{"id":352,"date":"2017-06-25T19:09:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T19:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loud-cry.com\/wordpress\/?p=352"},"modified":"2017-06-26T00:54:25","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T00:54:25","slug":"about-spiritual-gifts-sobre-los-dones-espirituales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loud-cry.com\/wordpress\/2017\/06\/25\/about-spiritual-gifts-sobre-los-dones-espirituales\/","title":{"rendered":"About Spiritual Gifts \/ Sobre los dones espirituales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(In Spanish below),<\/p>\n<p>This introduction of the part of &#8220;The Spiritual Gifts&#8221; of Early Writings,<br \/>\nWas written by R. F. Cottrell, pages 133-144. Although I also found a negative comment on Cottrell, that does not mean that what is written by him in Early Writings is false.<br \/>\nThe negative I found says:<br \/>\n&#8220;It is sad to say that some of these&#8221; veterans &#8220;were not receptive to the growing light of 1888. That insistence that the 1888 message was not a new light was the familiar badge of the opposition of that time. Not long after the Minneapolis assembly, R. F. Cottrell wrote an article for the Review Attacking the 1888 message, asking: &#8220;Where is the New Rupture?&#8221; (HR, 22 April<br \/>\n1890). W. H. Littlejohn also attacked the message with an article on January 16, 1894, titled, &#8220;Justification For Faith Is Not New Doctrine.&#8221; They both failed to recognize what was happening in his days &#8211; the initiation of the latter rain.\u00a8 1888 RE-EXAMINED p. 59 (digital in spanish).<\/p>\n<p>Introduction in english (from Spiritual Gifts):<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nSpiritual Gifts<br \/>\nTABLE OF CONTENTS<br \/>\n[R. F. Cottrell]<\/p>\n<p>Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 1<br \/>\nIntroduction<\/p>\n<p>The gift of prophecy was manifested in the church during the Jewish dispensation. If it disappeared for a few centuries, on account of the corrupt state of the church toward the close of that dispensation, it reappeared at its close to usher in the Messiah. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, \u201cwas filled with the Holy Ghost, and prophesied.\u201d Simeon, a just and devout man who was \u201cwaiting for the consolation of Israel,\u201d came by the Spirit into the temple, and prophesied of Jesus as \u201ca light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel\u201d; and Anna, a prophetess, \u201cspake of Him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.\u201d And there was no greater prophet than John the Baptist, who was chosen of God to introduce to Israel \u201cthe Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.\u201d EW 133.1<br \/>\nThe Christian age commenced with the outpouring of the Spirit, and a great variety of spiritual gifts was manifested among the believers. These were so abundant that Paul could say to the Corinthian church, \u201cThe manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal\u201d\u2014to every man in the church, not to every man in the world, as many have applied it. EW 133.2<br \/>\nSince the great apostasy, these gifts have rarely been manifested; and this is probably the reason why professed Christians generally believe that they were limited to the period of the primitive church. But is it not on account of the errors and unbelief of the church that the gifts have ceased? And when the people of God shall attain to primitive faith and practice, as they certainly will by the proclamation of the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus, will not \u201cthe latter rain\u201d Again develop the gifts? Reasoning from analogy we should expect it. Notwithstanding the apostasies of the Jewish age, it opened and closed with special manifestations of the Spirit of God. And it is unreasonable to suppose that the Christian age\u2014the light of which, compared with the former dispensation, is as the light of the sun compared with the feeble rays of the moon\u2014should commence in glory and close in obscurity. And since a special work of the Spirit was necessary to prepare a people for the first advent of Christ, how much more so for the second; especially since the last days were to be perilous beyond all precedent, and false prophets were to have power to show great signs and wonders, insomuch that, if it were possible, they should deceive the very elect. But to the Scriptures of truth: EW 133.3<br \/>\n\u201cAnd He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs shall follow them that believe: In My name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.\u201d Mark 16:15-18. EW 134.1<br \/>\nCampbell&#8217;s translation says, \u201cThese miraculous powers shall attend the believers.\u201d The gifts were not confined to the apostles, but extended to the believers. Who will have them? Those that believe. How long? There is no limitation; the promise runs parallel with the great commission to preach the gospel and reaches the last believer. EW 134.2<br \/>\nBut it is objected that this aid was promised only to the apostles and to those who believed through their preaching; that they fulfilled the commission, established the gospel, and that the gifts ceased with that generation. Let us see if the great commission ended with that generation. Matthew 28:19, 20. \u201cGo ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.\u201d EW 134.3<br \/>\nThat the preaching of the gospel under this commission did not end with the primitive church is evident from the promise, \u201cI am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.\u201d He does not say, I am with you, apostles, everywhere, even to the ends of the earth; but I am with you always, to the end of the world, or age. It will not do to say that the Jewish age is meant, for that had already ended at the cross. I conclude, then, that the preaching and the belief of the primitive gospel will always be attended with the same spiritual aid. The apostles\u2019 commission belonged to the Christian age, and embraced the whole of it. Consequently the gifts were lost only through apostasy, and will be revived with the revival of primitive faith and practice. EW 135.1<br \/>\nIn 1 Corinthians 12:28, we are informed that God hath set, placed, or fixed, certain spiritual gifts in the church. In the absence of any scriptural proof that He has removed or abolished them, we must conclude that they were intended to remain. Where is the proof then that they are abolished? In the same chapter where the Jewish Sabbath is abolished, and the Christian Sabbath instituted\u2014a chapter in the acts of the mystery of iniquity and the man of sin. But the objector claims Bible proof that gifts were to cease, contained in the following text: \u201cCharity never faileth: but whether there be prophecies, they shall fail; whether there be tongues, they shall cease; whether there be knowledge, it shall vanish away. For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part<br \/>\nshall be done away. When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: But when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: Now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. And now abideth faith, hope, charity.\u201d 1 Corinthians 13:8-13. EW 135.2<br \/>\nThis text does foretell the cessation of spiritual gifts, also of faith and hope. But when were they to cease? We still look forward to the time when\u2014 EW 136.1<br \/>\n\u201cHope shall change to glad fruition, faith to sight, and prayer to praise.