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We are to Overcome as Christ Overcame, May 29
These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace.
In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.
John 16:33
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Satan made stronger attacks upon Christ than he will ever make upon
us. There was much at stake with him, whether Christ or himself should
be conqueror. If Christ resisted his most powerful temptations, and Satan
did not succeed in leading Him to sin, he knew that he must lose his
power, and finally be punished with everlasting destruction. Therefore
Satan worked with mighty power to lead Christ to do a wrong action, for
then he would gain advantage over Him.... You can never be tempted in
so determined and cruel manner as was our Saviour. Satan was upon His
path every moment
Will man take hold of divine power, and with determination and perse-
verance resist Satan, as Christ has given him example in His conflict with
the foe in the wilderness of temptation? God cannot save man against his
will from the power of Satan’s artifices. Man must work with his human
power, aided by the divine power of Christ, to resist and to conquer at any
cost to himself. In short, man must overcome as Christ overcame. And
then, through the victory that it is his privilege to gain by the all-powerful
name of Jesus, he may become an heir of God and joint-heir with Jesus
Christ. This could not be the case if Christ alone did all the overcoming.
Man must do
his
part; he must be victor on his own account, through the
strength and grace that Christ gives him. Man must be a co-worker with
Christ in the labor of overcoming, and then he will be partaker with Christ
in His glory
The Saviour overcame to show man how he may overcome. All the
temptations of Satan, Christ met with the Word of God. By trusting in
God’s promises, He received power to obey God’s commandments, and
the tempter could gain no advantage
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The Youth’s Instructor, April 1, 1873
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Testimonies for the Church 4:32, 33
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The Ministry of Healing, 181
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