| Author | Message | ||
| Max |
YOUR SECRET SINS AND ELLEN G. WHITE When families and individuals were brought before me in vision, it was frequently the case that what was shown me in relation to them was of a private nature, reproving SECRET SINS. I have labored with some for months in regard to wrongs of which others knew nothing. --Ellen G. White, Ellen G. White Volume 2 The Progressive Years 1862-1876, page 209, paragraph 2. Chapter Title: Dreams Testimony No. 13 and the Tour East * * * * * * * * * * Sins have been contemplated and yet not carried out for want of opportunity. God's law makes a record of all these. These hidden away, SECRET SINS form character. --Ellen G. White, Manuscript Releases Volume Six, page 141, paragraph 1. Chapter Title: The Bible and the Law * * * * * * * * * * Am I still carnal at heart, with an outside, new dress put on? Reign yourself up to the tribunal of God, and see as in the light of God, if there be any SECRET SIN, any iniquity, any idol you have not sacrificed. --Ellen G. White, Testimony for the Church at Battle Creek, page 53, paragraph 1 * * * * * * * * * * Every selfish act, every wrong word, every unfulfilled duty, and every SECRET SIN, with every artful dissembling, is faithfully chronicled in the book of records kept by the recording angel. --Ellen G. White, Appeal to the Battle Creek Church, page 4, paragraph 2 * * * * * * * * * * When the Judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, there will be many astonishing disclosures. Men will not then appear as they now appear to human eyes and finite judgments. SECRET SINS will then be laid open to the view of all --Ellen G. White, The Signs of the Times, May 26, 1887, paragraph 10. Article Title: The Divine Estimate of Worldly Wisdom * * * * * * * * * * The SECRET SIN that appears as nothing now, WHEN PLACED BEFORE MEN in the light of God's countenance, will appear grievous. It will be seen that these selfish pleasures and indulgences have made the human being a lover of pleasure more than a lover of God. --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, September 5, 1899, paragraph 13. Article Title: The First and the Second Advent * * * * * * * * * * Will the Israel of God awake? Will all who profess godliness seek to put away from them every wrong, confess to God every SECRET SIN, and afflict the soul before him? --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, August 31, 1886, paragraph 5. Article Title: Walk in the Light * * * * * * * * * * The conditions of acceptance [by God] are, that we come out from the world and be separate, that we put away SECRET SINS, and that we cease to transgress knowingly any of God's requirements. --Ellen G. White, Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, March 16, 1886, paragraph 13. Article Title: Christ Our Great Sacrifice * * * * * * * * * * Every selfish act, every wrong word, every unfulfilled duty, and every SECRET SIN, with every artful dissembling, is faithfully chronicled in the book of records kept by the recording angel. --Ellen G. White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, May 5, 1885, paragraph 4. Article Title: The Exalted Character of the Christian Profession * * * * * * * * * * God, who knows the SECRETS of the heart will strip off the deceptive covering. --Ellen G. White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, January 1, 1884, paragraph 13. Article Title: God's Estimate of Worldly Wisdom * * * * * * * * * * Will every one who professes godliness seek to put away every wrong, confess to God every SECRET SIN, and afflict the soul before him? --Ellen G. White, Second Advent Review and Sabbath Herald, August 23, 1881, paragraph 10. Article Title: A Working Church * * * * * * * * * * All are free moral agents; and as such they must bring their thoughts to run in the right channel. ... If Satan seeks to divert the mind from this to low and sensual things, bring it back again, and place it on eternal things; and when the Lord sees the determined effort made to retain only pure thoughts, he will attract the mind, like the magnet, and purify the thoughts, and enable them to cleanse themselves from every SECRET SIN. --Ellen G. White, A Solemn Appeal, page 75, paragraph 2. Chapter Title: Appeal to Mothers * * * * * * * * * * Hundreds of people came to their meetings, and the neighborhood for many miles around became stirred. Many hardened and wicked persons