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Empress Dowager‟s pavilion inside the forbidden city of Peking one sees two great
character scrolls, one with the “long” (the dragon) and the other the “fu” (Buddha).
We are reminded of the statement of the Apostle Paul that they who do sacrifice to

idols do sacrifice to demons. We believe that to be an immutable principle. There is
only one way to approach unto God, and that is through the cross and the blood. We
believe every other form of worship, from the incantations of heathen dervishes to the
hollow and bloodless humanism of Modernist churches, to be idolatrous, and

consequently devil-worship.

The first way in which the subtlety of the Satan-incarnate dragon was manifest
was in the fact that he addressed his remarks to the woman. The woman was created

subordinate to the man in the matter of authority. She was brought to him by God as a
helpmeet (Gen. 2:18), and not as a master. It was not intended by God then, and it is
not intended by God now, that woman should take the lead or be a spokesman in
governmental affairs. For a woman to assume administrative authority in the home,

the church, or the state is a reversal of the divine principle. The increasing intrusion of
women into positions of governmental authority in this latter end of the age has only
tended to deepen the chaos of a chaotic world.

Satan attacked the divinely ordered government in its weakest link. He did not say
anything to the man but addressed the woman.

How important it is for us to know and understand the method of approach of the

enemy! We are constantly surprised that in this great spiritual warfare in which we are
engaged there is so little attention paid to the strategy of warfare adopted by our
enemy. It is not enough to know his origin, his power, or even his purpose to use us to
thwart and discredit God. It is necessary to have a clear grasp of his method of

procedure. In this connection as in many others we find that the children of this world
are wiser in their generation than the children of light. Reconnaissance parties to
determine the location, strength, and as far as possible the tactics of the enemy, are
indispensable in successful military campaigns. The measure of success of all war

maneuvers is the measure of efficiency of the spying and secret service systems. In the
field of competitive sport the experienced football coach builds his offensive and
defensive against a certain opponent from the information he has obtained of the

strength and weakness of the opponent from an efficient corps of scouts. How much
more then should we, as good soldiers of Jesus Christ, be aware of the methods of that
most clever of all opponents who would compass our downfall and dishonor the
Captain of our salvation!

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