The lying wonders of spiritualism are among Satan’s most successful agencies. When people reject the truth, they become easy
targets for deception.
Another error is the doctrine that denies the deity of Christ,
claiming that He had no existence before He was born into this
world. This theory contradicts Jesus’ own statements about His
relationship with the Father and His pre-existence. It undermines
faith in the Bible as a revelation from God. If people reject the
testimony of Scripture about the deity of Christ, it is useless to arguewith them. No argument, however strong, could convince them.
None who hold this error can have a true understanding of Christ or
of God’s plan for our redemption.
Still another error is the belief that Satan does not exist as a
personal being, that the Bible uses that name simply to represent
people’s evil thoughts and desires.
Some teach that the second advent of Christ is His coming to
each individual at death. This is a deception to divert minds from
Jesus’ personal coming in the clouds of heaven. By this means,
Satan has been saying, “Behold, he is in the secret chambers” (see
Matthew 24:23-26 KJV), and many have been lost by accepting this
deception.
Again, many scientists claim that there can be no real answer
to prayer, because this would be a violation of law—a miracle, and
miracles have no existence. The universe, they say, is governed by
fixed laws, and God Himself does nothing against these laws. So
they represent God as limited by His own laws—as if divine laws
could exclude divine freedom.
Did not Christ and His apostles work miracles? The same Savior
is as willing to listen to the prayer of faith today as when He walked
visibly on the earth. The natural cooperates with the supernatural. It
is a part of God’s plan to grant us, in answer to the prayer of faith,
what He would not give if we did not ask in faith.
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Source: Ellen G. White, The Great Hope, pp. 25-26