Basic HTML Version
Leaders in the Invisible Conflict, November 16
All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the
Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom
the Son will reveal him.
Luke 10:22
.
No man can explain the mysteries of God. His glory is hidden from the
world. Of what value are the surmisings and speculations of men concerning His
personality.... Christ is the representative of the Father, “the express image of his
person.”
Creation speaks to us of the skill and power of God. In His goodness God
has placed on the earth beautiful flowers and trees, wonderfully adapted to the
countries and the climate in which they grow. And, though sin has marred the
form and beauty of the things of nature, though on them there may be seen traces
of the work of the prince of the power of the air, yet they still speak of God, and
still reveal some of the beauty of Eden.
In the heavens above, in the earth, in the broad waters of the ocean, we see the
handiwork of God. All creation testifies of His power, His wisdom, His love. Yet
not from the stars, or the ocean, or the cataract can we learn of the personality of
God. This Christ came to reveal....
Christ came to reveal to a fallen race the love of God. He, the Light of the
world, veiled the dazzling splendor of the brightness of His divinity, and came to
live on this earth as a man among men, that they might, without being consumed,
become acquainted with their Creator. No man has seen God at any time, except
as He is revealed through Christ.
Because of frequent triumphs, Satan is becoming more bold and defiant in his
rebellion against God. The rapid development of evil, the confusion among the
laboring classes, reveal that men are rapidly taking sides. They are being bound
up in bundles to be burned. The labor unions are quickly stirred to violence if
their demands are not complied with. Plainer and plainer is it becoming that the
inhabitants of the world are not in harmony with God.
No scientific theory can explain the steady march of evil workers under the
generalship of Satan. In every mob wicked angels are at work, rousing men to
commit deeds of violence.... The perversity and cruelty of men will reach such a
height that God will reveal Himself in His majesty. Very soon the wickedness of
the world will have reached its limit, and as in the days of Noah, God will pour
out His judgments.
But even when wickedness is at its height, we may know that our Helper is
close by our side.—
Letter 250, November 16, 1903
, to J. E. White, her son, who
was working among the blacks of the Southern States.
[335]
341