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and indifferent? Because they have so little real connection with Christ; because they
are so destitute of His Spirit. Sin is not to them repulsive and abhorrent, as it was to
their Master. They do not meet it, as did Christ, with decisive and determined
resistance. They do not realize the exceeding evil and malignity of sin, and they are
blinded both to the character and the power of the prince of darkness. There is little
enmity against Satan and his works, because there is so great ignorance concerning
his power and malice, and the vast extent of his warfare against Christ and His church.
Multitudes are deluded here. They do not know that their enemy is a mighty general
who controls the minds of evil angels, and that with well-matured plans and skillful
movements he is warring against Christ to prevent the salvation of souls. Among
professed Christians, and even among ministers of the gospel, there is heard scarcely
a reference to Satan, except perhaps an incidental mention in the pulpit. They
overlook the evidences of his continual activity and success; they neglect the many
warnings of his subtlety; they seem to ignore his very existence.
While men are ignorant of his devices, this vigilant foe is upon their track every
moment. He is intruding his presence in every department of the household, in every
street of our cities, in the churches, in the national councils, in the courts of justice,
perplexing, deceiving, seducing, everywhere ruining the souls and bodies of men,
women, and children, breaking up families, sowing hatred, emulation, strife, sedition,
murder. And the Christian world seem to regard these things as though God had
appointed them and they must exist.
Satan is continually seeking to overcome the people of God by breaking down
the barriers which separate them from the world. Ancient Israel were enticed into sin
when they ventured into forbidden association with the heathen. In a similar manner
are modern Israel led astray. "The god of this world hath blinded the minds of them
which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of
God, should shine unto them." 2 Corinthians 4:4. All who are not decided followers of
Christ are servants of Satan. In the unregenerate heart there is love of sin and a
disposition to cherish and excuse it. In the renewed heart there is hatred of sin and
determined resistance against it. When Christians choose the society of the ungodly
and unbelieving, they expose themselves to temptation. Satan conceals himself from
view and stealthily draws his deceptive covering over their eyes. They cannot see that
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