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From Heaven With Love
of eternal life is through bringing our appetites and passions into
subjection to the will of God.
In our own strength it is impossible to deny the clamors of our
fallen nature. But by passing over the ground man must travel, our
Lord has prepared the way for us to overcome. He would not have
us intimidated and discouraged. “Be of good cheer,” He says; “I
have overcome the world.”
John 16:33
.
Let him who is struggling against the power of appetite look to
the Saviour in the wilderness of temptation. See Him in His agony
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upon the cross, as He exclaimed, “I thirst.” His victory is ours.
“The prince of this world cometh,” said Jesus, “and hath nothing
in Me.”
John 14:30
. Nothing in Him responded to Satan’s sophistry.
He did not consent to sin. Not even by a thought did He yield to
temptation. So it may be with us. Christ’s humanity was united with
divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit. And He came to make us partakers of the divine nature. God
reaches for the hand of faith in us to direct it to lay fast hold on the
divinity of Christ, that we may attain to perfection of character.
How this is accomplished, Christ has shown us. By what means
did Christ overcome Satan? By the Word of God. “It is written,” He
said. And every promise in God’s Word is ours. See
2 Peter 1:4
.
When assailed by temptation, look to the power of the Word. All its
strength is yours. See
Psalms 119:11
;
17:4
.
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