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Christ Triumphant - A Devotional by E.G. White

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Today's Text: Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. Matthew 11:29

The Message:      The great controversy between the Prince of light and the prince of darkness has not abated one jot or tittle of its fierceness as time has gone on. The stern conflict between light and darkness, between error and truth, is deepening in its intensity. The synagogue of Satan is intensely active, and in this age the deceiving power of the enemy is working in the most subtle way. Every human mind that is not surrendered to God, and is not under the control of the Spirit of God, will be perverted through satanic agencies.      The enemy is working continually to supplant Jesus Christ in the human heart, and to place his attributes in the human character in the place of the attributes of God. He brings his strong delusions to bear upon the human mind in order that he may have a controlling power. He seeks to obliterate the truth and abolish the true pattern of goodness and righteousness, in order that the professed Christian world shall be swept to perdition through separation from God. He is working in order that selfishness shall become worldwide, and thus make of no effect the mission and work of Christ.      Christ came to the world to bring back the character of God to humankind, and to retrace on the human soul the divine image. Through His entire life Christ sought by continuous, laborious efforts to call the world's attention to God and to His holy requirements in order that people might be imbued with the Spirit of God, might be actuated by love, and might reveal in life and character the divine attributes....      In the character of Christ majesty and humility were blended. Temperance and self-denial were seen in every act of His life. But there was no taint of bigotry, no cold austerity manifested in His manner to lessen His influence over those with whom He came in contact. The world's Redeemer had a greater-than-angelic nature, yet united with His divine majesty were meekness and humility that attracted all to Himself....      Christ, our Redeemer, comprehended all the necessities of humanity. He formulated the mighty plans by which the fallen race is to be uplifted from the degradation of sin. In every circumstance, however trivial, He represented the Father. Though upholding the world by the word of His power, yet He would stoop to relieve a wounded bird.-Manuscript 39, 1894.

Commentary: My friend, it is Satan's aim to separate us from the One who can redeem us; to corrupt the impress of God with his attributes, and to deceive as many as possible into worshiping him.  In the Christian world he has been widely successful.  By the introduction of the trinity, he has deceived them into worshiping an altogether different God; one that has the outward appearance of God, but at its core is not.  Through this great deception he has led all, even the Seventh-day Adventist Church into worshiping a false god. The trinity is a misrepresentation of God and in essence destroys the gospel by denying the Father and the Son, and leads the believer to rely upon another mediator for their salvation.  By claiming that the Son is co-eternal with the Father, it destroys the father-son relationship, for if the Son had no beginning then how could He be a son, and if the Son is not really a son, then how can the Father truly be a father.  This belief makes God out to be a liar for He said "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." (Matthew 3:17). The foundation of the gospel is that God sent His Son for the redemption of the fallen race of man.  If the Son was not really a son, then how could He send His Son?  The Apostle John says "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: (but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also." (1 John 2:22).  The spirit of the trinity is the spirit of antichrist. My friend, our salvation depends upon our connection to God through His Son Jesus Christ.  If we are worshiping the trinity we are not connected with God, but with the archdeceiver.  The Bible says And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." (John 17:1-3).  If we are to have the impress of the Father in our lives, we must have the Son of God living within our hearts, for it is by His Spirit that we are redeemed, not the spirit of another.  "For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;" (1 Timothy 2:5). May your eyes be opened to the deception of the trinity, that you may look unto Jesus, the true Son of God, today. God bless,

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