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is a solemn statement that I make to the church, that
not one in twenty whose names are registered upon the church books are prepared
to close their earthly history, and would be as verily without God and without
hope in the world as the common sinner. They are professedly serving God, but
they are more earnestly serving mammon. This half-and-half work is a constant
denying of Christ, rather than a confessing of Christ. So many have brought
into the church their own unsubdued spirit, unrefined; their spiritual taste
is perverted by their own immoral, debasing corruptions, symbolizing the world
in spirit, in heart, in purpose, confirming themselves in lustful practices,
and are full of deception through and through in their professed Christian
life. Living as sinners, claiming to be Christians! Those who claim to be
Christians and will confess Christ should come out from among them and touch
not the unclean thing, and be separate.... {ChS 41.1}
Bahwa tidak satu dari 20 nama yang terdaftar dalam buku gereja siap untuk menutup sejarah mereka di dunia, dan menjadi tanpa Allah dan tanpa harapan di dunia sebagai orang berdosa biasa. Mereka mengakui melayani Allah tapi bersungguh-sungguh melayani mamon. Pekerjaan yang
setengah-setengah ini adalah menolak Kristus secara konstan.
(ChS,
41)
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