SPECIAL MESSAGE TO WGM TEAM PARTNERS:
Straight Testimony to the Laodiceans
THE OBSTACLE AGAINST THE FINAL TESTING TRUTHS
“The great obstacle BOTH to the acceptance and promulgation of truth is the fact that it involves INCONVENIENCE AND REPROACH. This is the ONLY argument which its ADVOCATES have never been able to REFUTE.
“But this does not deter the TRUE followers of Christ. These do not wait for truth to become POPULAR. Being convinced [and convicted by the Holy Spirit] of their DUTY, they deliberately accept the CROSS [of inconvenience and reproach], with the apostle Paul, counting that ‘our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far MORE exceeding weight of glory,’ ‘with one old’[Moses] esteeming the REPROACH OF CHRIST greater riches than the treasures of Egypt.’ (2 Cor. 4:17; Heb. 11: 26).
"Whatever may be their profession, it is only those who are world-servers AT HEART [man looks on the outward appearance; God looks at the heart] that act from POLICY RATHER THAN PRINCIPLE IN RELIGIOUS THINGS.
“We should CHOOSE right [simply] because it is right, and leave the CONSEQUENCES with God. To men of PRINCIPLE, FAITH, and DARING, the world is INDEBTED for the great reforms. By such men the WORK OF REFORM FOR THIS TIME must be carried out.” -E.G. White, Great Controversy, 1911, p. 460. (All emphasis and bracketed words mine). Keep in mind that the “greatest need of the church” in these last days are genuine spiritual revival and a thorough reformation of life and character. The straight testimony of the True Witness to the Laodiceans is designed to do this IF willingly accepted and faithfully acted upon quickly. “Remember how short our time is” to PREPARE for our searching judgment and the eternity beyond!
Also, remember this poignant words of one of the founding fathers of the U.S. Constitution: “Those who are willing to give up ESSENTIAL LIBERTY for TEMPORARY SAFETY deserve neither.” Never sacrifice the sanctity of the conscience neither compromise the freedom and liberty of the governing power of the will God endowed upon man—for convenience, the “political common good,” temporary safety, or for temporal life itself.
The will must be sanctified and preserved as such. These divine principles lie at the very core of the rapidly-approaching final test of the ages, mankind, and the churches. Are we intellectually and spiritually prepared for it?
To be continued, God wiling. Bless all, NMF.