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Strength Through Trial, September 27
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalm 66:10
.
Untried character is not reliable. We are to be tried by temptation
in order that we may learn to seek wisdom from God and to flee to the
stronghold in time of trouble. He alone will be successful in resisting
temptation who finds help and grace from God. Individually we stand as
did our first parents—face to face with manifold temptations that solicit
mind and heart. All heaven is watching with intense interest to see whether
we will look unto Jesus and submit ourselves to His will, or whether in
the temptation we shall follow the inclinations of the natural heart and the
solicitations of the evil one
Let those who are perplexed with temptation go to God in prayer....
Persevere in prayer and watch thereunto without doubting, and the Holy
Spirit will work in the human agent, bringing heart and mind into subjection
to right principles
Those who through faith are kept by the power of God learn good
and precious things. They experience the peace of Christ which passeth
understanding. In resisting temptation you refuse to be confederate with
Satan, and place yourselves under the banner of Jesus Christ. In the sight
of heavenly intelligences you develop yourself as a conqueror. It is made
manifest that you are a son of God....
You represent Christ in true goodness of character, and understand what
these words signify: “And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,
(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,)
full of grace and truth.... And of his fulness have all we received, and grace
for grace” (
John 1:14-16
). You receive grace, you develop grace; and as
you reveal grace in your words, in your spirit and actions, God pours upon
you a larger measure of grace. In proportion as you surrender yourselves
to the working of the Holy Spirit you are supplied with heavenly grace.
You are molded and fashioned a vessel unto honor, and become a channel
through which God makes manifest His grace to the world
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The Youth’s Instructor, September 26, 1895.
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The Youth’s Instructor, September 19, 1895.
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The Youth’s Instructor, September 26, 1895.
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