His Power to Control

Related Phrase: Under the control of Satan

Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the
secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God
allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children,
were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures
and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for
the law of Jehovah; and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would--He will withdraw His
blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law
and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially
guard. He will favor and prosper some in order to further his own designs, and he will bring trouble upon
others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them. Great Controversy, page 589.2

Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the
secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God
allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children,
were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures
and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. But the Christian world have shown contempt for
the law of Jehovah, and the Lord will do just what He has declared that He would -- He will withdraw His
blessings from the earth and remove His protecting care from those who are rebelling against His law
and teaching and forcing others to do the same. Satan has control of all whom God does not especially
guard. He will favor and prosper some, in order to further his own designs; and he will bring trouble
upon others and lead men to believe that it is God who is afflicting them. Counsels on Health, page
460.2 {4SP 407.1}

Satan works through the elements also to garner his harvest of unprepared souls. He has studied the
secrets of the laboratories of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God
allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses, children,
were swept away, one trouble succeeding another as in a moment. It is God that shields His creatures,
and hedges them in from the power of the destroyer. . . . {FLB 328.4}

As parents who profess to love the Lord Jesus Christ, we should see to it that the spirit of peace is in our
households. God commands us to take our children and fashion them after the divine similitude. From
their earliest life children should be taught to obey their parents, to respect their word, and to
reverence their authority. But many allow Satan to take their children under control, and in their early
life the spirit of Satan manifests itself in the little ones in passionate screams or in sullen manners. One
child under the control of this evil disposition will disturb the whole household, and banish peace from
its borders. Parents should take time to discipline their children. Our most precious time belongs to our
own flesh and blood. Never let your child hear you say, "I cannot do anything with you." As long as we
may have access to the throne of God, we as parents should be ashamed to utter any such a word. Cry
unto Jesus, and he will help you to bring your little ones to him, and to keep them out of the power of
the enemy. If Satan cannot succeed in ruling the fathers and the mothers, he will try with all his power
to control the children, and make them rebel against God, and become disturbers of the peace of a
family. {RH, July 16, 1895 par. 1}

controlled by his power

It is not God that blinds the eyes of men or hardens their hearts. He sends them light to correct their
errors, and to lead them in safe paths; it is by the rejection of this lightthat the eyes are blinded and the
heart hardened. Often the process is gradual, and almost imperceptible. Light comes to the soul through
God’s word, through His servants, or by the direct agency of His Spirit; but when one ray of light is
disregarded, there is a partial benumbing of the spiritual perceptions, and the second revealing of light
is less clearly discerned. So the darkness increases, until it is night in the soul. Thus it had been with
these Jewish leaders. They were convinced that a divine power attended Christ, but in order to resist the
truth, they attributed the work of the Holy Spirit to Satan. In doing this they deliberately chose
deception; they yielded themselves to Satan, and henceforth they were controlled by his power. Desire
of Ages, page 322.2 Read entire chapter 33.

Satan loses his power to control

The beginning of yielding to temptation is in the sin of permitting the mind to waver, to be inconsistent
in your trust in God. The wicked one is ever watching for a chance to misrepresent God, and to attract
the mind to that which is forbidden. If he can, he will fasten the mind upon the things of the world. He
will endeavor to excite the emotions, to arouse the passions, to fasten the affections on that which is
not for your good; but it is for you to hold every emotion and passion under control, in calm subjection
to reason and conscience. Then Satan loses his power to control the mind. The work to which Christ calls
us is to the work of progressive conquest over spiritual evil in our characters. Natural tendencies are to
be overcome. . . . Appetite and passion must be conquered, and the will must be placed wholly on the
side of Christ. {OHC 87.3}

If he can, he will fasten the mind upon the things of the world. He will endeavor to excite the emotions,
to arouse the passions, to fasten the affections on that which is not for your good; but it is for you to
hold every emotion and passion under control, in calm subjection to reason and conscience. Then Satan
loses his power to control the mind. {1MCP 31.2}

But it is for you to hold every emotion and passion under control, in calm subjection to reason and
conscience. Then Satan loses his power to control the mind. -- RH, June 14, 1892. (HC 87.) {1MCP 326.1}

The beginning of yielding to temptation is in the sin of permitting the mind to waver, to be inconsistent
in your trust in God. The wicked one is ever watching for a chance to misrepresent God, and to attract
the mind to that which is forbidden. If he can, he will fasten the mind upon the things of the world. He
will endeavor to excite the emotions, to arouse the passions, to fasten the affections on that which is
not for your good; but it is for you to hold every emotion and passion under control, in calm subjection
to reason and conscience. Then Satan loses his power to control the mind. The work to which Christ calls
us is to the work of progressive conquest over spiritual evil in our characters. Natural tendencies are to
be overcome; for the natural disposition is to be transformed by the grace of Christ. Appetite and
passion must be conquered, and the will must be placed wholly on the side of Christ. This will not be a
painful process, if the heart is opened to receive the impression of the Spirit of God. "Wherefore gird up
the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the
revelation of Jesus Christ." {RH, June 14, 1892 par. 3}