The final call

When we are acquainted with the Fundamental Principles, especially with the first point dealing with the personality of God and where His presence is, Sister White’s warnings suddenly shine in a new light. In light of the Fundamental Principles, and as a conclusion to these studies, we would like to present the following warnings:

Ellen G. White:

Satan presents his theories cautiously at first, and if he sees that his efforts are successful, he brings in theories that are still more misleading, seeking to lead men and women away from the foundation principles that God designs shall be the safeguards of His people.

Ms132-1903.40; 1903

Ellen G. White:

Let not our medical missionary workers accept theories that God has not given to any one. God will not excuse men for teaching theories that Christ has not taught. He calls upon His army of workers to fall into line, taking their stand under the banner of truth. He warns them to beware of occupying their time in the discussion of matters that God has not authorized any human being to discuss.

Ms132-1903.41; 1903

Ellen G. White:

Let us put on every piece of the Christian armor and steadfastly resist the enemy. We shall have to meet fallen angels and the prince of the powers of darkness. Satan is by no means asleep; he is wide-awake and is playing the game of life for the souls of the people of God. He will come to them with flattery of all kinds, in the hope of leading them to swerve from their allegiance. He desires to call their attention from the real issues to false theories.

Ms132-1903.42, 1903

Ellen G. White:

Ministers and physicians, sound an alarm. Call upon the people of God to be true and faithful. Be on your guard. Remember that as you co-operate with God, you have as your helpers angels that excel in strength. Accept not the theories advanced by those who are not standing on the true foundation, those who are charmed with that [of] which they do not know the true meaning.

Ms132-1903.43; 1903

Ellen G. White:

Wake up, my brethren, wake up and lift the danger signal. Sound the warning. Let no man persuade you to accept theories that are opposed to the truths of God’s Word. The servants of God have a solemn message to bear to this fallen, sin-cursed world. They are to hold aloft the banner on which is inscribed the words, ‘The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.’ [Revelation 14:12.] Those who are working in harmony with God will be of one heart and one mind. With unflagging zeal they will proclaim the message, ‘Prepare to meet thy God.’ [Amos 4:12.] They will not unite with worldlings, but will take their stand firmly in defense of the principles of truth.

Ms132-1903.44; 1903

Ellen G. White:

Things must now be called by their right name. Backsliding leaders are not to be honored as men who are holding their confidence firm. God is in earnest with us. We are to sound the note of warning.

Ms132-1903.45; 1903

Ellen G. White:

Wake up, for Christ’s sake, wake up. May God give success to those who are trying to arouse the sleepy watchmen. Of many of those who profess to be shepherds of the flock, God says, ‘They are unfaithful. They have left their first love. Unless they repent, I will come suddenly, and will remove their candlestick out of his place.’ [See Revelation 2:4, 5.]

Ms132-1903.46; 1903

Ellen G. White:

Go to work now, without delay. How many judgment calls must the Lord make before His people cease to provoke Him to His face? Should He deal with them according to their backsliding, according to their worldliness and to the way in which they have called darkness light and light darkness, they would have no further calls to repentance, no more evidence or light to trifle with.

Ms132-1903.47; 1903

Ellen G. White:

God’s people provoke Him by their idolatry and by their union with worldlings. He says, ‘My Spirit shall not always strive with men. I will not always bear with the perversity of those who lead souls from the narrow way into paths of uncertainty and falsehood. Unless those who have been often reproved make a decided change, they will be left to follow their own way.’ His blessings will be taken from those who choose darkness rather than light, those who choose false guides rather than true. To those who disregard the evidence given them, making no difference between truth and error, the light bestowed will become darkness, and how great will be that darkness.

Ms132-1903.48; 1903

May the Lord help us to wake up to His callings. Let us choose light rather than darkness. Let us plant our feet upon the platform of eternal Truth. Let us believe and obey the truths we first embraced regarding the personality of the Father and of the Son, and the blessings will follow.

Ellen G. White:

A liar is one that presents false theories and doctrines. He who denies the personality of God and of His Son Jesus Christ is denying God and Christ. ‘If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son and in the Father.’ If you continue to believe and obey the truths you first embraced regarding the personality of the Father and the Son, you will be joined together with them in love. There will be seen that union for which Christ prayed just before His trial and crucifixion.

Ms23-1906.20; 1906

If we continue in the truth we first embraced regarding the personality of the Father and Son, we will be joined together with them in love. What a promise! We need this vital connection in our Christian life. Without exercising this union Christ prayed for, we are not able to fulfill the mission God has bestowed upon us as a prophetic movement.

Ellen G. White:

What possibilities are opened up to the youth who lay hold of the divine assurances of God’s Word! Scarcely can the human mind comprehend what is the breadth and depth and height of the spiritual attainments that can be reached by becoming partakers of the divine nature. The human agent who <daily> yields obedience to God, who becomes a partaker of the divine nature, finds pleasure <daily> in keeping the commandments of God, for he is one with God. <It is essential that> he holds as vital a relation with God as does the Son to the Father. He understands the oneness that Christ prayed might exist between the Father and the Son.

Lt43-1895.18; 1895

God has laid before us our church’s current state of affairs. The renewal of the old foundation will be accomplished. The Fundamental Principles will be restored and the three angels’ messages will be proclaimed in their true light and power. The only decision we are to make is a decision of faithfulness to Him, regardless of the cost. Do you and I want to be part of it? The blessings will follow as we hold fast unto the hand of the all-knowing God and His leadings. But those things, which God before had shewed by the mouth of all his prophets, He will fulfill! Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord; And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you.Acts 3:18-20. God will soon pour out the Spirit of Christ, which was preached unto us. He will send the Spirit of His Son into our hearts crying, Abba, FatherGalatians 4:6. Then, enabled with the power on High, His people will proclaim, in a loud cry, the three angels’ messages. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end comeMatthew 24:14. Christ will descend from High on the clouds of Heaven, escorted by thousands upon thousands of His Hosts, and He will take us into His Father’s presence, that we may be there where He is, and we may behold His glory, the glory which He had with God before the world was (John 17: 24, 5). He will take us in the presence of His Father, and the glory will be revealed unto us, the unapproachable splendor of their converse together¹. Then God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.Revelation 21:4. And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him.Revelation 22:3 And then from the core of our being, in gratitude toward God for His unspeakable Gift, all saved and every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, shall proclaim Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.Revelation 5:13

Amen!