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20361 The Great Controversy, p. 541.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… and God.” Ephesians 5:5, A.R.V. “Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14. “Blessed are they that do His commandments …

20362 The Great Controversy, p. 541.2 (Ellen Gould White)

God has given to men a declaration of His character and of His method of dealing with sin. “The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in …

20363 The Great Controversy, p. 541.3 (Ellen Gould White)

God does not force the will or judgment of any. He takes no pleasure in a slavish obedience. He desires that the creatures of His hands shall love Him because …

20364 The Great Controversy, p. 541.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. Christ declared that He taught nothing except that which He had received from His Father. The principles of the divine government are in perfect harmony …

20365 The Great Controversy, p. 542.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. Pride, deception, licentiousness, cruelty, have become fixed in their characters. Can they enter heaven to dwell forever with those whom they despised …

20366 The Great Controversy, p. 542.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, of truth and holiness, mingle with the heavenly throng and join their songs of praise? Could they endure the glory of God and the Lamb? No, no; years of probation …

20367 The Great Controversy, p. 543.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… declare God’s verdict that the wicked are incurable. They have no disposition to submit to divine authority. Their will has been exercised in revolt; and …

20368 The Great Controversy, p. 543.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… murderer, God gave the world an example of what would be the result of permitting the sinner to live to continue a course of unbridled iniquity. Through the …

20369 The Great Controversy, p. 543.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… world, God blotted out its wicked inhabitants in Noah’s time. In mercy He destroyed the corrupt dwellers in Sodom. Through the deceptive power of Satan the …

20370 The Great Controversy, p. 544.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Romans 6:23. While life is the inheritance of the righteous, death is the portion of the wicked. Moses declared …

20371 The Great Controversy, p. 544.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… for God, consistently with His justice and mercy, to save the sinner in his sins, He deprives him of the existence which his transgressions have forfeited …

20372 The Great Controversy, p. 545.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… to God. Revelation 5:13. There will then be no lost souls to blaspheme God as they writhe in never-ending torment; no wretched beings in hell will mingle their …

20373 The Great Controversy, p. 546.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… to God a tribute of praise for His great mercy. In this song he tells the reason why he thus rejoices: “The grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee …

20375 The Great Controversy, p. 547.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God are in. Neither is it any article of my faith; for if it were so, I see not but then the preaching of the resurrection of the flesh were a thing in vain.”—William …

20376 The Great Controversy, p. 547.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God to diligence, obedience, and cheerfulness through it. And their successors in the present day seldom mention it! So apostles preached, and so primitive …

20377 The Great Controversy, p. 548.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air …

20378 The Great Controversy, p. 548.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… before God. All are to be judged according to the things written in the books and to be rewarded as their works have been. This judgment does not take place at …

20379 The Great Controversy, p. 548.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… before God; and the books were opened: ... and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books.” Revelation 20:12 .

20380 The Great Controversy, p. 549.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s word on these important points are neither obscure nor contradictory; they may be understood by common minds. But what candid mind can see either …