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Testimonies for the Church Volume 9
Christ was tempted in all points as man is tempted, but at no
time did He bring against the tempter a railing accusation. To every
temptation He presented the word of the Lord. “It is written” was
His never-failing weapon. We, as the representatives of Christ, are
to meet every thrust of the enemy with the word of the living God.
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Never should we allow ourselves to follow the trail of the serpent by
using his scientific arguments. Satan can never gain advantage of
the child of God who relies on the word of God as his defense.
Our Counselor impressed deeply on our minds that God’s
commandment-keeping people must be sanctified through the truth
and that truth must ever be given the foremost place. We must not
forget that Satan still lives to exercise his deceptive power through
false science.
Christ was the Majesty of heaven, the Prince of life; yet He
humbled Himself as a man and became obedient to every law of
God. He passed over the ground that every man must tread who
takes His name, and came forth from His trial pure and untainted by
sin. He was our example in all things.
The first advent of Christ and His life of ministry are not studied
as they should be. His life was one of self-denial, in which truth in
all its noble qualities was expressed. He lived to bless humanity by
every good word and work.
Dignity of the Book Work
The work of bookmaking is a grand and good work; but it has
not always stood in the high and holy position that God designed it
should occupy, because self has been interwoven with the work of
some who have engaged in it. The book work should be the means
of quickly giving the sacred light of present truth to the world. The
publications that come forth from our presses today are to be of such
a character as to strengthen every pin and pillar of the faith that was
established by the word of God and by the revelations of His Spirit.
The truth that God has given for His people in these last days
should keep them firm when there come into the church those who
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present false theories. The truth that has stood firm against the
attacks of the enemy for more than half a century must still be the
confidence and comfort of God’s people.