Hear,
O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
might. Deuteronomy 6:4, 5.
Angels
were expelled from heaven because they would not work in harmony with
God. They fell from their high estate because they wanted to be exalted.
They had come to exalt themselves, and they forgot that their beauty of
person and of character came from the Lord Jesus. This fact the
[fallen] angels would obscure, that Christ was the only begotten Son of
God, and they came to consider that they were not to consult Christ.
One
angel began the controversy and carried it on until there was rebellion
in the heavenly courts, among the angels. They were lifted up because
of their beauty.
All
should learn their lesson from this, that they are individually
amenable to God. When they love God with all their hearts, they will be
wise unto salvation. They will do His will, and their light will ever be
their glory, and be undiminished because they recognize and fear and
serve their Lord. The solemn work rests upon every soul to consider that
he is a servant of Jesus Christ, solemnly pledged by his baptismal vows
to clothe himself with the righteousness of Christ. Will we carry out
the living example of the Lord Jesus?
I
am instructed that every believer must watch unto prayer, lest he fail
in the Christian life battle. Every soul must daily seek the Lord with
full purpose of heart, morning, noon, and night, and let the mind dwell
upon the Word of God, to understand His requirements. This Day With God, pp 128
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