Mind, Character, and Personality Vol. 2 - Second Advent Revival

Satan Rules the Will That's Not Under God's Control. --Christ declared, "I came
... not to do My own will, but the will of Him that sent Me" (John 6:38). His will was put
into active exercise to save the souls of men. His human will was nourished by the
divine. His servants today would do well to ask themselves, "What kind of will am I
individually cultivating? Have I been gratifying my own desires, confirming myself in
selfishness and obstinacy?" If we are doing this, we are in great peril, for Satan will
always rule the will that is not under the control of the Spirit of God. When we place our
will in unison with the will of God, the holy obedience that was exemplified in the life of
Christ will be seen in our lives. --MS 48, 1899. (HC 107.)
693 {2MCP 692.4}
The Will to Be Directed by a Pure Conscience.--Inward peace and a conscience
void of offense toward God will quicken and invigorate the intellect like dew distilled
upon the tender plants. The will is then rightly directed and controlled, and is more
decided, and yet free from perverseness.--2T 327 (1869). {2MCP 693.1}
The Will Determines Life or Death.--Eternity alone can reveal the glorious destiny
to which man, restored to God's image, may attain. In order for us to reach this high
ideal, that which causes the soul to stumble must be sacrificed. It is through the will that
sin retains its hold upon us. The surrender of the will is represented as plucking out the
eye or cutting off the hand. Often it seems to us that to surrender the will to God is to
consent to go through life maimed or crippled.... {2MCP 693.2}
God is the fountain of life, and we can have life only as we are in communion with
Him.... If you cling to self, refusing to yield your will to God, you are choosing death....
{2MCP 693.3}
It will require a sacrifice to give yourself to God; but it is a sacrifice of the lower for
the higher, the earthly for the spiritual, the perishable for the eternal. God does not
design that our will should be destroyed, for it is only through its exercise that we can
accomplish what He would have us do. Our will is to be yielded to Him that we may
receive it again, purified and refined, and so linked in sympathy with the Divine that He
can pour through us the tides of His love and power.--MB 61, 62 (1896). {2MCP 693.4}
To Understand True Force of Will (counsel to an unstable young man).--You will
be in constant peril until you understand the true force of the will. You may believe and
promise all things, but your promises or your faith are of no value until you put your will
on the side of faith and action. If you fight the fight of faith with all your willpower, you
will conquer. Your feelings, your impressions, your emotions, are not to be trusted, for
they are not reliable.--5T 513 (1889).
694 {2MCP 693.5}
You Can Control Will.--But you need not despair.... It is for you to yield up your will
to the will of Jesus Christ, and as you do this God will immediately take possession and
work in you to will and to do of His good pleasure. Your whole nature will then be
brought under the control of the Spirit of Christ, and even your thoughts will be subject