\u201d EW 136<br \/>\nThey are to cease when that which is perfect is come, when we shall no longer see through a glass darkly, but face to face. The perfect day, when the just are made perfect and see as they are seen, is yet in the future. It is true that the man of sin, when arrived at manhood, had put away such \u201cchildish things\u201d as prophecies, tongues, and knowledge, and also the faith, hope, and charity of the primitive Christians. But there is nothing in the text to show that God designed to take away the gifts which he had set in the church, till the consummation of her faith and hope, till the surpassing glory of the immortal state should eclipse the most brilliant displays of spiritual power and knowledge ever manifested in this mortal state. EW 136.2<br \/>\nThe objection founded upon 2 Timothy 3:16, which some have gravely presented, deserves no more than a passing remark. If Paul, in saying that the Scriptures are to make the man of God perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works, meant that nothing more should be written by inspiration, why was he at that moment adding to those Scriptures? At least why did he not drop the pen as soon as that sentence was written? And why did John, thirty years afterward, write the book of Revelation? This book contains another text which is quoted to prove the abolition of spiritual gifts. EW 136.3<br \/>\n\u201cFor I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book: And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the Holy City, and from the things which are written in this book.\u201d Revelation 22:18, 19. EW 137.1<br \/>\nFrom this text it is claimed that God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past to the fathers by the prophets, and, in the commencement of the gospel day, by Jesus and His apostles, has hereby solemnly promised never to communicate anything more to man in that way. Therefore all prophesying after this date must be false. This, it is said, closes the canon of inspiration. If so, why did John write his gospel after his return from Patmos to Ephesus? In doing so did he add to the words of the prophecy of that book written in the isle of Patmos? It is evident, from the text, that the caution against adding to, or taking from, refers not to the Bible as we have the volume compiled, but to the separate book of Revelation, as it came from the hand of the apostle. Yet no man has a right to add to, or subtract from, any other book written by inspiration of God. Did John, in writing the book of Revelation, add anything to the book of Daniel&#8217;s prophecy? Not at all. A prophet has no right to alter the word of God. But the visions of John corroborate those of Daniel and give much additional light upon the subjects there introduced. I conclude, then, that the Lord has not bound Himself to keep silence, but is still at liberty to speak. Ever be it the language of my heart, Speak, Lord, through whom Thou wilt; Thy servant heareth. EW 137.2<br \/>\nThus the attempt to prove from Scripture the abolition of spiritual gifts, proves a total failure. And since the gates of hades have not prevailed against the church, but God still has a people on earth, we may look for the development of the gifts in connection with the third angel&#8217;s message, a message which will bring back the church to apostolic ground and make it indeed the light\u2014not darkness\u2014of the world. EW 137.3<br \/>\nAgain: we are forewarned that there would be false prophets in the last days, and the Bible gives a test by which to try their teachings in order that we may distinguish between the true and the false. The grand test is the law of God, which is applied both to the prophesyings and to the moral character of the prophets. If there were to be no true prophesyings in the last days, how much easier to have stated the fact, and thus cut off all chance for deception, than to give a test by which to try them, as if there would be the genuine as well as the false. EW 138.1<br \/>\nIn Isaiah 8:19, 20, is a prophecy of the familiar spirits of the present time, and the law is given as a test: \u201cTo the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.\u201d Why say, \u201cIf they speak not,\u201d if there was to be no true spiritual manifestation or prophesying at the same time? Jesus says, \u201cBeware of false prophets&#8230;. Ye shall know them by their fruits.\u201d Matthew 7:15, 16. This is a part of the Sermon on the Mount, and all can see that this discourse has a general application to the church through the gospel age. False prophets are to be known by their fruits; in other words, by their moral character. The only standard by which to determine whether their fruits are good or bad, is the law of God. Thus we are brought to the law and to the testimony. True prophets will not only speak according to this word, but they will live according to it. One who speaks and lives thus, I dare not condemn. EW 138.2<br \/>\nIt has always been a characteristic of false prophets that they see visions of peace; and they will be saying, \u201cPeace and safety,\u201d when sudden destruction comes upon them. The true will boldly reprove sin and warn of coming wrath. EW 139.1<br \/>\nProphesyings which contradict the plain and positive declarations of the Word, are to be rejected. Thus our Saviour taught His disciples when He warned them concerning the manner of His second coming. When Jesus ascended to heaven in the sight of His disciples, it was declared most explicitly by the angels that this same Jesus should so come in like manner as they had seen Him go into heaven. Hence Jesus, in predicting the work of the false prophets of the last days, says, \u201cIf they shall say unto you, behold, He is in the desert; go not forth: Behold, He is in the secret chambers, believe it not.\u201d All true prophesying on that point must recognize His visible coming from heaven. Why did not Jesus say, reject all prophesying at that time; for there will be no true prophets then? EW 139.2<br \/>\n\u201cAnd He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.\u201d Ephesians 4:11-13. EW 139.3<br \/>\nWe learn from a previous verse that when Christ ascended up on high, He gave gifts unto men. Among these gifts are enumerated apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers. The object for which they were given was the perfecting of the saints in unity and knowledge. Some who profess to be pastors and teachers at the present day hold that these gifts fully accomplished their object some eighteen hundred years ago, and consequently ceased. Why not then throw aside their titles of pastors and teachers? If the office of prophet is by this text limited to the primitive church, so is that of the evangelist\u2014and all the rest; for no distinction is made. EW 139.4<br \/>\nNow let us reason a moment upon this point. All these gifts were given for the perfecting of the saints in unity, knowledge, and spirit. Under their influence the primitive church for a time enjoyed that unity: \u201cThe multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul.\u201d And it seems a natural consequence of this state of unity, that \u201cwith great power gave the apostles witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus: And great grace was upon them all.\u201d Acts 4:31-33. How desirable such a state of things now! But apostasy with its dividing and blighting influence marred the beauty of the fair church and clothed her in sackcloth. Division and disorder have been the result. Never was there so great a diversity of faith in Christendom as at the present day. If the gifts were necessary to preserve the unity of the primitive church, how much more so to restore unity now! And that it is the purpose of God to restore the unity of the church in the last days, is abundantly evident from the prophecies. We are assured that the watchmen shall see eye to eye, when the Lord shall bring again Zion. Also, that in the time of the end the wise shall understand. When this is fulfilled there will be unity of faith with all whom God accounts wise; for those that do in reality understand aright, must necessarily understand alike. What is to effect this unity but the gifts that were given for this very purpose? EW 140.1<br \/>\nFrom considerations like these, it is evident that the perfect state of the church here predicted is still in the future; consequently these gifts have not yet accomplished their purpose. This letter to the Ephesians<br \/>\nwas written in A.D. 64, about two years before Paul told Timothy that he was ready to be offered, and the time of his departure was at hand. The seeds of the apostasy were now germinating in the church, for Paul had said ten years before, in his second letter to the Thessalonians, \u201cThe mystery of iniquity doth already work.