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What Is "the 1888 Message" & Why Is 1888 So Important? - 1888 Message Study Committee

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He won’t force anyone, but if you lose your<br />

way and take a wrong path, He will do for you<br />

what He did for Saul of Tarsus who was hell-bent<br />

on going <strong>the</strong> wrong way. The Lord set up<br />

roadblocks to make <strong>the</strong> wrong way “hard” for him.<br />

Reports <strong>the</strong> apostle, now changed in heart: “I heard<br />

a voice speaking to me and saying in <strong>the</strong> Hebrew<br />

language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting<br />

Me? It is hard for you to kick against <strong>the</strong> goads’”<br />

(Acts 26:14). No way does <strong>the</strong> Lord permit any<br />

souls to be lost without confronting <strong>the</strong>m every<br />

step of <strong>the</strong> wrong way!<br />

The Savior’s love is stronger than to let even<br />

one perish unprotested. This is a totally different<br />

view than what many believe. Youth have often<br />

been taught that <strong>the</strong> way to heaven is difficult and<br />

<strong>the</strong> way to hell is easy. The confusion involves a<br />

mistaken view of God’s character.<br />

The confusion engendered by <strong>the</strong> lack of this<br />

“most precious message” has also led many, young<br />

people especially, to think that Ellen White herself<br />

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