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

246the TRUTH, the whole TRUTH, and nothing but the TRUTHcontrary to the light that God has given us. What if we had followed thesefalse lights and fanatical impressions? Surely our people should not thenput confidence in us. We have had to set our faces as flints for the rightand then press on to work and duty.ConclusionThere is nothing new in the way Linda tries to discredit Ernie. Ellen White faceda similar situation when one of her secretaries, Fannie Bolton, turned againsther and began spreading false information.Manuscript Releases, Vol. 9, p. 273Your words regarding me and my writings are false, and I must saythat you know them to be false. Nevertheless, those unacquainted withyou take your words as being the words of one who knows. Because youhave been acquainted with me, and connected with me, you can statewhat you please, and you think that your tracks are so covered that theywill never be discovered. But my writings have not stopped. They go outas I have written them. No words of my copyists are put in the place ofmy own words. This is a testimony that cannot be controverted. Myarticles speak for themselves. . . .At that time, many people thought Fannie Bolton was sincere and they believedher lies. Linda accomplished the same destructive work.Sons and Daughters of God, p. 309That God who marks the fall of a sparrow, marks your deportment andyour feelings; He marks your envy, your prejudice, your attempt to justifyyour action in the least matter of injustice. When you misconceive thewords and acts of another, and your own feelings are stirred, so that youmake incorrect statements, and it is known that you are at variance withyour brother, you lead others, through their confidence in you, to regardhim just as you do; and by the root of bitterness springing up, many aredefiled. When it is evident that your feelings are incorrect, do you try justas diligently to remove the erroneous impressions as you did to makethem?Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 4, p. 188You positively neglect to do the will of God. Says Christ: "Ye are Myfriends, if ye do whatsoever I command you." This is the conditionimposed; this is the test that proves men's characters. Feelings are oftendeceiving, emotions are no sure safeguard; for they are variable andsubject to external circumstances. Many are deluded by relying onsensational impressions. The test is: What are you doing for Christ? Whatsacrifices are you making? What victories are you gaining? A selfishspirit overcome, a temptation to neglect duty resisted, passion subdued,and willing, cheerful obedience rendered to the will of Christ are fargreater evidences that you are a child of God than spasmodic piety andemotional religion.The Desire of Ages, p. 385