\u201d Grievous wolves were now about to enter in, not sparing the flock. The church was not then rising and advancing to that perfection in unity contemplated in the text, but was about to be torn by factions and distracted by divisions. The apostle knew this; consequently he must have looked beyond the great apostasy, to the period of the gathering of the remnant of God&#8217;s people, when he said, \u201cTill we all come into [margin] the unity of the faith.\u201d Ephesians 4:13. Hence the gifts that were set in the church have not yet served out their time. EW 140.2<br \/>\n\u201cQuench not the Spirit. Despise not prophesyings. Prove all things; hold fast that which is good.\u201d 1 Thessalonians 5:19-21. EW 141.1<br \/>\nIn this epistle the apostle introduces the subject of the second coming of the Lord. He then describes the state of the unbelieving world at that time, who are saying, \u201cPeace and safety,\u201d when the day of the Lord is about to burst upon them, and sudden destruction come upon them as a thief in the night. He then exhorts the church, in view of these things, to keep awake, to watch and be sober. Among the exhortations that follow are the words we have quoted, \u201cQuench not the Spirit,\u201d etc. Some may think that these three verses are completely detached from one another in sense; but they have a natural connection in the order in which they stand. The person who quenches the Spirit will be left to despise prophesyings, which are the legitimate fruit of the Spirit. \u201cI will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy.\u201d Joel 2:28. The expression, \u201cProve all things,\u201d is limited to the subject of discourse, prophesyings, and we are to try the spirits by the tests which God has given us in His Word. Spiritual deceptions and false prophesyings abound at the present time; and doubtless this text has a special application here. But mark, the apostle does not say, Reject all things; but, Prove all things; Hold fast that which is good. EW 141.2<br \/>\n\u201cAnd it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out My Spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions; and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out My Spirit. And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood, and fire, and pillars of smoke. The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the great and the terrible day of the Lord come. And it shall come to pass, that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered: For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.\u201d Joel 2:28-32. EW 142.1<br \/>\nThis prophecy of Joel, which speaks of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the last days, was not all fulfilled at the beginning of the gospel dispensation. This is evident from the wonders in heaven and in earth, introduced in this text, which were to be precursors of \u201cThe great and terrible day of the Lord.\u201d though we have had the signs, that terrible day is still in the future. The whole gospel dispensation may be called the last days, but to say that the last days are all 1800 years in the past, is absurd. They reach to the day of the Lord and to the deliverance of the remnant of God&#8217;s people: \u201cFor in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant whom the Lord shall call.\u201d EW 142.2<br \/>\nThis remnant, existing amid the signs and wonders that usher in the great and terrible day of the Lord, is doubtless the remnant of the seed of the woman spoken of in Revelation 12:17\u2014the last generation of the church on earth. \u201cAnd the dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ.\u201d EW 143.1<br \/>\nThe remnant of the gospel church will have the gifts. War will be waged against them because they keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. (Revelation 12:17.) In Revelation 19:10, the testimony of Jesus is defined to be the spirit of prophecy. Said the angel, \u201cI am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren that have the testimony of Jesus.\u201d In Revelation 22:9, he repeats the same in substance, as follows: \u201cI am thy fellow servant, and of thy brethren the prophets.\u201d From the comparison we see the force of the expression, \u201cThe testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.\u201d But the testimony of Jesus includes all the gifts of that one Spirit. Says Paul: \u201cI thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; that in everything ye are enriched by Him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you: So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.\u201d 1 Corinthians 1:4-7. The testimony of Christ was confirmed in the Corinthian church; and what was the result? They came behind in no gift. Are we not justified, then, in the conclusion that when the remnant are fully confirmed in the testimony of Jesus, they will come behind in no gift, waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ? EW 143.2<br \/>\nRoswell F. Cottrell EW 143<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nPresently an angel bade me rise, and the sight that met my eyes can hardly be described. Before me was a company whose hair and garments were torn, and whose countenances were the very picture of despair and horror. They came close to me and rubbed their garments upon mine. As I looked at my garments I saw that they were stained with blood. Again I fell like one dead at the feet of my accompanying angel. I could not plead one excuse and longed to be away from that holy place. The angel raised me to my feet and said: \u201cThis is not your case now, but this scene has passed before you to let you know what your situation must be if you neglect to declare to others what the Lord has revealed to you.\u201d With this solemn warning before me I went out to speak to the people the words of reproof and instruction given me of God. 2TT 272.2<br \/>\nThe messages given me for different individuals I often wrote out for them, in many cases doing this at their urgent request. As my work extended, this became an important and taxing part of my labors. Before the publication of Testimony 15 [1868], many requests for written testimonies were sent me by those whom I had counseled or reproved; but I was in a state of great exhaustion from wearing labor, and I shrank from the task, especially since I knew that many of these persons were very unworthy, and there seemed little hope that the warnings given would work any decided change in them. At that time I was greatly encouraged by the following dream: 2TT 272.3<br \/>\nA person brought to me a web of white cloth, and bade me cut it into garments for persons of all sizes and all descriptions of character and circumstances in life. I was told to cut them out and hang them up all ready to be made when called for. I had the impression that many for whom I was required to cut garments were unworthy. I inquired if that was the last piece of cloth I should have to cut and was told that it was not; that as soon as I had finished this one, there were others for me to take hold of. I felt discouraged at the amount of work before me and stated that I had been engaged in cutting garments for others for more than twenty years, and my labors had not been appreciated, neither did I see that my work had accomplished much good. I spoke to the person who brought the cloth to me, of one woman in particular, for whom he had told me to cut a garment. I stated that she would not prize the garment and that it would be a loss of time and material to present it to her. She was very poor, of inferior intellect, and untidy in her habits, and would soon soil it. 2TT 273.1<br \/>\nThe person replied. \u201cCut out the garments. That is your duty. The loss is not yours, but mine. God sees not as man sees. He lays out the work that He would have done, and you do not know which will prosper, this or that.