Jeremiah 30:6 Ask ye now, and see whether a man doth travail with child? wherefore do I see every man with his hands on his loins, as a woman in travail, and all faces are turned into paleness? 7 Alas! for that day is great, so that none is like it: it is even the time of Jacob's trouble, but he shall be saved out of it.
[The great Controversy pp 619] They fear that every sin has not been repented of, and that through some fault in themselves they shall fail to realize the fulfillment of the Savior's promise, “I will keep thee from the hour of temptation which shall come upon all the world.” [Revelation 3:10.] If they could have the assurance of pardon, they would not shrink from torture or death.
But should they prove unworthy, and lose their lives because of their own defects of character, then God's holy name would be reproached. On every hand they hear the plottings of treason, and see the active working of rebellion; and there is aroused within them an intense desire, an earnest yearning of soul, that this great apostasy may be terminated, and the wickedness of the wicked may come to an end.
But while they plead with God to stay the work of rebellion, it is with a keen sense of self-reproach that they themselves have no more power to resist and urge back the mighty tide of evil. They feel that had they always employed all their ability in the service of Christ, going forward from strength to strength, Satan's forces would have less power to prevail against them.
Revelation 12:11 And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!