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whom they have loved and with whom they have had sweet counsel.
They opened their hearts to the sowing of tares, the tares sprang up
among the wheat, they strengthened, the crop of wheat became less
and less, and the precious truth lost its power to them.—
Testimonies
to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 411
(1898).
False Doctrines Draw Some Away
Science, so-called, and religion will be placed in opposition to each
other because finite men do not comprehend the power and greatness
of God. These words of Holy Writ were presented to me, “Of your
own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away
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disciples after them” [
Acts 20:30
]. This will surely be seen among the
people of God.—
Evangelism, 593
(1890).
When the shaking comes, by the introduction of false theories,
these surface readers, anchored nowhere, are like shifting sand. They
slide into any position to suit the tenor of their feelings of bitterness.—
Testimonies to Ministers and Gospel Workers, 112
(1897).
Not having received the love of the truth, they will be taken in the
delusions of the enemy; they will give heed to seducing spirits and
doctrines of devils and will depart from the faith.—
Testimonies for
the Church 6:401
(1900).
The enemy will bring in false theories, such as the doctrine that
there is no sanctuary. This is one of the points on which there will be
a departing from the faith.—
Evangelism, 224
(1905).
Rejection of the Testimonies Results in Apostasy
One thing is certain: Those Seventh-day Adventists who take their
stand under Satan’s banner will first give up their faith in the warnings
and reproofs contained in the Testimonies of God’s Spirit.—
Selected
Messages 3:84
(1903).
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” (
Proverbs 29:18
). Satan will work ingeniously, in dif-
ferent ways and through different agencies, to unsettle the confidence
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of God’s remnant people in the true testimony.—
Selected Messages
1:48
(1890).