Directions From the Lord

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 26, 1914

Directions From the Lord

We have met many persons who claimed to be led by the Spirit of God, but who were refusing to follow in their lives the plain directions of the Word. They claimed that they were led by an inner voice or consciousness. This is a very dangerous doctrine. The Spirit of God inspired the Scriptures of Truth. The prophets of God wrote as they were

moved by that Spirit. When that same Spirit exists in the heart of one of God's children, it will bring about unity between him and the Word. He will not regard these impressions and imaginations as the leadings of the Spirit unless he tests them by the Word of Truth.

Into what perplexity the church of God would be plunged if there were no standard by which to determine the character of the spirit inspiring men's minds! Every one would have a standard of his own. The great safeguard is the Scriptures of Truth; and if there comes to us an angel and declares to us any other doctrine than is contained in the Word, we are to reject him as a deceiver. See Gal. 1:8.