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The First Angel’s MessagePart 2. The Pillars of Our Faith
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And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the
earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people,
Revelation 14:6 2
Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his
judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and
the fountains of waters.
Revelation 14:7 3
And there came a messenger (Hebrew: malak) unto Job, and
said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Job 1:14 4
And the elders of Jabesh said unto him, Give us seven days’ respite, that we may
send messengers (malak) unto all the coasts of Israel: and then, if there be no
man to save us, we will come out to thee.
1 Samuel 11:3 6
And when the messengers (aggelon from aggelos) of John were departed, he began
to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for
to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Luke 7:24 7
And sent messengers (angelous from angelos) before his face: and they
went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
Luke 9:52 9
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We are to fear God Give glory to God Worship God as the Creator.
Wisdom hath builded her house, She hath hewn out
her seven pillars:
Proverbs 9:1 11
Doth not wisdom cry? And understanding put forth her voice?
She standeth in the top of high places, by the way In the places of the paths.
Proverbs 8:1, 2 12
By me kings reign, And princes decree justice. By me princes rule, And nobles, even all the
judges of the earth.
Proverbs 8:15, 16 13
Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: For wisdom and might are his: And he changeth the times and the seasons:
He removeth kings, and setteth up kings: He giveth wisdom unto the wise, And knowledge to
them that know understanding:
Daniel 2:20, 21 14
The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting,
from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth; When there were no
fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills was I brought forth:
Proverbs 8:22–25 15
The passing of the time in 1844 was a period of great events, opening to our astonished eyes the cleansing
of the sanctuary transpiring in heaven, and having decided relation to God’s people upon the earth,
[also] the first and second angels’ messages and the third, unfurling the banner on which was inscribed, “The commandments of God and the faith of Jesus.”
Counsels to Writers and Editors, p. 3116
One of the landmarks under this message was the temple of God, seen by His truth-loving people in
heaven, and the ark containing the law of God. The light of the Sabbath of the fourth commandment
flashed its strong rays in the pathway of the transgressors of God’s law. The nonimmortality of
the wicked is an old landmark.
Counsels to Writers and Editors, p. 3117
The Doctrine of the Trinity is the central doctrine of
the Catholic faith. Upon it are based all the other
teachings of the Church.
Handbook for Today’s Catholic, p. 1618
And God spake all these words, saying, I am the Lord thy God, which have brought
thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no
other gods before me.
Exodus 20:1–3 19
Thousands have a false conception of God and His attributes. They are as verily serving a false god as
were the servants of Baal.
Testimonies for the Church, vol. 5, p. 17420
A knowledge of God is the foundation of all true education and of all true service. It
is the only real safeguard against temptation. It is this alone that can make us
like God in character.
The Ministry of Healing, p. 40921
This is the knowledge needed by all who are working for the uplifting of their fellow men. Transformation
of character, purity of life, efficiency in service, adherence to correct principles, all depend upon a
right knowledge of God. This knowledge is the essential preparation both for this life and for the life to come.
The Ministry of Healing, p. 40922
Those who seek to remove the old landmarks are not holding fast; they
are not remembering how they have received and heard.
Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 235 — Ms 62, 190523
Those who try to bring in theories that would remove the pillars of our faith
concerning the sanctuary or concerning the personality of God or of Christ are working as
blind men.
Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 235 — Ms 62, 190524
They are seeking to bring in uncertainties and to set the people of God adrift without an anchor.
Ye Shall Receive Power, p. 235 — Ms 62, 190525
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
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The Living Temple Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
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Albion F. Ballenger
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As far as I can fathom, the difficulty which is found in The Living Temple, the whole thing may be
simmered down to this question: Is the Holy Ghost a person? You say No. I had supposed the Bible said
this for the reason that the personal pronoun “he” is used in speaking of the Holy Ghost.
Letter of Dr. Kellogg to G. I. Butler, October 28, 190330
Sister White uses the pronoun “he” and has said in so many words that the Holy Ghost is
the third person of the Godhead. How the Holy Ghost can be the third person and not
be a person at all is difficult for me to see.
Letter of Dr. Kellogg to G. I. Butler, October 28, 190331
He [Dr. Kellogg] then stated that his former views regarding the Trinity had stood in his way of making a clear and absolutely correct statement; but that within a short time he had come to believe in the Trinity, and could now see pretty clearly where all the difficulty was, and
believed that he could clear the matter up satisfactorily.
Letter of A. G. Daniells to Willie White, October 29, 190332
He told me that he now believed in God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy
Ghost; and his view was that it was God the Holy Ghost, and not God the Father, that
filled all space, and every living thing.
Letter of A. G. Daniells to Willie White, October 29, 190333
He said that if he had believed this before writing the book, he could have expressed his views without giving the wrong impression the book now gives.
Letter of A. G. Daniells to Willie White, October 29, 190334
He said that some days before coming to the council, he had been thinking the matter over, and began to see that he had made a slight mistake in expressing his views. … He felt sure that he believed just what the Testimonies
teach, and what Dr. Waggoner and Elder Jones have taught for years; but he had come to believe that none of
them had expressed the matter in correct form.
Letter of A. G. Daniells to Willie White, October 29, 190335
Letter of A. G. Daniells to J. H. Kellogg, October 28, 1903
Now you can readily see that all this can not be corrected by simply
a change of terms.
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Letter of A. G. Daniells to Willie White, October 29, 1903
. . . fair warning that this battle would be fought out to the bitter end, and that
the old traditional theories would be rolled under.
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Letter of A. G. Daniells to Willie White, October 29, 1903
I felt fully satisfied that he had not changed
his views in any essential particular.
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The humanity of the Son of God is everything to us. It is the golden chain that binds our souls to
Christ, and through Christ to God.
The Youth’s Instructor, October 13, 189839
For though I preach the gospel, I have nothing to glory of: for
necessity is laid upon me; yea, woe is unto me, if I preach not the gospel!
1 Corinthians 9:16 40
The proclamation of the first, second, and third angels’ messages has been located by the word of Inspiration. Not a peg or pin is to be removed.
Counsels to Writers and Editors, p. 2641
Let us take heed, then, how we build. Let no one build unwisely. The word of God is our only foundation. Every semblance of error will come upon us.
Medical Ministry, p. 8742
Some of these errors will be very specious and attractive, but if received, they would remove the
pillars of the foundation that Christ has established and set up a structure of man’s
building.
Medical Ministry, p. 8743
There are those who seeing, see not, and hearing, hear not, and under
Satan’s guidance they prepare false foundations for human minds.
Medical Ministry, p. 8744
If the foundations be destroyed, What can the
righteous do?
Psalm 11:3 45
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