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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

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to believe a most solemn, testing message; yet your<br />

faith has not been sustained by works. You have<br />

<strong>the</strong> truth in <strong>the</strong>ory, but you have not been<br />

converted by it. The truth has not fully taken hold<br />

of your heart and been carried out in your daily<br />

life.<br />

You need to be converted, trans<strong>for</strong>med by <strong>the</strong><br />

renewing of your mind. When <strong>the</strong> truth takes hold<br />

of your heart, it will work a re<strong>for</strong>mation in <strong>the</strong> life.<br />

The unbelieving world will <strong>the</strong>n be convinced that<br />

<strong>the</strong>re is a power in <strong>the</strong> truth which has wrought so<br />

great a change in such a world-loving man as you<br />

have been. You love this world. Your treasures are<br />

here, and your heart is upon your treasures. And<br />

unless <strong>the</strong> power of <strong>the</strong> truth shall separate your<br />

affections from your god, which is this world, you<br />

will perish with your treasures.<br />

You have but little sense of <strong>the</strong> exalted<br />

character of <strong>the</strong> work <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong>se last days. You have<br />

not made sacrifices <strong>for</strong> <strong>the</strong> truth. You have a close,<br />

penurious spirit, and have closed your eyes to <strong>the</strong><br />

wants of <strong>the</strong> distressed and needy. Your<br />

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