Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Chap. 61 - Philosophy and Vain DeceitI have been shown that we must be guarded on every side and perseveringly resistthe insinuations and devices of Satan. He has transformed himself into an angel oflight and is deceiving thousands and leading them captive. The advantage he takesof the science of the human mind, is tremendous. Here, serpentlike, he imperceptiblycreeps in to corrupt the work of God. The miracles and works of Christ he wouldmake appear as the result of human skill and power. If he should make an open,bold attack upon Christianity, it would bring the Christian in distress and agony tothe feet of his Redeemer, and his strong and mighty Deliverer would put the boldadversary to flight. He therefore transforms himself into an angel of light and worksupon the mind to allure from the only safe and right path. The sciences of phrenology,psychology, and mesmerism are the channel through which he comes more directly tothis generation and works with that power which is to characterize his efforts near theclose of probation.Read 2 Thessalonians 2:8-12: “And then shall that wicked be revealed, whom theLord shall consume with the spirit of His mouth, and shall destroy with the brightnessof His coming: even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all powerand signs and lying wonders, and with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in themthat perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe alie: that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure inunrighteousness.”Satan has come unperceived through these sciences and has poisoned the minds ofthousands and led them to infidelity. He is well pleased to have the knowledge of thesesciences widespread. It is a plan which he himself has laid290