Selected Messages, Volume 3 - Ellen G. White

elations of science and revelation. The Creator and
his works are beyond their comprehension; and
because they cannot explain these by natural laws,
Bible history is considered unreliable. Those who
doubt the reliability of the records of the Old and
New Testaments, will be led to go a step farther,
and doubt the existence of God; and then, having
let go their anchor, they are left to beat about upon
the rocks of infidelity.
Moses wrote under the guidance of the Spirit of
God, and a correct theory of geology will never
claim discoveries that cannot be reconciled with his
statements. The idea that many stumble over, that
God did not create matter when he brought the
world into existence, limits the power of the Holy
One of Israel.
Test Science by God’s Word.—Many, when
they find themselves incapable of measuring the
Creator and his works by their own imperfect
knowledge of science, doubt the existence of God
and attribute infinite power to nature. These
persons have lost the simplicity of faith, and are
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