Agitate, agitate, agitate

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If you were awaken very early in the morning, to get dressed and be ready for Sabbath servives and to agitiate, agitate, agitate, would you question the voice thinking it could be the enemy's voice for such a job? Yes you should question this voice! If you have no present truth message it very well could be the enemy telling you this, but you could be finally ready to do heaven's bidding properly.

"For years the voice of God has been saying to us, "Agitate, agitate, agitate." Study every point of truth, that you may know for yourselves what is truth in distinction from error. Let students search for themselves, that they may know the deep things of God. Let this work be done in the Spirit of Christ. Put no restriction upon the students. In searching the Scriptures there is need of great humility of mind and contrition of heart, of seeking earnestly unto God. Those who come in a lowly spirit, seeking for truth, will be aided in their search by the angels of God. Many who profess to be Christians do not more than half believe the word of God. They do not study it earnestly, but waste precious time in reading novels and storybooks. A mere intellectual understanding of the word of God will not be sufficient to influence the habits of the life, for the life is regulated by the condition of the heart. When Sabbath school teachers have taught the lessons of external revelation, their work is but just begun, and they should not cease their labor until they have evidence that the precepts of heaven are not only accepted by the understanding of the pupil, but written upon the heart.” {CSW 37.2}

[Nicodema]

I agree Ed, Sabbath school is nowhere near enough. When I was younger and first became an SDA, I used to long for the days when SDAs would gather and open Bibles and spend all day in fellowship and praise. I had a small taste of that from going to SDA homes after church, but only in the most spiritual homes did we sing hymns in the afternoon and spend time in the Bible. There have been occasions where I've been able to go to really good study sessions but it's been a long time, too long. I guess in these last days we have to make do with doing this alone if need be. Though I somehow feel God did not intend it that way: "it is not good that man should be alone" and "forsake not the assembling of yourselves together ... and more and more as you see that day (the end) approach."

[Robert]

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For years the voice of God has been saying to us, "Agitate, agitate, agitate." Study every point of truth, that you may know for yourselves what is truth in distinction from error.

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  The fact that there is no controversy or agitation among God's people, should not be regarded as conclusive evidence that they are holding fast to sound doctrine. There is reason to fear that they may not be clearly discriminating between truth and error. When no new questions are started by investigation of the Scriptures, when no difference of opinion arises which will set men to searching the Bible for themselves, to make sure that they have the truth, there will be many now, as in ancient times, who will hold to tradition, and worship they know not what.

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who will hold to tradition, and worship they know not what.

who will hold to tradition, and worship they know not what.

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I've seen SOME of that! I mean I seen a LOT of that!

But what I really mean is, that is all I see when it comes to how Revelations messages are currently taught. But tradition does bring in new blood to keep the cash flowing. So the cry is heard "And if that's what works and doesn't seem to be broken, why fix it?"

[Robert]

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who will hold to tradition, and worship they know not what?

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• ...at that time the superficial, [:"red"]conservative classs,[:"black"] whose influence has steadily retarded the progress of the work, [:"red"]will renounce the faith, and take their stand with its avowed enemies[:"black"], toward whom their sympathies have long been tending. These apostates will then manifest the most bitter enmity, doing all in their power to oppress and malign their former brethren, and to excite indignation against them. This day is just before us. [Test Vol 5 463]