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30 - Enmity Between Man and Satan - The Great Controversy · Philosophy and Faith

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  Speaker 1: Chapter thirty enmity between man and Satan. I will put
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  Speaker 1: enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
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  Speaker 1: and her seed. It shall bruise thy head, and thou
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  Speaker 1: shalt bruise his heel. The divine sentence pronounced against Satan
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  Speaker 1: after the fall of Man was also a prophecy, embracing
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  Speaker 1: all the ages to the close of time and foreshadowing
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  Speaker 1: the great conflict to engage all the races of men
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  Speaker 1: who should live upon the earth, God declares, I will
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  Speaker 1: put enmity. This enmity is not naturally entertained. When man
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  Speaker 1: transgressed the divine law, his nature became evil, and he
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  Speaker 1: was in harmony and not at variance with Satan. There
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  Speaker 1: exists naturally no enmity between sinful man and the originator
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  Speaker 1: of sin. Both became evil through apostasy. The apostate is
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  Speaker 1: never at rest, except as he obtained sympathy and support
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  Speaker 1: by inducing others to follow his exams. For this reason,
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  Speaker 1: fallen angels and wicked men unite in desperate companionship. Had
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  Speaker 1: not God specially interposed, Satan and man would have entered
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  Speaker 1: into an alliance against Heaven, and instead of cherishing enmity,
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  Speaker 1: against Satan, the whole human family would have been united
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  Speaker 1: in opposition to God. Satan tempted man to sin, as
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  Speaker 1: he had caused angels to rebel, that he might thus
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  Speaker 1: secure co operation in his warfare against Heaven. There was
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  Speaker 1: no dissension between himself and the fallen angels as regards
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  Speaker 1: their hatred of Christ, while on all other points there
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  Speaker 1: was discord. They were firmly united in opposing the authority
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  Speaker 1: of the ruler of the universe. But when Satan heard
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  Speaker 1: the declaration that enmity should exist between himself and the
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  Speaker 1: woman and between his seed and her seed, he knew
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  Speaker 1: that his efforts to deprave human nature would be interrupted,
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  Speaker 1: that by some means, man was to be enabled to
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  Speaker 1: resist his power. Wan's enmity against the human race is
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  Speaker 1: kindled because through Christ, they are the objects of God's
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  Speaker 1: love and mercy. He desires to thwart the divine plan
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  Speaker 1: for man's redemption, to cast dishonor upon God. By defacing
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  Speaker 1: and defiling his handiwork. He would cause grief in Heaven
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  Speaker 1: and fill the earth with woe and desolation. And he
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  Speaker 1: points to all this evil as the result of God's
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  Speaker 1: work in creating man. It is the grace that Christ
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  Speaker 1: implants in the soul, which creates in man enmity against Satan.
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  Speaker 1: Without this converting grace and renewing power, man would continue
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  Speaker 1: the captive of Satan, a servant ever ready to do
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  Speaker 1: his bidding. But the new principle in the soul creates
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  Speaker 1: conflict where hitherto had been peace. The power which Christ
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  Speaker 1: imparts enables man to resist the tyrant and usurper. Whoever
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  Speaker 1: is seen to abhorse in instead of loving it. Whoever
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  Speaker 1: resists and conquers those passions that have held sway within,
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  Speaker 1: displays the operation of principle wholly from above. The antagonism
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  Speaker 1: that exists between the spirit of Christ and the spirit
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  Speaker 1: of Satan was most strikingly displayed in the world's reception
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  Speaker 1: of Jesus. It was not so much because he appeared
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  Speaker 1: without worldly wealth, pomp, or grandeur that the Jews were
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  Speaker 1: led to reject him. They saw that he possessed power
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  Speaker 1: which would more than compensate for the lack of these
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  Speaker 1: outward advantages. But the purity and holiness of Christ called
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  Speaker 1: forth against him the hatred of the ungodly. His life
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  Speaker 1: of self denial and sinless devotion was a perpetual reproof
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  Speaker 1: to a proud, sensual people. It was this that evoked
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  Speaker 1: enmity against the Son of God. Satan and evil angels
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  Speaker 1: joined with evil men, all the energies of apostasy conspired
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  Speaker 1: against the champion of Truth. The same enmity as manifested
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  Speaker 1: toward Christ's followers as was manifested toward their master. Whoever
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  Speaker 1: sees the repulsive character of sin, and who strength from
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  Speaker 1: above resists temptation, will assuredly arouse the wrath of Satan
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  Speaker 1: and his subjects. Hatred of the pure principles of truth
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  Speaker 1: and reproach, and persecution of its advocates will exist as
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  Speaker 1: long as sin and sinners remain. The followers of Christ
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  Speaker 1: and the servants of Satan cannot harmonize. The offense of
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  Speaker 1: the Cross has not ceased. All that will live godly
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  Speaker 1: in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Satan's agents are constantly
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  Speaker 1: working under his direction to establish his authority and build
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  Speaker 1: up his kingdom in opposition to the government of God.
