To be near unto God - pagina 559

God, and that in co-operation with Satan we oppose God. And if this be the case what is it to make confession of sin, save that so soon as you realize this, you at once step out from among the ranks of Satan and return to the battle lines of God, imploring mercy, that you may be counted worthy again to fight under his banner, and again to join forces with

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And now the heart appeals to the omniscience of Did you mean to the God of all compassions. desert the ranks of God and to join the forces of Satan? No, no; and once again. No. You did not mean to do it. The thought of such an evil did not rise from within yourself. You allowed yourself to be taken unawares. You slipped without realizing the dreadful wickedness of your deed. as you perceive that this is the sin that In the in3'ou committed, you appeal to God. most recess of your heart there was no desire to And your sorrow of soul, your redesert God. morse, your self-reproach is, that in the face of it, you have incurred the guilt of an act of enmity against God. And, therefore, you plead with him and ask him, the all-knowing, whether as he tries your heart, he does not see, and does not know, that in its deepest depths, as against Satan, it is with him.

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"GET THEE BEHIND ME, SATAN!" can not be denied, that in former times, especially in the middle ages, too much was made It

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