What does EGW write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Ellen White: The Self on the Throne of the Heart"
Answer
Ellen White describes that the human heart is naturally ruled by selfishness and pride, which often leads the “self” to take control. As long as the self sits on the throne of the heart, Jesus’ love is missing as the governing principle, and the heart is used for worldly idols. Only when the self is crucified and Christ assumes rule over our passions and inclinations can a true transformation of character take place.
The Rule of the Self versus the Rule of Christ
The self then controls you, and you will no longer be guided by reasonable insight and calm judgment as a sane person. The self struggles with all its might for supremacy... When the self is crucified, this sensitivity or pride will die; until then you are not a Christian.
In the human heart there is natural selfishness and depravity, which can only be overcome by the most thorough discipline and strict restraint... [Hearts] become like granite, making it impossible to reform them except by the chisel, the hammer, and the polishing of the Spirit of God.
The sanctuary of the heart is used for idols. Popular indulgences that they keep in harmony with the practices and maxims of the world have a controlling power. Jesus’ love is not a governing principle in the heart and exerts no restraining force in life.
If Christ’s rule is not first in our renewed souls, we will never share it in a renewed world. If He does not reign over our passions and affections, we will never rule in the regions of His saved earth... His scepter must be in our hearts before His crown can rest upon our heads.
Conquer the fleshly mind, reform life... If Christ in us is the hope of glory, we will discover such incomparable charms in Him that the soul will be captured. It will cling to Him... and in admiration of Him the self will be forgotten. Jesus will be glorified, worshiped; and the self humbled and humbled.
Tear the debris from the door of your hearts away and open the door, and I will come in and share the communion with you and you with me.
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