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Consider This: Satan Can’t Make You Sin, Homeward Bound, page 116 Away with you, Satan! For it is written, You shall worship the LORD your God.Matthew 4:10. ... The tempter can never compel us to do evil. He cannot control minds unless they are yielded to his control. The will must consent, faith must let go its hold upon Christ, before Satan can exercise his power upon us. But every sinful desire we cherish affords him a foothold. Every point in which we fail of meeting the divine standard is an open door by which he can enter to tempt and destroy us. And every failure or defeat on our part gives occasion for him to reproach Christ. When Satan quoted the promise, He shall give His angels charge over Thee, he omitted the words, to keep Thee in all Thy ways; that is, in all the ways of God’s choosing. Jesus refused to go outside the path of obedience. While manifesting perfect trust in His Father, He would not place Himself, unbidden, in a position that would necessitate the interposition of His Father to save Him from death. He would not force Providence to come to His rescue, and thus fail of giving us an example of trust and submission. Jesus declared to Satan, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. These words were spoken by Moses to the children of Israel when they thirsted in the desert, and demanded that Moses should give them water, exclaiming, Is the Lord among us, or not? (Exodus 17:7.) God had wrought marvelously for them; yet in trouble they doubted Him, and demanded evidence that He was with them. In their unbelief they sought to put Him to the test. And Satan was urging Christ to do the same thing. God had already testified that Jesus was His Son; and now to ask for proof that He was the Son of God would be putting God’s word to the testtempting Him. And the same would be true of asking for that which God had not promised. It would manifest distrust, and be really proving, or tempting, Him. We should not present our petitions to God to prove whether He will fulfill His word, but because He will fulfill it; not to prove that He loves us, but because He loves us. Without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he that cometh to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. (Hebrews 11:6.) But faith is in no sense allied to presumption. Only those who have true faith are secure against presumption. For presumption is Satan’s counterfeit of faith.The Desire of Ages, 125, 126. (HB 116-HB 116.5)

The Power of God in the Third PersonThe prince of the power of evil can only be held in check by the power of God in the third person of the Godhead, the Holy Spirit.Special Testimonies, Series A, 10:37. (1897). Evangelism (Ev) 617.2

Consider These: Ecclesiastes 12:1314 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil. Job 19:29. Be ye afraid of the sword: For wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, That ye may know there is a judgment.... Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. Psalm 58:11 So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: Verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. Romans 2:16 In the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel. Proverbs 23:18 For surely there is an end; And thine expectation shall not be cut off. A song titled: You Better Mind (skip the ads): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5PW26R5jc

Consider This: Psalm 68:18 Thou hast ascended on high, *thou hast led captivity captive*: Thou hast received gifts for men; Yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them. Matthew 27:51-53 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; *And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, And came out of the graves after his resurrection*, and went ...Continue reading