Testimonies for the Church Volume 1 - A New You Ministry

unto Him. Said the angel: “If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, JesusChrist the righteous.”When you are under the pressure of mental anxieties, when you are hearkeningto the suggestions of Satan and murmuring and complaining, a ministering angel iscommissioned to bear you the succor you need and put to shame the language ofyour unbelieving mind. You distrust God; you disbelieve in His power to save to theuttermost. You dishonor God by this cruel unbelief and cause yourself much needlesssuffering. I saw heavenly angels surrounding you, driving back the evil angels, andlooking with pity and sorrow upon you, and pointing you to heaven, the crown ofimmortality, saying: “He that would win must fight.”Although you have been in doubt and perplexity, you have not dared to entirelysever the connecting link between yourself and God’s commandment-keeping people.Yet you have not yielded all for the truth’s sake; you have not yielded yourself, yourown will. You fear to lay yourself and all that you have upon the altar of God, lestyou may be required to yield back to Him some portion of that which He has lent you.Heavenly angels are acquainted with our words and actions, and even with the thoughtsand intents of the heart. You, dear brother, fear that the truth will cost you too much,but this is one of Satan’s suggestions. Let it take all that you possess, and it does notcost too much; the value received, if rightly estimated, is an eternal weight of glory.How little is required of us! How small the sacrifice that we can make in comparisonwith that which our divine Lord made for us! And yet a spirit of murmuring comesover you because of the cost of everlasting life. You, as well as others of your brethrenat—–, have had severe conflicts with the great adversary of souls. You have severaltimes nearly yielded the conflict, but the influence of your wife and eldest daughter hasprevailed.544