were led to seek God, and SECRET SINS and crimes were confessed. --Ellen G. White, Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists., page 205, paragraph 2. Chapter Title: Notes of Travel * * * * * * * * * * Opposite each name in the books of Heaven is entered, with terrible exactness, every wrong word, every selfish act, every unfulfilled duty, and every SECRET SIN, with every artful dissembling. Heaven-sent warnings or reproofs neglected, wasted moments, unimproved opportunities. --Ellen G. White, The Great Controversy [1888 edition], page 481, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: The Investigative Judgment * * * * * * * * * * One defect, one SECRET SIN indulged, will prove to the character what the worm-eaten plank does to the ship--utter disaster and ruin! --Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church Volume Four, page 90, paragraph 1. Chapter Title: The Testing Process * * * * * * * * * * Every selfish act, every wrong word, every unfulfilled duty, and every SECRET SIN, with every artful dissembling, is faithfully chronicled in the book of records kept by the recording angel. --Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church Volume Two, page 441, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: An Appeal to the Church * * * * * * * * * * Let each one raise the inquiry: "Am I sound, or am I rotten at heart? Am I renewed in Christ, or am I still carnal at heart, with a new dress put on the outside?" Rein yourself up to the great tribunal, and in the light of God examine to see if there be any SECRET SIN that you are cherishing. --Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church Volume Two, page 144, paragraph 1. Chapter Title: Neglect of Hannah More * * * * * * * * * * Will the Israel of God awake? Will all who profess godliness seek to put away every wrong, to confess to God every SECRET SIN, and afflict the soul before Him? --Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church Volume Two, page 124, paragraph 1. Chapter Title: Look to Jesus * * * * * * * * * * When families and individuals were brought before me in vision, it was frequently the case that what was shown me in relation to them was of a private nature, reproving SECRET SINS. I have labored with some for months in regard to wrongs of which others knew nothing. --Ellen G. White, Testimonies for the Church Volume One, page 584, paragraph 1. Chapter Title: Sketch of Experience * * * * * * * * * * Men may imagine that they can safely cherish these SECRET SINS; but it is these that sap the very foundation of character --Ellen G. White, Sketches from the Life of Paul, page 241, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: Trial at Caesarea * * * * * * * * * * There was SECRET SIN in the camp, and it must be searched out and put away * * * * * * * * * * --Ellen G. White, Patriarchs and Prophets, page 494, paragraph 2. Chapter Title: The Fall of Jericho We should preserve the strictest chastity in thought and word and deportment. Let us remember that God sets our SECRET SINS in the light of His countenance. --Ellen G. White, Mind, Character, and Personality Volume 2, page 432, paragraph 2. Chapter Title: Human Relations * * * * * * * * * * There is a necessity for close self-examination, and to closely investigate in the light of God's word, Am I sound, or am I rotten, at heart? Am I renewed in Christ, or am I still carnal at heart, with an outside, new dress put on? Rein yourself up to the tribunal of God, and see as in the light of God if there is any SECRET SIN, any iniquity, any idol you have not sacrificed. Pray, yes, pray as you have never prayed before --Ellen G. White, Messages to Young People, page 83, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: The Deceitfulness of Sin. Self-Examination * * * * * * * * * * When the Judgment shall sit, and the books shall be opened, there will be many astonishing disclosures. Men will not then appear as they appear to the human eyes and finite judgments. SECRET SINS will then be laid open to the view of all. Motives and intentions which have been hidden in the dark chambers of the heart will be revealed. --Ellen G. White, Maranatha, page 340, paragraph 3. Chapter Title: Every Work will be Brought into Judgment * * * * * * * * * * Every man's work passes in review before God and is registered for faithfulness or unfaithfulness. Opposite each name in the books of heaven is entered with terrible exactness every wrong word, every selfish act, every unfulfilled duty, and every SECRET SIN. . . . --Ellen G. White, Lift Him Up, page 327, paragraph 5. Chapter Title: Lift Him Up as Our Advocate and Infallible Judge | ||
