Ketika saya (Egw) mempelajari Kitab Suci, saya khawatir akan Israel milik Allah di hari-hari terakhir ini. Mereka dinasihati untuk menjauh dari penyembahan berhala.
Saya takut mereka tertidur dan begitu serupa dengan dunia sehingga akan sulit untuk membedakan antara dia yang melayani Tuhan dan dia yang tidak melayani Dia. Jarak semakin lebar antara Kristus dan umat-Nya, dan semakin berkurang antara mereka dan dunia.
Tanda-tanda pembedaan antara umat yang mengaku Kristus dan dunia hampir hilang. Seperti Israel kuno, mereka mengikuti kekejian bangsa-bangsa di sekitar mereka.—Testimonies for the Church 1:277. {ChS 38.2}
When I study the Scriptures, I am alarmed for the Israel of God in these last days. They are exhorted to flee from idolatry. I fear that they are asleep and so conformed to the world that it would be difficult to discern between him that serveth God and him that serveth Him not. The distance is widening between Christ and His people, and lessening between them and the world. The marks of distinction between Christ’s professed people and the world have almost disappeared. Like ancient Israel, they follow after the abominations of the nations around them.—Testimonies for the Church 1:277. {ChS 38.2}
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