The Trouble Ahead
Oppressors Will Be Permitted to Triumph for a Time—With pity and compassion, with tender yearning, the Lord is looking upon His tempted and tried people. For a time the oppressors will be permitted to triumph over those who know God's holy commandments. All are given the same opportunity that was granted to the first great rebel to demonstrate the spirit that moves them to action. It is God's purpose that everyone shall be tested and proved, to see whether he will be loyal or disloyal to the laws which govern the kingdom of heaven. To the last God permits Satan to reveal his character as a liar, an accuser, and a murderer. Thus the final triumph of His people is made more marked, more glorious, more full and complete....
3SM 414.2
The people of God should be wide awake, not trusting in their own wisdom, but wholly in the wisdom of their Leader. They should set aside days for fasting and prayer....
3SM 414.3
We Are Nearing the Crisis—We are nearing the most important crisis that has ever come upon the world. If we are not wide awake and watching, it will steal upon us as a thief. Satan is preparing to work through his human agencies in secrecy....
3SM 414.4
We must know the reasons of our faith. The importance and solemnity of the scenes opening before us demand this, and on no account must the spirit of complaining be encouraged....
3SM 415.1
We may have to plead most earnestly before legislative councils for the right to exercise independent judgment, to worship God according to the dictates of our conscience. Thus in His providence God has designed that the claims of His holy law shall be brought before men in the highest authority. But as we do all we can as men and women who are not ignorant of Satan's devices, we are to manifest no bitterness of feeling. Constantly we are to offer prayer for divine aid. It is God alone who can hold the four winds until the angels shall seal the servants of God in their foreheads.
3SM 415.2
Satan's Determined Efforts—The Lord will do a great work in the earth. Satan makes a determined effort to divide and scatter His people. He brings up side issues to divert minds from the important subjects which should engage our attention....
3SM 415.3
Many are holding the truth only with the tips of their fingers. They have had great light and many privileges. Like Capernaum they have been exalted to heaven in this respect. In the time of test and trial that is approaching, they will become apostates unless they put away their pride and self-confidence, unless they have an entire transformation of character.—Letter 5, 1883.
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Selected Messages Book 3
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Lawsuits","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0157_eng_m_chapter_37_seventh_day_adventists_and_lawsuits_100_2881.mp3#duration=862&size=7011435"},{"para_id":"100.1833","title":"Chapter 38\u2014Science and Revelation","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0164_eng_m_chapter_38_science_and_revelation_100_1833.mp3#duration=876&size=7124130"},{"para_id":"100.1872","title":"Chapter 39\u2014Questions About the Saved","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0167_eng_m_chapter_39_questions_about_the_saved_100_1872.mp3#duration=444&size=3667420"},{"para_id":"100.1897","title":"Chapter 40\u2014The Question of the Date Line","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0170_eng_m_chapter_40_the_question_of_the_date_line_100_1897.mp3#duration=299&size=2507964"},{"para_id":"100.1915","title":"Chapter 41\u2014Memorials, Are They Proper?","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0173_eng_m_chapter_41_memorials_are_they_proper_100_1915.mp3#duration=165&size=1431158"},{"para_id":"100.1924","title":"Chapter 42\u2014Renting Our Churches to Other Denominations","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0176_eng_m_chapter_42_renting_our_churches_to_other_denominations_100_1924.mp3#duration=115&size=1035626"},{"para_id":"100.1934","title":"Chapter 43\u2014Feelings of Despondency","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0177_eng_m_chapter_43_feelings_of_despondency_100_1934.mp3#duration=476&size=3923468"},{"para_id":"100.1959","title":"Chapter 44\u2014Specific Light on Gardening","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0181_eng_m_chapter_44_specific_light_on_gardening_100_1959.mp3#duration=175&size=1513855"},{"para_id":"100.1970","title":"Chapter 45\u2014Balanced Counsel on Picture-making and Idolatry","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0184_eng_m_chapter_45_balanced_counsel_on_picture_making_and_idolatry_100_1970.mp3#duration=190&size=1636396"},{"para_id":"100.1978","title":"Chapter 46\u2014Music and the Music Director","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0185_eng_m_chapter_46_music_and_the_music_director_100_1978.mp3#duration=505&size=4155390"},{"para_id":"100.2002","title":"Chapter 47\u2014Work in the Spirit of Prayer","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0188_eng_m_chapter_47_work_in_the_spirit_of_prayer_100_2002.mp3#duration=187&size=1611867"},{"para_id":"100.2014","title":"Chapter 48\u2014The Bible Prophets Wrote for Our Time","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0190_eng_m_chapter_48_the_bible_prophets_wrote_for_our_time_100_2014.mp3#duration=228&size=1940869"},{"para_id":"100.2022","title":"Chapter 49\u2014Can All Have the Gift of Prophecy?","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0192_eng_m_chapter_49_can_all_have_the_gift_of_prophecy_100_2022.mp3#duration=180&size=1553418"},{"para_id":"100.2031","title":"Chapter 50\u2014Disparaging the Pioneers","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0193_eng_m_chapter_50_disparaging_the_pioneers_100_2031.mp3#duration=702&size=5733800"},{"para_id":"100.2064","title":"Chapter 51\u2014Attacks on Ellen White and Her Work","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0195_eng_m_chapter_51_attacks_on_ellen_white_and_her_work_100_2064.mp3#duration=561&size=4601709"},{"para_id":"100.2097","title":"Chapter 52\u2014Sinlessness and Salvation","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0199_eng_m_chapter_52_sinlessness_and_salvation_100_2097.mp3#duration=570&size=4673797"},{"para_id":"100.2131","title":"Chapter 53\u2014Study the Testimonies","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0206_eng_m_chapter_53_study_the_testimonies_100_2131.mp3#duration=356&size=2958637"},{"para_id":"100.2883","title":"Introduction","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0213_eng_m_introduction_100_2154.mp3#duration=75&size=713442"},{"para_id":"100.2884","title":"Chapter 54\u2014The Mackin Case","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0214_eng_m_chapter_54_the_mackin_case_100_2884.mp3#duration=2034&size=16390255"},{"para_id":"100.2885","title":"Introduction","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0219_eng_m_introduction_100_2278.mp3#duration=288&size=2416917"},{"para_id":"100.2886","title":"Chapter 55\u2014Lessons From Meeting the Sunday Law Crisis of the Late 1880's and Early 1890's","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0220_eng_m_chapter_55_lessons_from_meeting_the_sunday_law_crisis_of_the_late_1880__100_2886.mp3#duration=2605&size=20958065"},{"para_id":"100.2424","title":"Chapter 56\u2014As We Near the End","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0227_eng_m_chapter_56_as_we_near_the_end_100_2424.mp3#duration=1325&size=10715109"},{"para_id":"100.2500","title":"Chapter 57\u2014The Last Great Struggle","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0240_eng_m_chapter_57_the_last_great_struggle_100_2500.mp3#duration=2661&size=21402869"},{"para_id":"100.2916","title":"Appendix A","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0255_eng_m_appendix_a_100_2630.mp3#duration=1454&size=11750444"},{"para_id":"100.2719","title":"Appendix B","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0258_eng_m_appendix_b_100_2719.mp3#duration=633&size=5180761"},{"para_id":"100.2752","title":"Appendix C","mp3":"\/mp3\/100\/0263_eng_m_appendix_c_100_2752.mp3#duration=1880&size=15154736"}]