17. The Gift of Prophecy: One of the gifts of the Holy Spirit is prophecy.
This gift is an identifying mark of the remnant church
and was manifested in the ministry of Ellen. G. White . As the Lord's
messenger, her writings are a continuing and authoritative
source of truth which provide for the church comfort, guidance, instruction,
and correction. They also make clear that the Bible
is the standard by which all teaching and experience must be tested.
(Joel 2:28, 29; Acts 2:14-21; Heb. 1:1-3; Rev. 12:17;
19:10.)
What Ellen G. White says on Masturbation
Addressing Plagarism in Ellen G. White
Is Ellen G. White a Prophet? another prophet page
Ellen G. White Contradicts the Bible.
Now, HOW does the SDA church support a woman who contradicts the Bible
and call her a prophet? Spiritual Blindness seems to be the only
answer, and the money that the estate makes off her heinous writings.
the more I read EGW (as my ex eagerly suggested me do) the more I get
angry at the woman. but anyway, she got hit on the head at a young
age. that'll do some things to you.
WIGS CAUSE "RECKLESSNESS IN MORALS," BALDNESS, "HOPELESS INSANITY," SAYS PROPHET ELLEN G. WHITE
“The artificial hair [wigs] and pads covering the base of the brain, heat and excite the spinal nerves centering in the brain. The head should ever be kept cool. The heat caused by these artificials induces the blood to the brain. The action of the blood upon the lower or animal organs of the brain, causes unnatural activity, tends to recklessness in morals, and the mind and heart is in danger of being corrupted. As the animal organs are excited and strengthened, the morals are enfeebled. The moral and intellectual powers of the mind become servants to the animal.
“In consequence of the brain being congested its nerves lose their healthy action, and take on morbid conditions, making it almost impossible to arouse the moral sensibilities. Such lose their power to discern sacred things. The unnatural heat caused by these artificial deformities about the head, induces the blood to the brain, producing congestion, and causing the natural hair to fall off, producing baldness. Thus the natural is sacrificed to the artificial.
“Many have lost their reason, and become hopelessly insane, by following this deforming fashion.”
Ellen G. White, “Words to Christian Mothers on the Subject of Life, Health, and Happiness – No. 2” [pamphlet], p. 121. Quoted by Ronald L. Numbers in Prophetess of Health: A Study of Ellen G. White [book] (New York: Harper & Row, 1976), p.148.
Ellen White Vision.
Spiritual Gifts, Vol 2.
I was shown the company present at the Conference
(May of 1856). Said the angel: "Some food for
worms, some subjects of the seven
last plagues, some will be alive and remain upon
the earth to be translated at the coming of
Jesus."
Check out Testimonies for the Church Vol. 1 pp
131-132. It is another version of this vision.
Prophecy of Ellen White, Jerusalem would not be
built up.
Early Writings, pg. 75.
Then I was pointed to some who are in the great
error of believing that it is their duty to go to
Old Jerusalem, and think they have a work to do
there before the Lord comes... I saw that Satan
had greatly deceived some in this thing... I
also saw that Old Jerusalem never would be built
up; and that Satan was doing his utmost to lead
the minds of the children of the Lord into these
things now, in the gathering time.
IS ELLEN WHITE A PROPHET?
EGW-Spiritual Gifts PG 232, 233, 234
I saw that God was in the proclamation of the time
in 1843. It was His design to arouse the people
and bring them to a testing point, where they
should decide for or against the truth.
Thousands were led to embrace the truth preached
by William Miller.
EGW- REVIEW AND HERALD 1850-11-01
The Lord showed me that the 1843 chart was
directed by his hand, and that no part of it
should be altered; that the figures were as he
wanted them. That his hand was over and hid a
mistake in some of the figures, so that none could
see it, until his hand was removed.
THE 1843 "TRUTH" BECOMES THE 1844 "TRUTH".
EGW-Spiritual Gifts VOL.1 PG 139
Those faithful, disappointed
ones, who could not understand why their
Lord did not come, were not left in darkness.
