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Chapter 7
1, 2 (
Luke 6:37
;
Romans 2:1
; see
EGW comment on 1
Samuel 14:44
). Satan Judged by Own Idea of Justice
—Satan
will be judged by his own idea of justice. It was his plea that every
sin should meet its punishment. If God remitted the punishment,
he said, He was not a God of truth or justice. Satan will meet
the judgment which he said God should exercise (
Manuscript 111,
1897
).
13, 14
. See
EGW comment on Matthew 16:24
.
15
. See
EGW comment on 2 Corinthians 11:14
.
20, 21
. See
EGW comment on Matthew 24:23, 24
.
21-23 (
Matthew 24:24
;
11:14, 15
;
2 Thessalonians 2:9, 10
;
Revelation 13:13, 14
). A Profession Is Not Enough
—Those who
claim modern sanctification would have come boastingly forward,
saying, “Lord, Lord, do you not know us? Have we not prophesied
in Thy name? and in Thy name cast out devils? and in Thy name
done many wonderful works?” The people here described, who
make these pretentious claims, apparently weaving Jesus into all
their doings, fitly represent those who claim modern sanctification,
but who are at war with the law of God. Christ calls them workers
of iniquity, because they are deceivers, having on the garments of
righteousness to hide the deformity of their characters, the inward
wickedness of their unholy hearts. Satan has come down in these
last days, to work with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in
them that perish. His satanic majesty works miracles in the sight of
false prophets, in the sight of men, claiming that he is indeed Christ
Himself. Satan gives his power to those who are aiding him in his
deceptions; therefore those who claim to have the great power of
God can only be discerned by the great detector, the law of Jehovah.
The Lord tells us if it were possible they would deceive the very
elect. The sheep’s clothing seems so real, so genuine, that the wolf
cannot be discerned only as we go to God’s great moral standard
and there find that they are transgressors of the law of Jehovah (
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