OPPOSITION is the lot of all whom God employs to present TRUTHS SPECIALLY APPLICABLE TO THEIR TIME. There was a PRESENT TRUTH in the days of Luther,-a truth at that time of special importance; there is a PRESENT TRUTH for the church today. He who does all things according to the counsel of His will, has been pleased to place men under various circumstances, and to enjoin upon them duties peculiar to the times in which they live, and the conditions under which they are placed. If they would prize the light given them, broader views of truth would be opened before them. But truth is no more desired by the majority today than it was by the papists who opposed Luther. There is the same disposition to accept the THEORIES and TRADITIONS of men instead of the Word of God as in former ages. Those who present THE TRUTH FOR THIS TIME should not expect to be received with greater favor than were earlier reformers. The great controversy between truth and error, between Christ and Satan, is to increase in intensity to the close of this world's history. GC88 143.3
The SPIRIT OF THE WORLD is no more in harmony with the SPIRIT OF CHRIST today than in earlier times; and those who preach the Word of God in its PURITY will be received with no greater favor now than then. The forms of OPPOSITION TO THE TRUTH may change, the enmity may be less open because it is more subtle; but THE SAME ANTAGONISM still exists, and will be manifested TO THE END OF TIME. GC88 144.1