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  Speaker 1: To this end, they seek to deceive Christ's followers and
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  Speaker 1: allure them from their allegiance. Like their leader, they misconstrue
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  Speaker 1: and pervert the scriptures to accomplish their object. As Satan
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  Speaker 1: endeavored to cast reproach upon God, so do his agents
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  Speaker 1: seek to malign God's people. The spirit which put Christ
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  Speaker 1: to death moves so wicked to destroy his follower. All
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  Speaker 1: this is foreshadowed in that first prophecy. I will put
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  Speaker 1: enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed
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  Speaker 1: and her seed, and this will continue to the close
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  Speaker 1: of time. Satan summons all his forces and throws his
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  Speaker 1: whole power into the combat. Why is it that he
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  Speaker 1: meets with no greater resistance? Why are the soldiers of
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  Speaker 1: Christ so sleepy and indifferent because they have so little
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  Speaker 1: real connection with Christ, Because they are so destitute of
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  Speaker 1: His spirit. Sin is not to them repulsive and abhorrent
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  Speaker 1: as it was to their master. They do not meet
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  Speaker 1: it as did Christ, with decisive and determined resistance. They
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  Speaker 1: do not realize the exceeding evil and malignity of Sin,
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  Speaker 1: and they are blinded both to the character and the
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  Speaker 1: power of the Prince of darkness. There is little enmity
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  Speaker 1: against Satan and his works because there is so great
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  Speaker 1: ignorance concerning his power and malice, and the vast extent
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  Speaker 1: of his warfare against Christ. And his church. Multitudes are
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  Speaker 1: deluded here. They do not know that their enemy is
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  Speaker 1: a mighty general who controls the minds of evil angels,
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  Speaker 1: and that, with well matured plans and skillful movements, he
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  Speaker 1: is warring against Christ to prevent the salvation of souls.
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  Speaker 1: Among professed Christians, and even among ministers of the Gospel,
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  Speaker 1: there is heard scarcely a reference to Satan, except perhaps
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  Speaker 1: an incidental mention in the pulpit. They overlook the evidences
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  Speaker 1: of his continual activity and success. They neglect the many
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  Speaker 1: warnings of his subtlety. They seem to ignore his very existence.
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  Speaker 1: While men are ignorant of his devices, this vigilant foe
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  Speaker 1: is upon their track every moment. He is intruding, his
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  Speaker 1: presence in every department of the household, in every street
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  Speaker 1: of our cities, in the churches, in the national councils,
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  Speaker 1: in the courts of justice, perplexing, deceiving, seducing everywhere, ruining
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  Speaker 1: the souls and bodies of men, women and children, breaking
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  Speaker 1: up families, sowing hatred, emulation, strife, sedition, murder. And the
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  Speaker 1: Christian world seem to regard these things as though God
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  Speaker 1: had appointed them and they must exist Satan is continually
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  Speaker 1: seeking to overcome the people of God by breaking down
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  Speaker 1: the barriers which separate them from the world. Ancient Israel
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  Speaker 1: were enticed into sin when they ventured into forbidden association
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  Speaker 1: with the Heathen. In a similar manner, are modern Israel
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  Speaker 1: let astray. The God of this world hath blinded the
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  Speaker 1: minds of them which believe not, lest the light of
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  Speaker 1: the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God,
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  Speaker 1: should shine unto them. All who are not decided followers
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  Speaker 1: of Christ are servants of Satan. In the unregenerate heart,
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  Speaker 1: there is love of sin and a disposition to cherish
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  Speaker 1: and excuse it. In the renewed heart, there is hatred
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  Speaker 1: of sin and determined resistance against it. When Christians choose
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  Speaker 1: the society of the ungodly and unbelieving, they expose themselves
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  Speaker 1: to temptation. Satan conceals himself from view and stealthily draws
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  Speaker 1: his deceptive covering over their eyes. They cannot see that
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  Speaker 1: such company is calculated to do them harm, and while
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  Speaker 1: all the time assimilating to the world in character, words,
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  Speaker 1: and actions, they are becoming more and more blinded conformity
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  Speaker 1: to worldly customs. Converts the Church to the world, It
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  Speaker 1: never converts the world to Christ. Familiarity with sin will
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  Speaker 1: inevitably cause it to appear less repulsive. He who chooses
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  Speaker 1: to associate with the servants of Satan will soon cease
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  Speaker 1: to fear their master. When in the way of duty
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  Speaker 1: we are brought into trial, as was Daniel in the
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  Speaker 1: King's court. We may be sure that God will protect us,
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  Speaker 1: but if we place ourselves under temptation, we shall fall
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  Speaker 1: sooner or later. The tempter often works most successfully through
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  Speaker 1: those who are least suspected of being under his control.
