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Testimonies for the Church, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

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hope now is to sincerely repent of your past<br />

transgressions of God's law and purify your soul by<br />

obeying <strong>the</strong> truth. Cultivate purity of thought and<br />

purity of life. The grace of God will be your<br />

strength to restrain your passions and curb your<br />

appetites. Earnest prayer and watching <strong>the</strong>reunto<br />

will bring <strong>the</strong> Holy Spirit to your aid to perfect <strong>the</strong><br />

work and make you like your unerring Pattern.<br />

If you choose to throw off <strong>the</strong> sacred,<br />

restraining influence of <strong>the</strong> truth, Satan will lead<br />

you captive at his will. You will be in danger of<br />

giving scope to your appetites and passions, giving<br />

loose rein to lusts, to evil and abominable desires.<br />

Instead of bearing in your countenance a calm<br />

serenity under trial and affliction, like faithful<br />

Enoch, having your face radiant with hope and that<br />

peace which passeth understanding, you will stamp<br />

your countenance with carnal thoughts, with lustful<br />

desires. You will bear <strong>the</strong> impress of <strong>the</strong> satanic<br />

instead of <strong>the</strong> divine.<br />

"Whereby are given unto us exceeding great<br />

and precious promises: that by <strong>the</strong>se ye might be<br />

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