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Do Not Parley with the Devil

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 16, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 3.

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Do Not Parley with the Devil

Do not parley with the devil. Do not temporize with sin. Do not yield or seem to yield even once. By so doing you reveal to the devil your weak points, and be assured arguments will not be wanting to induce you to yield the second time, and you will be much more ready to yield if you see no seeming hurt from your first experience. But know that every yielding to temptation is defeat. It is a weakening of moral fiber. It is putting sin—missing the mark—in the dominant position in your life. It is yielding to a slavery sweet at first, but which at last issues in death and oblivion.