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Resolute Will Essential for Victory, September 10
Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin.
Hebrews 12:4
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In every age since the fall of Adam the opposition of evil agencies
has made the lives of those who would be loyal and true to God’s com-
mandments a continual warfare. Those who would at last be victorious
must meet and conquer the forces of Satan, who with fierce determination
opposes every step of advance. They must meet a vigilant foe, a crafty
enemy who never sleeps and who tries untiringly to undermine the faith
of God’s servants....
Good and evil never harmonize. Between light and darkness there can
be no compromise. Truth is light revealed; error is darkness. Light has no
fellowship with darkness, righteousness no fellowship with unrighteous-
ness....
I wish that I could trace words which would present this matter as it
is. God expects His soldiers to be ever on duty. Never are they to yield to
temptation, never to be unjust. They are neither to yield nor flee. Relying
on the strength of God, they are to maintain their integrity. With a firmness
that will not yield an inch, they are to hold fast to the word, “It is written.”
Bear in mind that we are placed on vantage ground because Christ has
overcome in our behalf. He has made every provision for us to overcome.
Divine power stands behind every will resolutely set to do the right. God
has provided the armor and the weapons with which each one is to fight.
Let the soldiers of Christ put on the whole armor of God and flinch not at
Satan’s attacks.... Success in the Christian warfare means watchfulness
and a daily crucifixion of self.
He who is guided by clean, holy principles will be quick to discern
the slightest taint of evil, because he keeps Christ before him as his
pattern. His deep regret at the discovery of a wrong act means the prompt
correction of every step wherein he has diverged from truth. It means
a constant, earnest striving for higher and still higher attainments in the
Christian life. It means helping others to climb heavenward. It means
taking hold of Christ by living faith and resisting evil if need be unto
blood, striving against sin.
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