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wilderness more than fourteen hundred years before, God sent His
people a constant supply of manna from heaven. This was to teach
them that while they trusted in God and walked in His ways, He
would not forsake them. By the word of God help had been given
to the Hebrews, and by the same word it had been given to Jesus.
He awaited God’s time to bring relief. He would not obtain food by
following Satan’s suggestions. It is better to endure whatever may
happen than to depart in any way from God’s will.
Often the follower of Christ is brought to the point where it
appears that obedience to some plain requirement of God will cut off
his means of support. Satan would make him believe that he must
sacrifice his honest convictions. But the only thing we can rely on
is the Word of God. See
Matthew 6:33
. When we learn the power
of His Word, we will not follow Satan’s suggestions in order to get
food or save our lives. We will obey God’s command and trust His
promise.
In the last great conflict with Satan, those who are loyal to God
will see every earthly support cut off. Because they refuse to break
His law, they will be forbidden to buy or sell. See
Revelation 13:11-
17
. But God has promised the obedient one, “He will dwell on high;
... bread will be given him, His water will be sure.”
Isaiah 33:16
.
When the earth will be wasted with famine, he will be fed. See
Psalm 37:19
.
Intemperance Corrupts Morals
In all ages, temptations appealing to the physical nature have
been most successful in corrupting mankind. Through intemper-
ance, Satan works to destroy the mental and moral powers. Thus it
becomes impossible for people to appreciate things of eternal worth.
Through sensual indulgence, Satan seeks to blot from the soul every
trace of likeness to God.
Christ declares that before His second coming, the condition
of the world will be like it was in the days before the Flood, and
like it was in Sodom and Gomorrah. We should understand clearly
the lesson of the Savior’s fast. We can only estimate the evil of
unrestrained indulgence when we see the inexpressible anguish