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A Crisis Before Us, December 15
And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for
a testimony against them and the Gentiles.
Matthew 10:18
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The time is not far off when the people of God will be called upon to
give their testimony before the rulers of the earth. Not one in twenty has
a realization of what rapid strides we are making toward the great crisis
in our history.... There is no time for vanity, for trifling, for engaging the
mind in unimportant matters.
Kings, governors, and great men will hear of you through the reports
of those who are at enmity with you, and your faith and character will
be misrepresented before them. But those who are falsely accused will
have an opportunity to appear in the presence of their accusers to answer
for themselves. They will have the privilege of bringing the light before
those who are called the great men of the earth, and if you have studied
the Bible, if you are ready to give an answer to every man that asketh you
of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear, your enemies will not
be able to gainsay your wisdom.
You now have an opportunity to attain to the greatest intellectual
power through the study of the Word of God. But if you are indolent, and
fail to dig deep in the mines of truth, you will not be ready for the crisis
that is soon to come upon us. O that you would realize that each moment
is golden. If you live by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of
God, you will not be found unprepared.
You know not where you may be called upon to give your witness of
truth. Many will have to stand in the legislative courts; some will have
to stand before kings and before the learned of the earth, to answer for
their faith. Those who have only a superficial understanding of truth will
not be able clearly to expound the Scriptures, and give definite reasons
for their faith. They will become confused, and will not be workmen that
need not to be ashamed. Let no one imagine that he has no need to study,
because he is not to preach in the sacred desk. You know not what God
may require of you.
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