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The Spirits and the Sunday Law Issue, June 8
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this
word, it is because there is no light in them.
Isaiah 8:20
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The miracle-working power manifested through spiritualism will ex-
ert its influence against those who choose to obey God rather than men.
Communications from the spirits will declare that God has sent them to
convince the rejecters of Sunday of their error, affirming that the laws of
the land should be obeyed as the law of God. They will lament the great
wickedness in the world and second the testimony of religious teachers
that the degraded state of morals is caused by the desecration of Sunday.
Great will be the indignation excited against all who refuse to accept their
testimony.
Those who oppose the teachings of spiritualism are assailing, not men
alone, but Satan and his angels. They have entered upon a contest against
principalities and powers and wicked spirits in high places. Satan will
not yield one inch of ground except as he is driven back by the power of
heavenly messengers. The people of God should be able to meet him, as
did our Saviour, with the words: “It is written.” Satan can quote Scripture
now as in the days of Christ, and he will pervert its teachings to sustain his
delusions. Those who would stand in this time of peril must understand for
themselves the testimony of the Scriptures.
Many will be confronted by the spirits of devils personating beloved
relatives or friends and declaring the most dangerous heresies. These
visitants will appeal to our tenderest sympathies and will work miracles to
sustain their pretensions. We must be prepared to withstand them with the
Bible truth that the dead know not anything and that they who thus appear
are the spirits of devils.
Satanic agencies in human form will take part in this last great conflict
to oppose the building up of the kingdom of God. And heavenly angels in
human guise will be on the field of action. The two opposing parties will
continue to exist till the closing up of the last great chapter in this world’s
history.
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