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Our Competent Saviour, January 25
These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them:
for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are
called, and chosen, and faithful.
Revelation 17:14
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What is life? A standing memorial of the only true God. The work of creation
can never be explained by science. What intellect is there that can explain the
science of life? Can we wonder that the materialist has no place for the existence
of God? The fourth commandment declares to the whole universe, to the worlds
unfallen and the fallen world, that God created the world in six days and rested
on the seventh. The evidence there given does not leave standing room for
skepticism....
Christ, the Commander in the heavenly courts, was accustomed to receive the
attendance and adoration of angels. And at any time during His life on this earth
He could have called to His Father for twelve legions of angels. But no bribe, no
temptation to lead Him to manifest His divine prerogatives, could induce Him to
deviate from the path of God’s appointment. Great tact and cunning were shown
in the tactics which Satan followed. Three times did the enemy try to gain the
victory over Christ. He assailed Him on the point of appetite. He appealed to His
pride. He presented before Him the most captivating scenes of this world. He
challenged Him to give evidence that He was the Son of God. Christ gave him
none, but righteously maintained His dignity as One to whom God has committed
all power.
Today, Satan has great power in the world. He has been permitted to have
proprietorship of this earth for an appointed time. During this period, when
iniquity prevails, men and women are given a chance to take sides. In every
possible way, Satan tries to make the broad road attractive and the narrow road
grievous, humiliating, and objectionable. He lays ingenious plans to allure men
and women to indulge appetite. Cheap, unsatisfying pleasures are made all and
in all in this degenerate age. Satan throws his glamour about these amusements,
which eclipse eternal things. Many will sell their birthright, as did Esau, for trifling
consideration by the indulgence of appetite. Worldly pleasure will appear more
desirable to them than the heavenly birthright.
But Christ has overcome in our behalf. He was the only one who could be a
competent Saviour. He had divine wisdom, ability, and power. He could stand
before the world as a wonderful Counsellor, the mighty God, the Everlasting
Father, the Prince of Peace.—
Letter 7, January 25, 1900
, to W. K. Kellogg,
brother of and assistant to Dr. J. H. Kellogg.
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