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intend that we shall understand. It was thus that Lucifer lost his place in heaven. He
became dissatisfied because all the secrets of God's purposes were not confided to him,
and he entirely disregarded that which was revealed concerning his own work in the
lofty position assigned him. By arousing the same discontent in the angels under his
command, he caused their fall. Now he seeks to imbue the minds of men with the
same spirit and to lead them also to disregard the direct commands of God.
Those who are unwilling to accept the plain, cutting truths of the Bible are
continually seeking for pleasing fables that will quiet the conscience. The less
spiritual, self-denying, and humiliating the doctrines presented, the greater the favor
with which they are received. These persons degrade the intellectual powers to serve
their carnal desires. Too wise in their own conceit to search the Scriptures with
contrition of soul and earnest prayer for divine guidance, they have no shield from
delusion. Satan is ready to supply the heart's desire, and he palms off his deceptions
in the place of truth. It was thus that the papacy gained its power over the minds of
men; and by rejection of the truth because it involves a cross, Protestants are following
the same path. All who neglect the word of God to study convenience and policy, that
they may not be at variance with the world, will be left to receive damnable heresy
for religious truth.
Every conceivable form of error will be accepted by those who willfully reject the
truth. He who looks with horror upon one deception will readily receive another. The
apostle Paul, speaking of a class who "received not the love of the truth, that they
might be saved," declares: "For this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that
they should believe a lie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth,
but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12. With such a warning
before us it behooves us to be on our guard as to what doctrines we receive. Among
the most successful agencies of the great deceiver are the delusive teachings and lying
wonders of spiritualism. Disguised as an angel of light, he spreads his nets where
least suspected. If men would but study the Book of God with earnest prayer that they
might understand it, they would not be left in darkness to receive false doctrines. But
as they reject the truth they fall a prey to deception.
Another dangerous error is the doctrine that denies the deity of Christ, claiming
that He had no existence before His advent to this world. This theory is received with
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