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20341 The Great Controversy, p. 532.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… : for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.” Verses 2-5. He declared that they would …

20342 The Great Controversy, p. 532.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… sentence. God declared that as a penalty for his sin, man should return to the ground whence he was taken: “Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.” Verse …

20343 The Great Controversy, p. 532.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… to God, he would have continued to enjoy free access to this tree and would have lived forever. But when he sinned he was cut off from partaking of the tree of …

20344 The Great Controversy, p. 533.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… not God, by the sacrifice of His Son, brought immortality within their reach. While “death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned,” Christ “hath brought life …

20346 The Great Controversy, p. 534.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… , represents God as a revengeful tyrant, declaring that He plunges into hell all those who do not please Him, and causes them ever to feel His wrath; and that while …

20347 The Great Controversy, p. 534.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… satanic. God is love; and all that He created was pure, holy, and lovely, until sin was brought in by the first great rebel. Satan himself is the enemy who tempts …

20348 The Great Controversy, p. 534.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… represent God as even worse than themselves, in order to justify their own malignity and rebellion. The great deceiver endeavors to shift his own horrible …

20349 The Great Controversy, p. 535.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… as God shall live. Yet this doctrine has been widely taught and is still embodied in many of the creeds of Christendom. Said a learned doctor of divinity: “The …

20350 The Great Controversy, p. 535.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s word, is such teaching to be found? Will the redeemed in heaven be lost to all emotions of pity and compassion, and even to feelings of common humanity …

20351 The Great Controversy, p. 536.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… show God’s hatred of sin as an evil which is ruinous to the peace and order of the universe. Oh, dreadful blasphemy! As if God’s hatred of sin is the reason why …

20352 The Great Controversy, p. 536.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, can we wonder that our merciful Creator is feared, dreaded, and even hated? The appalling views of God which have spread over the world from the teachings …

20353 The Great Controversy, p. 536.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s word, and accept false doctrines because our fathers taught them, we fall under the condemnation pronounced upon Babylon; we are drinking of the …

20354 The Great Controversy, p. 537.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, and yet expect to be finally received into His favor. Such a doctrine, presuming upon God’s mercy, but ignoring His justice, pleases the carnal heart …

20355 The Great Controversy, p. 537.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God; he must have known whether it would be ill or well for Amnon in the world to come. What were the expressions of his heart? `The soul of King David longed to …

20356 The Great Controversy, p. 538.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… as gods.” He declares that the vilest of sinners—the murderer, the thief, and the adulterer—will after death be prepared to enter into immortal bliss.

20357 The Great Controversy, p. 539.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. The testimony cited as evidence that the drunken Amnon is in heaven is a mere inference directly contradicted by the plain and positive statement …

20358 The Great Controversy, p. 539.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God testifies that “the wages of sin is death,” that every violation of God’s law must receive its just retribution. Christ the sinless became sin for man …

20359 The Great Controversy, p. 540.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… his God, and he shall be My son.” Verse 7. Here, also, conditions are specified. In order to inherit all things, we must resist and overcome sin.

20360 The Great Controversy, p. 540.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… fear God, which fear before Him: but it shall not be well with the wicked.” Ecclesiastes 8:12, 13. And Paul testifies that the sinner is treasuring up unto himself …