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: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 4
In sparing the life of Cain the murderer, God gave the world an example of what would be the result of permitting the sinner to live to continue a course of unbridled iniquity. Through the influence of Cain’s teaching and example, multitudes of his descendants were led into sin, until “the wickedness of man wasContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 4”
The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 3
Let us consider what the Bible teaches further concerning the ungodly and unrepentant, whom the Universalist places in heaven as holy, happy angels.GC 540.1 “I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.” Revelation 21:6. This promise is only to those that thirst. None but those who feelContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 3”
The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 2
Satan is seeking to overcome men today, as he overcame our first parents, by shaking their confidence in their Creator and leading them to doubt the wisdom of His government and the justice of His laws. Satan and his emissaries represent God as even worse than themselves, in order to justify their own malignity andContinue reading “The Great Controversy: The First Great Deception—Chapter 33, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Snares of Satan—Chapter 32, Part 2
The Bible was designed to be a guide to all who wish to become acquainted with the will of their Maker. God gave to men the sure word of prophecy; angels and even Christ Himself came to make known to Daniel and John the things that must shortly come to pass. Those important matters thatContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Snares of Satan—Chapter 32, Part 2”
The Great Controversy: Agency of Evil Spirits—Chapter 31, Part 1
The connection of the visible with the invisible world, the ministration of angels of God, and the agency of evil spirits, are plainly revealed in the Scriptures, and inseparably interwoven with human history. There is a growing tendency to disbelief in the existence of evil spirits, while the holy angels that “minister for them whoContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Agency of Evil Spirits—Chapter 31, Part 1”
The Great Controversy: Enmity Between Man and Satan—Chapter 30, Part 2
Satan summons all his forces and throws his whole power into the combat. Why is it that he meets with no greater resistance? Why are the soldiers of Christ so sleepy and indifferent? Because they have so little real connection with Christ; because they are so destitute of His Spirit. Sin is not to themContinue reading “The Great Controversy: Enmity Between Man and Satan—Chapter 30, Part 2”