THE WORD OF GOD
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PART II
I AM THY FELLOW SERVANT, AND OF THY BRETHREN THE
PROPHETS, AND OF THEM WHICH KEEP THE SAYINGS OF THIS
BOOK: WORSHIP GOD.
BLESSED ARE THEY THAT READ, AND THEY THAT HEAR THE
WORDS OF THIS PROPHECY, AND KEEP THOSE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN WITHIN: FOR THE TIME IS AT HAND.
THE SCRIPTURES HANDED DOWN THROUGH GENERATIONS,
AND MULTITUDES OF PEOPLE, WERE MEANT TO SERVE AS A NAVIGATIONAL CHART FROM BEGINNING TO END: THE FIRST AND LAST TESTIMONY. IT IS TRUE THAT THE END SHOULD COME. AND THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH THAT BEARS WITNESS SHOULD FULFILL THE MYSTERY IN A MANIFESTATION. FOR THAT IS THE WITNESS OF THE HIGHEST AUTHORITY: GOD- THE SOURCE OF LIFE, AND THE MANIFESTATION OF TRUE PROPHECY,
LITTLE CHILDREN, IT IS THE LAST TIME: AND AS YOU HAVE
HEARD THAT ANTICHRIST SHALL COME, EVEN NOW THERE ARE
MANY ANTICHRIST; WHEREBY WE KNOW IT IS THE LAST TIME. LET THAT THEREFORE ABIDE IN YOU, WHICH YOU HAVE HEARD FROM THE BEGINNING. AND THIS IS THE PROMISE THAT THE LORD HAD PROMISED US, EVEN ETERNAL LIFE. THESE THINGS I HAVE WRITTEN UNTO YOU CONCERNING THEM THAT SEDUCE YOU.
WHOSOEVER COMMITTETH SIN TRANSGRESSETH THE LAW;
FOR SIN IS TRANSGRESSION OF THE LAW.
BEHOLD, HE COMETH WITH CLOUDS ...
I STAND AT THE DOOR, AND KNOCK: IF ANY HEAR MY VOICE,
AND OPEN THE DOOR, I WILL COME IN TO THEM, AND WILL SUP WITH THEM, AND THEM WITH ME. TO THEM THAT OVERCOMETH WILL I GRANT TO SIT WITH ME IN MY THRONE. HE THAT HAS AN EAR, LET HIM HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAITH TO THE CHURCHES.
WARNING AGAINST FALSE DOCTRINE-
NOW THE END OF THE COMMANDMENT IS CHARITY OUT OF
A PURE HEART, AND OF GOOD CONSCIOUS, AND FAITH UNFEIGNED:
FROM WHICH SOME HAVING SWERVED HAVE TURNED ASIDE
UNTO VAIN JANGLING; DESIRING TO BE TEACHERS OF THE LAW;
UNDERSTANDING NEITHER WHAT THEY SAY, NOR WHEREOF THEY
AFFIRM.
THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT-
I THEREFORE, THE PRISONER OF THE LORD, BESEECH YOU
THAT YOU WALK WORTHY OF THE VOCATION WHEREWITH YOU
ARE CALLED, WITH ALL LOWLINESS AND MEEKNESS, WITH LONG
SUFFERING, FORBEARING ONE ANOTHER IN LOVE; ENDEAVORING TO KEEP THE UNITY OF THE SPIRIT IN THE BOND OF PEACE.
WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRY-
WHEREFORE LET THEM THAT THINK THEY STAND TAKE
HEED LEST THEY FALL. THERE HATH NO TEMPTATION TAKEN YOU BUT SUCH AS IS COMMON TO MAN: BUT GOD IS FAITHFUL, WHO WILL NOT SUFFER YOU TO BE TEMPTED ABOVE THAT YOU ARE ABLE; BUT WILL WITH THE TEMPTATION ALSO MAKE A WAY TO ESCAPE, THAT YOU MAY BE ABLE TO BEAR IT. WHEREFORE, MY DEARLY BELOVED, FLEE FROM IDOLATRY. **
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