls for Revival We are in the time when everything that can be shaken will be shaken If you are reading this and you are a Seventh Day Adventist, you must be prepared to answer every acertation denouncing the Seventh Day Adventist faith USING THE BIBLE ALONE. The message in this writing which we have prepared was strong meat and prepared for them that are of full age; I do not mean that that it should be a stumbling-block to anyone but that at this time the people of God are to be those only left in the world who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil. (Hebrews 4:1214) The following is what we are called to do as Gods people in these last days when faced with deceptive doctrines which are threatening souls: The servants of God who teach the truth should be men of judgment. They should be men who can bear opposition and not get excited; for those who oppose the truth will pick at those who teach it, and every objection that can be produced, will be brought in its worst form to bear against the truth. The servants of God who bear the message must be prepared to remove these objections, with calmness and meekness, by the light of truth. Frequently opposers talk to ministers of God in a provoking manner, to call out something from them of the same nature, that they can make as much of it as possible and declare to others that the teachers of the commandments have a bitter spirit and are harsh, as has been reported. I saw that we must be prepared for objections, and with patience, judgment, and meekness, let them have the weight they deserve, not throw them away or dispose of them by positive assertions, and then bear down upon the objector, and manifest a hard spirit toward him; but give the objections their weight, then bring forth the light and the power of the truth, and let it outweigh and remove the errors. Thus a good impression will be made, and honest opposers will acknowledge that they have been deceived and that the commandment keepers are not what they have been represented to be. {Early Writings page 102 paragraph 1} I hope by the grace of God this has been accomplished in this foregoing message, to Gods glory so now it is my prayer that you are armed to navigate the minefield of error in everywhere present, for verily Babylon hath made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication. These are the types of things we must be ready for by earnest preparation through prayer, Bible study and meditation upon the word of righteousness. Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour 1 Peter 5:8