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to all the Lord’s expressed will, are wiser than he. The subtlety of
Satan will not decrease, but the wisdom given to men through a living
connection with the Source of all light and divine knowledge will be
proportionate to his arts and wiles.
If men would stand the test which Adam failed to endure, and
would, in the strength of Jesus, obey all the requirements of God,
because they are righteousness, then they would never become ac-
quainted with the objectionable knowledge. God never designed that
men should have this knowledge which comes of disobedience, and
which, carried into practice, ends in eternal death. When men al-
most invariably choose the knowledge that Satan presents; when their
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taste is so perverted that it craves that knowledge as though it were
a fountain of supreme wisdom, then they give evidence that they are
separated from God and are in rebellion against Christ.
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