Three Angels' Messages

The Three Angels' Messages--It is our privilege to expect large things, even the demonstration of the Spirit of God. This is a power which will convict and convert the soul. Our message is a life-and-death message, and we must let this message appear as it is--the great power of God. Then the Lord will make it effectual. We are to present it in all its telling force. The first and second angels' messages are bound up with the third angel's message. The power of the proclamation of the first and second angels' messages is to be concentrated in the third.--Lt 209, 1899.  {VSS 329.1} 

The Testing Message--Let every discourse that does not enlighten the soul, that does not answer the question, What must I do to be saved? be cut off from your program. Preach the testing message of the third angel. It is essential that our ministers preach the truth that has a direct bearing on the message for this time, and that they present the subjects in the most simple language. What must I do to be saved, and the righteousness of Christ, are themes that are of vital importance to the people.-- Lt 29, 1895.

Third Angel's Message a Life-and-Death Question. -We know that now everything is at stake. The third angel's message is to be at this time regarded as of the highest importance. It is a life-and-death question.  {9MR 290.1} 

Increasing Importance of the Three Angels' Messages.--The truth for this time, the third angel's message, is to be proclaimed with a loud voice, meaning with increasing power, as we approach the great final test. . . . The present truth for this time comprises the messages, the third angel's message succeeding the first and the second. The presentation of this message with all it embraces is our work. We stand as the remnant people in these last days to promulgate the truth and swell the cry of the third angel's wonderful distinct message, giving the trumpet a certain sound. Eternal truth, which we have adhered to from the beginning, is to be maintained in all its increasing importance to the close of probation. The trumpet is to give no uncertain sound. . . .  {9MR 291.1} 

 Relevance of the Message.--All the people of God are now to stand on the platform of truth as it has been given in the third angel's message. . . . The only hope for anyone is to hold fast the evidences that have confirmed the truth in righteousness. Let these be proclaimed over and over again until the close of earth's history.--Manuscript 61, 1906, p. 3. ("Hold Fast the Beginning of Your Confidence," June 3, 1906.

 Universal Nature of the Third Angel's Message.--Every feature of the third angel's message is to be proclaimed in all parts of the world. . . . This message is a testing message. Received into honest hearts, it will prove an antidote for all the world's sins and sorrows. No conditions of climate, of poverty, or ignorance, or of prejudice can hinder its efficiency, or lessen its adaptability to the needs of mankind.--Manuscript 75, 1906, p. 3. ("A Caution Against Heavy Investment in Food Manufacture," September 29, 1906.)  {9MR 292.1} 

Truths of the Third Angel's Message Constantly Unfolding.--The third angel's message reveals the great saving truth for this time. Its truths are constantly unfolding, and it is God's design that even the children and youth shall understand intelligently what God requires, that they may distinguish between righteousness and sin, between obedience and disobedience.--Manuscript 67, 1909, p. 3. ("A High Standard," October 7, 1909.)

Several have written to me, inquiring if the message of justification by faith is the third angel's message, and I have answered, "It is the third angel's message in verity."--1SM 372 (1890).  {LDE 199.4}