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The European Union in Prophecy
To Melanchthon, who was crushed under the burden of anxiety and fear, he
wrote: "Grace and peace in Christ--in Christ, I say, and not in the world. Amen. I hate
with exceeding hatred those extreme cares which consume you. If the cause is unjust,
abandon it; if the cause is just, why should we belie the promises of Him who
commands us to sleep without fear? . . . Christ will not be wanting to the work of
justice and truth. He lives, He reigns; what fear, then, can we have?"-- Ibid., b. 14, ch.
6.
God did listen to the cries of His servants. He gave to princes and ministers grace
and courage to maintain the truth against the rulers of the darkness of this world.
Saith the Lord: "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious: and he that
believeth on Him shall not be confounded." 1 Peter 2:6. The Protestant Reformers had
built on Christ, and the gates of hell could not prevail against them.
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