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Page 94 of 3161 Corinthians 3:1
@@@^“God has precious light to come to His people . . . When new light is presented to the church, it is perilous to shut yourself away from it . . . To condemn that which you have not heard and do not understand will not exalt your wisdom in the eyes of those who are candid in their investigations of truth. And to speak with contempt of those whom God has sent with a message of truth is folly and madness . . .
1 Corinthians 14:1
@@@^This cannot be, as some may think, a symbolization of the Holy City, which comes “down from God out of heaven” (Rev. 21:2), for the celestial city has gates of “one pearl” (Rev. 21:21), whereas the gates which Isaiah describes are of “carbuncles.” This symbolical language, therefore, can be descriptive only of the people who are to make up the spiritual house of God. (See Ephesians 2:20-22.) All her “stones” are of “fair colours”: they are @9all@7 precious jewels. No rubble, no “tares,” no “lukewarm” professors are among her hosts, neither indeed can ever be, for, as is very easy to be seen, by the “foundations” are prefigured her founders; by the “windows,” through which light shines, her living prophets or seers; and by the “gates of carbuncles” her “watchmen,” who are to let in only those who have a right to enter, and to keep out all others. And the “borders of pleasant stones” are the members that beautify the house. Plainly, then, only “such as should be saved” will become a part of it.
1 Corinthians 18:1
@@@^In trumpet tones, these all-too-evident facts declare that the church in her present condition so unlike the early Christian church, cannot, therefore, be illustrated by the same symbol as was she. So, since the church today is as far from being like the early church as darkness is from light, the holy church of God symbolized by the second mountain of brass, must yet be in the future. Wherefore let us praise God that now within our reach is the glory of
1 Corinthians 22:1
@@@^From the evidences adduced, the fact towers forth that the purification takes place before the work of the gospel is finished in any part of the world: for those who “@9escape@7” the slaughter are sent to “bring all [their] brethren for an offering unto the Lord @9out of @7all nations.” Necessarily, therefore, the consummation of this “special work of purification” precedes the commencement of “The Loud Cry.” Doubly conclusive proof of this is that the Spirit of Prophecy states that “the true people of God, who have the spirit of the work of the Lord, . . . will always be on the side of faithful and plain dealing with sins . . . Especially in the closing work for the church, in the sealing time of the one hundred and forty-four thousand . . . ” This special work of purification and “sealing of the servants of God is the same that was shown to Ezekiel in vision.” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 3, p. 266; @9Testimonies to Ministers@7, p. 445.
1 Corinthians 22:2
@@@^Ezekiel’s vision discloses that those who “sigh and cry for all the abominations that be done in the midst thereof” (the church) are marked, or sealed, and that the men with the “slaughter weapons” then “slay utterly old and young, both maids, and little children and women” who have not the mark. The purification of the church, therefore, is a separation of the sinners from the true people of God. At the time of its fulfillment, the immediate future, the 144,000 receive the seal, or mark, escape the slaughter, become the “servants of God,” and go forth unto the nations to finish the work. This makes them the “first-fruits” of the living who are to be translated, and “all their brethren” whom they bring in (the “great multitude” of Revelation 7, verse 9), the second fruits of the living who are to be translated: for where there are no second fruits, there can be no first. (For further light on this subject, read Tract No. 1, @9Pre-”Eleventh Hour” Extra!@7.)
1 Corinthians 23:1
@@@^Brethren, we must “sigh and cry” against the sins in the church; not against the message which is to seal us for translation and make us a people fitly symbolized by the mountains of brass. Your sighing and crying for the abominations done in her “midst,” makes you eligible for the “mark”; but should you attempt to shield the abominations, you shall fall under the slaughter weapons of the angels. The church is to be purified and made clean and fit to be God’s Dwelling Place. In no other way can she be identified as the “mountain of brass,” the symbol of endurance. This is the church that shall “enter upon her final conflict,” and the one with whom the dragon is to be “wroth:” for the symbolical “woman” and “her seed,” @9as a body, keep@7 the commandments of God and have the “testimony of Jesus Christ.” Rev. 12:17.
1 Corinthians 30:2
@@@^The Word of God is full of meaning; its depth unfathomable; and its truth, like the waves that ever break on the shore-line, leaving the shore of life with never-ceasing waves, one of which brings in the fact that the Millerite church’s being named “Philadelphia” was not merely incidental. The name, meaning “brotherly love,” was divinely designed, and will not, in all the Christian era, fit a church organization other than the Millerite — the only one that is not guilty of casting out its brethren for hearing a message from God, or of restricting their religious freedom in investigating for themselves any purported truths! It alone, therefore, stands free from the guilt and condemnation underlined in the Lord’s charge:
1 Corinthians 32:2
@@@^“The work did not stand in the wisdom and learning of men, but in the power of God. It was not the most talented, but the most humble and devoted, who were the first to hear and obey the call . . . Those who had formerly led in the cause were among the last to join in this movement.” — @9The Great Controversy@7, p. 402. “The fact that the message was, to a great extent, preached by laymen was urged as an argument against it. As of old, the plain testimony of God’s Word was met with the inquiry, ‘Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed?’ . . . Multitudes, trusting implicitly to their pastors, refused to listen to the warning; and others, though convinced of the truth, dared not confess it, lest they should be ‘put out of the synagogue.’” — @9The Great Controversy,@7 p. 380.
