Church Membership No Guarantee of Salvation
"It is a solemn statement that I make to the church, that not
one in twenty whose names are registered upon the church books are
prepared to close their earthly history, and would be as verily
without God and without hope in the world as the common sinner."
--ChS
41 (1893).
"Those who have had opportunities to hear and receive of the
truth and who have united with the Seventh-day Adventist church,
calling themselves the commandment-keeping people of God, and yet
possess no more vitality and consecration to God than do the nominal
churches, will receive the plagues of God just as verily as the
churches who oppose the law of God." --19MR 176 (1898).
The Chaff Separated From the Wheat
"Divisions will come in the church. Two parties will be
developed. The wheat and tares grow up together for the
harvest."
--2SM 114 (1896).
"There will be a shaking of the sieve. The chaff must in time be
separated from the wheat. Because iniquity abounds, the love of many
waxes cold. It is the very time when the genuine will be the
strongest." --Letter 46, 1887.
"The history of the rebellion of Dathan and Abiram is being
repeated, and will be repeated till the close of time. Who will be
on the Lord's side? Who will be deceived, and in their turn become
deceivers?" --Letter 15, 1892.
"The Lord is soon to come. There must be a refining, winnowing
process in every church, for there are among us wicked men who do
not love the truth or honor God." --RH March 19, 1895.
"We are in the shaking time, the time when everything that can
be shaken will be shaken. The Lord will not excuse those who know
the truth if they do not in word and deed obey His commands." --6T 332
(1900).
Conclusion
"We are
in the shaking time, the time when everything that can be shaken
will be shaken." --6T 332
