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To be near unto God - pagina 555
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 ag ...
To be near unto God - pagina 556
of Satanby dragging him,wrongl}', into everything.thatasitwere, rightly orBut doesitnot seemnow werather incline to the other extreme, and forget, if not deny, the very existence of the Evil One? With this denial, self-c ...
To be near unto God - pagina 557
hesitate to dismiss this whole matter of Satan's influences,partandparcel,fromtheirGospel.Andwith respect to this it is evident again, that every such effort aims not at forming the mind and thought after the Gospel, but at moulding the Gosp ...
To be near unto God - pagina 559
This much, however, working severally delineates itself with sufficient clearness. There are workings from the unholy spirit world, which, without definite attack, of themselves find a direction to our thoughts.iscertain, that a threefoldvehicle observable by us, in public op ...
To be near unto God - pagina 558
that the world of men is not the only world of conscious beings. There are myriads of other spiritual beings who are known as spirits, angels, cherubim, seraphim, etc. It is also certain that this world of spirits is not separated from our world of men, that it exists by the side of it, and is in ...
To be near unto God - pagina 561
workings in the spiritual atmosphere. But the incident with Peter shows that you might be mistaken. That there might have been an attack of Satan when you did not in the least suspect And in any case, that the daily prayer: it. '"Deliver us from the Evil!" is no superfluous eralwealth for ...
To be near unto God - pagina 560
The conflict was in the open. Altogether different from now. Even in those days, however, Satan tried to hide himself. We refer to this for our instruction. Peter, with his sensitive nature and excitable mind, was used as instrument. "His 5esus to die on the Cross! Never!" Love for Jesus was the ...
To be near unto God - pagina 563
and wooed him. yet he tarried.The crown awaited him.HestillButremained in the sphereof this world. Not because it attracted him. On the contrary, between the risen Savior and the world, which was still submerged in misery, every tie of connection was seve ...
To be near unto God - pagina 562
Be, therefore, on your guard.become awareAs soonof spiritual coolness, asasyousoon as youperceive that this, that or the other thing renders difficult or prevents you from being, and continuing, near unto God, then consider what influences you are ...
To be near unto God - pagina 565
of our soul to look for God's throne not in our proximity, nor yet underneath, but above us. The heavens are God's throne and the earth is his footstool. We look up to the heavens, from whence light comes to us, where God's stars twinkle in the firmament, from whence rain descends to us and water ...
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