NEVER LEAVE A SOUL UNWARNED
Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and plan deception all the day long.--Psalm 38:12
As I am shown these special things of Satan's science, and how he deceived the holy angels, I am afraid of the men who have entered into the study of the science that Satan carried into the warfare in heaven. O how I have longed to be where I should not be compelled to see the same science practiced on this earth by medical practitioners. How my heart has been agonized as I have seen souls accepting the inducements held out to them to unite with those who were warring against God.
When they once accept the bait it seems impossible to break the spell that Satan casts over them, because the enemy works out the science of deception as he worked it out in the heavenly courts. He uses human agencies to carry on his work with other human beings. He has worked so diligently with men in our day, that he has won the game again and again.
What, I ask, can be the end? Again and again have I asked this, and I have always received the same instruction. Never leave a soul unwarned. Those who are bound in Satan's toils are the most confident and the most boastful. They will protest at the thought that they are ensnared, and yet it is the truth. (Letter 311, October 30, 1905)
REFLECTION: Satan does all he can to keep souls from Christ. He...has not lost his power. He exerts his power with terrible effect. He does not wait for his prey to come to him. He hunts for it....He often conceals his snares, and allures by pleasing deception. He charms and deludes many by flattering their vanity....After every advance step in the downward road, Satan has some special temptation to lead them still further on the wrong track. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, 287)
Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, and plan deception all the day long.--Psalm 38:12
As I am shown these special things of Satan's science, and how he deceived the holy angels, I am afraid of the men who have entered into the study of the science that Satan carried into the warfare in heaven. O how I have longed to be where I should not be compelled to see the same science practiced on this earth by medical practitioners. How my heart has been agonized as I have seen souls accepting the inducements held out to them to unite with those who were warring against God.
When they once accept the bait it seems impossible to break the spell that Satan casts over them, because the enemy works out the science of deception as he worked it out in the heavenly courts. He uses human agencies to carry on his work with other human beings. He has worked so diligently with men in our day, that he has won the game again and again.
What, I ask, can be the end? Again and again have I asked this, and I have always received the same instruction. Never leave a soul unwarned. Those who are bound in Satan's toils are the most confident and the most boastful. They will protest at the thought that they are ensnared, and yet it is the truth. (Letter 311, October 30, 1905)
REFLECTION: Satan does all he can to keep souls from Christ. He...has not lost his power. He exerts his power with terrible effect. He does not wait for his prey to come to him. He hunts for it....He often conceals his snares, and allures by pleasing deception. He charms and deludes many by flattering their vanity....After every advance step in the downward road, Satan has some special temptation to lead them still further on the wrong track. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, 287)
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