Holiness and Healing

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 18, 1906

Holiness and Healing

THERE is no place either for fads or specialists in a well-balanced presentation of the third angel's message. The Biblical doctrine of holiness, “without which no man shall see the Lord,” is an integral part of the message for this generation, but it is not the whole message. Divine healing in answer to the prayer of faith should be revealed in the experience of those who are preparing for the coming of the Lord, but it is only one phase of such an experience. Those whose only burden is to teach holiness, and who are not willing to test that holiness by the law and the prophets, are not safe leaders. Those who set themselves up as specialists in divine healing, and who boast of their success in this direction, need to learn more fully concerning the work of God for this generation. We believe in that holiness which is revealed in a life in perfect harmony with that law which is holy and just and good, but not in that holiness which sets itself above God's law. We believe in divine healing according to the Word of God, but not in professional healers. These are distinctions which need to be borne in mind.

Confusion is sometimes brought into our churches by permitting those to conduct services who have a message to bear which is only a substitute for the third angel's message. Such persons present a perversion of one feature of the truth in the place of the whole truth, and the fruit is not righteousness and peace. The elders of our churches and all who have responsibility as under-shepherds of the flock should guard the people against these false teachers. Our people need to hear the whole gospel in its purity and in the setting in which it has been placed—the prophecies for this generation. There can be no substitute for the third angel's message.