Again they were led to their Bibles to search
the prophetic periods. The hand of the Lord
was removed from the figures, and the mistake
was explained (SO GOD DECIEVED US). They saw that
the prophetic periods reached to 1844, and that
the same evidence they had presented to show that
the prophetic periods closed in 1843, proved that
they would terminate in 1844. Light from the word
of God shone upon their position, and they
discovered a tarrying time.--If the vision tarry,
wait for it.--In their love for Jesus' immediate
coming, they had overlooked the tarrying of
the vision, which was calculated to manifest the
true waiting ones. Again they had a point of time.
Yet I saw that many of them could not rise above
their severe disappointment, to possess that
degree of zeal and energy which had marked their
faith in 1843.
AND AS YOU KNOW HE DID NOT COME IN 1844 EITHER.
BIBLE-DEUT 18:21 And if thou say in thy heart, How
shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not
spoken?
22 when a prophet speaketh in the name of
Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to
pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not
spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously,
thou shalt not be afraid of him.
You are, at best, only under probation to see if you are worthy of eternal life. Testimonies. Volume 1p.199
From the Spalding and Magan collection, page 21 and 2 MR #153, page 300... From the "inspired" pen of Ellen Gould White.
"Slavery will again be received in the southern states, for the spirit of slavery still lives. There it will not do for those who labor among the colored people to preach the truth as boldly and openly as they would be free to do in other places. Even Christ clothed His lessons in figures and parables to avoid the opposition of the Pharisees."
"There is one straight chain of truth without one heretical sentence in that which I have written."
E.G. White Letter 329a, 1905
"When the judgement of the General Conference, which is the highest authority that God has upon earth, is exercised, private independence and private judgement must not be maintained, but must be surrendered." (Ellen White, Testimonies, vol. 3, p.492).
"A physician who has the moral courage to peril his reputation in enlightening the understanding by plain facts, in showing the nature of disease and how to prevent it, and the dangerous practice of resorting to drugs, will have an up-hill business, but he will live and let live. He will not use his powerful drug medication, because of the knowledge he has acquired by studying books. ... Drugs are too often promised to restore health, and the poor sick are so thoroughly drugged with quinine, morphine, or some strong health-and life-destroying (word illegible), that nature may never make sufficient protest, but give up the struggle; and they may continue their wrong habits with hopeful impunity." The Paulson Collection, p. 22
Before the development of synthetic drugs, quinine was a "miracle-drug" that was used to treat malaria. Unfortunately, Adventist missionaries apparently took Mrs. White's extreme counsel to heart and paid for it with their lives:
A row of graves in Africa mark the site of the first SDA missionaries. They were told by authorities to take quinine, but as Adventists they got their marching orders from a higher source. They knew that quinine was valueless: they trusted Mrs. White that she had been shown this by God, and as a result they died. (Gregory Hunt, M.D., Beware this Cult, chapter 4, "Ellen White and Medicine")
Mrs. White claimed that sexual union between man and animals resulted in the production of new species of half-human, half-animal creatures:
"Every species of animal which God had created were preserved in the ark. The confused species which God did not create, which were the result of amalgamation, were destroyed by the flood. Since the flood there has been amalgamation of man and beast, as may be seen in the almost endless varieties of species of animals, and in certain races of men." Spiritual Gifts, Vol. 3, p. 75
"The present enfeebled condition of the human family was presented before me. Every generation has been growing weaker, and disease of every form afflicts the race. Thousands of poor mortals with deformed, sickly bodies, shattered nerves, and gloomy minds are dragging out a miserable existence. Satan's power upon the human family increases. If the Lord should not soon come and destroy his power, the earth would erelong be depopulated." (Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 304)
BIBLE: Before
Who hath saved us, and called us ... according to His own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus *before the world began.* (2 Timothy 1:9)
EGW: After
The Kingdom of grace was instituted immediately
after the fall of Man ... (GC 347)
2) WAS ADAM DECEIVED?
BIBLE: No Adam was not deceived ... (1 Timothy 2:14)
EGW: Yes
... Adam also was deceived. (GC 352, 1885
ed.)
3) How Many of Each Kind of Clean Beast went into the Ark?
