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Be Alert for Satan’s Devices, March 23
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring
lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour: whom resist
stedfast in the faith.
1 Peter 5:8, 9
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Let every soul be on the alert. The adversary is on your track. Be
vigilant, watching diligently lest some carefully concealed and masterly
snare shall take you unawares. Let the careless and indifferent beware lest
the day of the Lord come upon them as a thief in the night. Many will
wander from the path of humility, and, casting aside the yoke of Christ, will
walk in strange paths. Blinded and bewildered, they will leave the narrow
path that leads to the city of God....
He who overcomes must watch; for, with worldly entanglements, error,
and superstition, Satan strives to win Christ’s followers from Him. It is not
enough that we avoid glaring dangers and perilous, inconsistent moves. We
are to keep close to the side of Christ, walking in the path of self-denial and
sacrifice. We are in an enemy’s country. He who was cast out of heaven has
come down with great power. With every conceivable artifice and device he
is seeking to take souls captive. Unless we are constantly on guard we shall
fall an easy prey to his unnumbered deceptions.
Everything is now clothed with a solemnity that all who believe the
truth for this time should realize. They should act in reference to the day of
God. The judgments of God are about to fall upon the world, and we need
to be preparing for that great day.
Our time is precious. We have but few, very few days of probation in
which to make ready for the future, immortal life. We have no time to spend
in haphazard movements. We should fear to skim the surface of the word
of God.
If your whole interest is in the truth and the preparatory work for this
time you will be sanctified through the truth and receive a fitness for immor-
tality.... The thorough work of preparation must go on with all who profess
the truth, until we stand before the throne of God without fault, without a
spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing. God will cleanse you if you will submit
to the purifying process.
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