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Last Day Events
Laborers Qualified by the Holy Spirit
In the last solemn work few great men will be engaged.... God will
work a work in our day that but few anticipate. He will raise up and
exalt among us those who are taught rather by the unction of His Spirit
than by the outward training of scientific institutions. These facilities
are not to be despised or condemned; they are ordained of God, but
they can furnish only the exterior qualifications. God will manifest that
He is not dependent on learned, self-important mortals.—
Testimonies
for the Church 5:80, 82
(1882).
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To souls that are earnestly seeking for light and that accept with
gladness every ray of divine illumination from His holy Word, to
such alone light will be given. It is through these souls that God will
reveal that light and power which will lighten the whole earth with His
glory.—
Testimonies for the Church 5:729
(1889).
It is discipline of spirit, cleanness of heart and thought that is
needed. This is of more value than brilliant talent, tact, or knowledge.
An ordinary mind, trained to obey a “Thus saith the Lord,” is better
qualified for God’s work than are those who have capabilities but do
not employ them rightly.—
The Review and Herald, November 27,
1900
.
The laborers will be qualified rather by the unction of His Spirit
than by the training of literary institutions. Men of faith and prayer
will be constrained to go forth with holy zeal, declaring the words
which God gives them.—
The Great Controversy, 606
(1911).
God Uses Even the Illiterate
Those who receive Christ as a personal Saviour will stand the
test and trial of these last days. Strengthened by unquestioning faith
in Christ, even the illiterate disciple will be able to withstand the
doubts and questions that infidelity can produce, and put to blush the
sophistries of scorners.
The Lord Jesus will give the disciples a tongue and wisdom that
their adversaries can neither gainsay nor resist. Those who could
not, by reasoning, overcome satanic delusions will bear an affirmative
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testimony that will baffle supposedly learned men. Words will come
from the lips of the unlearned with such convincing power and wisdom