\u201d &#8230; 2TT 273.2<br \/>\nI then held up my hands, calloused as they were with long use of the shears, and stated that I could but shrink at the thought of pursuing this kind of labor. The person again repeated: 2TT 273.3<br \/>\n\u201cCut out the garments. Your release has not yet come.\u201d 2TT 273.4<br \/>\nWith feelings of great weariness I arose to engage in the work. Before me lay new, polished shears, which I commenced using. At once my feelings of weariness and discouragement left me, the shears seemed to cut with hardly an effort on my part, and I cut out garment after garment with comparative ease. 2TT 274.1<br \/>\nThere are many dreams arising from the common things of life with which the Spirit of God has nothing to do. There are also false dreams, as well as false visions, which are inspired by the spirit of Satan. But dreams from the Lord are classed in the word of God with visions and are as truly the fruits of the spirit of prophecy as visions. Such dreams, taking into the account the persons who have them, and the circumstances under which they are given, contain their own proofs of their genuineness. 2TT 274.2<br \/>\nSince the warning and instruction given in testimony for individual cases applied with equal force to many others who had not been specially pointed out in this manner, it seemed to be my duty to publish the personal testimonies for the benefit of the church. In Testimony 15, speaking of the necessity for doing this, I said: \u201cI know of no better way to present my views of general dangers and errors, and the duty of all who love God and keep His commandments, than by giving these testimonies. Perhaps there is no more direct and forcible way of presenting what the Lord has shown me.\u201d 2TT 274.3<br \/>\nIn a vision given me June 12, 1868, I was shown that which fully justified my course in publishing personal testimonies. When the Lord singles out individual cases and specifies their wrongs, others, who have not been shown in vision, frequently take it for granted that they are right, or nearly so. If one is reproved for a special wrong, brethren and sisters should carefully examine themselves to see wherein they have failed and wherein they have been guilty of the same sin. They should possess the spirit of humble confession. If others think them right, it does not make them so. God looks at the heart. He is proving and testing souls in this manner. In rebuking the wrongs of one, He designs to correct many. But if they fail to take the reproof to themselves, and flatter themselves that God passes over their errors because He does not especially single them out, they deceive their own souls and will be shut up in darkness and be left to their own ways to follow the imagination of their own hearts. 2TT 274.4<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nAPPENDIX 1<\/p>\n<p>THE TWO ARTICLES IN THIS APPENDIX, \u201cTHE PROPHETIC GIFT\u201d AND \u201cTESTED BY THE WORD,\u201d WERE WRITTEN BY PASTORS R. W. MUNSON AND D. E. ROBINSON, IN THE AUTUMN OF 1914.<\/p>\n<p>The Prophetic Gift<\/p>\n<p>Portions of that appendix of CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE AND TEACHINGS OF ELLEN G. WHITE:<\/p>\n<p>But the scriptures, while foretelling this dreadful apostasy, also plainly teach that just before the second coming of Christ, many will be rescued from the darkness of error and superstition. Once more the earth is to be lightened by the glory of God. The pure truths of the Bible are to shine forth. And in this time of heavenly illumination marking the approaching end of the age, the gifts of the Spirit are again to be manifest in the true church. \u201cIt shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of My Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams: and on My servants and on My handmaidens I will pour out in those days of My Spirit; and they shall prophesy.\u201d Acts 2:17, 18; Joel 2:28, 29. CET 242.2 (Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White)<\/p>\n<p>The prophetic gift is not limited to any one age. Early in the inspired record we find instances of its manifestation. Enoch, the seventh from Adam, was a prophet. Looking down through the centuries, he saw with prophetic vision the coming of the Lord, and the execution of the final judgments upon the ungodly. Jude 14, 15. CET 238.1 (Christian Experience and Teachings of Ellen G. White)<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>********************<br \/>\nEn Espa\u00f1ol aqui:<\/p>\n<p>Esta introducci\u00f3n de la parte de &#8220;Los Dones Espirituales&#8221; de Primeros Escritos, fue escrita por R. F. Cottrell., p\u00e1ginas 133-144. Aunque tambien encontr\u00e9 un comentario negativo sobre Cottrell, eso no significa que lo escrito por el en Primeros Escritos sea falso.<br \/>\nLo negativo que encontr\u00e9 dice:<br \/>\n\u00a8Es triste decir que algunos de esos &#8220;veteranos&#8221; no eran receptivos a la luz creciente de 1888. Esa insistencia en que el mensaje de 1888 no era nueva luz fue la insignia familiar de la oposici\u00f3n de esa \u00e9poca. No mucho despu\u00e9s de la asamblea de Minneapolis, R. F. Cottrell escribi\u00f3 un art\u00edculo para la Review atacando el mensaje de 1888, preguntando: &#8220;\u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la Nueva Ruptura?&#8221; (RH, 22 de Abril de 1890). W. H. Littlejohn igualmente atac\u00f3 el mensaje con un art\u00edculo el 16 de Enero de 1894, intitulado, &#8220;Justificaci\u00f3n Por la Fe No es Nueva Doctrina&#8221;. Ambos dejaron de reconocer lo que estaba aconteciendo en sus d\u00edas &#8212; la iniciaci\u00f3n de la lluvia tard\u00eda.\u00a8 1888 RE-EXAMINADO p. 59 (digital).<\/p>\n<p>Ahora aqui va lo escrito en Primeros Escritos:<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\nIntroducci\u00f3n<\/p>\n<p>El don de profec\u00eda se manifest\u00f3 en la iglesia durante la econom\u00eda judaica. Si bien desapareci\u00f3 por algunos siglos, a causa de la condici\u00f3n corrupta de la iglesia hacia fines de dicha econom\u00eda, volvi\u00f3 a aparecer para introducir al Mes\u00edas. Zacar\u00edas, padre de Juan Bautista, \u201cfu\u00e9 lleno del Esp\u00edritu Santo, y profetiz\u00f3.\u201d Sim\u00f3n, hombre justo y devoto que \u201cesperaba la consolaci\u00f3n de Israel,\u201d vino al templo impulsado por el Esp\u00edritu Santo y profetiz\u00f3 acerca de Jes\u00fas que ser\u00eda \u201cluz para revelaci\u00f3n a los gentiles, y gloria de tu pueblo Israel\u201d; y la profetisa Ana \u201chablaba del ni\u00f1o a todos los que esperaban la redenci\u00f3n en Jerusal\u00e9n.\u201d No hubo profeta mayor que Juan Bautista, quien fu\u00e9 elegido por Dios para presentar a Israel al \u201cCordero de Dios, que quita el pecado del mundo.