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Is it proper, honest, and
Christian, to claim that you are the true church because you have the gift of
prophecy via a prophetess, and then violate what she instructs? "God's people have been called
out of the world, that they may be separated from the world. It is not safe
for them to take sides in politics, whatever preference they may have. They
are ever to remember that they are one in Christ. God calls upon them to
enter their names as under His THEOCRACY. He cannot approve of those who link
up with worldlings [and churches which cannot be distinguished from the
world, Early Writings,
273]. We are entirely out of our place when we identify ourselves with party
interests.... God has chosen a people who are to
proclaim the third angel's message to the world. They are to be a separate
and peculiar people in this world of churches who are transgressing His
commandments." E.G.
White Manuscript Releases Volume 3, 40, 41. "His children are to separate
themselves from politics, from any alliance with unbelievers. They are not to
link their interests with the interests of the world. "Give proof of
your allegiance to Me" He says, "by standing as My chosen heritage,
as a people zealous of good works." Do not take part in political
strife. Separate from the world, and refrain from bringing into the church or
school ideas that will lead to contention or disorder. Dissension is the
moral poison taken into the system by human beings who are selfish. God wants
His servants to have clear perceptions, true and noble dignity, that their
influence may demonstrate the power of truth. The Christian life is not to be
a haphazard, emotional life. True Christian influence, exerted for the
accomplishment of the work God has appointed, is a precious agency, and it
must not be united with politics, or bound up in a confederacy with
unbelievers. God is to be the center of attraction. Every mind that is worked
by the Holy Spirit will be satisfied with Him. {Fundamentals of Christian Education, 483.2, 484} "The
Lord desires all who bear the message for these last days to understand that
there is a great difference between professors of religion who are not doers
of the word, and the children of God, who are sanctified through the truth,
who have that faith that works by love and purifies the soul. The Lord speaks
of those who claim to believe the truth for this time, yet see nothing
inconsistent in their taking part in politics, mingling with the contending
elements of these last days, as the circumcised who
mingle with the uncircumcised, and He declares that He will destroy
both classes together without distinction. They are
doing a work that God has not set them to do. They dishonor God by their
party spirit and contention, and He will condemn both alike. {Fundamentals of Christian Education,
482.1} "There
is a large vineyard to be cultivated; but while Christians are to work among
unbelievers, they are not to appear like worldlings. They are not to
spend their time talking politics or acting as politicians; for by
so doing, they give the enemy opportunity to come in and cause variance and
discord. Those in the ministry who desire to stand as politicians should
have their credentials taken from them; for this work
God has not given to high or low among His people. God
calls upon all who minister in doctrine to give the trumpet a certain sound.
All who have received Christ, ministers and lay members, are to arise and
shine; for great peril is right upon us. Satan is stirring the powers of
earth. Everything in the world is in confusion. God calls upon His people to
hold aloft the banner bearing the message of the third angel. We are not to
go to Christ through any human being, but through Christ we are to understand
the work He has given us to do for others. {Fundamentals of Christian Education, 483.1} Every member of the Seventh-day
Adventist church is corporately responsible for the disobedience of the above
counsel by church leaders at the General Conference President level, no less: "The
plain straight testimony must live in the church, or the curse of God will
rest upon His people as surely as it did upon ancient Israel because of their
sins. God holds His people, as a body [corporately], responsible for the sins
existing in individuals among them." Testimonies,
vol. 3, p. 269. Now please click on and read the
following article: THE leader of the Seventh
Day Adventist Church in the world, Pastor Jan Paulsen, has called for clean
politics among members of the church. Ron Beaulieu |