July 10, 2020
FROM YOUR PASTOR’S DESK:
SATAN’S SHADOWS DISAPPEAR IN GOD’S LIGHT
“Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.”
Dan. 12:10, Authorized version.
“Bear in mind that the time will never come when the shadow of Satan will not be cast athwart our pathway to obstruct our faith and eclipse the light coming from the Sun of Righteousness [Mal.4:2]. Our faith must not stagger, CLEAVE through that SHADOW. We have and experience that is not to be buried in the DARKNESS OF DOUBT. Our faith is not on FEELING but in TRUTH. None us need flatter ourselves that while the world is progressing in wickedness we shall have no difficulties.
“It is these VERY DIFFICULTIES that bring us to the audience chamber of the Most High, to seek counsel of the One who is infinite in wisdom….. If we had no perplexities, no trials, we would become SELF-SUFFICIENT and lifted up in ourselves. The TRUE saints will be purified, and made white, and tried….
“There is but one power that can bring us into conformity to the likeness of Christ, that can make us steadfast, and keep us constant. It is the GRACE if Christ that comes to us through OBEDIENCE to the law of God which is the transcript of the divine character.” EGW Notebook Leaflets, p. 59.
Obedience changes darkness into light. Darkness symbolizes sin; light, righteousness. Are we walking in Satan’s dark shadows? Or in God’s light of truth and righteousness? NMF