Testimonies for the Church, Volume 4
Overview
Comprises Testimonies Numbers 26-30, written from 1876 to 1881.
Top Highlights
“Satan told Eve that a high state of felicity could be gained through the gratification of unlicensed appetite, but the promise of God to man is through denial of self. When upon the shameful cross Christ was suffering in agony for man’s redemption, human nature was exalted. Only by the cross can the human family be elevated to connect with heaven. Self-denial and crosses meet us at every step on our heavenward journey.” (Page 79)
“‘All will be justified by their faith and judged by their works.’” (Page 386)
“The word of God places the sin of gluttony in the same catalogue with drunkenness.” (Page 454)
“A close connection with heaven will give the right tone to your fidelity and will be the ground of your success. Your feeling of dependence will drive you to prayer, and your sense of duty summon you to effort. Prayer and effort, effort and prayer, will be the business of your life. You must pray as though the efficiency and praise were all due to God, and labor as though duty were all your own. If you want power you may have it; it is waiting your draft upon it. Only believe in God, take Him at His word, act by faith, and blessings will come.” (Pages 538–539)
“The clouds that gather about our way will never disappear before a halting, doubting spirit. Unbelief says: ‘We can never surmount these obstructions; let us wait until they are removed, and we can see our way clearly.’ But faith courageously urges an advance, hoping all things, believing all things. Obedience to God is sure to bring the victory. It is only through faith that we can reach heaven.” (Page 27)
- Title: Testimonies for the Church, Volume 4
- Author: Ellen Gould White
- Publisher: Pacific Press
- Print Publication Date: 1855
- Logos Release Date: 2002
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Ellen White › Writings--Books
- Resource ID: LLS:900.1.1947
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-02-11T16:52:40Z