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Messages to Young People
Results of Disobedience
The heart yearns for human love, but this love is not strong enough,
or pure enough, or precious enough, to supply the place of the love
of Jesus. Only in her Saviour can the wife find wisdom, strength,
and grace to meet the cares, responsibilities, and sorrows of life. She
should make Him her strength and her guide. Let woman give herself
to Christ before giving herself to any earthly friend, and enter into no
relation which shall conflict with this. Those who find true happiness
must have the blessing of Heaven upon all that they possess and all
that they do. It is disobedience to God that fills so many hearts and
homes with misery. My sister, unless you would have a home where
the shadows are never lifted, do not unite yourself with one who is an
enemy of God.
As one who expects to meet these words in the judgment, I entreat
you to ponder the step you contemplate taking. Ask yourself, “Will
not an unbelieving husband lead my thoughts away from Jesus? He is
a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God; will he not lead me to
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enjoy the things that he enjoys?” The path to eternal life is steep and
rugged. Take no additional weights to retard your progress....
I would warn you of your danger before it shall be too late. You
listen to smooth, pleasant words, and are led to believe that all will be
well; but you do not read the motives that prompt these fair speeches.
You cannot see the depths of wickedness hidden in the heart. You
cannot look behind the scenes, and discern the snares that Satan is
laying for your soul. He would lead you to pursue such a course that he
can obtain easy access, to aim his shafts of temptation against you. Do
not give him the least advantage. While God moves upon the minds of
his servants, Satan works through the children of disobedience. There
is no concord between Christ and Belial. The two cannot harmonize.
To connect with an unbeliever is to place yourself on Satan’s ground.
You grieve the Spirit of God and forfeit His protection. Can you
afford to have such terrible odds against you in fighting the battle for
everlasting life?