More than 30 years after sister White's death, LeRoy Froom (some of us remember him from his role in 'Questions on Doctrine') searched 100,000 pages and 25 million words written by Ellen White to find quotes that supposedly support Trinity teaching. He found a handful of quotes, mostly taken not with the original full context and published a book 'Evangelism' in 1946.
Most contain the phrase of holy spirit being 'the third person of the Godhead' while the trinitarian concepts of 3-in-1, 1-in-3, 3 co-eternal God/persons are not found in her writings. She also never used the terms God the Son and God the holy spirit.
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“The Spirit was given as a regenerating agency, and without this the sacrifice of Christ would have been of no avail. The power of evil had been strengthening for centuries, and the submission of man to this satanic captivity was amazing. Sin could be resisted and overcome only through the mighty agency of the third person of the Godhead, who would come with no modified energy, but in the fulness of divine power. It is the Spirit that makes effectual what has been wrought out by the world's Redeemer. It is by the Spirit that the heart is made pure. Through the Spirit the believer becomes a partaker of the divine nature. Christ has given his Spirit as a divine power to overcome all hereditary and cultivated tendencies to evil, and to impress his own character upon the church.” {E. G. White, Review and Herald, May 19, 1904 par. 3}
Christ is the "Son of God" and the Son of Man - and is
the 2nd PERSON of the Godhead
The Holy Spirit is the "Spirit of Christ" and the "Spirit of God" - and
"the 3rd PERSON of the Godhead"
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The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ, which is sent to all men to give them sufficiency, that through His grace we might be complete in Him.” — (Ellen G. White, 14MR 84.3)
John 14 - Jesus said "
IF you have SEEN ME you have seen the Father"
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We want the Holy Spirit, which is Jesus Christ. If we commune with God, we shall have strength and grace and efficiency.” — (Ellen G. White, Lt66, April 10, 1894)
“I will pray the Father,” He said, “and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” John 14:16, 17. The Saviour was pointing forward to the time when
the Holy Spirit should come to do a mighty work as His representative. The evil that had been accumulating for centuries was to be resisted by
the divine power of the Holy Spirit. {AA 47.1}
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but it is the leaven of the spirit of Jesus Christ, which is sent down from heaven
, called the Holy Ghost, and that Spirit affects the heart and the character.” — (Ellen G. White, Ms36-1891)
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Christ has left His Holy Spirit to be His representative in the world, to give celestial aid to every hungering, thirsting soul.” — (Ellen G. White, Lt84, October 22, 1895)
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The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ; it is His representative. Here is the divine agency that carries conviction to hearts.
When the power of His Spirit is revealed through the servants of God, we behold divinity flashing through humanity.” — (Ellen G. White, 13MR 313.3, 1895)
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Cumbered with humanity, Christ could not be in every place personally; therefore it was altogether for their advantage that He should leave them,
go to His father, and
send the Holy Spirit to be His successor on earth.
The Holy Spirit is Himself, divested of the personality of humanity, and independent thereof.
He would represent Himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent.” — (Ellen G. White, Lt119, February 18, 1895)
“This refers to the
omnipresence of the Spirit of Christ, called the Comforter.” — (Ellen G. White, 14MR 179.2)
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The Holy Spirit is the comforter, as the personal presence of Christ to the soul.” — (Ellen G. White, Review and Herald, November 29, 1892)
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Lift up Christ in His power in the person of the Holy Spirit. He is waiting for them to open the door and admit Him.” — (Ellen G. White, Lt59, March 29, 1899)
“When? trials overshadow the soul, remember the words of Christ,
remember that He is an unseen presence in the person of the Holy Spirit,” — (Ellen G. White, DG 185.2, 1897)
But at the time of his conversion all had been changed. Jesus of Nazareth, whom he had been persecuting
in the person of His saints, appeared before him as the promised Messiah. The persecutor saw Him as the Son of God, the one who had come to the earth in fulfillment of the prophecies and who in His life had met every specification of the Sacred Writings. {AA 228.2}
The poverty of the people to whom we are sent is not to prevent us from working for them. Christ came to this earth to walk and work among the poor and suffering. They received the greatest share of His attention. And today,
in the person of His children, He visits the poor and needy, relieving woe and alleviating suffering. {CME 23.3}
"He who receives you receives Me"
Matt 10:40
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He who receives you receives Me, and
he who receives Me receives Him who sent Me.
