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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 7, 1915

H. M. KELLEY

By H. M. KELLEY

The Faith of Jesus—No. 4

H. M. KELLEY

DOUBT, which is a phase of unbelief, is founded upon the ruins of faith. But it is only when the individual relinquishes his hold upon God that unbelief can get the supremacy. It is not safe to entertain doubt for a moment, and to do so is sin. It is Satan’s studied plan to create doubt in the minds of God’s people, and the success of his plan will destroy their experience.

“It is unsafe to cherish doubt in the heart even for a moment. The seeds of doubt which Pharaoh sowed when he rejected the first miracle, were allowed to grow, and they produced such an abundant harvest that all the subsequent miracles could not persuade him that his position was wrong. He continued to venture on in his own course, going from one degree of questioning to another, and his heart became more and more hardened until he was called to look upon the cold, dead faces of the first-born.”—“Testimonies for the Church,” Vol. V, page 274.

Sin, in all its different phases, is the outgrowth of one principle, which, according to Rom. 14:23, is unbelief. Take faith out of the drama of life, and all that remains is sin. The glittering tinsel of unbelief may appear innocent, but it is the venom of Satan, and will poison the soul. Whatever effect tinsel may have on our minds, it still remains gaudy; and however innocent we may believe sin to be, it remains dangerous. Such is not faith, but folly.

The Original Sin

Adam and Eve were told not to eat the fruit of a certain tree, lest they should die. Satan said, “Ye shall not surely die.” Faith in God’s commandment was the only barrier against the floodgates of evil. When Eve surrendered her faith, her case was lost. She could not believe Satan and at the same time believe God. Before Satan could get her to eat the fruit, it was necessary for him to destroy her faith in God. Faith, therefore, became the issue upon which hung the destiny of the world. The eternal happiness of Eve and her posterity rested upon her faith in God’s statement, “Thou shalt surely die.”

“While Satan claimed to have received great good by eating of the forbidden tree, he did not let it appear that by transgression he had become an outcast from heaven. Here was falsehood, so concealed under a covering of apparent truth that Eve, infatuated, flattered, beguiled

did not discern the deception. She coveted what God had forbidden; she distrusted his wisdom. She cast away faith, the key of knowledge.'—Education,' page 24.

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