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than gold It makes you valiant to fight the battle of the Lord, “for we
wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against
powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickedness in high places” (
Ephesians 6:12
).
Satan claims the world. He claims us as his. Then shall we give
him that which he claims? No. I am somebody else’s property. I have
been bought with a price, and my business is to glorify God in my
body and spirit. I have no time to talk unbelief. It is faith that I must
talk. I must strengthen faith by exercise. And then my faith grows as I
venture upon the promises of God, and I can grasp more and more.
Blessed, blessed Jesus. I love Him because He is comfort and hope
and opportunity and resource to me; to individual me and individual
you. I want that you will consider yourself His property. Set your faces
as a flint toward Mount Zion. Be determined that there is a treasure
there that you can get.—MS 17, 1894.
One Word of Doubt Makes Room for More—One word of
doubt, one word of evil thinking and evil speaking, makes room for
more of the same kind. It is seed-sowing that will prepare for a harvest
that few will care to garner.—Lt 117, 1896.
Seeds of Doubt Lie Buried—Those who are troubled with doubts
and have difficulties which they cannot solve should not throw other
weak minds into the same perplexity. Some have hinted or talked their
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unbelief and have passed on, little dreaming of the effect produced.
In some instances the seeds of unbelief have taken immediate effect,
while in others they have lain buried quite a length of time, until the
individual has taken a wrong course and given place to the enemy, and
the light of God has been withdrawn from him and he has fallen under
the powerful temptations of Satan. Then the seeds of infidelity which
were sown so long ago spring up. Satan nourishes them, and they bear
fruit.
Anything coming from ministers who should stand in the light
has a powerful influence. And when they have not stood in the clear
light of God, Satan has used them as agents and has through them
transmitted his fiery darts to minds not prepared to resist what has
come from their ministers.—
Testimonies for the Church 1:378
(1863).
Our Duty to Believe—Believe that the word of God will not fail,
but that He is faithful that has promised. It is just as much your duty
to believe that God will fulfill His word and forgive your sins as it is