Basic HTML Version
Victory Brings Joy to Heaven, December 14
I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that
repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no
repentance.
Luke 15:7
.
Satanic agencies are always warring for the mastery over the human mind,
but the angels of God are constantly at work, strengthening the weak hands
and confirming the feeble knees of all who call upon God for help. The
promise to every child of God is, “Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye
shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh
receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be
opened” (
Matthew 7:8
)....
The Lord has had true-hearted men and women, those who have made a
covenant with Him by sacrifice. They have not swerved from their integrity.
They have kept themselves unspotted from the world, and they have been led
by the Light of life to defeat the purposes of the wily foe. Will human beings
now act their part in resisting the devil? If they will do this, he will surely flee
from them. Angels, who will do for you what you cannot do for yourselves,
are waiting for your cooperation. They are waiting for you to respond to the
drawing of Christ. Draw nigh to God and to one another. By desire, by silent
prayer, by resistance of satanic agencies, put your will on the side of God’s
will. While you have one desire to resist the devil, and sincerely pray, Deliver
me from temptation, you will have strength for your day.
It is the work of the heavenly angels to come close to the tried, the tempted,
the suffering ones. They labor long and untiringly to save the souls for whom
Christ has died. And when souls appreciate their advantages, appreciate
the heavenly assistance sent them, respond to the Holy Spirit’s working on
their behalf; when they put their will on the side of Christ’s will, angels bear
the tidings heavenward. Returning to the heavenly courts, they report their
success with the souls for whom they have ministered, and there is rejoicing
among the heavenly host.—
The Review and Herald, July 4, 1899
.
[358]
371