\u201d PE 133.1<br \/>\nLa edad cristiana comenz\u00f3 con el derramamiento del Esp\u00edritu Santo, y se manifest\u00f3 entre los creyentes una gran variedad de dones espirituales. Estos abundaban tanto que Pablo pudo decir a la iglesia de Corinto: \u201cA cada uno le es dada la manifestaci\u00f3n del Esp\u00edritu para provecho,\u201d a cada miembro de la iglesia, no a cada habitante del mundo. PE 133.2<br \/>\nDesde la gran apostas\u00eda, estos dones se han manifestado raras veces; y a esto se debe probablemente que los que profesan el cristianismo suelen creer que se limitaron al tiempo de la iglesia primitiva. Pero \u00bfno se debi\u00f3 m\u00e1s bien la cesaci\u00f3n de los dones a los errores y a la incredulidad de la iglesia? Y cuando el pueblo de Dios vuelva a la fe y a la pr\u00e1ctica primitivas, como suceder\u00e1 con certidumbre gracias a la<br \/>\nproclamaci\u00f3n de los mandamientos de Dios y la fe de Jes\u00fas, \u00bfno volver\u00e1 a desarrollar los dones la influencia de la \u201clluvia tard\u00eda\u201d? Bas\u00e1ndonos en la analog\u00eda, podemos esperar que ser\u00e1 as\u00ed. No obstante las apostas\u00edas de la edad judaica, \u00e9sta se inici\u00f3 y se clausur\u00f3 con manifestaciones especiales del Esp\u00edritu de Dios. Y no ser\u00eda razonable suponer que la edad cristiana\u2014cuya luz, en comparaci\u00f3n con la de la edad anterior, viene a ser como la luz del sol comparada con los rayos d\u00e9biles de la luna\u2014haya de comenzar en gloria y clausurarse en la obscuridad. Por el hecho de que una obra especial del Esp\u00edritu era necesaria para preparar a un pueblo para el primer advenimiento de Cristo, con cu\u00e1nto mayor motivo deb\u00eda suceder lo mismo para el segundo; especialmente si se tiene en cuenta que los postreros d\u00edas hab\u00edan de ser tiempos de peligros sin precedentes, e iban a presentarse falsos profetas con poder para hacer grandes se\u00f1ales y prodigios, hasta el punto de seducir, si fuese posible, a los mismos escogidos. Pero recurramos a la Biblia. PE 133.3<br \/>\n\u201cY les dijo: Id por todo el mundo y predicad el evangelio a toda criatura. El que creyere y fuere bautizado, ser\u00e1 salvo; mas el que no creyere, ser\u00e1 condenado. Y estas se\u00f1ales seguir\u00e1n a los que creen: En mi nombre echar\u00e1n fuera demonios; hablar\u00e1n nuevas lenguas; tomar\u00e1n en las manos serpientes, y si bebieren cosa mort\u00edfera, no les har\u00e1 da\u00f1o; sobre los enfermos pondr\u00e1n sus manos, y sanar\u00e1n.\u201d. Marcos 16:15-18. PE 134.1<br \/>\nLa traducci\u00f3n de Campbell dice: \u201cEstas potestades milagrosas acompa\u00f1ar\u00e1n a los creyentes.\u201d Los dones no se hab\u00edan de limitar a los ap\u00f3stoles, sino extenderse a los creyentes. \u00bfQui\u00e9nes los tendr\u00e1n? Los que crean. \u00bfCu\u00e1nto tiempo? No hay l\u00edmites; la promesa alcanza hasta el \u00faltimo creyente. PE 134.2<br \/>\nPero se objeta que esta ayuda fu\u00e9 prometida \u00fanicamente a los ap\u00f3stoles y a los que cre\u00edan por la predicaci\u00f3n de ellos; que ellos cumplieron el mandato, establecieron el Evangelio, y que los dones cesaron con aquella generaci\u00f3n. Veamos si el gran mandato termin\u00f3 con aquella generaci\u00f3n.Mateo 28:19, 20. \u201cPor tanto, id, y haced disc\u00edpulos a todas las naciones, bautiz\u00e1ndolos en el nombre del Padre, y del Hijo, y del Esp\u00edritu Santo; ense\u00f1\u00e1ndoles que guarden todas las cosas que os he mandado; y he aqu\u00ed yo estoy con vosotros todos los d\u00edas, hasta el fin del mundo.\u201d PE 135.1<br \/>\nQue la predicaci\u00f3n del Evangelio en cumplimiento de este mandato no termin\u00f3 con la iglesia primitiva, es algo que se desprende de la promesa: \u201cYo estoy con vosotros todos los d\u00edas, hasta el fin del mundo.\u201d No dice: Estoy con vosotros, los ap\u00f3stoles, por doquiera, hasta los confines de la tierra; sino: Yo estoy con vosotros todos los d\u00edas, hasta el fin del mundo, o edad. No resulta l\u00edcito decir que aqu\u00ed se quiere hablar de la edad judaica, porque \u00e9sta ya hab\u00eda terminado en la cruz. Deduzco, pues, que la predicaci\u00f3n y la creencia en el Evangelio primitivo ir\u00e1n siempre acompa\u00f1adas de la misma ayuda espiritual. El mandato dado a los ap\u00f3stoles pertenec\u00eda a la edad cristiana, y abarcaba toda la extensi\u00f3n de ella. Por consiguiente, los dones se perdieron \u00fanicamente por causa de la apostas\u00eda, y volver\u00e1n a vivir con el reavivamiento de la fe y pr\u00e1ctica primitivas. PE 135.2<br \/>\nEn (1 Corintios 12:28), se nos informa que Dios puso o fij\u00f3 ciertos dones espirituales en la iglesia. En ausencia de toda prueba b\u00edblica de que haya eliminado o abolido estos dones, debemos concluir que estaban destinados a permanecer. \u00bfD\u00f3nde est\u00e1 la prueba de que fueron abolidos? En el mismo cap\u00edtulo donde el s\u00e1bado jud\u00edo es abolido y el s\u00e1bado cristiano instituido \u2014en un cap\u00edtulo de los Hechos del Misterio de Iniquidad y del Hombre de Pecado. Pero el objetante asevera tener una prueba b\u00edblica de que los dones iban a cesar, en el siguiente texto: \u201cEl amor nunca deja de ser; pero las profec\u00edas se acabar\u00e1n, y cesar\u00e1n las lenguas, y la ciencia acabar\u00e1. Porque en parte conocemos, y en parte profetizamos; mas cuando venga lo perfecto, entonces lo que es en parte se acabar\u00e1. Cuando yo era ni\u00f1o, hablaba como ni\u00f1o, pensaba como ni\u00f1o, juzgaba como ni\u00f1o; mas cuando ya fui hombre, dej\u00e9 lo que era de ni\u00f1o. Ahora vemos por espejo, oscuramente; mas entonces veremos cara a cara. Ahora conozco en parte; pero entonces conocer\u00e9 como fu\u00ed conocido. Y ahora permanecen la fe, la esperanza y el amor.\u201d. 1 Corintios 13:8-13. PE 135.3<br \/>\nEste pasaje predice la cesaci\u00f3n de los dones espirituales, y tambi\u00e9n de la fe y la esperanza. Pero \u00bfcu\u00e1ndo iban a cesar? Ser\u00e1 cuando venga lo perfecto, cuando ya no veamos como a trav\u00e9s de un cristal obscurecido, sino cara a cara. El d\u00eda perfecto, cuando los justos son hechos perfectos y ven como son vistos, est\u00e1 todav\u00eda en el futuro. Es verdad que el hombre de pecado, cuando se hubo desarrollado, puso a un lado \u201clo que era de ni\u00f1o,\u201d como las profec\u00edas, el don de lenguas, el conocimiento, y tambi\u00e9n la fe, la esperanza y la caridad de los cristianos primitivos. Pero nada hay en nuestro pasaje para demostrar que Dios quiso quitar los dones que hab\u00eda puesto una vez en la iglesia, antes de la consumaci\u00f3n de su fe y esperanza, antes que la gloria del estado inmortal eclipsase las manifestaciones m\u00e1s brillantes del poder espiritual y del conocimiento que se hayan visto en el estado mortal. PE 136.1<br \/>\nLa objeci\u00f3n basada en (2 Timoteo 3:16), que algunos han presentado con toda gravedad, no merece m\u00e1s que una frase al pasar. Si Pablo, al decir que las Escrituras est\u00e1n destinadas a hacer al hombre de Dios perfecto, cabalmente preparado para toda buena obra, quiso decir que ya nada se escribir\u00eda por inspiraci\u00f3n, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 estaba \u00e9l a\u00f1adiendo algo a aquellas Escrituras en ese mismo momento? O por lo menos \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 no dej\u00f3 caer la pluma tan pronto como hubo escrito aquella frase? \u00bfY por qu\u00e9 escribi\u00f3 Juan el libro del Apocalipsis, unos treinta a\u00f1os m\u00e1s tarde? Este libro contiene otro pasaje que se cita para probar la abolici\u00f3n de los dones espirituales. PE 136.2<br \/>\n\u201cYo testifico a todo aquel que oye las palabras de la profec\u00eda de este libro: Si alguno a\u00f1adiere a estas cosas, Dios traer\u00e1 sobre \u00e9l las plagas que est\u00e1n escritas en este libro. Y si alguno quitare de las palabras del libro de esta profec\u00eda, Dios quitar\u00e1 su parte del libro de la vida, y de la santa ciudad y de las cosas que est\u00e1n escritas en este libro.