Seite 17 - Counsels for the Church (1991)

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Satan’s Plan to Make a God of Nature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Warning Against Sensational Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
The Need of a Revival of a Spiritual Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
The Love of and Knowledge of the Word—Our Surety . . . . . . 423
Need of a Full Surrender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Chapter 60—Satan’s Lying Wonders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Yielding One’s Mind to Another’s Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Magic and Superstition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
The Prayer of Faith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
Chapter 61—The Coming Crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
The Sabbath the Point of Issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Prepare for the Tempest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
God’s Judgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Chapter 62—The Sifting Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Victory for Those Who Seek Deliverance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
The Two Armies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Chapter 63—Some Things to Remember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
The End Is Near . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
The Danger of Thinking Christ’s Coming Is Delayed . . . . . . . . 443
So-called New Light Will Deceive Many . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Importance of Personal Devotions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Christians Love to Think and Talk of Heavenly Things . . . . . . 445
God’s People Press Forward Regardless of Doubt and Fear . . . 446
Chapter 64—Christ Our Great High Priest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Chapter 65—Joshua and the Angel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
The Remnant Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Covered With the Robe of Christ’s Righteousness . . . . . . . . . . 456
Chapter 66—“Behold, I Come Quickly” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Your Redemption Draweth Nigh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
The Promise of Victory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
The Reward of the Faithful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Parting Word of Courage and Confidence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463