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How to Defeat Satan
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from their true meaning. The whole Bible should be given to the
people just as it reads.
God gave the sure word of prophecy; angels and even Christ
Himself came to make known to Daniel and John things that “must
shortly come to pass.”
Revelation 1:1
. Important matters that concern
our salvation were not revealed in a way to perplex and mislead the
honest seeker after truth. The Word of God is plain to all who study
it with prayerful heart.
By the cry, Liberality, men are blinded to the devices of their
adversary. He succeeds in supplanting the Bible by human specu-
lations; the law of God is set aside; and the churches are under the
bondage of sin while they claim to be free.
God has permitted a flood of light to be poured upon the world in
discoveries in science. But even the greatest minds, if not guided by
the Word of God, become bewildered in their attempts to investigate
the relations of science and revelation.
Human knowledge is partial and imperfect; therefore many are
unable to harmonize their views of science with Scripture. Many
accept mere theories as scientific facts, and they think that God’s
Word is to be tested by “science falsely so called.”
1 Timothy 6:20
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Because they cannot explain the Creator and His works by natural
laws, Bible history is regarded as unreliable. Those who doubt the
Old and New Testaments too often go a step further and doubt the
existence of God. Having let go their anchor, they beat about on the
rocks of infidelity.
It is a masterpiece of Satan’s deceptions to keep men conjec-
turing in regard to that which God has not made known. Lucifer
became dissatisfied because all the secrets of God’s purposes were
not confided to him, and he disregarded that which was revealed.
Now he seeks to imbue men with the same spirit and lead them also
to disregard the direct commands of God.
Truth Rejected Because It Involves a Cross
The less spiritual and self-denying the doctrines presented, the
greater the favor with which they are received. Satan is ready to
supply the heart’s desire, and he palms off deception in the place of
truth. It was thus that the papacy gained its power over the minds