What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "In no case have I given my own judgment or my own opinion"
Answer
Ellen G. White explicitly emphasizes that the messages in her testimonies do not arise from her own human judgment or opinion, but are the light given to her by God. She explains that she is sufficiently occupied with writing the visions shown to her, so she does not have to rely on her own views. Anyone who dismisses these warnings merely as human wisdom nullifies God's counsel.
The testimonies are not her opinion
»In the testimonies that were sent to _____, I have given you the light that God gave me. In no case have I given my own judgment or my own opinion. I have enough to write about what was shown to me without resorting to my own opinions.«
The word of the Lord instead of human thinking
»Allow me to express my thinking, and yet not my thinking, but the word of the Lord. ... What reserve power does the Lord still have to reach those who have cast aside His warnings and admonitions and have attributed the testimonies of the spirit of God to no higher source than human wisdom?«
Distinguishing between divine counsel and human interpretation
»If the preconceived opinions or specific ideas of some are crossed out by the admonition in the testimonies, they immediately bear the burden of making their position clear and distinguishing between the testimonies by defining what is Sister White's human judgment and what is the word of the Lord. Everything that supports their dearly beloved ideas is divine, and the testimonies to correct their errors are human – Sister White's opinions. They render God's counsel ineffective through their tradition.«
No deviation from the expression of divine will
»I love Jesus. I love the principles He taught, and I will always present them as He expressed them. If the opinions of those I love are thereby crossed out, then it must be so; for I do not dare to turn right or left to express God's thinking. My life's work is too solemn an affair to be played with.«
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