Mind, Character and Personality, Volume 1 - Ellen G. White

mind’s eye. We must not look at that.... What then
are we to do? What is our work? To “behold what
manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us”
(1 John 3:1).—MS 7, 1888.
The Artful Insinuation Versus the Open,
Bold Attack.—If Satan were to make an open and
bold attack upon Christianity, it would bring the
Christian at once to the feet of his Mighty
Deliverer, who alone could put the adversary to
flight. He does not generally do this. He is artful
and knows that the most effectual way for him to
accomplish his designs is to come to poor, fallen
man in the form of an angel of light. In this
disguise he works upon the mind to allure from the
safe and right path. He has ever been ambitious to
counterfeit the work of Christ and establish his
own power and claims. He leads deceived mortals
to account for the works and miracles of Christ
upon scientific principles; he makes them appear as
the result of human skill and power. In many minds
he will thus eventually destroy all true faith in
Christ as the Messiah, the Son of God.—The Signs
of the Times, November 6, 1884.
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