I begin with a prayer that the Holy Spirit guide us in the understanding of Gods truth. The forces of evil will strive to destroy the message, writings, and influence of Ellen G. White because through the Holy Spirit she brought focus on the great truths uncovered by the Reformation. The Reformation remained incomplete in the understanding of more of Gods truth because it was held back by the same issue which we face today, the failure to continue following the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
The initial leaders had been given light to understand Gods truths andthe reformation forged ahead in spite of fierce persecution. One by one, the great reformers uncovered precious truths that had been hidden under the rubble of false doctrine and superstition. Justification by faith and the once-for-all atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ and His all-sufficient mediatorial priesthood were the cornerstones of the reformers’ faith.
The Reformation had made great headway for centuries, but as the early Adventist leaders who came out of these churches believed, they felt the churches of the Reformation had calcified their beliefs in . . . creedal statements, and had fought to defend those statements rather than embark on fresh searches for biblical understanding and truth. They also feared by adopting a formal organizational structure they might fall into the same trap and fought against the church accepting a creed as it might become a rival to the freedom of the Spirit that they saw operating in their midst, both in the work of Ellen G. White, and in their various study conferences at which they sought to find answers to perplexing Bible questions.
The disappointment of 1844 had led to a ardent study of the Scriptures and assimilation of truths uncovered by the reformation. The Law and the Sabbath were rediscovered and the relationship between law and grace was placed in a right setting. The commandments of God and faith in Jesus Christ became pillars on which the faith of the believers rested. Out of these believers of the Millerite movement grew the Seventh-day Adventist Church. By 1848, a doctrinal platform existed incorporating the great truths uncovered by the reformation. The basic principles of prophetic interpretation as held by the emerging church were the cumulative prophetic views of the church of the centuries.
Ellen G. White writings exposed what evil hoped to keep hidden, it showed its purpose and scope in history and help start a movement dedicate to restore and further the great truths of the reformation. If truth was to be restored, then knowledge and understanding of the Biblical truths were essential. Thus, at the time of the end, there would thus be a movement to restore all things and to unveil the sealed prophecies of the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation. If the evil influences could destroy her the books would remained sealed or at least their would be much confusion as to their meaning and this is why Ellen G. Whites message and her character had to be attacked and the Spirit of Prophecy muted. Evil sees the end times are coming and her writings expose him and identify his agents, so evil knows its imperative to nullify the truth by destroying anything and everything that Ellen G. White was given through the Spirit of Prophecy.
The initial leaders had been given light to understand Gods truths andthe reformation forged ahead in spite of fierce persecution. One by one, the great reformers uncovered precious truths that had been hidden under the rubble of false doctrine and superstition. Justification by faith and the once-for-all atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ and His all-sufficient mediatorial priesthood were the cornerstones of the reformers’ faith.
The Reformation had made great headway for centuries, but as the early Adventist leaders who came out of these churches believed, they felt the churches of the Reformation had calcified their beliefs in . . . creedal statements, and had fought to defend those statements rather than embark on fresh searches for biblical understanding and truth. They also feared by adopting a formal organizational structure they might fall into the same trap and fought against the church accepting a creed as it might become a rival to the freedom of the Spirit that they saw operating in their midst, both in the work of Ellen G. White, and in their various study conferences at which they sought to find answers to perplexing Bible questions.
The disappointment of 1844 had led to a ardent study of the Scriptures and assimilation of truths uncovered by the reformation. The Law and the Sabbath were rediscovered and the relationship between law and grace was placed in a right setting. The commandments of God and faith in Jesus Christ became pillars on which the faith of the believers rested. Out of these believers of the Millerite movement grew the Seventh-day Adventist Church. By 1848, a doctrinal platform existed incorporating the great truths uncovered by the reformation. The basic principles of prophetic interpretation as held by the emerging church were the cumulative prophetic views of the church of the centuries.
Ellen G. White writings exposed what evil hoped to keep hidden, it showed its purpose and scope in history and help start a movement dedicate to restore and further the great truths of the reformation. If truth was to be restored, then knowledge and understanding of the Biblical truths were essential. Thus, at the time of the end, there would thus be a movement to restore all things and to unveil the sealed prophecies of the book of Daniel and the book of Revelation. If the evil influences could destroy her the books would remained sealed or at least their would be much confusion as to their meaning and this is why Ellen G. Whites message and her character had to be attacked and the Spirit of Prophecy muted. Evil sees the end times are coming and her writings expose him and identify his agents, so evil knows its imperative to nullify the truth by destroying anything and everything that Ellen G. White was given through the Spirit of Prophecy.