PROMISE OF VICTORY
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.--Genesis 3:15
He will stir up the minds of the disobedient and rebellious; and all apostates will unite in a firm and desperate companionship against the law of God, to war against the government of God....
As we proclaim the binding claims of the law of God upon every human being, those who will not be convinced, who turn away their ears from hearing the truth, and are turned unto fables, choosing to feed upon a dish of maxims, customs, and commandments of men, will use the best weapons, manufacture lies to blacken the reputation of those who have proclaimed the message of truth....
All who come out from the world and are separated must count on meeting ridicule, sneers, and reviling. They must expect that their lives and mission will be misrepresented....We will bear in mind that "all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" and all who sneer at the truth and ridicule those who are proclaiming truth, will weep and pray, "Lord open to us." He will answer, "I know you not." [2 Timothy 3:12; Matthew 25:11, 12.]
Alarmed that their prey is escaping from their grasp, Satan and his synagogue will make most desperate efforts to retain every soul on his side. He will present every possible objection and device to turn aside those who would walk in the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. A train of circumstances will be secretly set in operation by the serpent to deceive, to allure the sinner, to wrench from him his convictions that he must return to his allegiance to God. (Letter 103, March 15, 1894)
REFLECTION: We as Christians know how it will end. We will have trouble with Satan until Christ returns; the everlasting gospel is spelled out in Genesis 3:15--the head of Satan is bruised and Christ is victorious. We who are faithful and obedient will share in that victory.
I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel.--Genesis 3:15
He will stir up the minds of the disobedient and rebellious; and all apostates will unite in a firm and desperate companionship against the law of God, to war against the government of God....
As we proclaim the binding claims of the law of God upon every human being, those who will not be convinced, who turn away their ears from hearing the truth, and are turned unto fables, choosing to feed upon a dish of maxims, customs, and commandments of men, will use the best weapons, manufacture lies to blacken the reputation of those who have proclaimed the message of truth....
All who come out from the world and are separated must count on meeting ridicule, sneers, and reviling. They must expect that their lives and mission will be misrepresented....We will bear in mind that "all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution" and all who sneer at the truth and ridicule those who are proclaiming truth, will weep and pray, "Lord open to us." He will answer, "I know you not." [2 Timothy 3:12; Matthew 25:11, 12.]
Alarmed that their prey is escaping from their grasp, Satan and his synagogue will make most desperate efforts to retain every soul on his side. He will present every possible objection and device to turn aside those who would walk in the path cast up for the ransomed of the Lord. A train of circumstances will be secretly set in operation by the serpent to deceive, to allure the sinner, to wrench from him his convictions that he must return to his allegiance to God. (Letter 103, March 15, 1894)
REFLECTION: We as Christians know how it will end. We will have trouble with Satan until Christ returns; the everlasting gospel is spelled out in Genesis 3:15--the head of Satan is bruised and Christ is victorious. We who are faithful and obedient will share in that victory.
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