\u201d. Apocalipsis 22:18, 19. PE 137.1<br \/>\nHay quienes, basados en este pasaje, sostienen que Dios, que en diferentes ocasiones y maneras habl\u00f3 en tiempos pasados a los padres mediante los profetas, y al comienzo de la econom\u00eda evang\u00e9lica, por Jes\u00fas y sus ap\u00f3stoles, prometi\u00f3 solemnemente aqu\u00ed que nunca m\u00e1s comunicar\u00eda algo al hombre de esta manera. En tal caso, todo lo que se haya profetizado despu\u00e9s de escribir aquello debe ser falso. Esto, se dice, cierra el canon de la inspiraci\u00f3n. En tal caso, \u00bfpor qu\u00e9 escribi\u00f3 Juan su Evangelio despu\u00e9s de regresar de Patmos a Efeso? Al hacerlo \u00bfa\u00f1adi\u00f3 a las palabras de la profec\u00eda de aquel libro escrito en la isla de Patmos? Se desprende del pasaje que la advertencia contra la a\u00f1adidura o la substracci\u00f3n no se refiere a la Biblia como la tenemos en el volumen completo, sino al libro del Apocalipsis por separado, como sali\u00f3 de la mano del ap\u00f3stol. Sin embargo, nadie tiene derecho a a\u00f1adir o a substraer de cualquier otro libro escrito por la inspiraci\u00f3n de Dios. Al escribir el libro del Apocalipsis, \u00bfa\u00f1adi\u00f3 Juan algo al libro de la profec\u00eda de Daniel? De ninguna manera. Ning\u00fan profeta tiene derecho a alterar la Palabra de Dios. Pero las visiones de Juan corroboran las de Daniel y arrojan mucha luz adicional sobre los temas all\u00ed introducidos. Concluyo, pues, que el Se\u00f1or no se impuso la obligaci\u00f3n de guardar silencio, sino que sigue teniendo libertad de palabra. Sea siempre el lenguaje de mi coraz\u00f3n: Habla, Se\u00f1or, mediante quien quieras; tu siervo oye. PE 137.2<br \/>\nDe manera que la tentativa de probar por la Escritura que los dones espirituales fueron abolidos, resulta en un fracaso total. Y puesto que las puertas del infierno no han prevalecido contra la iglesia, sino que Dios sigue teniendo un pueblo en la tierra, podemos buscar el desarrollo de los dones en relaci\u00f3n con el mensaje del tercer \u00e1ngel, un mensaje que har\u00e1 volver a la iglesia al terreno apost\u00f3lico y la har\u00e1 verdaderamente la luz\u2014no las tinieblas\u2014del mundo. PE 138.1<br \/>\nAdem\u00e1s, se nos ha avisado de antemano que habr\u00eda falsos profetas en los \u00faltimos d\u00edas, y la Biblia nos presenta una manera de probar sus ense\u00f1anzas para distinguir entre lo verdadero y lo falso. La gran prueba es la ley de Dios, que se aplica tanto a las profec\u00edas como al car\u00e1cter moral de los profetas. Si no iban a aparecer profec\u00edas verdaderas en los \u00faltimos d\u00edas, \u00bfno habr\u00eda sido m\u00e1s f\u00e1cil declararlo, y as\u00ed eliminar toda probabilidad de enga\u00f1o, m\u00e1s bien que dar un m\u00e9todo para probarlas, como si hubiese de haber profec\u00edas verdaderas as\u00ed como les habr\u00eda falsas? PE 138.2<br \/>\nEn (Isa\u00edas 8:19, 20) se encuentra una profec\u00eda dirigida a los esp\u00edritus adivinadores, y la ley es presentada como la piedra de toque: \u201c\u00a1A la ley y al testimonio! Si no dijeren conforme a esto, es porque no les ha amanecido.\u201d \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 decir \u201csi no dijeren conforme,\u201d si es que no iba a haber ninguna manifestaci\u00f3n espiritual verdadera o profec\u00eda genuina? Jes\u00fas dice: \u201cGuardaos de los falsos profetas&#8230; Por sus frutos los conocer\u00e9is.\u201d. Mateo 7:15, 16. Esta es una parte del Serm\u00f3n del Monte, y todos pueden ver que este discurso tiene una aplicaci\u00f3n general para la iglesia durante toda la edad evang\u00e9lica. Los falsos profetas han de conocerse por sus frutos; en otras palabras, por su car\u00e1cter moral. La \u00fanica norma por la cual se puede determinar si los frutos son buenos o malos, es la ley de Dios. As\u00ed somos llevados a la ley y al testimonio. Los profetas verdaderos no s\u00f3lo hablar\u00e1n conforme a esta palabra, sino que vivir\u00e1n de acuerdo con ella. Al que habla y vive as\u00ed, no me atrevo a condenarlo. PE 138.3<br \/>\nSiempre ha sido caracter\u00edstica de los falsos profetas que vieran visiones de paz, y luego dijeran: \u201cPaz y seguridad,\u201d cuando ha estado por sobrecogerlos la destrucci\u00f3n repentina. Los verdaderos reprender\u00e1n siempre audazmente el pecado y dar\u00e1n advertencia con respecto a la ira venidera. PE 139.1<br \/>\nLas profec\u00edas que contradicen las sencillas y positivas declaraciones de la Palabra, deben ser rechazadas. As\u00ed ense\u00f1\u00f3 nuestro Salvador a sus disc\u00edpulos cuando les di\u00f3 advertencias acerca de c\u00f3mo volver\u00eda. Cuando Jes\u00fas ascendi\u00f3 al cielo a la vista de sus disc\u00edpulos, fu\u00e9 declarado expl\u00edcitamente por los \u00e1ngeles que ese mismo Jes\u00fas vendr\u00eda as\u00ed como le hab\u00edan visto ir al cielo. De ah\u00ed que Jes\u00fas, al predecir la obra de los falsos profetas de los \u00faltimos d\u00edas, dice: \u201cAs\u00ed que, si os dijeren: Mirad, est\u00e1 en el desierto, no salg\u00e1is; o mirad, est\u00e1 en los aposentos, no lo cre\u00e1is.\u201d Toda profec\u00eda verdadera al respecto debe reconocer que vendr\u00e1 del cielo en forma visible. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no dijo Jes\u00fas: En tal caso, rechazad toda profec\u00eda, porque no habr\u00e1 ya verdaderos profetas? PE 139.2<br \/>\n\u201cY \u00e9l mismo constituy\u00f3 a unos, ap\u00f3stoles; a otros, profetas; a otros, evangelistas; a otros, pastores y maestros, a fin de perfeccionar a los santos para la obra del ministerio, para la edificaci\u00f3n del cuerpo de Cristo, hasta que todos lleguemos a la unidad de la fe y del conocimiento del Hijo de Dios, a un var\u00f3n perfecto, a la medida de la estatura de la plenitud de Cristo.\u201d. Efesios 4:11-13. PE 140.1<br \/>\nDe un vers\u00edculo anterior aprendemos que cuando Cristo ascendi\u00f3 al cielo, di\u00f3 dones a los hombres. Entre esos dones se enumeran: ap\u00f3stoles, profetas, evangelistas, pastores y doctores o maestros. El objeto por el cual fueron dados era el perfeccionamiento de los santos en la unidad y el conocimiento. Algunos que profesan ser pastores y maestros actualmente sostienen que estos dones cumplieron plenamente su objeto hace unos mil ochocientos a\u00f1os, y que por consiguiente cesaron. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 no ponen de lado entonces sus t\u00edtulos de pastores y maestros? Si el cargo de profeta queda limitado por este texto a la iglesia primitiva, as\u00ed tambi\u00e9n debe ser el de evangelista, y todos los dem\u00e1s cargos; pues no se hace distinci\u00f3n entre ellos. PE 140.2<br \/>\nTodos estos dones fueron dados para el perfeccionamiento de los santos en la unidad, el conocimiento y el esp\u00edritu. Bajo su influencia, la iglesia primitiva disfrut\u00f3 por un tiempo de aquella unidad: \u201cLa multitud de los que hab\u00edan cre\u00eddo era de un coraz\u00f3n y un alma.\u201d Y parece que, como consecuencia natural de esta condici\u00f3n de unidad, \u201ccon gran poder los ap\u00f3stoles daban testimonio de la resurrecci\u00f3n del Se\u00f1or Jes\u00fas, y abundante gracia era sobre todos ellos.\u201d. Hechos 4:31-33. \u00a1Cu\u00e1n deseable ser\u00eda un estado de cosas tal actualmente! Pero la apostas\u00eda, con su influencia divisoria y agostadora, manch\u00f3 la belleza de la hermosa iglesia y la visti\u00f3 de saco. La divisi\u00f3n y el desorden fueron el resultado. Nunca hubo tan gran diversidad de fe en la cristiandad como hoy. Si los dones fueron necesarios para conservar la unidad de la iglesia primitiva, \u00a1con cu\u00e1nto mayor motivo lo son para restaurar la unidad hoy! Y que es el prop\u00f3sito de Dios restaurar la unidad de la iglesia en los postreros d\u00edas, queda abundantemente probado por las profec\u00edas. Se nos asegura que los centinelas estar\u00e1n de acuerdo cuando el Se\u00f1or haga volver a Sion. Tambi\u00e9n que, en el tiempo del fin, los sabios entender\u00e1n. Cuando esto se cumpla, habr\u00e1 unidad de fe entre todos aquellos a quienes Dios tiene por sabios; porque los que entiendan en realidad con correcci\u00f3n, deber\u00e1n comprender las cosas de la misma manera. PE 140.3<br \/>\nDe estas consideraciones y otras parecidas, se desprende que el estado perfecto de la iglesia aqu\u00ed predicho est\u00e1 todav\u00eda en el futuro; por consiguiente estos dones no han realizado todav\u00eda su prop\u00f3sito. La carta a los efesios fu\u00e9 escrita en el a\u00f1o 64 de nuestra era, unos dos a\u00f1os antes que Pablo dijera a Timoteo que estaba listo para ser ofrecido, y que se acercaba el tiempo de su partida. Las semillas de la apostas\u00eda estaban germinando entonces en la iglesia, pues Pablo hab\u00eda dicho diez a\u00f1os antes, en la segunda carta a los tesalonicenses: \u201cYa est\u00e1 en acci\u00f3n el misterio de iniquidad.