BIBLE: 14
Then the Lord said to Noah, "...Take with you seven pairs of all clean animals, the male and his mate." (Genesis 7:1-2 RSV)
EGW: 7
[The unclean beasts came] two and two, male and
female, and clean beasts by sevens. (3 SG 67)
4) WERE 14 OF EACH KIND OF BIRD TAKEN INTO THE ARK?
BIBLE: Yes
"... and seven pairs of the birds of the air also." (Genesis 7:3
RSV)
[No distinction between clean and unclean; seven pairs of each kind.]
EGW: No
[Birds of every description] came flying to the
ark, two and two, male and female, and the clean birds by sevens.
(3 SG 67)
5) WERE SOME KINDS OF ANIMALS NOT TAKEN INTO THE ARK?
BIBLE: No
And God said to Noah, "Of every living thing *of all flesh* you shall bring two of every sort into the ark." (Genesis 6:13, 19 RSV)
EGW: Yes
Every species of animals which God had created
was preserved in the ark. The *confused species...were destroyed*.
(3 SG 15)
6) DID EVERYTHING OUTSIDE THE ARK DIE?
BIBLE: Yes
And God said unto Noah, "... Every thing that is in the earth shall die." (Genesis 6:17)
EGW: No
God by His miraculous power *preserved a few of
the different kinds of trees and shrubs.* (1 SG 77)
7) WAS NOAH ALLOWED TO EAT EVERY KIND OF MEAT?
BIBLE: Yes
And God said to them [Noah's family], "... Every moving thing that lives shall be food for you..." (Genesis 9:1, 3)
EGW: No
Now that every green thing had been destroyed,
He allowed them [Noah's family], to eat *the flesh of the clean beasts
...* PP 107
8) Was Babel Built After the Flood?
BIBLE: Yes
These are the families of the sons of Noah ... *after the flood* ... And they said, Go to, let us build a city and a tower. (Genesis 10:32, 11:4)
EGW: No
This system was corrupted before the flood by
those who separated themselves from the faithful followers of God, and
engaged in the building of the tower of Babel. (3 SG 301)
9) Did Pharaoh's Magicians turn Rods into Serpents?
BIBLE: Yes
Aaron cast down his rod... and it became a serpent ... The magicians of Egypt, did the same. Every man cast down his rod, and they became serpents. (Exodus 7:10-12 RSV)
EGW: No
The magicians ... did not really cause their rods
to become serpents, but ... made them appear like serpents ... (3
SG 205-206)
10) Does God Approve of Drinking?
BIBLE: Yes
And thou shalt bestow that money for whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or for wine, or for strong drink, or for whatsoever thy soul desireth ... (Deuteronomy 14:26)
EGW: No
The Lord has given special directions in His word in reference to the use of wine and strong drink. He has forbidden their use, and enforced His prohibitions with strong warnings and threatenings. (Te 42)
[No such Bible passage exists.]
11) Does Our Obedience and Faith reconcile us to God?
BIBLE: No
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith -- and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God -- not by works, so that no one can boast. (Ephesians 2:8-9)
Once you were alienated from God and were enemies in your minds because of your evil behavior. But now He has reconciled you by Christ's physical body through death to present you holy in His sight, without blemish and free from accusation. (Colossians 1:21-22)
EGW: Yes
"Man, who has defaced the image of God in his
soul by a corrupt life, cannot, by mere human effort, effect a radical
change in himself. He must accept the provisions of the gospel; he must
be reconciled to God through obedience to His law and faith in Jesus Christ"
(Testimonies, vol. 4, p. 294)
12) Was the man Jesus Christ also truly God?
BIBLE: Yes
"For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on His shoulders. And He will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." (Isaiah 9:6)
"Look, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him, even those who pierced Him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen. 'I am the Alpha and the Omega,' says the Lord God, 'who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty." (Revelation 1:7-8)
"Therefore God exalted Him (Jesus) to the highest place and gave Him the name that is above every name." (Philippians 2:9)
EGW: No
"The man Christ Jesus was not the Lord God Almighty" (Letter 32, 1899, quoted in the Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 5, p. 1129).
13) Will Obeying Commandments Earn God's Favour?
