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interest. But the great Commander in heaven and earth has limited
Satan’s power
Danger in Venturing From the Protection of Heaven
Angels of God will preserve His people while they walk in the
path of duty, but there is no assurance of such protection for those
who deliberately venture upon Satan’s ground. An agent of the great
deceiver will say and do anything to gain his object. It matters little
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whether he calls himself a spiritualist, an “electric physician,” or a
“magnetic healer.” By specious pretenses he wins the confidence of
the unwary. He pretends to read the life history and to understand all
the difficulties and afflictions of those who resort to him. Disguising
himself as an angel of light, while the blackness of the pit is in his
heart, he manifests great interest in women who seek his counsel. He
tells them that all their troubles are due to an unhappy marriage. This
may be too true, but such a counselor does not better their condition.
He tells them that they need love and sympathy. Pretending great
interest in their welfare, he casts a spell over his unsuspecting victims,
charming them as the serpent charms the trembling bird. Soon they
are completely in his power; sin, disgrace, and ruin are the terrible
sequel.
These workers of iniquity are not few. Their path is marked by
desolated homes, blasted reputations, and broken hearts. But of all
this the world knows little; still they go on making fresh victims, and
Satan exults in the ruin he has wrought
“Ahaziah fell down through a lattice in his upper chamber that was
in Samaria, and was sick: and he sent messengers, and said unto them,
Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recover
of this disease. But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite,
Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say
unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to
inquire of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron? Now therefore thus saith the
Lord, Thou shalt not come down from that bed on which thou art gone
up, but shalt surely die.”
2 Kings 1:2-4
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