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The Ellen G. White 1888 Materials: Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

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wrong paths, to a careless disregard of the<br />

injunctions of God, thus imperilling their own<br />

souls and the souls of others.<br />

In your councils, how little experience many of<br />

you have in humbling the heart before God! How<br />

little you know of striving in prayer that you may<br />

enter in at the strait gate! <strong>The</strong> question of highest<br />

importance to you is, "Do I have an experimental<br />

knowledge of God? Am I ready to believe what he<br />

tells me, to do what he bids, instead of following<br />

my own judgment? Am I drawing nearer to God?"<br />

<strong>The</strong> Scripture says, "<strong>The</strong> natural man receiveth not<br />

the things of the Spirit of God; for they are<br />

foolishness unto him: neither can he know them<br />

because they are spiritually discerned." If your<br />

hearts are not fully surrendered to God, if you do<br />

not submit your will to his, you will devise and<br />

plan without the guidance of Him who is mighty in<br />

counsel. Some have manifested a spirit of Pharisaic<br />

prejudice and criticism. As soon as this is indulged,<br />

the holy angels depart from you; for they cannot<br />

administer to sin. You possess in a large degree the<br />

same spirit that was revealed in the Conference at

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