BIBLE: No
All our righteous acts are like filthy rags. (Isaiah 64:6)
Clearly no one is justified before God by the law, because, 'The righteous will live by faith.' (Galatians 3:11)
EGW: Yes
To obey the commandments of God is the only way
to obtain (earn) His favor. (Testimonies, vol.4, p.28)
14) Did Samson Disobey God when he married a Philistine?
BIBLE: No
"Samson said to his father, 'Get her for me. She's the right one for me.' (His parents did not know this was from the Lord, who was seeking an occasion to confront the Philistines.) ..." (Judges 14:3-4).
EGW: Yes
"A young woman dwelling in the Philistine town of Timnath engaged Samson's
affections, and he determined to make her his wife ... The parents at last
yielded to his wishes, and the marriage took place ... The time when he
must execute his divine mission -- the time above all others when he should
have been true to God -- Samson connected himself with the enemies of Israel.
... He was placing himself in a position where he could not fulfill the
purpose to be accomplished by his life ... The wife, to obtain whom Samson
had transgressed the command of God, proved treacherous to her husband"
(Patriarchs and Prophets, pp. 562, 563).
15) Were the Ten Commandments written on both sides of the tables?
BIBLE: Yes
And Moses turned, and went down from the mountain with the two tables in his hands, tables that were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other were they written. (Exodus 32:15 RSV)
EGW: No
In the ark was... the tables of stone which folded
together like a book. Jesus opened them, and I saw the ten commandments.
(EW 32)
16) Did the Israelites die of gluttony?
BIBLE: No
While the meat was yet between their teeth, before it was consumed ... the Lord smote the people with a very great plague ... (Numbers 11:33)
EGW: Yes
God granted their desire, giving them flesh, and
leaving them to eat till their gluttony produced a plague. (CDF 148)
17) Did Jesus die to give us a second probation?
BIBLE: No
"I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation" (2 Corinthians 6:2).
"How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?" (Hebrews 2:3)
"Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment, so Christ was sacrificed once to take away the sins of many people; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him" (Hebrews 9:27-28).
NOTE: The Bible clearly teaches that there is no second chance for salvation. Everyone living before Christ was saved exactly the same way as everyone living after Christ -- during their lifetime everyone accepts either God's gift of salvation through Christ or is excluded from eternal life. Jesus death on the cross was not an afterthought, not a second probation and not a second chance.
EGW: Yes
"Death entered the world because of transgression.
But Christ gave His life that man should have another trial. He did not
die on the cross to abolish the law of God, but to secure for man a second
probation" (Testimonies to Ministers, p. 134).
18) Was the Atonement for sin completed at the cross?
BIBLE: Yes
"When He had received the drink, Jesus said, 'It is finished.' With that, He bowed His head and gave up His spirit." (John 19:30)
"But now a righteousness from God, apart from law, has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented Him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in His blood." (Romans 3:21-25)
"Since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall
we be saved from God's wrath through Him! For if, when we were God's enemies,
we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more,
having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life! Not only is
this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus
Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." (Romans
5:9-11)
"Not only is this so, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation." (Romans 5:11 NIV)
EGW: No
"Instead of ... Daniel 8:14 referring to the purifying of the earth, it was now plain that it pointed to the closing work of our High Priest in heaven, the finishing of the atonement, and the preparing of the people to abide the day of His coming." (Testimonies, vol. 1, p. 58)
"Jesus entered the most holy of the heavenly (sanctuary), at the end of the 2300 days of Daniel 8, in 1844, to make a final atonement for all who could be benefited by His mediation." (Early Writings, p. 253)
NOTE: The Bible totally rejects EGW's idea of the 2300 days and an investigative
judgment in the heavenly sanctuary beginning in 1844. Notice how the Bible
texts quoted above were all written less than thirty years after Jesus'
resurrection, and all clearly state that Christians living then were already
fully justified, redeemed, sanctified and reconciled to God through Christ's
death on the cross. As cult-watchers, Martin and Barnhouse stated: "The
(SDA sanctuary doctrine) is the most colossal, psychological, face-saving
phenomenon in religious history! We personally do not believe that there
is even a suspicion of a verse in Scripture to sustain such a peculiar
position. And we further believe that any effort to establish it is stale,
flat, and unprofitable."
