Counsels for the Church - Centro de Pesquisas Ellen G. White

Counsels for the Church

Ellen G. White

1991

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Ellen G. White (1827-1915) is considered the most widely translated American author, her works having been published in more than 160 languages. She wrote more than 100,000 pages on a wide variety of spiritual and practical topics. Guided by the Holy Spirit, she exalted Jesus and pointed to the Scriptures as the basis of one's faith.

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FOREWORD

As the Seventh-day Adventist movement has grown in all parts of the world, members who speak and read the various languages have yearned for the Testimonies for the Church, which, in full or in part, have edified and blessed the church throughout the world. It is not possible to publish in each language the full content of the nine Testimony volumes and the many other spirit of prophecy books. There is presented in this volume, however, a selection of general counsels drawn from these sources which will prove of great service and practical help to the church.

The selection of materials, which have been conveniently grouped in the sixty-six chapters of this volume, is the work of the trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate, who are responsible for the care of Mrs. White's writings at the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist church in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the United States of America. It has been a painstaking task to gather, arrange, translate, and publish in this book a comprehensive selection of materials from the many E. G. White books. Because of the limitation of space, only the more essential counsels on vital themes could be included. Even this presents a wide range of subjects. In some cases the selection is confined to a few paragraphs at a time taken from scattered sources. Reference to the books from which the selections have been drawn are found in abbreviated form at the close of each chapter. By reference to the Key to Abbreviations you can easily find the books to which the letters refer. No attempt has been made to indicate by ellipsis marks that paragraphs or sentences have been deleted.

Do not confuse the introduction, written by the Trustees, with the writings of Mrs. White herself, which commence with chapter 1.

It is with satisfaction and joy that this book is now made available to those who have waited so long for its appearance. That the precious counsel and instructions that fills these pages may deepen the conviction of each reader in the truths of the advent message, broaden his Christian experience, and heighten his expectation of victory in the final day when our Lord shall return, is the sincere prayer of

The Trustees of the Ellen G. White Estate.

Contents

Information about this Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Further Links . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 End User License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Introduction--The Prophetic Gift and Ellen G. White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PREPARING TO MEET CHRIST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 THE VISION OF THE GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN CHRIST AND

SATAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 HOW THE LIGHT CAME TO THE PROPHET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 THE LIFE AND WORK OF MRS. E. G. WHITE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 MRS. E. G. WHITE AS OTHERS KNEW HER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 MESSAGES THAT CHANGED LIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 THE VISION THAT COULD NOT BE TOLD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 THE TESTIMONIES AND THE READER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PRACTICAL TESTS OF A TRUE PROPHET . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Chapter 1--A Vision of the Reward of the Faithful . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 My First Vision While I was praying at the family altar, the Holy Ghost fell

upon me, and I seemed to be rising higher and higher, far above the dark world. I turned to look for the Advent people in the world, but could not find them, when a voice said to me, "Look again, and look a little higher." At this I raised my eyes, and saw a straight and narrow path, cast up high above the world. On this path the Advent people were traveling to the city, which was at the farther end of the path. They had a bright light set up behind them at the beginning of the path, which an angel told me was the midnight cry. This light shone all along the path and gave light for their feet so that they might not stumble. If they kept their eyes fixed on Jesus, who was just before them, leading them to the city, they were safe. But soon some grew weary, and said the city was a great way off, and they expected to have entered it before. Then Jesus would encourage them by raising His glorious right arm, and from His arm came a light which waved over the Advent band, and they shouted, "Alleluia!" Others rashly denied the light behind them and said that it was not God that had led them out so far. The light behind them went out, leaving their feet in perfect darkness, and they stumbled and lost sight of the mark and of Jesus, and fell off the path down into the dark and wicked world below. Soon we heard the voice of God like many waters, which gave us the day and hour of Jesus' coming. The living saints, 144,000 in number, knew and understood the voice, while the wicked thought it was thunder and an earthquake. When God spoke the time, He poured upon us the Holy Ghost, and our faces began to light up and shine with the glory of God, as Moses' did when he came down from Mount Sinai. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Chapter 2--The Time of The End . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Chapter 3--Prepare to Meet the Lord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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