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

Chapter 81
Accountability for Light
Received
I have been shown the case of Brother P. He
had been standing for some time resisting the truth.
His sin was not that he did not receive that which
he sincerely believed to be error, but that he did not
investigate diligently and gain a knowledge of what
he was opposing. He took it for granted that
Sabbathkeeping Adventists, as a body, were in
error. This view was in harmony with his feelings,
and he did not see the necessity of finding out for
himself by diligently searching the Scriptures with
earnest prayer. Had he pursued this course he
might now have been far in advance of his present
position. He has been too slow to receive evidence
and too neglectful in searching the Scriptures to see
if these things are so. Paul did not consider those
worthy of commendation who resisted his
teachings as long as they could until compelled by
overwhelming evidence to decide in favor of the
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