| Jtree |
1 John 1:8 8 "If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us." Ellen Whits says that we will get to a point were we do not sin. Notice what the Bible says about people that say this. The truth is not in them. Comments are welcome! Joshua of the Rock! | ||
| Shereen |
Max, I was just reading what you put up earlier. How sad, how very sad. I was one that really thought that E.G. White didn't affect me too much but boy oh boy the horrible memories all this has brought back. So often, as I was praying, I would get lost in trying to remember every sin ever thought of, felt or committed. I remember being so dispondent at times thinking it was an impossible task. I thought this was all biblical and I was truely lost. What a horrible injustice Ellen has done to all of us. This is very upsetting. Funny the things you can forget for survivals sake. | ||
| Max |
You're right, JR! Never thought of it quite that way before. EGW's "secret sin"-eradication doctrine is false indeed. Thanks for pointing out 1 John 1:8. With God using your witness now so powerfully, this "To Our Adventist Friends" folder is becoming stronger. MC | ||
| Max |
God bless your witness, Shereen, It's good to see you opening up like a red rose bud in the striking rays of the Rising Son! MC | ||
| Chyna |
dear josh of the rock, from your posts it is easy to understand why the adventist culture promotes such perpetual guilt. say, josh have we ever heard your personal testimony? chyna | ||
| Denisegilmore |
Ellen White sayeth: "God does not regard all sins as of equal magnitude; there are degrees of guilt in his estimation as well as in that of finite man." Testimony for the Church Vol. 5, page 337 What say you? God Bless, Denise | ||
| Max |
I say I remember that great rebel and career-martyr SDA theologian Dr. Edward Heppenstall, rest his soul at peace now "with the Lord," who as my prof in seminary used to say: "There is no such thing as so much punishment for so much sin! We can't give Ellen White veto power over Scripture!" How true! -MC | ||
| Denisegilmore |
But ELLEN SAYETH: "In ancient times God spoke to men by the mouth of prophets and apostles. In these days he speaks to them BY THE TESTIMONIES of his spirit. There was NEVER a time when God instructed his people MORE EARNESTLY THAN HE INSTRUCTS THEM NOW concerning his will, and the course that he would have them pursue." Testimony to the Church Vol. 4, page 148, 1876 edition She also says: "The Lord has seen fit to give me a view of the needs and errors of his people." Testimony to the Church Vol. 5, page 661, 1882 edition with footnote referring us to Vol. 4, page 14-15, 1876 edition Now what do ye say? God Bless, DTB | ||
| Max |
"Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me." Matthew 26:21 | ||
| Max |
Matthew 10:15İVerily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that [woman]. | ||
| Denisegilmore |
OH yes,,,THAT is the correct answer! Great come back and soooo true. God Bless, DTB | ||
| Max |
Matthew 21:31Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before [Ellen G. White]. | ||
| Max |
Luke 11:51İFrom the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this [woman]. | ||
| Max |
John 10:1İVerily, verily, I say unto you, [She] that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. | ||
| Denisegilmore |
Wow...I asked and I recieved. I'm so thankful for Scripture! Let us Praise God for He has given us Truth. God Bless you Max of the Cross, Denise the Berean, your sister in Christ | ||
| Denisegilmore |
Although ELLEN WHITE SAYETH: "I was shown that in the wisdom of God the sins and errors of all would not be revealed....All who are guilty are addressed in these individual TESTIMONIES, although their names may not be attached to the SPECIAL TESTIMONY BORNE; and if individuals pass over and cover up their own sins because their names are not especially called, they will NOT BE PROSPERED OF GOD. THEY CANNOT ADVANCE IN THE DIVINE LIFE, BUT WILL BECOME DARKER AND DARKER, UNTIL THE LIGHT OF HEAVEN WILL BE ENTIRELY WITHDRAWN." Testimony to the Church Vol. 2, page 447, 1870 edition. What a fear tactic! How awful to believe this stuff! God Bless all, DTB |
