Discovering the New Covenant by Greg Taylor - exAdventist Outreach

THE ISSUE OF ELLEN G. WHITE
writings. 23 They were either all true or all from the devil. 24
She warned that those who began to question her authority as
a prophet would eventually lose their belief in the Scriptures
and lose their salvation.
It is Satan’s plan to weaken the faith of God’s people in
the Testimonies. Next follows skepticism in regard to
the vital points of our faith, the pillars of our position,
then doubt as to the Holy Scriptures and then the
downward march to perdition. 25
Those who would in any way lessen the force of the
sharp reproofs which God has given me to speak, must
meet their work in the judgment. 26
The very last deception of Satan will be to make of none
effect the testimony of the Spirit of God… Satan will
work ingeniously, in different ways and through
different agencies, to unsettle the confidence of God’s
remnant people in the true testimony. 27
These are fear inducing words and certainly not the kind
that invite questioning and examination as Paul required in
proving the reliability of the prophetic word. In First
Thessalonians 5:19-21 he makes it plain, “Do not quench the
Spirit. Do not despise prophecies. Test all things; hold fast
what is good.” (emphasis mine)
I shared these things with Paula when I arrived home.
We prayed earnestly for God to give us courage to follow
23 Ellen G. White, in a letter addressed to her granddaughter Mabel. Nov.
16, 1905.
24 Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, p. 230.
25 Ibid. Vol. 4, p. 211.
26 Ibid. Vol. 5, p. 19.
27 Ellen G. White, Selected Messages, Vol. 2, p. 78.
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