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19721 The Great Controversy, p. 129.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… toward God and faith in Christ can save the sinner. The grace of Christ cannot be purchased; it is a free gift. He counseled the people not to buy indulgences …
19722 The Great Controversy, p. 130.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, therein revealed, is freely bestowed upon all who seek it by repentance and faith.
19723 The Great Controversy, p. 130.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. They felt that the Lord had graciously set His hand to arrest the rapidly swelling tide of corruption that was issuing from the see of Rome. Princes …
19724 The Great Controversy, p. 130.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, but was acting from pride and forwardness. “Who does not know,” he responded, “that a man rarely puts forth any new idea without having some appearance of …
19725 The Great Controversy, p. 131.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. If the work be of God, who shall stop it? if it be not, who can forward it? Not my will, nor theirs, nor ours; but Thy will, O holy Father, which art in heaven.”— Ibid., b …
19726 The Great Controversy, p. 131.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God to begin his work, he was not to carry it forward without severe conflicts. The reproaches of his enemies, their misrepresentation of his purposes, and …
19727 The Great Controversy, p. 132.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God to set himself against the authority of the church. “Who was I,” he writes, “to oppose the majesty of the pope, before whom ... the kings of the earth and the whole …
19728 The Great Controversy, p. 132.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God than the Author of this word, as He Himself has said, ‘They shall be all taught of God.’ Hope for nothing from your own labors, from your own understanding …
19729 The Great Controversy, p. 132.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… fury. God had a work for him to do, and angels of heaven were sent to protect him. Many, however, who had received from Luther the precious light were made the objects …
19730 The Great Controversy, p. 133.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, by which Luther tested every doctrine and every claim, was like a two-edged sword, cutting its way to the hearts of the people. Everywhere there was awakening …
19731 The Great Controversy, p. 134.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… friend, God’s providence sent Melanchthon to Wittenberg. Young in years, modest and diffident in his manners, Melanchthon’s sound judgment, extensive knowledge …
19732 The Great Controversy, p. 134.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… where God had placed him. He must continue faithfully to maintain the truth, notwithstanding the storms that were beating upon him. His language was: “I am like …
19733 The Great Controversy, p. 137.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God, having truth on his side; the pope’s representative, self-important, overbearing, haughty, and unreasonable, was without a single argument from the …
19734 The Great Controversy, p. 138.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God. And he expressed his gratitude to God that he had been counted worthy to suffer in so holy a cause.
19735 The Great Controversy, p. 138.4 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God and the dictates of an enlightened conscience. He saw that Luther was laboring to secure this object, and he secretly rejoiced that a better influence …
19736 The Great Controversy, p. 139.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… praised God for having caused the light of truth to shine forth from this city, as from Zion in times of old, and whence it spread even to the most distant countries …
19737 The Great Controversy, p. 140.1 (Ellen Gould White)
… in God’s hands,” answered Luther. “He is my strength and my shield. What can man do unto me?”— Ibid., b. 6, ch. 2. Upon hearing these words, the stranger turned pale and fled …
19738 The Great Controversy, p. 140.2 (Ellen Gould White)
… ; but God was his defense. His doctrines were heard everywhere—“in cottages and convents, ... in the castles of the nobles, in the universities, and in the palaces …
19739 The Great Controversy, p. 140.3 (Ellen Gould White)
… it!” “God will surely visit it upon the world,” he continued, “that the truth was preached to it a century ago, and burned!”—Wylie, b. 6, ch. 1
19740 The Great Controversy, p. 140.5 (Ellen Gould White)
… of God must become corrupt.”— Ibid., b. 6, ch. 3.