Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce
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Prepared especially for church administrators and other ministers who must deal with questionable or immoral conduct.
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“Examine carefully to see if your married life would be happy or inharmonious and wretched. Let the questions be raised, Will this union help me heavenward? Will it increase my love for God? And will it enlarge my sphere of usefulness in this life? If these reflections present no drawback, then in the fear of God move forward.” (Page 15)
“A theoretical knowledge of the truth is essential, but the knowledge of the greatest truth will not save us; our knowledge must be practical. God’s people must not only know His will, but they must practice it. Many will be purged out from the numbers of those who know the truth, because they are not sanctified by it. The truth must be brought into their hearts, sanctifying and cleansing them from all earthliness and sensuality in the most private life. The soul temple must be cleansed. Every secret act is as if we were in the presence of God and holy angels, as all things are open before God, and from Him nothing can be hid.” (Pages 86–87)
“Neither the husband nor the wife should attempt to exercise over the other an arbitrary control. Do not try to compel each other to yield to your wishes. You cannot do this and retain each other’s love. Be kind, patient and forbearing, considerate and courteous. By the grace of God you can succeed in making each other happy, as in your marriage vow you promised to do.” (Pages 26–27)
“If the wife is an unbeliever and an opposer, the husband cannot, in view of the law of God, put her away on this ground alone. In order to be in harmony with the law of Jehovah, he must abide with her, unless she chooses of herself to depart.” (Page 39)
- Title: Testimonies on Sexual Behavior, Adultery, and Divorce
- Author: Ellen Gould White
- Publisher: Ellen G. White Estate
- Print Publication Date: 1989
- Logos Release Date: 2002
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Ellen White › Writings--Books
- Resource ID: LLS:900.2.2093
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:58:16Z