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An Unseen Battle Over Every Soul,
For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Ephesians 6:12.We do not understand as we should the great conflict going on between invisible agencies, the controversy between loyal and disloyal angels. Over every man, good and evil angels strive. This is no make believe conflict. It is not mimic battles in which we are engaged. We have to meet most powerful adversaries, and it rests with us to determine which shall win.
Could human beings know the number of the evil angels, could they know their devices and their activity, there would be far less pride and frivolity. Satan is the prince of demons. The evil angels over whom he rules do his bidding. Through them he multiplies his agencies…. He instigates all the evil that exists in our world.
If Satan sees that he is in danger of losing one soul, he will exert himself to the utmost to keep that one. And when the individual is aroused to his danger, and, with distress and fervor, looks to Jesus for strength, Satan fears that he will lose a captive, and he calls a reinforcement of his angels to hedge in the poor soul, and form a wall of darkness around him, that heaven’s light may not reach him.
But if the one in danger perseveres, and in his helplessness casts himself upon the merits of the blood of Christ, our Saviour listens to the earnest prayer of faith, and sends a reinforcement of those angels that excel in strength to deliver him. Satan cannot endure to have his powerful rival appealed to, for he fears and trembles before His strength and majesty. At the sound of fervent prayer, Satan’s whole host trembles…. And when angels, all-powerful, clothed with the armory of heaven, come to the help of the fainting, pursued soul, Satan and his host fall back…. The great Commander in heaven and earth has limited Satan’s power.
Around every tempted soul there are angels of God, ready to lift up the standard of righteousness, if the tempted one will only show a spirit of resistance to evil. Each may be an overcomer. Christ has in our behalf withstood the fiercest temptations of the enemy.
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THE PROTECTION OF ANGELS
Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy. (Luke 10:19)
Fallen man is Satan’s rightful captive. Christ’s mission was to rescue man from the power of his great adversary. Man is naturally inclined to yield to Satan’s temptations, and he cannot resist him unless Jesus, the mighty conqueror, dwells in him, directing his desires and imparting his strength. God alone can limit the power of so terrible an enemy… Satan knows better than Christians what power they can have against him if they rely on Jesus. For the weakest disciple of Christ, if he will call upon the great Conqueror to help him, can resist Satan and all his host…. When Satan perceives that he is in danger of losing a soul, he does everything in his power to prevent it from escaping him…. But if it appeals to the merits of the blood of Christ and perseveres, our Savior hears the fervent prayer of faith and sends in turn more powerful angels to deliver it. Satan cannot bear to have recourse to his heavenly rival, for he trembles before his majesty. At the hearing of fervent prayer, the whole host of the adversary is seized with terror.
Nothing but the loving compassion of Christ, His divine grace, His omnipotence, can enable us to confound the implacable enemy and to repress the opposition of our own hearts. What is our strength? The joy of the Lord. Let the love of Christ fill our hearts; then we shall be ready to receive the power that is in store for us…
If the seeker after truth will look to Christ for likeness, he will see the perfection of the principles of God’s law, and nothing will satisfy him but perfection…. He must wage a battle against the human attributes that Satan has strengthened for his own use…. But he knows that the saving power of the Redeemer will carry him through the conflict victorious. The Saviour will give him strength and succor as he cries out for almighty grace.
(E. G. White – Power of Grace)
A Collection of Meditations
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THE STRENGTH IS IN THE LORD
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. (Ephesians 6:10)
Many are weak spiritually because they look to themselves instead of contemplating Christ… Christ constitutes for us in every occasion an inexhaustible reserve of strength and happiness. In this case, why do we cease to look to his fullness to consider and deplore our weakness? Why do we forget that he is ready to help us in every circumstance? We dishonor him by speaking of our incapacity. Let us look unceasingly to Jesus to resemble him each day more obviously, to speak more like him, to profit more from his goodness and his help, and to receive the blessings that he offers us. By living in communion with him in this way, we strengthen ourselves, we are a help and a blessing to our neighbor.
God has provided everything to make us strong. He has given us His Holy Spirit, whose office it is to bring to our remembrance all the promises made by Christ, to give us peace and a sweet sense of forgiveness. If we do not cease to fix our eyes on the Saviour, to believe in His power, we shall feel secure, for the righteousness of Christ will become our righteousness…
When temptation assails you, as it never fails to do, cares and perplexities surround you; despairing, discouraged, you are ready to abandon yourself to despair: look for the light where, with the eye of faith, you last saw it; then the bright light of His glory will dispel the surrounding darkness. When sin seeks to master your soul, and unbelief veils your mind, then draw near to the Saviour. His grace is sufficient to subdue sin. He will forgive us and restore our joy in God.
God desires our minds to be developed. He desires to rest His grace upon us… We must be one with Christ as He is one with the Father; then the Father will love us as He loves His Son. We can receive the same help that Christ had; we can be made strong for every contingency, for God will be our vanguard and our rearguard. He will protect us on every side.
(E.G. White – Power of Grace)
A Collection of Meditations
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