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2041 The Great Controversy, p. 567.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… human nature to do penance than to renounce sin; it is easier to mortify the flesh by sackcloth and nettles and galling chains than to crucify fleshly lusts …

2042 The Great Controversy, p. 569.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… , the nature of sin, and the real issues at stake in the great controversy. His sophistry lessens the obligation of the divine law and gives men license to sin …

2043 The Great Controversy, p. 569.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… , until nature gave up the struggle, and the sufferer hailed death as a sweet release.

2044 The Great Controversy, p. 569.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… their natural affections, to repress, as offensive to God, every thought and feeling of sympathy with their fellow creatures.

2045 The Great Controversy, p. 583.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… deify nature while they deny the God of nature. Though in a different form, idolatry exists in the Christian world today as verily as it existed among ancient …

2046 The Great Controversy, p. 584.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… are naturally impatient of control; and a lawless, licentious state of society results. While scoffing at the credulity of those who obey the requirements …

2047 The Great Controversy, p. 586.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of natural immortality and man’s consciousness in death, they have rejected the only defense against the delusions of spiritualism. The doctrine of eternal …

2048 The Great Controversy, p. 587.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… its nature. On the contrary, it is rendered more dangerous, as it is more likely to be taken unawares. It is one of Satan’s devices to combine with falsehood just …

2049 The Great Controversy, p. 589.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of nature, and he uses all his power to control the elements as far as God allows. When he was suffered to afflict Job, how quickly flocks and herds, servants, houses …

2050 The Great Controversy, p. 614.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of nature and the strife and bloodshed among men that are filling the earth with woe. The power attending the last warning has enraged the wicked; their anger …

2051 The Great Controversy, p. 636.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… in nature seems turned out of its course. The streams cease to flow. Dark, heavy clouds come up and clash against each other. In the midst of the angry heavens …

2052 The Great Controversy, p. 640.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… true nature of their spurious sabbath and the sandy foundation upon which they have been building. They find that they have been fighting against God. Religious …

2053 The Great Controversy, p. 647.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of nature, every stain upon man’s purity, was a fresh reminder of his sin. Terrible was the agony of remorse as he beheld iniquity abounding, and, in answer to …

2054 The Great Controversy, p. 676.4 (Ellen Gould White)

… of nature and in His dealings with men; but then we shall see Him face to face, without a dimming veil between. We shall stand in His presence and behold the glory …

2055 The Great Controversy, p. 692.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… the nature of the events which are to occur when those periods have expired. This is the head and front of your expository offending.” See also Leroy Edwin Froom …

2056 The Great Controversy, p. 693.5 (Ellen Gould White)

… , their nature, which is already inclined to evil, propels them to ruin. Then truly ‘the bottomless pit’ is opened from which John saw smoke ascending which obscured …

2057 The Great Hope (Condensed), p. iii.1 (Ellen Gould White)

What does it take to live with hope amid epic-sized natural disasters, wars, terrorism, nuclear proliferation, political revolutions, constant awareness of global pain, and dizzying information overload?

2058 The Great Hope (Condensed), p. 1.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… , the nature of His government, and the principles of His dealing with sin.

2059 The Great Hope (Condensed), p. 1.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… in nature, in character, and in purpose—the only being that could enter into all the counsels and purposes of God. “By him were all things created, that are in heaven …

2060 The Great Hope (Condensed), p. 1.5 (Ellen Gould White)

… sacred nature of His law. In departing from it, Lucifer would dishonor his Maker and bring ruin on himself. But the warning only aroused resistance. Lucifer …