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Corporate Repentance - Robert J. Wieland

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immediately discern the contrasts between what we<br />

have assumed is righteousness by faith and what is<br />

the genuine "third angel's message in verity" that<br />

Ellen White recognized is implicit in the actual<br />

concepts of the loud cry message.<br />

Christ now gives us the only direct command in<br />

His message: "As many as I love, I rebuke and<br />

chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent" (verse<br />

19). Our sinful nature instinctively recoils against<br />

this kind of love—the chastening kind. We must<br />

therefore not be surprised that Christ's serious call<br />

to repentance meets with resentment from those<br />

whom He loves and resistance from those who love<br />

not the truth.<br />

But He assures us that He loves us with close,<br />

intimate family love (philo, He says) which<br />

justifies rebuke and chastening and makes it<br />

possible for us to endure. Ellen White's lifeministry<br />

is an example. The Spirit of Prophecy has<br />

never flattered us! Neither does "the testimony of<br />

Jesus," its Author.<br />

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