\u201d Estaban por entrar lobos rapaces que no perdonar\u00edan el reba\u00f1o. La iglesia no estaba entonces en marcha hacia aquella perfecci\u00f3n en la unidad que contempla el texto, sino que iba a ser desgarrada por las facciones y enajenada por las divisiones. El ap\u00f3stol lo sab\u00eda; por consiguiente deb\u00eda mirar m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de la gran apostas\u00eda, hacia la \u00e9poca en que ser\u00eda reunido el residuo del pueblo de Dios, cuando dijo: \u201cHasta que todos lleguemos a la unidad de la fe.\u201d. Efesios 4:13. De all\u00ed que los dones que fueron otorgados a la iglesia no hab\u00edan acabado de servirla. PE 141.1<br \/>\n\u201cNo apagu\u00e9is al Esp\u00edritu. No menospreci\u00e9is las profec\u00edas. Examinadlo todo; retened lo bueno.\u201d. 1 Tesalonicenses 5:19-21. PE 142.1<br \/>\nEn esta ep\u00edstola el ap\u00f3stol introduce el tema de la segunda venida del Se\u00f1or. Luego describe la condici\u00f3n del mundo incr\u00e9dulo que est\u00e1 diciendo: \u201cPaz y seguridad,\u201d cuando el d\u00eda del Se\u00f1or est\u00e1 por sobrecogerlo, y la destrucci\u00f3n repentina va a caer sobre \u00e9l como ladr\u00f3n en la noche. Exhorta luego a la iglesia para que, en vista de estas cosas, se mantenga despierta, vele y sea sobria. Entre las exhortaciones que siguen est\u00e1n las palabras que hemos citado: \u201cNo apagu\u00e9is al Esp\u00edritu,\u201d etc. Algunos pueden pensar que estos tres vers\u00edculos est\u00e1n completamente desprendidos de cualquier otro en cuanto al sentido; pero tienen una relaci\u00f3n natural en el orden en que se presentan. La persona que apague el Esp\u00edritu se ver\u00e1 inducida a despreciar las profec\u00edas, que son fruto leg\u00edtimo del Esp\u00edritu. \u201cDerramar\u00e9 mi Esp\u00edritu sobre toda carne, y profetizar\u00e1n vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas.\u201d. Joel 2:28. La expresi\u00f3n: \u201cExaminadlo todo,\u201d se limita al tema del discurso: las profec\u00edas, y debemos probar los esp\u00edritus por los medios que Dios nos ha dado en su Palabra. Los enga\u00f1os espirituales y las falsas profec\u00edas abundan actualmente; e indudablemente este pasaje tiene una aplicaci\u00f3n especial hoy. Pero notemos que el ap\u00f3stol no dice: Rechazadlo todo; sino: Probadlo todo; retened lo bueno. PE 142.2<br \/>\n\u201cY despu\u00e9s de esto derramar\u00e9 mi Esp\u00edritu sobre toda carne, y profetizar\u00e1n vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas; vuestros ancianos so\u00f1ar\u00e1n sue\u00f1os, y vuestros j\u00f3venes ver\u00e1n visiones. Y tambi\u00e9n sobre los siervos y sobre las siervas derramar\u00e9 mi Esp\u00edritu en aquellos d\u00edas. Y dar\u00e9 prodigios en el cielo, y en la tierra, sangre, y fuego, y columnas de humo. El sol se convertir\u00e1 en tinieblas, y la luna en sangre, antes que venga el d\u00eda grande y espantoso de Jehov\u00e1. Y todo aquel que invocare el nombre de Jehov\u00e1 ser\u00e1 salvo; porque en el monte de Sion y en Jerusal\u00e9n habr\u00e1 salvaci\u00f3n, como ha dicho Jehov\u00e1, y entre el remanente al cual \u00e9l habr\u00e1 llamado.\u201d. Joel 2:28-32. PE 143.1<br \/>\nEsta profec\u00eda de Joel, que habla del derramamiento del Esp\u00edritu Santo en los postreros d\u00edas, no se cumpli\u00f3 del todo al comenzar la econom\u00eda evang\u00e9lica. Esto es evidente por la menci\u00f3n de los prodigios en el cielo y en la tierra, que se nota en el pasaje, y que deb\u00edan ser los precursores del \u201cd\u00eda grande y espantoso de Jehov\u00e1.\u201d Aunque hemos tenido las se\u00f1ales, ese d\u00eda terrible es todav\u00eda futuro. Puede llamarse postreros d\u00edas a toda la econom\u00eda evang\u00e9lica, pero es absurdo decir que los postreros d\u00edas abarcan los 1800 a\u00f1os pasados. Llegan hasta el d\u00eda del Se\u00f1or y nos llevan hasta la liberaci\u00f3n del residuo del pueblo de Dios: \u201cPorque en el monte de Sion y en Jerusal\u00e9n habr\u00e1 salvaci\u00f3n, como ha dicho Jehov\u00e1, y entre el remanente al cual \u00e9l habr\u00e1 llamado.\u201d PE 143.2<br \/>\nEste residuo, existente en tiempo de las se\u00f1ales y los prodigios que anuncian el d\u00eda grande y terrible de Jehov\u00e1, es sin duda el residuo de la simiente de la mujer que se menciona en (Apocalipsis 12:17): la<br \/>\n\u00faltima generaci\u00f3n de la iglesia en la tierra. \u201cEntonces el drag\u00f3n se llen\u00f3 de ira contra la mujer; y se fue a hacer guerra contra el resto de la descendencia de ella, los que guardan los mandamientos de Dios y tienen el testimonio de Jesucristo.\u201d PE 143.3<br \/>\nEl resto o residuo de la iglesia evang\u00e9lica ha de tener los dones. Se le hace la guerra porque guarda los mandamientos de Dios y tiene el testimonio de Jesucristo. Apocalipsis 12:17. En (Apocalipsis 19:10) se define el testimonio de Jes\u00fas como el esp\u00edritu de profec\u00eda. Dijo el \u00e1ngel: \u201cYo soy consiervo tuyo, y de tus hermanos que retienen el testimonio de Jes\u00fas.\u201d En (Apocalipsis 22:9), repite m\u00e1s o menos lo mismo como sigue: \u201cSoy consiervo tuyo,\u201d y \u201cde tus hermanos los profetas.\u201d Comparando un pasaje con otro notamos la fuerza de la expresi\u00f3n: \u201cEl testimonio de Jes\u00fas es el esp\u00edritu de la profec\u00eda.\u201d Pero el testimonio de Jes\u00fas incluye todos los dones de aquel Esp\u00edritu. Dice Pablo: \u201cGracias doy a mi Dios siempre por vosotros, por la gracia de Dios que os fue dada en Cristo Jes\u00fas; porque en todas las cosas fuisteis enriquecidos en \u00e9l, en toda palabra y en toda ciencia; as\u00ed como el testimonio acerca de Cristo ha sido confirmado en vosotros, de tal manera que nada os falta en ning\u00fan don, esperando la manifestaci\u00f3n de nuestro Se\u00f1or Jesucristo.\u201d. 1 Corintios 1:4-7. El testimonio de Cristo fu\u00e9 confirmado en la iglesia de Corinto; y \u00bfcu\u00e1l fu\u00e9 el resultado? En cuanto a los dones nadie le llevaba la delantera. \u00bfNo estamos, pues, justificados al concluir que cuando el remanente o residuo est\u00e9 del todo confirmado en el testimonio de Jes\u00fas, nadie le llevar\u00e1 la delantera en cuanto a los dones, mientras aguarda la venida de nuestro Se\u00f1or Jesucristo? PE 144.1<\/p>\n<p>R. F. Cottrell. PE 144<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nPronto un \u00e1ngel me orden\u00f3 que me levantara, y dif\u00edcilmente puede describirse la escena que vieron mis ojos. Delante de m\u00ed hab\u00eda una compa\u00f1\u00eda cuyos cabellos y ropas estaban desgarrados, y cuyos rostros eran el mismo retrato de la desesperaci\u00f3n y el horror. Se acercaron a m\u00ed y restregaron sus ropas contra las m\u00edas. Al mirar mis vestidos, vi que estaban manchados de sangre. Volv\u00ed a caer como muerta a los pies de mi \u00e1ngel acompa\u00f1ante. No pod\u00eda presentar una sola excusa y anhelaba estar lejos de ese lugar santo. El \u00e1ngel me alz\u00f3 y dijo: \u201cEste no es tu caso ahora, pero esta escena ha pasado delante de ti para hacerte saber cu\u00e1l ser\u00e1 tu situaci\u00f3n si descuidas el declarar a otros lo que el Se\u00f1or te ha revelado.