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Then there is a new force against you, and that is Balaam. Balaam represents the tactics of the enemy to get the people into social intercourse, and he did them more mischief than any other form of satanic opposition. So it is in this day. The Balaam snare is the masterpiece of satanic wickedness for the people of God. Every one of us has been more or less affected by the snare of Balaam. Nothing has corrupted us so much as company. It is the society that Christians keep that does the mischief, and mark my words! every one is coloured by the lowest company that he keeps.

Ques.

Do you mean in business?

When a man is in business he is not thinking of company, but if he relaxes and ungirds and gets into social intimacy that is not of Christ, he is corrupted. Our company is the Christian company. See how Balaam corrupted the Corinthians by inviting them out. The more attractive a man’s company is the greater the danger. The snare may be in reading. Ink will soil you as well as mud.

J. B. Stoney (Vol. 6, p.331)

We are so apt to stress one thing too much, and one of the greatest dangers is pigeon-holing certain truths. The true way is to hold the truth as a whole in our souls in intelligent affection, and then there is room for enlargement all the time, for we can never limit the truth of God. It is always capable of enlargement. If any new feature is apprehended it is not simply taken by itself, but in relation to the whole scope of truth.

J. Taylor (Vol. 49, p.176)

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