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Spalding and Magan's Unpublished Manuscript Testimonies - Ellen G. White

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them, it is he that loveth me; <strong>and</strong> he that loveth Me<br />

shall be loved of My Father, <strong>and</strong> I will love him,<br />

<strong>and</strong> will manifest Myself to him. . . If a man love<br />

Me, he will keep my words; <strong>and</strong> my Father will<br />

love Him, <strong>and</strong> we will come unto Him, <strong>and</strong> make<br />

our abode with Him. He that loveth me not keepeth<br />

not my sayings; <strong>and</strong> the word which ye hear is not<br />

mine, but the Father's which sent me."<br />

Thus saith the Lord: "Will my people hear the<br />

message from my servant, when they will not keep<br />

my word? Disobedience, a failure to practice my<br />

teachings, is the reason that there are so many<br />

voices <strong>and</strong> so much variance among my people.<br />

While they follow the impulses of their stubborn,<br />

rebellious hearts, they have no inclination to do my<br />

will. They set up their own will <strong>and</strong> choose their<br />

own way, <strong>and</strong> their way is not my way, neither are<br />

their thoughts my thoughts. "As the heavens are<br />

higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than<br />

your ways <strong>and</strong> my thoughts than your thoughts!"<br />

Love for Christ leads to obedience. Those who<br />

disregard the word of Christ have not Christ's<br />

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