Standing Before Courts and Councils

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Ellen G. White Estate, Devotional for August 31
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Standing Before Courts and Councils

I will speak of thy testimonies also before kings, and will
not be ashamed. Ps. 119:46. 


In the great closing work we shall meet with perplexities
that we know not how to deal with, but let us not forget
that the three great powers of heaven are working, that a
divine hand is on the wheel, and that God will bring His
purposes to pass. 

The time will come when we shall be brought before councils
and before thousands for His name's sake, and each one will
have to give the reason of his faith. 

Every position of truth taken by our people will bear the
criticism of the greatest minds; the highest of the world's
great men will be brought in contact with truth, and
therefore every position we take should be critically
examined and tested by the Scriptures. Now we seem to be
unnoticed, but this will not always be. Movements are at
work to bring us to the front, and if our theories of truth
can be picked to pieces by historians or the world's
greatest men, it will be done. 

The Lord Jesus will give the disciples a tongue and wisdom
that their adversaries can neither gainsay nor resist.
Those who could not by reasoning overcome satanic
delusions, will bear an affirmative testimony that will
baffle supposedly learned men. Words will come from the
lips of the unlearned with such convincing power and wisdom
that conversions will be made to the truth. Thousands will
be converted under their testimony. 

Why should the illiterate man have this power, which the
learned man has not? The illiterate one, through faith in
Christ, has come into the atmosphere of pure, clear truth,
while the learned man has turned away from the truth. The
poor man is Christ's witness. He cannot appeal to histories
or to so-called high science, but he gathers from the Word
of God powerful evidence. The truth that he speaks under
the inspiration of the Spirit, is so pure and remarkable
and carries with it a power so indisputable, that his
testimony cannot be gainsaid.

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