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201 The Victory, p. 152.2 (Ellen Gould White)
In Wesley’s time, people of different gifts did not agree on every point of doctrine. At one point, the differences between Whitefield and the Wesleys threatened …
202 The Victory, p. 152 (Ellen Gould White)
Wesley Escapes Death
203 The Victory, p. 152.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… . John Wesley escaped death again and again by a miracle of God’s mercy. When there seemed no way to escape, an angel in human form came to his side, the mob fell …
204 The Victory, p. 152.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… deliverance, Wesley said: “Although many tried to take hold of my collar or clothes, to pull me down, they could not hold on at all. Only one got a firm grip on the …
205 The Victory, p. 153.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of Wesley had resulted from teaching that Christ had done away with the moral law and that Christians are under no obligation to keep it. Others declared …
206 The Victory, p. 153.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… God. Wesley firmly opposed this doctrine that led to lawless living. “The grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men.” “God our Savior ... desires …
207 The Victory, p. 154.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… law, Wesley said: “The moral law, contained in the Ten Commandments and enforced by the prophets, He did not take away. This is a law that can never be broken, which …
208 The Victory, p. 154.2 (Ellen Gould White)
Wesley declared that the law and the gospel were in perfect harmony. “On the one hand, the law continually makes way for the gospel and points us to it. On the other …
209 The Victory, p. 154.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… ,” said Wesley, “are people who ... teach others to break ... not only one commandment, whether of the least or of the greatest, but all the commandments at once. ... They honor …
210 The Victory, p. 154.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… law,” Wesley replied: “It does not fulfill the very first purpose of the law, which is to convict people of sin, awakening those who are still asleep on the brink …
211 The Victory, p. 155.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… God, Wesley, like Jesus his Master, tried to “exalt the law and make it honorable” ( Isaiah 42:21 ). And he lived to see glorious results. At the close of more than half …
212 The Victory, p. 226.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… , John Wesley said: “Do not waste any part of so precious a talent ... by needless or expensive clothing or by useless ornaments. Waste no part of it in beautifully …
213 The Victory, p. 231.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… . The Wesleys saw Satan’s work in pushing unbalanced, unsanctified people into fanaticism.
214 Counsels on Relationships, p. 49.2 (Ellen G. White Estate)
John Wesley, a Christian reformer, once urged believers to “save all you can, by cutting off every expense which serves only to indulge foolish desire.” His words …
215 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. METHODIST.2 (Noah Webster)
1. One of a sect of christians, founded by Morgan, or rather by John Wesley, and so called from the exact regularity of their lives, and the strictness of their principles and rules.
216 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. evangelicalism.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… *John Wesley, George Whitefield, and onathan Edwards.
217 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. human will.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… *John Wesley that after man’s fall into sin the human will was, by the prevenient grace of God, capable of responding to God. Prevenient grace is God’s universal …
218 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Methodist (also Methodism).2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… *John Wesley in the eighteenth century; its adherents are known as Methodists, initially a pejorative term. Ellen G. White was raised in the Chestnut Street …
219 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Wesley, John.1 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
Wesley, John (1703—1791)
220 The Pocket Ellen G. White Dictionary, p. Wesley, John.2 (Jud Lake & Michael W. Campbell)
… of Wesley’s theology, even though she was somewhat critical of American Methodism in general. See also Methodism.