Counsels on Health - Ellen G. White

accept it and purify themselves by obeying it. But
Satan, ever vigilant, sets upon the track of these
inquiring souls. Someone making high profession
as a reformer comes to them, as Satan came to
Christ, disguised as an angel of light, and draws
them still farther from the path of right.
The unhappiness and degradation that follow in
the train of licentiousness cannot be estimated. The
world is defiled under its inhabitants. They have
nearly filled up the measure of their iniquity; but
that which will bring the heaviest retribution, is the
practice of iniquity under the cloak of godliness.
The Redeemer of the world never spurned true
repentance, however great the guilt; but He hurls
burning denunciations against Pharisees and
hypocrites. There is more hope for the open sinner
than for this class....
As Christ’s ambassador, I entreat you who
profess present truth to promptly resent any
approach to impurity and forsake the society of
those who breathe an impure suggestion. Loathe
these defiling sins with the most intense hatred.
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