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  Speaker 1: The possessors of ten talent and education are admired and honored,
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  Speaker 1: as if these qualities could atone for the absence of
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  Speaker 1: the fear of God or entitlement to his favor. Talent
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  Speaker 1: and culture considered in themselves are gifts of God. But
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  Speaker 1: when these are made to supply the place of piety,
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  Speaker 1: when instead of bringing the soul nearer to God, they
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  Speaker 1: lead away from Him, then they become a curse and
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  Speaker 1: a snare. The opinion prevails with many that all which
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  Speaker 1: appears like courtesy or refinement must in some sense pertain
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  Speaker 1: to Christ. Never was there a greater mistake these qualities
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  Speaker 1: should grace the character of every Christian, for they would
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  Speaker 1: exert a powerful influence in favor of true religion. But
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  Speaker 1: they must be consecrated to God, or they also are
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  Speaker 1: a power for evil. Many a man of cultured intellect
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  Speaker 1: and pleasant manners, who would not stoop to what is
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  Speaker 1: commonly regarded as an immoral act, is but a polished
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  Speaker 1: instrument in the hands of Satan. The insidious, deceptive character
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  Speaker 1: of his influence and example renders him a more dangerous
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  Speaker 1: enemy to the cause of Christ than are those who
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  Speaker 1: are ignorant and uncultured. By earnest prayer and dependence upon God,
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  Speaker 1: Solomon obtained the wisdom which excited the wonder and admiration
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  Speaker 1: of the world. But when he turned from the source
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  Speaker 1: of his strength and went forward relying upon himself, he
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  Speaker 1: fell a prey to temptation. Then the marvelous powers bestowed
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  Speaker 1: on this wisest of kings only rendered him a more
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  Speaker 1: effective agent of the adversary of souls. While Satan is
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  Speaker 1: constantly seeking to blind their minds to the fact, let
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  Speaker 1: Christians never forget that they wrestle not against flesh and blood,
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  Speaker 1: but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the
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  Speaker 1: darkness of this world against wicked spirits in high places.
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  Speaker 1: The inspired warning is sounding down the centuries to our time.
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  Speaker 1: Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, the Devil, as
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  Speaker 1: a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour
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  Speaker 1: on the whole armor of God, that ye may be
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  Speaker 1: able to stand against the wiles of the devil. From
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  Speaker 1: the days of Adam to our own time, our great
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  Speaker 1: enemy has been exercising his power to oppress and destroy.
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  Speaker 1: He is now preparing for his last campaign against the Church.
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  Speaker 1: All who seek to follow Jesus will be brought into
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  Speaker 1: conflict with this relentless foe. The more nearly the Christian
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  Speaker 1: imitates the divine pattern, the more surely will he make
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  Speaker 1: himself a mark for the attacks of Satan. All who
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  Speaker 1: are actively engaged in the cause of God, seeking to
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  Speaker 1: unveil the deceptions of the evil One and to present
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  Speaker 1: Christ before the people, will be able to join in
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  Speaker 1: the testimony of Paul, in which he speaks of serving
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  Speaker 1: the Lord with all humility of mind. With many tears
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  Speaker 1: and temptations, Satan assailed Christ with his fiercest and most
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  Speaker 1: subtle temptations, but he was repulsed in every conflict. Those
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  Speaker 1: battles were fought in our behalf. Those victories make it
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  Speaker 1: possible for us to conquer. Christ will give strength to
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  Speaker 1: all who seek it. No man without his own consent
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  Speaker 1: can be overcome by Satan. The tempter has no power
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  Speaker 1: to control the will or to force the soul to sin.
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  Speaker 1: He may distress, but he cannot contaminate. He can cause agony,
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  Speaker 1: but not defilement. The fact that Christ has conquered should
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  Speaker 1: inspire his followers with courage to fight manfully the battle
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  Speaker 1: against sin and Satan. End of Chapter thirty