False Science—Satan’s Modern Robe of Light
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An Attempt to Deceive the Very Elect
The sophistries regarding God and nature that are flooding the
world with skepticism are the inspiration of the fallen foe, who is
himself a Bible student, who knows the truth that it is essential for the
people to receive, and whose study it is to divert minds from the great
truths given to prepare them for what is coming upon the world.
After the passing of the time in 1844, we had fanaticism of every
kind to meet. Testimonies of reproof were given me to bear to some
holding spiritualistic theories.
Ungodly teaching is followed by sinful practice. It is the seducing
bait of the father of lies, and results in the impenitence of self-satisfied
impurity.
The experience of the past will be repeated. In the future, Satan’s
superstitions will assume new forms. Errors will be presented in a
pleasing and flattering manner. False theories, clothed with garments
of light, will be presented to God’s people. Thus Satan will try to
deceive, if possible, the very elect. Most seducing influences will be
exerted; minds will be hypnotized.
Corruptions of every type, similar to those existing among the
antediluvians, will be brought in to take minds captive. The exaltation
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of nature as God, the unrestrained license of the human will, the
counsel of the ungodly—these Satan uses as agencies to bring about
certain ends. He will employ the power of mind over mind to carry
out his designs. The most sorrowful thought of all is that under his
deceptive influence men will have a form of godliness, without having
a real connection with God. Like Adam and Eve, who ate the fruit
from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, many are even now
feeding upon the deceptive morsels of error.
Satanic agencies are clothing false theories in an attractive garb,
even as Satan in the Garden of Eden concealed his identity from our
first parents by speaking through the serpent. These agencies are
instilling into human minds that which in reality is deadly error. The
hypnotic influence of Satan will rest upon those who turn from the
plain word of God to pleasing fables.
It is those who have had the most light that Satan most assiduously
seeks to ensnare. He knows that if he can deceive them, they will,