"All theoretical knowledge must be carried out into our daily actions.
*A mere mental ascent to the truth does not constitute righteousness. It must be lived out, so that the fruitful evidence of our faith will be manifest.
*But the opposite extreme is just as dangerous. Willfully avoiding gaining an intellectual knowledge of the truth will also keep us out of heaven according to Hosea 4:6, which states, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee".
In the last days, when God has finished sealing His people in their foreheads, it will not be any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved.
"Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. " (John 17:17-19)
And according to 2 Thess 2:13,
Paul emphatically states, "God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth." And we know that it is through "sanctification without which no one will see the Lord." (Heb. 12:14).
"Error is never harmless. It never sanctifies, but always brings confusion and dissension." {5T 291, 292 (1885) E.G.W.}."
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*But the opposite extreme is just as dangerous. Willfully avoiding gaining an intellectual knowledge of the truth will also keep us out of heaven according to Hosea 4:6, which states, "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee".
In the last days, when God has finished sealing His people in their foreheads, it will not be any seal or mark that can be seen, but a settling into the truth, both intellectually and spiritually, so they cannot be moved.
Error never sanctifies.
Only truth sanctifies.
And according to 2 Thess 2:13,
Paul emphatically states, "God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth." And we know that it is through "sanctification without which no one will see the Lord." (Heb. 12:14).
"No error can sanctify the soul; we must bear this in mind. Sanctification comes not through error,
but through belief of the truth.
We need to possess a faith that is based upon the sure word of promise." {RH, September 30, 1909 E.G.W.} "Error is never harmless. It never sanctifies, but always brings confusion and dissension." {5T 291, 292 (1885) E.G.W.}."
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