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19121 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 470.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… with God through the blood of the atonement, the Christian life has but just begun. Now he is to “go on unto perfection;” to grow up “unto the measure of the stature …

19122 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 470.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… before God in behalf of his people: “We do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.” “We have sinned, we have …

19123 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 471.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, and this thought will lead them to self-abasement. Those who live nearest to Jesus discern most clearly the frailty and sinfulness of humanity, and …

19124 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 471.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, that mark it as foreign to the religion of the Bible. Its advocates teach that sanctification is an instantaneous work, by which, through faith alone …

19125 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 472.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God? Says the apostle James: “What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? ... Wilt thou know, O vain man, that …

19126 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 472.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God is against this ensnaring doctrine of faith without works. It is not faith that claims the favor of Heaven without complying with the conditions upon …

19127 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 472.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s only standard of holiness in Heaven and in earth. If men feel no weight of the moral law, if they belittle and make light of God’s precepts, if they break …

19128 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 473.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, or of what they must become who shall be in harmony with his character; because he has no true conception of the purity and exalted loveliness of Jesus …

19129 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 473.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… will God be pleased with anything less than the best we can offer? Said Christ, “Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart.” Those who do love God with all …

19130 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 474.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God can make but a feeble impression upon the heart. Paul writes to the Corinthians, “Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit …

19131 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 474.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… ; but God’s Word plainly declares that “there shall in nowise enter into it anything that defileth.” [ Revelation 21:27 .]

19132 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 475.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God, and ye are not your own? for ye are bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” [ 1 Corinthians 6:19, 20 .] He whose …

19133 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 475.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God’s Word we are justified in declaring that sanctification cannot be genuine which does not work this utter renunciation of the sinful pursuits and …

19134 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 475.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… unclean, God’s promise is, “I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.” [ 2 Corinthians 6:17, 18 …

19135 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 476.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God. He says: We “do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding …

19136 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 476.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God.” [ Ephesians 3:16-19 .]

19137 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 477.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… that God will approve and bless him. It is not the will of our heavenly Father that we should be ever under condemnation and darkness. There is no evidence of …

19138 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 477.3 (Ellen Gould White)

… in God. “Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world; and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.” [ 1 John 5:4 .] Truly spake God’s servant …

19139 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 478.1 (Ellen Gould White)

… of God are so indifferently regarded by the Christian world, that these fruits are so rarely witnessed. This is why there is manifest so little of that deep …

19140 The Great Controversy (1888 ed.), p. 478.2 (Ellen Gould White)

… which God has opened to men the perfection and holiness of his character are neglected, and the minds of the people are attracted to human teachings and theories …