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The Third Angel's Message (1893) - Alonzo T. Jones

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existing, like God. Equal with God. What is that<br />

then but the action in man of that very mind which<br />

in Lucifer in heaven, aspired to be equal with God?<br />

<strong>The</strong> mind that would exalt self to equality with<br />

God. That is the natural mind. That is the mind that<br />

is natural in every man in the world. That is the<br />

mind of Satan. And that is the working of this<br />

natural mind in open, bold heathenism. <strong>The</strong>n does<br />

not every such one need another mind--even the<br />

mind of Jesus Christ, that thought it not a thing to<br />

be seized upon to be equal with God, but emptied<br />

Himself? Wherefore God hath highly exalted Him.<br />

Well, there we have seen the heathen idea<br />

openly, broadly, and rawly, just as it is. Now let us<br />

see what this same thing is, as it stands before the<br />

world, professing to be justified by faith. And that<br />

is as it is manifested in the papacy. For the papacy<br />

is the very incarnation of Satan and this mind of<br />

self. For he "opposeth and exalteth himself above<br />

all that is called God or that is worshipped." And<br />

all this under the name and form of Christianity; all<br />

this as a counterfeit of the truth.<br />

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