Devotionals Book Two

February 21

Beware of Satan's Agents

Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from

the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils. 1 Timothy 4:1.

After the passing of the time in 1844, we had fanaticism of every kind to meet....

The experience of the past will be repeated. In the future Satan's superstitions will

assume new forms. Errors will be presented in a pleasing and flattering manner.

False theories, clothed with garments of light, will be presented to God's people.

Thus Satan will try to deceive, if possible, the very elect. Most seducing influences

will be exerted; minds will be hypnotized.

Corruptions of every type, similar to those existing among the antediluvians,

will be brought in to take minds captive. The exaltation of nature as God, the

unrestrained license of the human will, the counsel of the ungodly—these Satan

uses as his agencies to bring about certain ends. He will employ the power of mind

over mind to carry out his designs. The most sorrowful thought of all is that under

his deceptive influence men will have a form of godliness, without having a real

connection with God. Like Adam and Eve, who ate the fruit from the tree of the

knowledge of good and evil, many are even now feeding upon the deceptive morsels

of error.

Satanic agencies are clothing false theories in an attractive garb, even as Satan in

the Garden of Eden concealed his identity from our first parents by speaking through

the serpent. These agencies are instilling into human minds that which in reality is

deadly error. The hypnotic influence of Satan will rest upon those who turn from

the plain word of God to pleasing fables.

It is those who have had the most light that Satan most assiduously seeks to

ensnare. He knows that if he can deceive them, they will, under his control, clothe

sin with garments of righteousness, and lead many astray.

I say to all: Be on your guard; for as an angel of light Satan is walking in every

assembly of Christian workers, and in every church, trying to win the members to

his side. I am bidden to give to the people of God the warning: "Be not deceived;

God is not mocked." Galatians 6:7.