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A Call to Stand Apart
A Young Adult’s Encounter with Ellen White ... on the
Authority of Scripture
The quality of Ellen White that draws me to her most is her love
of Jesus and her insistence on the authority of Scripture. Many times
she has expressed in her writings that Scripture alone is the basis
for the truth. She considered herself a “lesser light to lead men and
women to the greater light [the Bible].
These statements give me confidence that I can trust her writings
in my daily walk with God. I thank the Lord for the fabulous asset
of Mrs. White’s writings that have been given to help us better
understand biblical truths. She was a messenger for the Lord, and
she understood that role and abided by it with utmost faithfulness
and responsibility. I respect her for that and use her writings as
another tool in my study of Scripture. Nothing can replace the Bible,
and I am very sensitive to the thought of someone criticizing or
trying to change the Bible. I take assurance in knowing that Mrs.
White felt that same way. When I read
Patriarchs and Prophets
or
The Great Controversy
, the Bible comes alive for me!
As far as I’m concerned, the Bible is my guidebook on the
journey of my life, and Mrs. White’s writings are somewhat like the
Cliff Notes.
Michael, age 26
Scripture
From childhood you have known the sacred writings that are
able to instruct you for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All
scripture is inspired by God and is useful for teaching, for reproof,
for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone
who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good
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work.
2 Timothy 3:15-17
.
You search the scriptures because you think that in them you
have eternal life; and it is they that testify on my behalf.
John 5:39
.
I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this
book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to that person the
plagues described in this book; if anyone takes away from the words
of the book of this prophecy, God will take away that person’s share
