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SEEK THE LIGHT

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 4, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 36.

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SEEK THE LIGHT.

By Erastus Sampson

ERASTUS SAMPSON. (Port Antonio, Jamaica.)
“WHEN thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, Lord, will I seek.” I sought and have found.
There are to-day over four hundred denominations in the world, all claiming that they are right, and that their teachings are based solely on the Bible. One, having a desire to seek the Lord and to worship him in spirit and in truth, would be at a loss to find, with his finite mind, the one that is right. How can they all be right? There is but one Lord, one faith, one baptism. Is Christ divided? — No!
Thy face, Lord, thy truth, will I seek through the channels of thy words. “Search the scriptures;” for they testify of me. “All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you.” John 16:15. These are the words of Christ.
He has revealed in his word how we may be able to distinguish the one denomination, the one class of people, yes, the only one true church of God in these last days: “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” Isa. 8:20. The word “if” decides, it makes the condition. If they speak not in accordance with the law of God and the testimony, there is no light in them.
Who is the Light of the world? — The Lord. He is our light and our salvation. Ps. 27:1. Then if they teach contrary to the law, and seek to put by the prophecies, what is the cause? Christ, who is the Light, is not with them, and where he is not, is utter darkness. The law includes the ten commandments, and the revelation of Christ shows us the character of those that will be saved at his coming (Rev. 14:12), and also distinguishes beyond a doubt his true church. Rev. 12:17. They take counsel together to establish their church, but it shall come to naught; they speak lying fables, but it shall not stand. Why? — For God is with us.
Oh, be wise, investigate the Word; come out of the worldly churches, and be sanctified by the truth. John 17:17. “The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light.”