1 Corinthians 38:1
@@@^Anyone having a reasonable knowledge of the Scriptures, should know that God cannot finish His work on earth with a “wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked” leadership; and what is worse, one that does not even know its condition. Those who are excusing the overwhelming wickedness everywhere, are not God’s true people; they are the “tares,” the seed of the Evil One.
1 Corinthians 39:5
@@@^The fact that our conferences grant ministerial licenses only to college graduates, shows that they are trusting to human wis- dom — wisdom which God can no more use now than He could when Moses displayed it. And the fact that they have been following in this foolish course for years, is another unimpeachable evidence in the proof that the ministry at the present time is comprised of men whom God cannot use, not only because they are independent of Him, but also because against His will they have kept out of the work those whom He can use:
1 Corinthians 40:2
@@@^“Let me tell you, if your heart is in the work, and you have faith in God, you need not depend upon the sanction of any minister or any people: if you go right to work in the name of the Lord, in a humble way doing what you can to teach the truth, God will vindicate you.
1 Corinthians 43:2
@@@^Unlike in color, the two teams are figurative of two classes of servants unlike in character. The former class (the grisled) are “men of learning and position,” but “self-sufficient, independent of God and He cannot use them.” The latter (the bay) those whom “He will raise up and exalt among us,” are “those who are taught rather by the unction of His Spirit, than by the outward training of scientific institutions . . . God will manifest that He is not dependent on learned, self-important mortals.” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, p. 82.
1 Corinthians 53:2
@@@^“Would the pioneers know this movement today if they should awaken? Would they recognize the movement that they started in this world and handed over to their successors? Would they really recognize it? To me, that is a very appealing and important question. ‘Oh,’ some may say, ‘they were a lot of old fogies! They were out of date. They were entirely behind the times. Today, standards have changed.’ That is a favorite expression with some, but I do not believe it. I maintain that every right and true and proper standard that has ever prevailed and that is laid down in God’s work, is just as vital today as it ever was. I am not one who is willing to admit that standards have changed. That argument suggests that today we have lower standards, and it is used only by those who want lower standards. The nearer we come to the kingdom of God, the higher standards we should have.
1 Corinthians 58:2
@@@^“We need never expect that when the Lord has light for His people, Satan will stand calmly by, and make no effort to prevent them from receiving it. He will work upon minds to excite distrust and jealousy and unbelief. Let us beware that we do not refuse the light God sends, because it does not come in a way to please us. Let not God’s blessing be turned away from us because we know not the time of our visitation. If there are any who do not see and accept the light themselves, let them not stand in the way of others. Let it not be said of this highly favored people, as of the Jews when the good news of the kingdom was preached to them, ‘They entered not in themselves, and them that were entering in they hindered.’” — @9Testimonies@7, Vol. 5, p. 728.
1 Corinthians 59:2
@@@^“The light which will lighten the earth with its glory will be called a false light . . . We entreat of you who oppose the light of truth, to stand out of the way of God’s people. Let Heaven-sent light shine forth upon them in clear steady rays. God holds you, to whom this light has come, responsible for the use you make of it. Those who will not hear will be held responsible; for the truth has been brought within their reach, but they despised their opportunities and privileges.” — @9Review and Herald@7, May 27, 1890.
1 Corinthians 62:3
@@@^The Lord’s counsel is: “Precious light is to shine forth from the Word of God, and let no one presume to dictate what shall or what shall not be brought before the people in the messages of enlightenment that He shall send, and so quench the Spirit of God. @9Whatever@7 may be his position of @9authority, no one@7 has a right to shut away the light from the people.” — @9Testimonies on Sabbath School Work @7p. 65.
1 Corinthians 67:1
@@@^Study the message for yourselves, and forbid that any flesh interfere with your salvation. Make your own decision independently of any man, and know for yourself that God is leading you as He did when you were to become as S.D.A. Accept neither priest nor prelate as your God. “Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.” Ps.32:9. Why should you trip and fall over the same stumbling block which has plunged millions headlong into hell? Look up, Brother, Sister, and avoid the calamity ahead, and help others also to avoid it.
1 Corinthians 67:3
@@@^Now our great desire and hope is that each one of you will communicate with us without delay, so that in accordance with God’s Word we may together launch a program for the “siege,” and in such a manner that we can present to the enemy a united front. Then will God work; then will the barriers which have been erected against the Truth and against His servants who are to “be disclosed to view,” fall like the walls of Jericho! “He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches.” Rev. 3:22
2 Corinthians 2:10
@@@^“It is impossible to give any idea of the experience of the people of God who shall be alive upon the earth when celestial glory and a repetition of the persecutions of the past are blended. They will walk in the light proceeding from the throne of God. By means of the angels there will be constant communication between heaven and earth.”—@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 9, pp. 11, 13, 15, 16.
2 Corinthians 4:2
@@@^So since God’s Word says that the ministry of the Laodicean church is wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked, and that neither they nor the laity are aware of the fact, it lends heavy underscoring to the statements: “@9Sleeping@7 preachers preaching to a sleeping people!” (@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 2, p. 337); and “the message of the True Witness finds the people of God in a sad deception, yet honest in that deception.”—@9Testimonies@7, Vol. 3, p. 253.