All who indulge sinful traits of character, or willfully cherish a known sin, are inviting the temptations of Satan. They separate themselves from God and from the watchcare of His angels; as the evil one presents his deceptions, they are without defense and fall an easy prey. Those who thus place themselves in his power littleContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 3”
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The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 2
It is a law both of the intellectual and the spiritual nature that by beholding we become changed. The mind gradually adapts itself to the subjects upon which it is allowed to dwell. It becomes assimilated to that which it is accustomed to love and reverence. Man will never rise higher than his standard ofContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 1
The ministration of holy angels, as presented in the Scriptures, is a truth most comforting and precious to every follower of Christ. But the Bible teaching upon this point has been obscured and perverted by the errors of popular theology. The doctrine of natural immortality, first borrowed from the pagan philosophy, and in the darknessContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Can Our Dead Speak to Us?—Chapter 34, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 5
It is an undeniable fact that the hope of immortal blessedness at death has led to a widespread neglect of the Bible doctrine of the resurrection. This tendency was remarked by Dr. Adam Clarke, who said: “The doctrine of the resurrection appears to have been thought of much more consequence among the primitive Christians thanContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 5”