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Angels Involved in Times of Temptation

Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

Angels Involved in Times of Temptation
Today's Text:
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways. They shall bear thee up in their hands, lest thou dash thy foot against a stone. Psalm 91:11, 12
The Message:

     It is expressly stated that Satan works in the children of disobedience, not merely having access to their minds, but working through their influence, conscious and unconscious, to draw others into the same disobedience. If evil angels have such power over human beings in their disobedience, how much greater power the good angels have over those who are striving to be obedient. When we put our trust in Jesus Christ, working obedience unto righteousness, angels of God work in our hearts unto righteousness....

     Angels came and ministered to our Lord in the wilderness of temptation. Heavenly angels were with Him during all the period in which He was exposed to the assaults of satanic agencies. These assaults were more severe than any of us have ever passed through. Everything was at stake in behalf of the human family. In this conflict Christ did not frame His words even. He depended upon "It is written." In this conflict the humanity of Christ was taxed as none of us will ever know.

     The Prince of life and the prince of darkness met in terrible conflict, but Satan was unable to gain the least advantage in word or in action. These were real temptations, no pretense. Christ "suffered being tempted." Angels of heaven were on the scene on that occasion, and kept the standard uplifted, that Satan could not exceed his bounds and overpower the human nature of Christ. In the last temptation Satan presented to Christ the prospect of gaining the whole world with all its glory if He would only worship him who claimed to be sent of God. Christ must then issue His command. He must then exercise authority above all satanic agencies.

     Divinity flashed through humanity, and Satan was peremptorily repulsed. "Get thee hence, Satan," Christ said.... It was enough. Satan could go no further. Angels ministered to the Saviour. Angels brought Him food. The severity of this conflict no human mind can compass. The welfare of the whole human family and of Christ Himself was at stake. One admission from Christ, one word of concession, and the world would be claimed by Satan as his; and he, the prince of the power of darkness would, he supposed, commence his rule. There appeared unto Christ an angel from heaven, for the conflict ended. Human power was ready to fail. But all heaven sang the song of eternal victory.-Letter 116, 1899 (Selected Messages 1:94, 95).
Commentary:
My friend, the victory that was won in the wilderness is offered to all that desire to overcome sin here on this earth.  Christ's victory can be our victory if we would submit our hearts and minds over to Jesus Christ.  The only power that can give us the victory over sin in this life is the Spirit of Christ living within is, that His great accomplishment may be manifested in our lives today.

Satan well knows that even the weakest sinner connected to the Son of God will be victorious over all of his temptations, therefore the only way that he can overcome us is to separate us from the Son of God.  By leading the followers of Christ to look unto the trinity, he has artfully separated them from the only power that can give them the victory over sin.  By supplanting the Son of God for God the Son, Satan has separated us from the power of God.

While the counterfeit being called God the Son may look like the Son of God it is not.  The authority by which the Son of God overcame sin in the flesh is by the power of His Father living within Him.  His authority stems from the fact that He is the Son of God and as such His authority rests in His Father.  The trinity places the authority of the Son first because it teaches that the Son is God unto himself.  In misrepresenting Christ in this way he has disconnected us from the power of the Father, the only power that can overcome him.

My friend, unless we are connected to the true Son of God we cannot overcome sin in this life.  The Son of God must be fully manifested in our lives that we may gain the victory over sin and stand without fault before God.  Satan endeavors to supplant the image of God in us with a false image of his own making.

Now is the time to look away from the deception of the trinity and embrace the One true God of the Bible through His Son Jesus Christ today.

God bless,
Video of the Week

The Jealous God - Allen Stump
The Jealous God - Allen Stump

This presentation reveals that God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is a jealous God. "The close and sacred relation of God to His people is represented under the figure of marriage. Idolatry being spiritual adultery, the displeasure of God against it is fitly called jealousy" (Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 306). In this study we see how the Bible reveals that God will not accept false worship.

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