Basic HTML Version
Last Journey From Galilee
295
for themselves, the people honored the priests and rulers, rejected
the truth, and kept their traditions. Many had been almost persuaded,
but they did not act on their convictions. Thus many rejected the
truth that would have proved the saving of the soul.
The True Witness says, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock.”
Revelation 3:20
. Every entreaty in the Word or through God’s mes-
sengers is a knock at the door of the heart. It is the voice of Jesus
asking entrance. With every knock unheeded, the disposition to open
becomes weaker. The impressions of the Holy Spirit, if disregarded
today, will not be as strong tomorrow. The heart becomes less im-
pressible, and lapses into a perilous unconsciousness of the shortness
of life and of eternity beyond. Condemnation in the judgment will
not result from the fact that we have been in error, but from the fact
that we have neglected heaven-sent opportunities for learning what
is truth.
When their work was completed, the Seventy returned with
[332]
joy, saying, “Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through
Thy name.” Jesus answered, “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from
heaven.” Beyond the cross of Calvary, with its agony and shame,
Jesus looked forward to the great final day when Satan will meet his
destruction in the earth so long marred by his rebellion.
Henceforth Christ’s followers were to look on Satan as a con-
quered foe. Upon the cross, Jesus was to gain the victory for them;
that victory He desired them to accept as their own. “Behold,” He
said, “I have given unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpi-
ons, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any
means hurt you.”
The omnipotent power of the Holy Spirit is the defense of every
contrite soul. Not one that in penitence and faith has claimed His
protection will Christ permit to pass under the enemy’s power. When
temptations and trials come, look to Jesus, your helper. Thank God,
we have a mighty Saviour, who cast out the evil one from heaven.
Why not talk of Him? God will never forsake His people in their
struggle with evil.