19) Did Satan tempt Jesus at the end or at the start of the 40 days?
BIBLE: End
And when He had fasted forty days and nights ... the tempter came to Him... (Matthew 4:2-3)
EGW: Start
As soon as Christ began His fast, Satan appeared.
(Christ Our Saviour, p. 45)
20) Are we reconciled to God by Obedience to the Law?
BIBLE: No
God hath reconciled us unto Himself by Jesus Christ ... (2 Corinthians 5:18)
We were reconciled to God by the death of His son ... (Romans 5:10)
EGW: Yes
He [man] must be reconciled to God through obedience
to His law. (4T 294)
21) Did Paul receive the gospel independently of the apostles?
BIBLE: Yes
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of Me ... I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it ... I conferred not with flesh and blood: Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me ... (Galatians 1:11-12, 16-17)
EGW: No
Paul must receive instruction in the Christian
faith ... Christ sends him to the very disciples whom he had been so bitterly
persecuting, to learn of them ... (3T 430)
22) Does Christ's blood cancel sin?
BIBLE: Yes
... He took away our sins through the blood of His Son. (Ephesians 1:6 LB)
Jesus suffered and died outside the city, where His blood washed our sins away. (Hebrews 13:12 LB)
EGW: No
The blood of Christ, while it was to release the
repentant sinner from the condemnation of the law, was not to cancel sin.
( PP 357)
23) Can we attain a sinless state?
BIBLE: No
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves ... If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar. (1 John 1:8-10)
... there is no man which sinneth not. (2 Chronicles 8:36)
EGW: Yes
In order to let Jesus into our hearts, we must
stop sinning. (ST 3-3-1898)
24) Were Our Sins Blotted out at Calvary?
BIBLE: Yes
For God was in Christ, restoring the world to Himself, no longer counting men's sins against them but blotting them out. This is the wonderful message He has given us to tell others. (2 Corinthians 6:19 LB)
EGW: No
In 1844 began the work of blotting out sins.
(Christ in His Sanctuary, p. 122)
25) IS CHRIST'S HEALING GIVEN FREELY TO ALL?
BIBLE: Yes
When the even was come, they brought Him many ... and [He] healed all
... (Matthew 8:16 RSV)
... multitudes followed Him, and He healed them all. (Matthew 12:15 RSV)
EGW: No
Prayer for the sick: We should first find out
if the sick one has been withholding tithes or has made trouble in the
church. (UT quoted in HL 237)
26) Is it a sin for married couples to have sex?
BIBLE: No
Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed undefiled ... (Hebrews 13:4)
EGW: Yes
Because you are married you think you commit no
sin. (2T 473)
27) Is it proper to stand for a prayer?
BIBLE: Yes
And when ye stand praying ... (Mark 11:25)
EGW: No
Where have our brethren obtained the idea that they should stand upon their feet when praying to God? ... As I beheld him standing ... my soul was stirred within me to give him an open rebuke. Calling him by name, I said, "Get down upon your knees. This is the proper position always." (MS 84b)
[Elder D.E. Robinson, a secretary to Ellen White from 1902-1915, reported:
"I have been present repeatedly at camp meetings and General Conference
sessions in which Sister White has offered prayer with the congregation
standing, and she herself standing." Letter, March 4, 1934]
28) IS THE SABBATH "THE SEAL OF GOD"?
BIBLE: No
You were marked in Him [the Holy Spirit] with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit. (Ephesians 1:13)
Do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Ephesians 4:30)
EGW: Yes
The sign, or seal, of God is revealed in the observance of the seventh-day Sabbath, the Lord's memorial of creation. (Testimonies, vol. 8, p. 117)
The enemies of God's law, from the ministers down
to the least among them, have a new conception of truth and duty. Too late
they see that the Sabbath of the fourth commandment is the seal of the
living God. (GC 640)
29) Can ministers eat meat?
BIBLE: Yes
And when the hour was come, He sat down, and the twelve apostles with Him. And [Jesus] said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover [lamb] with you ... (Luke 22:14-15)
EGW: No
Let not any of our ministers set an evil example
in the eating of flesh meat. (CDF 399)
30) Did God provide flesh as food for man?
