THE ORIGIN OF ALL POWER.
By O. S. Ferren
In Matt. 28:18 Jesus says: “All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.” Inasmuch as all power is given to the Lord Jesus, and this same Jesus is given to us, where is our source of power? “But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: that, according as it is written, He that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.” 1 Cor. 1:30, 31. “The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand.” John 3:35. “Who is gone into heaven, and is on the right hand of God; angels and authorities and powers being made subject unto him.” 1 Peter 3:22. “That all men should honor the Son, even as they honor the Father.” We are admonished to search the Scriptures, to study to show ourselves approved unto God, and to “try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.” “Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God: and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God.” “For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.” 2 John 7. Read verse 8. John says that the three unclean spirits that he saw, were “spirits of devils, working miracles,” which go to the very ends of the world deceiving the whole world, as Paul says, “with all power and signs and lying wonders.” This is just before the coming of our Saviour in the clouds of heaven. Warning upon warning is given in the Word, that we may not be deceived. Paul says, “Let no man deceive you by any means.” Every means will be employed by the great deceiver to deceive even the elect if possible. As in the days of Moses, so God’s work will be counterfeited in these last days by these modern magicians. All power is given to our Saviour. When we see advertisements of great divine healers, reading, “Send in five dollars for treatment,” or on every side behold the working of this last-day deceiver, to what source shall we apply? Read James 5:13, 14. Let us use God’s rational remedies. Jesus is the source of all life and health. “Well,” says one, “my sister was made perfectly well by one of these healers, and she is a devout Christian, reads her Bible, and seems to have such a meek spirit, it can not be that she is deceived.” “If they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” “And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.” When a person is healed, or seems to be, by one of these so-called divine healers, Satan takes a mortgage on that soul. God has given ample remedies for our healing, if it be for his glory; therefore we have no need to apply to the miracle-working power that has gone out of the mouth of the dragon, or beast, or false prophet. No Seventh-day Adventist who carefully studies God’s word will be so deceived as to write, or apply in any way, to any of these so-called healers, whatever name they come under.