\u201d Con esta solemne amonestaci\u00f3n presente, sal\u00ed a decir a la gente las palabras de reproche e instrucci\u00f3n que Dios me diera. 2JT 272.2<br \/>\nLos mensajes que me eran dados para diferentes personas los escrib\u00eda frecuentemente para ellas, haci\u00e9ndolo en muchos casos en respuesta a su urgente pedido. A medida que mi obra se extend\u00eda, esto lleg\u00f3 a ser una parte importante y pesada de mis labores. Antes de la publicaci\u00f3n del Testimonio 15 (1868), me hab\u00edan enviado muchos pedidos de testimonios aquellos a quienes hab\u00eda aconsejado o reprendido; pero me hallaba en un estado de gran agotamiento, por causa de mis pesados trabajos, y rehu\u00eda la tarea, especialmente cuando sab\u00eda que algunas de esas personas eran muy indignas, y hab\u00eda muy poca esperanza de que las amonestaciones dadas produjesen cambio decidido alguno en ellas. En ese tiempo fu\u00ed muy alentada por el siguiente sue\u00f1o: 2JT 272.3<br \/>\nUna persona me trajo una pieza de tela blanca, y me pidi\u00f3 que cortase de ella vestidos para personas de todos los tama\u00f1os y de todas las descripciones de car\u00e1cter y circunstancias de la vida. Se me dijo que los cortase y los colgase de modo que estuviesen listos para ser hechos cuando los pidiesen. Ten\u00eda la impresi\u00f3n de que muchas de aquellas personas para quienes deb\u00eda cortar vestiduras eran indignas. Pregunt\u00e9 si \u00e9sta ser\u00eda la \u00faltima pieza de tela que habr\u00eda de cortar, y se me dijo que no; que tan pronto como se hubiese terminado \u00e9sta, habr\u00eda otras que deber\u00eda atender. Me sent\u00eda desalentada por la cantidad de trabajo que ten\u00eda delante de m\u00ed, y declar\u00e9 que hab\u00eda estado dedicada a cortar vestidos para otros durante m\u00e1s de veinte a\u00f1os, que mis trabajos no hab\u00edan sido apreciados y que no ve\u00eda que hubiesen logrado mucho beneficio. A la persona que me tra\u00eda la tela le habl\u00e9 de una mujer en particular, para la cual me hab\u00eda ordenado cortar un vestido. Declar\u00e9 que no lo apreciar\u00eda, y que regal\u00e1rselo ser\u00eda una p\u00e9rdida de tiempo y de materiales. Era muy pobre, de intelecto inferior, desaseada en sus costumbres, y pronto lo ensuciar\u00eda. 2JT 273.1<br \/>\nLa persona replic\u00f3: \u201cCorta los vestidos. Este es tu deber. La p\u00e9rdida no es tuya, sino m\u00eda. Dios ve no como el hombre ve. El te indica el trabajo que quiere que hagas, y no sabes qu\u00e9 prosperar\u00e1, si esto o aquello.\u201d 2JT 273.2<br \/>\nEntonces alc\u00e9 mis manos, callosas por el largo uso de las tijeras, y declar\u00e9 que no pod\u00eda menos que rehuir el pensamiento de continuar esa clase de trabajo. La persona volvi\u00f3 a repetir: 2JT 273.3<br \/>\n\u201cCorta los vestidos. No ha llegado todav\u00eda el momento de tu relevo.\u201d 2JT 274.1<br \/>\nCon sentimiento de gran fatiga me levant\u00e9 para emprender mi trabajo. Delante de m\u00ed hab\u00eda tijeras nuevas pulidas, que empec\u00e9 a usar. En seguida me abandonaron mis sentimientos de cansancio y desaliento. Las tijeras parec\u00edan cortar casi sin esfuerzo de mi parte, y cort\u00e9 vestido tras vestido con comparativa facilidad. 2JT 274.2<br \/>\nHay muchos sue\u00f1os que provienen de las cosas comunes de la vida, con las cuales el Esp\u00edritu de Dios no tiene nada que ver. Como hay falsas visiones, hay tambi\u00e9n falsos sue\u00f1os, que son inspirados por el esp\u00edritu de Satan\u00e1s. Pero los sue\u00f1os del Se\u00f1or est\u00e1n clasificados en la Palabra de Dios con las visiones, y son tan ciertamente los frutos del esp\u00edritu de profec\u00eda como las visiones. Los tales sue\u00f1os, teniendo en cuenta a las personas que los tienen, y las circunstancias en las cuales son dados, contienen sus propias pruebas de veracidad. 2JT 274.3<br \/>\nPuesto que la instrucci\u00f3n y amonestaci\u00f3n dadas en los testimonios para los casos individuales se aplicaban con igual fuerza a muchos otros que no hab\u00edan sido se\u00f1alados especialmente de esta manera, me pareci\u00f3 que era mi deber publicar los testimonios personales para beneficio de la iglesia. En el Testimonio 15, hablando de la necesidad de hacer esto, dije: \u201cNo conozco ninguna manera mejor de presentar mis visiones de los peligros y errores generales, as\u00ed como el deber de todos los que aman a Dios y guardan sus mandamientos, que dando estos testimonios. Tal vez no hay manera m\u00e1s directa y vigorosa de presentar lo que el Se\u00f1or me ha mostrado.\u201d 2JT 274.4<br \/>\nEn una visi\u00f3n que me fu\u00e9 dada el 12 de junio de 1868, me fu\u00e9 mostrado algo que justificaba plenamente mi conducta al publicar los testimonios personales. Cuando el Se\u00f1or elige casos individuales y especifica sus errores, otros, que no han sido mostrados en visi\u00f3n, suponen frecuentemente que ellos est\u00e1n en lo recto, o casi. Si uno es reprendido por un mal especial, los hermanos y las hermanas deben examinarse cuidadosamente a s\u00ed mismos para ver en qu\u00e9 han faltado y en qu\u00e9 han sido culpables del mismo pecado. Deben poseer el esp\u00edritu de confesi\u00f3n humilde. Si otros creen que tienen raz\u00f3n, no por esto resulta as\u00ed. Dios mira el coraz\u00f3n. El est\u00e1 probando las almas de esta manera. Al reprender los males de uno quiere corregir a muchos. Pero si dejan de aceptar el reproche y se lisonjean de que Dios pasa por alto sus errores porque no los se\u00f1ala a ellos especialmente, enga\u00f1an sus propias almas, y quedar\u00e1n envueltos en las tinieblas, y ser\u00e1n abandonados a su propio camino, para seguir la imaginaci\u00f3n de su propio coraz\u00f3n. 2JT 274.5<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Ap\u00e9ndice<br \/>\nEl don de profec\u00eda*Los dos cap\u00edtulos de este ap\u00e9ndice, \u201cEl don de profec\u00eda,\u201d y \u201cComprobado por la Palabra.\u201d fueron escritos por los pastores R. W. Munson y D. E. Robinson, en el oto\u00f1o de 1914.<\/p>\n<p>Porciones de ese apendice de Testimonios Selectos Tomo 1 :<\/p>\n<p>Pero al propio tiempo que las Escrituras predicen esta tremenda apostas\u00eda, tambi\u00e9n ense\u00f1an expl\u00edcitamente que poco antes de la segunda venida de Cristo, ser\u00e1n rescatados muchos de las tinieblas del error y la superstici\u00f3n. Una vez m\u00e1s ha de quedar la tierra iluminada por la gloria de Dios. Han de brillar de nuevo las puras verdades de la Biblia, y en esta \u00e9poca de celestial iluminaci\u00f3n que se\u00f1ale la cercan\u00eda del fin de la edad, los dones del Esp\u00edritu volver\u00e1n a manifestarse en la verdadera iglesia. \u201cY ser\u00e1 en los postreros d\u00edas, dice Dios, derramar\u00e9 de mi esp\u00edritu sobre toda carne, y vuestros hijos y vuestras hijas profetizar\u00e1n; y vuestros mancebos ver\u00e1n visiones, y vuestros viejos so\u00f1ar\u00e1n sue\u00f1os; y de cierto sobre mis siervos y sobre mis siervas en aquellos d\u00edas derramar\u00e9 de mi Esp\u00edritu, y profetizar\u00e1n.\u201d Hechos 2:17, 18; Joel 2:28, 29. 1TS 239.5<\/p>\n<p>El don de profec\u00eda no est\u00e1 limitado a una \u00e9poca. En el inspirado registro hallamos desde un principio ejemplos de su manifestaci\u00f3n. Enoc, el s\u00e9ptimo desde Ad\u00e1n, fu\u00e9 profeta. Previendo el porvenir muchos siglos adelante, vi\u00f3 en prof\u00e9tica visi\u00f3n la venida del Se\u00f1or y la ejecuci\u00f3n de los juicios finales sobre los imp\u00edos. Judas 14, 15. 1TS 236.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(In Spanish below), This introduction of the part of &#8220;The Spiritual Gifts&#8221; of Early Writings, Was written by R. F. Cottrell, pages 133-144. Although I also found a negative comment on Cottrell, that does not mean that what is written by him in Early Writings is false. 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