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Inner Consciousness, Deception

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 18, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 32.

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Inner Consciousness, Deception.

The deceptions and delusions of the world are self-deception. Saul of Tarsus was sincere in his persecuting course, but it was self-deception. Hear him: “I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.” Acts 26:9. Thinking with oneself is like regulating a clock by itself. It is the surest way to be wrong. What God desires, and that is the only sure way, is to think with Him. God’s will is expressed in His word. When we think with that, we have a twofold witness; the spirit in us answers to the unimpeachable Spirit of His word.