The Testimonies and Today

For a more complete discussion of the relevance of the spirit of prophecy counsels today, see my Thoughtlines blog.

"Concerning thy testimonies, I have known of old that thou hast founded them for ever." Psalm 119:152.

"The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting." Psalm 119:144.

"Soon every possible effort will be made to discount and pervert the truth of the testimonies of God's Spirit." 1SM 41.

"The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none effect the testimony of the Spirit of God. 'Where there is no vision, the people perish' (Prov. 29:18). Satan will work ingeniously, in different ways and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God's remnant people in the true testimony. There will be a hatred kindled against the testimonies which is satanic. The workings of Satan will be to unsettle the faith of the churches in them, for this reason: Satan cannot have so clear a track to bring in his deceptions and bind up souls in his delusions if the warnings and reproofs and counsels of the Spirit of God are heeded." 1SM 48.

"Time and trial have not made void the instruction given, but . . . have established the truth of the testimony given. The instruction that was given in the early days of the message is to be held as safe instruction to follow in these its closing days." 1SM 41.

"The Lord desires His servants today to preach the old gospel doctrine, sorrow for sin, repentance, and confession. We want old-fashioned sermons, old-fashioned customs, old-fashioned fathers and mothers in Israel." Ev 179, 180.

"Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints." Jude 3.

"Bible truth is clearly and simply presented in the messages that since 1846 God has been sending His people." 1SM 42.

"Whether or not my life is spared, my writings will constantly speak, and their work will go forward as long as time shall last." 1SM 55.