*******THE FIRM FOUNDATION OF OUR FAITH ******* Many of our people do not realize how firmly the foundation of our faith has been laid. My husband, Elder Joseph Bates, Father Pierce, [OLDER BRETHREN AMONG THE PIONEERS ARE HERE THUS REMINISCENTLY REFERRED TO. FATHER PIERCE WAS STEPHEN PIERCE, WHO SERVED IN MINISTERIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE WORK IN THE EARLY DAYS. FATHER ANDREWS WAS EDWARD ANDREWS, THE FATHER OF J. N. ANDREWS.--COMPILERS.] Elder {Hiram} Edson, and others who were keen, noble, and true, were among those who, after the passing of the time in 1844, searched for the truth as for hidden treasure. I met with them, and WE STUDIED AND PRAYED EARNESTLY. OFTEN WE REMAINED TOGETHER UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT, AND SOMETIMES THROUGH THE ENTIRE NIGHT, PRAYING FOR LIGHT AND STUDYING THE WORD. Again and again these brethren came together to study the Bible, in order that they might know its meaning, and be prepared to teach it with power. When they came to the point in their study where they said,We can do nothing more, THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD WOULD COME UPON ME, I WOULD BE TAKEN OFF IN VISION, AND A CLEAR EXPLANATION OF THE PASSAGES WE HAD BEEN STUDYING WOULD BE GIVEN ME, with instruction as to how we were to labor and teach effectively. THUS LIGHT WAS GIVEN THAT HELPED US TO UNDERSTAND THE SCRIPTURES IN REGARD TO CHRIST, HIS MISSION, AND HIS PRIESTHOOD. A line of truth extending from that time to the time when we shall enter the city of God, was made plain to me, and I gave to others the instruction that the Lord had given me. ~~ 1SM 206.4 [Caps added for emphasis, however no content has been changed.] NEVER, NEVER seek to remove ONE LANDMARK that the Lord has given His people. The truth stands firmly established on the eternal Rock – a foundation that storm and tempest can NEVER move. ~~ 8 Testimonies p 162~~ Let NONE seek to tear away the foundations of our faith, -- the foundations that were laid at the beginning of our work, BY PRAYERFUL STUDY of the Word and BY REVELATION. Upon these foundations we have been building for the last fifty years. Men may suppose that they have found a new way, and that they can lay a stronger foundation than that which has been laid, but this is a great deception. Other foundation can no man lay than that which has been laid. ~~ RH, March 3, 1904 par. 13 ~~ [Caps added for emphasis, however no content has been changed.] What is the LANDMARK and the FOUNDATIONS of our faith that EGW was talking about and she asks us NEVER to remove? What has been removed from SDA belief? -- OUR NON-TRINITARIAN FOUNDATIONS! She said: Men may suppose that they have found a new way, and that they can lay a stronger foundation than that which has been laid. But this is a great deception. What has been changed in SDA foundations that EGW said But this is a great deception? OUR FOUNDATIONAL NON-TRINITARIAN BELIEFS HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH THE TRINITY! [Caps added for emphasis, however no content has been changed.]
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