Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

Satan, is to discern between pure Bible truth and fables. As they acknowledge theclaims of truth, they place themselves where they can be helped. They should entreatthose who have had a religious experience, and who have faith in the promises of God,to plead with the mighty Deliverer in their behalf. It will be a close conflict. Satanwill reinforce his evil angels who have controlled these persons; but if the saints ofGod with deep humility fast and pray, their prayers will prevail. Jesus will commissionholy angels to resist Satan, and he will be driven back and his power broken from offthe afflicted ones. Mark 9:29: “And He said unto them, This kind can come forth bynothing, but by prayer and fasting.”The popular ministry cannot successfully resist spiritualism. They have nothingwherewith to shield their flocks from its baleful influence. Much of the sad result ofspiritualism will rest upon ministers of this age; for they have trampled the truth undertheir feet, and in its stead have preferred fables. The sermon which Satan preached toEve upon the immortality of the soul—“Ye shall not surely die”—they have reiteratedfrom the pulpit; and the people receive it as pure Bible truth. It is the foundationof spiritualism. The word of God nowhere teaches that the soul of man is immortal.Immortality is an attribute of God only. 1 Timothy 6:16: “Who only hath immortality,dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, norcan see: to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.”God’s word, rightly understood and applied, is a safeguard against spiritualism.An eternally burning hell preached from the pulpit, and kept before the people, doesinjustice to the benevolent character of God. It presents Him as the veriest tyrant in theuniverse. This widespread dogma has turned thousands to universalism, infidelity, and344