More than a century ago, the Lord sent this testimony to us:
"The people to whom God has entrusted eternal interests, the depositaries of truth pregnant with eternal results, the keepers of light that is to illuminate the whole world, have LOST THEIR BEARINGS." T.M.397.
Is it not high time that we find our bearings back? We have been wandering in this wilderness of sin and sorrow for decades as did the children of Israel.
1/ You consistently use her writings in such a way as to try to critisize the very church she loved and supported throughout her ministry, and in all her writings
2/ You do not, in fact, dwell on this "merits of Christ" business as you say you do. That is nothing but a smoke screen. Your real purpose here is quite evident, and it seems you will stop at nothing to "show" how "wrong" the Adventist Church is. Forum participants can go to any topic you have started here and see for themselves how you mix in about 5% Jesus talk, with 95% criticism and accusing talk so don't tell us what you dwell on because we can see for ourselves.
3/ Even though you have been told many times that the church's official teaching tells us not to use Mrs White's writings as "Bible," or to establish doctrine; you continue to do just that, showing a very willful and determined disregard for our official teachings. Using so many short/partial phrases from her writings accomplished just what the devil did in Mat 4 and actually does not relate the correct gospel to anyone. It leaves out important things that we should be getting from scripture.
The devil used partial quotes of scripture there to try to give "scriptural" support for what he was actually saying, and this is the lesson people can learn here too with how you use Mrs White's writings. A little bit of truth mixed with a lot of blatant error is an excellent way to follow the devils example.
You have accused me of "hating the testimonies" and of being "a spiritual dwarf," among other things on this forum, just because I have tried to explain the official belief and position on what you are doing; but I happen to believe very strongly in Ellen White having the gift of prophecy and of her being a prophet; however, at the end of the day, she is not Bible. Never has been, never will be. And isnt now. Your attempts to "prove" that what she writes is "the same as scripture" are ludicrous, and leading people astray. She points people to the Bible, but what she writes is not scripture.
This thing you mention about "the merits of Christ" for eg. If that's all we had to do is to "dwell" on those; then the cross would be quite unecessary. His "merits" whatever that may be, are of course important to dwell on but in those statements where Ellen White mentions that word/phrase, about His merits," she is not saying that is the gospel. She is simply saying that we need to get our minds off of ourselves, and onto Jesus, and above all, such statements were only intended by her to point us to the Bible, and what the Bible says about the gospel, and of being saved.
By setting yourself onto some kind of religious auto-pilot mode and fixating on a few of her merit statements, out of their context, you neutralize the need for the cross, and teach people to use her writings as incantations. You do not quote in context, and it is giving people a very fuzzy concept of the gospel, and of our official beliefs. In Christianity, and in the Adventist church, the cross of Christ is the test of everything which deserves to be called Christian. With you; it's all this mumbo-jumbo, quoted out of context talk about the merits of Christ, and the alleged errors of the church. Do you even know what Mrs White was talking about when she used that kind of statement about the merits of Christ?
As in Mat 4, the devil focuses a lot on Christ's merits too. But this doesnt mean he has the gospel does it? The gospel is "Christ and Him crucified." (Gal 6:14). That's it. And that's why it's so simple. All other doctrines are vested with power and influence,
according to their relation to this theme, is actually how Mrs White would put it, so you are twisting what she says away from this context, into the context where you show great delight in using her merit statements to insinuate how "wrong" the Adventist Church is. Kellogg did the same thing; and this is likely why you show such enthusiasm for posting his writings.
4/ Your persistance in refusing to provide current and accurate and specific references for where you are getting this material about the big "interview" from shows only one thing. You are hiding something.
