Signs of the Times, Book 1 - Ellen G. White

saved. And for this cause, God shall send them strong delusion, that they
should believe a lie, that they all might be damned who believed not the
truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness."
There was a present truth--a truth at that time of special importance--in
the days of Christ, of Paul, of Luther; there is a present truth for the church
today. But truth is no more desired by the men of today than it was by the
Jews in the time of Christ, or by papists in the days of Luther. Therefore
Satan, working now with tenfold greater power, succeeds as of old in
blinding the eyes of men and darkening their understanding.
As those who now labor in the cause of reform, experience conflicts and
trials, as they find their path hedged in by difficulties, and obstructed by the
rubbish of error, let them remember that they are traveling the same road that
prophets, apostles, and reformers of every age have traveled before them.
Christ himself trod a more thorny path than any of his followers. They may
comfort themselves with the thought that they are in good company. One
mightier than Satan is their leader, and he will give them strength to be
steadfast in the faith, and will bring them off victorious.
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