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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
the Saviour. The religion of Christ is to be interwoven with all that
they do and say. Their every business transaction is to be fragrant
with the presence of God.
Sin is a hateful thing. It marred the moral beauty of a large
number of the angels. It entered our world and well-nigh obliterated
the moral image of God in man. But in His great love, God provided
a way whereby man might regain the position from which he fell in
yielding to the tempter. Christ came to stand at the head of humanity,
to work out in our behalf a perfect character. Those who receive
Him are born again.
Christ saw humanity, through the working of the mighty growth
of sin, possessed by the prince of the power of the air and putting
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forth gigantic strength in exploits of evil. He saw also that a mightier
power was to meet and conquer Satan. “Now is the judgment of this
world,” He said, “now shall the prince of this world be cast out.”
John 12:31
. He saw that if human beings believed on Him, they
would be given power against the host of fallen angels, whose name
is legion. Christ strengthened His soul with the thought that, by the
wonderful sacrifice which He was about to make, the prince of this
world was to be cast out and men and women placed where, through
the grace of God, they could regain what they had lost.
The life that Christ lived in this world, men and women can live
through His power and under His instruction. In their conflict with
Satan they may have all the help that He had. They may be more
than conquerors through Him who loved them and gave Himself for
them.
The lives of professing Christians who do not live the Christ life
are a mockery to religion. Everyone whose name is registered on
the church roll is under obligation to represent Christ by revealing
the inward adorning of a meek and quiet spirit. They are to be His
witnesses, making known the advantages of walking and working as
Christ has given them example. The truth for this time is to appear
in its power in the lives of those who believe it, and is to be imparted
to the world. Believers are to represent in their lives its power to
sanctify and ennoble.