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words should come to us now with impelling earnestness, “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
. There are many among us who are deficient in spirituality, and
who, unless they are wholly converted, will certainly be lost. Can you
afford to run the risk? ...
The power of Christ alone can work the transformation in heart
and mind that all must experience who would partake with Him of the
new life in the kingdom of heaven. “Except a man be born again,” the
Saviour has said, “he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:3
. The
religion that comes from God is the only religion that can lead to God.
In order to serve Him aright, we must be born of the Divine Spirit.
This will lead to watchfulness. It will purify the heart and renew the
mind, and give us a new capacity for knowing and loving God. It
will give us willing obedience to all His requirements. This is true
worship.—
Testimonies for the Church 9:153-156, 1909
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A United Front
42. We have been given the work of advancing health reform.
The Lord desires His people to be in harmony with one another. As
you must know, we shall not leave the position in which, for the last
thirty-five years, [
Written in 1902.
] the Lord has been bidding us stand.
Beware how you place yourself in opposition to the work of health
reform. It will go forward; for it is the Lord’s means of lessening the
suffering in our world, and of purifying His people.
Be careful what attitude you assume, lest you be found causing
division. My brother, even while you fail to bring into your life and
into your family the blessing that comes from following the principles
of health reform, do not harm others by opposing the light God has
given on this subject.
Special Testimonies for Ministers and Workers 7:40Counsels on
Health, 561, 562
43. The Lord has given His people a message in regard to health
reform. This light has been shining upon their pathway for thirty
years; and the Lord cannot sustain His servants in a course which will
counteract it. He is displeased when His servants act in opposition
to the message upon this point, which He has given them to give to