“他们将人的吩咐当作道理教导人，所以拜我也是枉然”（太15:9）。{FH.25.1}
凡希望了解真理的人，对研究上帝的道不必抱什么顾虑；但在研究之前，需放弃一切偏见，中止一切成见，侧耳倾听上帝借着祂的使者所传达的声音。心中偏爱的观念，长期实行的风俗和习惯，都要接受圣经的检验；若是上帝的道与你的意见相反，那么，为了你灵魂的缘故，不要与圣经较力。许多人想从圣经中得出似乎有利于他们错误观点的见证而自毁灵命。你当询问：何为真理？而不是问，迄今为止我所相信的是真理吗？不要用你从前的信念解释圣经，称有限之人的某个道理为真理。你当问：圣经是怎么说的？……{FH.25.2}
要下定决心，若是你从前的理论不符合圣经的道理，就必须放弃。你蒙召要作出殷勤的努力，查明何为真理。不该以此为一个苛刻的要求；因为我们蒙召要为今生暂时的福气辛劳；而且我们若不肯挖掘真理的矿山并运用一切心力脑力去理解，就不可能指望获得天上的财宝。……
要当心，免得你根据错误的教训阅读上帝的道。犹太人就是在这方面犯了致命的错误。他们宣称，圣经的解释不可与以前拉比的解释不同。他们既添加了自己的遗传和格言，并给它们披上了神圣的外衣，就因他们的遗传而破坏了上帝之道的效果。上帝的道耶稣基督若不曾来到世上，人类就会完全丧失对真神的认识。……{FH.25.3}
撒但处心积虑地曲解圣经，使我们误解上帝的圣言。……一切宗教文献，一切要道和信条，无论被人视为多么神圣，只要与圣经的明文相矛盾，就必须弃绝。——《评论与通讯》，1902年3月25日。{FH.25.4}
Be Conformed to the Word, January 13
In vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.?Matthew 15:9.?{FH 25.1}[1]
Those who desire to know the truth have nothing to fear from the investigation of the Word of God. But upon the threshold of investigation of the Word of God, inquirers after truth should lay aside all prejudice and hold in abeyance all preconceived opinion, and open the ear to hear the voice of God from His messenger. Cherished opinions, long-practiced customs and habits, are to be brought to the test of the Scriptures; and if the Word of God opposes your views, then, for your soul’s sake, do not wrest the Scriptures, as many do to their soul’s destruction in order to make them seem to bear a testimony in favor of their errors. Let your inquiry be, What is truth? Not, What have I hitherto believed to be truth? Do not interpret the Scriptures in the light of your former belief, and assert that some doctrine of finite humanity is truth. Let your inquiry be, What saith the Scriptures? ...?{FH 25.2}[2]
Make up your mind that your former theories must change if they are not in harmony with the doctrines of the Bible. You are called upon to put forth diligent effort to discover what is truth. This should not be thought a hard requirement; for we are called upon to toil for our temporal and earthly blessings, and it is not to be expected that we shall find the heavenly treasure unless we are willing to dig in the mines of truth and exercise all our powers of mind and heart to understand....?{FH 25.3}[3]
Beware lest you read the Word of God in the light of erroneous teaching. It was on this very ground that the Jews made their fatal mistake. They declared that there must be no different interpretation placed upon the Scriptures than that which had been given by the rabbis in former years; and as they had multiplied their traditions and maxims and had clothed them with sacredness, the Word of God was made of no effect through their traditions; and if Jesus Christ, the Word of God, had not come into the world, humanity would have lost all knowledge of the true God....?{FH 25.4}[4]
It is Satan’s studied plan to pervert the Scriptures and to lead us to put a false construction on the Word of God.... All articles of faith, all doctrines and creeds, however sacred they have been regarded, are to be rejected if they contradict the plain statements of the Word of God.—The Review and Herald, March 25, 1902.?{FH 25.5}[5]
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