The TRUTH book Volume 1 (PDF) - For My People Ministry

138the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTH“Do these indications of providence point to Ernie as an inspiredindividual? I am afraid that the fact that they are advertized on thewebsite makes these providences point in the very opposite direction.‘Let none cherish the idea that special providences or miraculousmanifestations are to be the proof of the genuineness of their work or ofthe ideas they advocate. If we keep these things before the people, theywill produce an evil effect, an unhealthful emotion. The genuine workingof the Holy Spirit on human hearts is promised, to give efficiency throughthe Word. Christ has declared the Word to be spirit and life. "The earthshall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of Jehovah, as the waterscover the sea" (Habakkuk 2:14, A.R.V.). {2SM 48.1}’ ”FactMr. Prewitt’s conclusion is based on a quotation by Ellen White and is taken outof context, as the following two paragraphs point out.Selected Messages, Book 2, p. 48Satan will work in a most subtle manner to introduce human inventionsclothed with angel garments. But the light from the Word is shining amidthe moral darkness; and the Bible will never be superseded by miraculousmanifestations. The truth must be studied, it must be searched for ashidden treasure. Wonderful illuminations will not be given aside from theWord, or to take the place of it. Cling to the Word, receive the ingraftedWord, which will make men wise unto salvation. This is the meaning ofthe words of Christ in regard to eating His flesh and drinking His blood.And He says, "This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only trueGod, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent" (John 17:3).We shall encounter false claims; false prophets will arise; there will befalse dreams and false visions; but preach the Word, be not drawn awayfrom the voice of God in His Word. Let nothing divert the mind. Thewonderful, the marvelous, will be represented and presented. Throughsatanic delusions, wonderful miracles, the claims of human agents will beurged. Beware of all this.God says:The Great Controversy (1911), p. 521In order to sustain erroneous doctrines or unchristian practices, somewill seize upon passages of Scripture separated from the context, perhapsquoting half of a single verse as proving their point, when the remainingportion would show the meaning to be quite the opposite. With thecunning of the serpent they entrench themselves behind disconnectedutterances construed to suit their carnal desires. Thus do many willfullypervert the word of God. Others, who have an active imagination, seizeupon the figures and symbols of Holy Writ, interpret them to suit theirfancy, with little regard to the testimony of Scripture as its owninterpreter, and then they present their vagaries as the teachings of theBible.