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a more suitable companion for you than the wife of your youth, the
mother of your children.
Satan is working stealthily, untiringly, to effect your downfall
through his specious temptations. He is determined to become your
teacher, and you need now to place yourself where you can get
strength to resist him. He hopes to lead you into the mazes of
spiritualism. He hopes to wean your affections from your wife, and
to fix them upon another woman. He desires that you shall allow
your mind to dwell upon this woman, until through unholy affection
she becomes your god.
The enemy of souls has gained much when he can lead the
imagination of one of Jehovah’s chosen watchmen to dwell upon
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the possibilities of association, in the world to come, with some
woman whom he loves, and of there raising up a family. We need
no such pleasing pictures. All such views originate in the mind of
the tempter.
We have the plain assurance of Christ that in the world to come,
the redeemed “neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can
they die anymore: for they are equal unto the angels; and are the
children of God, being the children of the resurrection.”
It is presented to me that spiritual fables are taking many captive.
Their minds are sensual, and, unless a change comes, this will prove
their ruin. To all who are indulging these unholy fancies I would
say, Stop; for Christ’s sake, stop right where you are. You are on
forbidden ground. Repent, I entreat of you, and be converted.—
Letter 231, 1903
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A Counterfeit Heaven
How untiringly God has kept guard over His church! Shall we
not act our part that He may give us the grace that will enable us to
attain to perfection of Christian character? Do not allow yourself
to be led to think that you will live in heaven while in this fallen
world. Those who think this keep their minds on the strain for
some wonderful experience that will waft their souls into a refined,
spiritual atmosphere. But this is not the true science of Christian
experience. When they suppose they have reached spiritual heights