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18741 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 204.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God and to itself, and would thus have insured its own destruction. The experience of those noble reformers contains a lesson for all succeeding ages. Satan’s …
18742 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 206.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… , and God’s cause is saved.” “Our God is faithful; he will not abandon us,” said Luther. The elector set out, with his retinue, for Augsburg. All were acquainted with …
18743 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 206.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. As the Christian princes advanced to sign the Confession, Melancthon interposed, saying, “It is for the theologians and ministers to propose these …
18744 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 207.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God.” “Since the apostolic age,” says a writer,“there has never been a greater work, or a more magnificent confession of Jesus Christ.”
18745 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 208.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God’s faithful servants were not toiling alone. While “principalities and powers and wicked spirits in high places” were leagued against them, the Lord did …
18746 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 209.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… by God alone. The less men meddle in the work, the more striking would be God’s intervention in its behalf. All the political precautions suggested were, in …
18747 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 209.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, may be constrained to peace. The most urgent of our wants—the very first thing we have to do, is to pray; let the people know that they are at this hour exposed …
18748 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 209.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… for God’s wrath.” “The cross of Christ must be borne. Let your highness be without fear. We shall do more by our prayers than all our enemies by their boastings …
18749 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 210.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… before God in words full of adoration, fear, and hope, as if speaking to a friend. “I know that thou art our Father and our God,” he said, “and that thou wilt scatter the …
18750 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 210.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God did listen to the cries of his servants. He gave to princes and ministers grace and courage to maintain the truth against the rulers of the darkness of …
18751 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 211.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… power. God had said, “Let there be light,” but the emperor had sought to keep the darkness unbroken. His purposes had failed, and in premature old age, worn out with …
18752 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 212.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. The precious truths which he there discovered, he soon began to teach. In 1512, before either Luther or Zwingle had begun the work of reform, Lefevre wrote …
18753 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 213.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… to God, he also declared that the duty of obedience belongs to man. “If thou art a member of Christ’s church,” he said, “thou art a member of his body; if thou art of his …
18754 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 213.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. “Instead of the murderous heart of a ravening wolf,” he came back, he says, “quietly, like a meek and harmless lamb, having his heart entirely withdrawn from …
18755 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 214.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God for themselves, and this was soon accomplished. Lefevre undertook the translation of the New Testament, and at the very time when Luther’s German Bible …
18756 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 214.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… read God’s Word and join in prayer and praise. A great change was soon manifest in these communities. Though belonging to the humblest class, an unlearned …
18757 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 218.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… boyhood. God was preparing him for greater trials. “Crosses, persecution, and the lying-in-wait of Satan, of which I had intimation, were not wanting,” he said; “they …
18758 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 219.2 (Ellen Gould White)
God was still preparing workers to extend his cause. In one of the schools of Paris was a thoughtful, quiet youth, already giving evidence of a powerful and …
18759 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 220.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. “I will have none of your new doctrines,” exclaimed Calvin; “think you that I have lived in error all my days?”
18760 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 220.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… with God.