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false teachers and seducers; for “in the last days perilous times shall
come.”—
The Review and Herald, January 10, 1888
.
The Sincere Rescued From Deceptions—The means by which
we can overcome the wicked one is that by which Christ overcame—
the power of the Word. God does not control our minds without our
consent; but if we desire to know and to do His will, His promises
are ours: “Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
“If any man willeth to do His will, he shall know of the teaching.”
Through faith in these promises, every man may be delivered from the
snares of error and the control of sin.
Every man is free to choose what power he will have to rule over
him. None have fallen so low, none are so vile, but that they can find
deliverance in Christ. The demoniac, in place of prayer, could utter
only the words of Satan; yet the heart’s unspoken appeal was heard.
No cry from a soul in need, though it fail of utterance in words, will be
unheeded. Those who will consent to enter into covenant relation with
the God of heaven are not left to the power of Satan or to the infirmity
of their own nature. They are invited by the Saviour, “Let him take
hold of My strength, that he may make peace with Me; and he shall
make peace with Me.” The spirits of darkness will battle for the soul
once under their dominion, but angels of God will contend for that
soul with prevailing power.—
The Desire of Ages, 258, 259
(1898).
To Curious Admit We Do Not Know—Letters have come to us
in regard to matters upon which God has given us no light, and we are
pleased to say to these inquirers, We do not know. The great anxiety in
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every mind should be to know God and do His requirements. Blessed
are they that hear the Word of God and keep it....
Those who are so curious to find out things that have not been
made known in the Scriptures are generally surface students in regard
to those things which have a bearing on the daily life and practice....
We are to reveal to the world that which God has seen necessary to
reveal to us. We are not doing the will of our heavenly Father when
we speculate upon things which He has seen fit to withhold from us.
It is the privilege of everyone to reveal to others that he appreciates
the worth of divine truths, that he appreciates the treasures of eternal
life, by making every sacrifice to obtain the reward.—
Manuscript 104,
1898
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