B IBLE: Yes
And the LORD spake unto Moses and to Aaron, saying ... These are the beasts which ye shall eat ... (Leviticus 11:1-2)
... thou mayest kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, according to the blessing of the LORD thy God which He hath given thee ... (Deuteronomy 12:15)
EGW: No
God did not provide for the flesh of dead animals
to compose the diet of man. (CDF 410)
31) Does a meat diet make a person less spiritual?
BIBLE: No
Commanding the crowd to sit down on the ground, [Jesus] took the seven loaves and the fish, and ... gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds. And they all ate and were satisfied. (Matthew 15:35-37)
... [Jesus] said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them. (Luke 24:41-43)
EGW: Yes
The more largely flesh composes the diet of teachers
and pupils, the less susceptible will be the mind to comprehend spiritual
things. (CDF 395)
32) ARE EGGS GOOD TO EAT?
BIBLE: Yes
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?...Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father .... (Luke 11:11-13)
EGW: No
Eggs should not be placed upon your table.
They are an injury to your children. (2T 400)
33) Is cheese good to eat?
BIBLE: Yes
Now Jesse said to his son David, "... Take along these ten cheeses to the commander of their unit. (1 Samuel 17:17-18 NIV)
They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows' milk for David and his people to eat. (2 Samuel 17:28-29)
EGW: No
Cheese is wholly unfit for food. (CDF 368)
34) IS BUTTER GOOD TO EAT?
BIBLE: Yes
Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Butter and honey shall He eat ... (Isaiah 7:14-15)
EGW: No
... spices, butter, cheese...do their work of
deranging the stomach ... and enfeebling the intellect. (3T 136)
35) Is it a sin to take the lives of animals to eat their flesh?
BIBLE: No
He said to Simon, "Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." [Jesus ordered the disciples to kill these fish] ... And when they had done this they enclosed a great shoal of fish...and filled both the boats. (Luke 5:4-7 RSV)
EGW: Yes
What man with a human heart...could look into their eyes ... and willingly devour their flesh? (MH 316)
... the selfishness of taking the lives of animals...
(UT, Aug 30, 1896)
36) Are we not to taste or touch certain foods?
BIBLE: No
Since you died with Christ and this has set you free from following
the world's ideas of how to be saved -- by doing good and obeying various
rules -- why do you keep right on following them anyway, still bound by
such rules as not eating, tasting, or even touching certain foods? Such
rules are mere human teachings, for food was made to be eaten and used
up. These rules may seem good, for rules of this kind require strong devotion
and are humiliating and hard on the body, but they have no effect when
it comes to conquering a person's evil thoughts and desires.* They
only make him proud. (Colossians 2:20-21 LB)
EGW: Yes
The Lord would bring His people into a position where they will not touch or taste the flesh of dead animals. (CDF 380)
[* Dozens of EGW statements assert that abstaining from meat (particularly
ham) has an enormous effect in purifying one's thoughts and desires.]
37) Can meat eaters enjoy the company of angels?
BIBLE: Yes
... [Jesus] said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them... And He led them out as far as to Bethany, and He lifted up His hands, and blessed them. And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them, and carried up into heaven. (Luke 24:41-43, 50-51)
EGW: No
How can those who are seeking to become pure and
holy that they may have the companionship of heavenly angels ... take the
life of God's creatures that they may consume the flesh? (CDF 380)
38) Will God command us to abstain from meat in the latter days?
BIBLE: No
Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith ... commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with thanksgiving of them which believe and know the truth. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. (1 Timothy 4:1-4)
EGW: Yes
Among those who are waiting for the coming of
the Lord, meat eating will eventually be done away. (CDF 380)
39) Will we know when Jesus will come?
BIBLE: No
But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only ... Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. (Matthew 24:36, 42)
EGW: Yes
As God has shown me in holy vision...we heard
the voice of God ... which gave us the day and hour of Jesus' coming. (WLF
14)
40) Can we say we are saved right now by God's grace?
