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Victory Over Every Foe, June 15
By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of
righteousness on the right hand and on the left.
2 Corinthians 6:7
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Through the ages of moral darkness, through centuries of strife and
persecution, the church of Christ has been as a city set on a hill. From
age to age, through successive generations to the present time, the pure
doctrines of the Bible have been unfolding within her borders. The church
of Christ, enfeebled and defective though she may appear, is the one
object on earth on which He bestows in a special sense His love and
regard. The church is the theater of His grace, in which He delights to
make experiments of mercy on human hearts.
The church is God’s fortress, His city of refuge, which He holds in a
revolted world. Any betrayal of her sacred trust is treachery to Him who
has bought her with the precious blood of His only begotten Son. All
down through the history of the world, faithful souls have constituted the
church on earth....
Today, as in the past, all heaven is watching to see the church develop
in the true science of salvation.... Christ calls upon us to enter the narrow
pathway, where every step means a denial of self. He calls upon us to stand
upon the platform of eternal truth, and contend, yes, contend earnestly,
for the faith once delivered to the saints....
As we near the time ... when Satan’s deceptive power will be so great
that, if it were possible, he would deceive the very elect, our discernment
must be sharpened by divine enlightenment, that we may not be ignorant
of Satan’s devices. The whole treasury of heaven is at our command in
the work of preparing the way of the Lord.
It is God’s design that His church shall ever advance in purity and
knowledge, from light to light, from glory to glory.
Our hope is not in man, but in the living God. With full assurance of
faith, we may expect that He will unite His omnipotence with the efforts
of human instrumentalities, for the glory of His name. Clad with the
armor of His righteousness, we may gain the victory over every foe.
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