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Taking Hold of God’s Strength, November 14
Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with
me; and he shall make peace with me.
Isaiah 27:5
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In the Revelation he [Satan] is declared to be the “accuser of our
brethren,” “which accused them before our God day and night.”
Revela-
tion 12:10
. The controversy is repeated over every soul that is rescued
from the power of evil and whose name is registered in the Lamb’s book
of life. Never is one received from the family of Satan into the family
of God without exciting the determined resistance of the wicked one....
He leads men into skepticism, causing them to lose confidence in God
and to separate from His love; he tempts them to break His law, and
then he claims them as his captives and contests the right of Christ to
take them from him. He knows that those who seek God earnestly for
pardon and grace will obtain it; therefore he presents their sins before
them to discourage them.... By countless devices, the most subtle and
the most cruel, he endeavors to secure their condemnation.
Man cannot meet these charges himself. In his sin-stained garments,
confessing his guilt, he stands before God. But Jesus our Advocate
presents an effectual plea in behalf of all who by repentance and faith
have committed the keeping of their souls to Him. He pleads their cause
and vanquishes their accuser by the mighty arguments of Calvary. His
perfect obedience to God’s law, even unto the death of the cross, has
given Him all power in heaven and in earth, and He claims of His Father
mercy and reconciliation for guilty man....
Not one soul that in penitence and faith has claimed His protection
will Christ permit to pass under the enemy’s power. His word is pledged:
“Let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me;
and he shall make peace with me.” The promise ... is made to all: “If
thou wilt keep my charge, ... I will give thee places to walk among these
that stand by.”
Zechariah 3:7
. Angels of God will walk on either side of
them, even in this world, and they will stand at last among the angels
that surround the throne of God.”
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