BIBLE: Yes
I write these things to you who believe in the name of the Son of God so that you may know that you have eternal life. (1 John 5:13)
EGW: No
Those who accept the Saviour, however sincere their conversion, should never be taught to say or feel that they are saved ... Those who accept Christ, and in their first confidence say, I am saved, are in danger of trusting to themselves. (COL 155) WIGS CAUSE "RECKLESSNESS IN MORALS," BALDNESS, "HOPELESS INSANITY," SAYS PROPHET ELLEN G. WHITE “The artificial hair [wigs] and pads covering the base of the brain, heat and excite the spinal nerves centering in the brain. The head should ever be kept cool. The heat caused by these artificials induces the blood to the brain. The action of the blood upon the lower or animal organs of the brain, causes unnatural activity, tends to recklessness in morals, and the mind and heart is in danger of being corrupted. As the animal organs are excited and strengthened, the morals are enfeebled. The moral and intellectual powers of the mind become servants to the animal. “In consequence of the brain being congested its nerves lose their healthy action, and take on morbid conditions, making it almost impossible to arouse the moral sensibilities. Such lose their power to discern sacred things. The unnatural heat caused by these artificial deformities about the head, induces the blood to the brain, producing congestion, and causing the natural hair to fall off, producing baldness. Thus the natural is sacrificed to the artificial. “Many have lost their reason, and become hopelessly insane, by following this deforming fashion.” Ellen G. White, “Words to Christian Mothers on the Subject of Life, Health, and Happiness – No. 2” [pamphlet], p. 121. Quoted by Ronald L. Numbers in Prophetess of Health: A Study of Ellen G. White [book] (New York: Harper & Row, 1976), p.148. Ellen White Vision. Spiritual Gifts, Vol 2. I was shown the company present at the Conference (May of 1856). Said the angel: "Some food for worms, some subjects of the seven last plagues, some will be alive and remain upon the earth to be translated at the coming of Jesus." Check out Testimonies for the Church Vol. 1 pp 131-132. It is another version of this vision. Prophecy of Ellen White, Jerusalem would not be built up. Early Writings, pg. 75. Then I was pointed to some who are in the great error of believing that it is their duty to go to Old Jerusalem, and think they have a work to do there before the Lord comes... I saw that Satan had greatly deceived some in this thing... I also saw that Old Jerusalem never would be built up; and that Satan was doing his utmost to lead the minds of the children of the Lord into these things now, in the gathering time. IS ELLEN WHITE A PROPHET? EGW-Spiritual Gifts PG 232, 233, 234 I saw that God was in the proclamation of the time in 1843. It was His design to arouse the people and bring them to a testing point, where they should decide for or against the truth. Thousands were led to embrace the truth preached by William Miller. EGW- REVIEW AND HERALD 1850-11-01 The Lord showed me that the 1843 chart was directed by his hand, and that no part of it should be altered; that the figures were as he wanted them. That his hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until his hand was removed. THE 1843 "TRUTH" BECOMES THE 1844 "TRUTH". EGW-Spiritual Gifts VOL.1 PG 139 Those faithful, disappointed ones, who could not understand why their Lord did not come, were not left in darkness. Again they were led to their Bibles to search the prophetic periods. The hand of the Lord was removed from the figures, and the mistake was explained (SO GOD DECIEVED US). They saw that the prophetic periods reached to 1844, and that the same evidence they had presented to show that the prophetic periods closed in 1843, proved that they would terminate in 1844. Light from the word of God shone upon their position, and they discovered a tarrying time.--If the vision tarry, wait for it.--In their love for Jesus' immediate coming, they had overlooked the tarrying of the vision, which was calculated to manifest the true waiting ones. Again they had a point of time. Yet I saw that many of them could not rise above their severe disappointment, to possess that degree of zeal and energy which had marked their faith in 1843. AND AS YOU KNOW HE DID NOT COME IN 1844 EITHER. BIBLE-DEUT 18:21 And if thou say in thy heart, How shall we know the word which Jehovah hath not spoken? 22 when a prophet speaketh in the name of Jehovah, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which Jehovah hath not spoken: the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously, thou shalt not be afraid of him. read more on ellen click here
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