Testimony Treasures, Volume 2 - Ellen G. White

last trial that God will grant you. Advance not one step in the downward road
to perdition. Wait, and God will help you. Be patient, and the clear light will
appear. If you yield to impressions you will lose your soul, and the soul is of
great value with God.
I have been writing upon the first volume of Great Controversy, and it
makes me feel very solemn as I review these important subjects--creation
and the events from the fall of Satan to the fall of Adam. The Lord seems
very near me as I write, and I am deeply moved as I contemplate this
controversy from the beginning to the present time. The workings of the
powers of darkness are laid clearly before my mind. Most trying times are
before us; and Satan, clad in angel robes, will come to souls with his
temptations as he came to Christ in the wilderness. He will quote Scripture;
and unless our life is hid with Christ in God, he will surely bind our souls in
unbelief.
Time is very short, and all that is to be done must be done quickly. The
angels are holding the four winds, and Satan is taking advantage of everyone
who is not fully established in the truth. Every soul is to be tested. Every
defect in the character, unless it is overcome by the help of God's Spirit, will
become a sure means of destruction. I feel as never before the necessity for
our people to be energized by the spirit of the truth, for Satan's devices will
ensnare every soul who has not made God his strength. The Lord has much
work to be done; and if we do what He has appointed for us to do, He will
work with our efforts.
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