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Schemes Of Satan, March 19
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion,
walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.
1 Peter 5:8
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It is unsafe to trust to feelings or impressions; these are unreliable guides.
God’s law is the only correct standard of holiness. It is by this law that character
is to be judged. If an inquirer after salvation were to ask, “What must I do to
inherit eternal life?” the modern teachers of sanctification would answer, “Only
believe that Jesus saves you.” But when Christ was asked this question He said,
“What is written in the law? how readest thou?” And when the questioner replied,
“Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, ... and thy neighbour as
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thyself,” Jesus said, “Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.”
Luke
10:26-28
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No value is attached to a mere profession of faith in Christ; only the love
which is shown by works is counted genuine. Yet it is love alone which in the
sight of Heaven makes any act of value....
The hidden selfishness of men stands revealed in the books of heaven.... Sad is
the record which angels bear to heaven. Intelligent beings, professed followers of
Christ, are absorbed in the acquirement of worldly possessions or the enjoyment
of earthly pleasures. Money, time, and strength are sacrificed for display and
self-indulgence; but few are the moments devoted to prayer, to the searching of
the Scriptures, to humiliation of soul and confession of sin.
Satan invents unnumbered schemes to occupy our minds, that they may not
dwell upon the very work with which we ought to be best acquainted. The
archdeceiver hates the great truths that bring to view an atoning sacrifice and
an all-powerful Mediator. He knows that with him everything depends on his
diverting minds from Jesus and His truth.
Those who would share the benefits of the Saviour’s mediation should permit
nothing to interfere with their duty to perfect holiness in the fear of God.
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