What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "What do the terms 'false god' and 'Spirit of Christ' mean in the context of Ellen White's quote (The Home Missionary, 1893)?"
Answer
The terms describe a spiritual exchange process in the believer's heart. A “false god” represents one's own self as well as earthly and sensual things that claim God's place in the spirit. The “Spirit of Christ,” on the other hand, denotes the inflowing life of Jesus and the work of the Holy Spirit that fills this emptied space once the self has been relinquished.
The Displacement of False Gods by the Spirit of Christ
»When one is completely emptied of oneself, when every false god has been cast out of the soul, the vacuum is filled by the inflow of the Spirit of Christ. Such a person has faith that works through love and cleanses the soul of every moral and spiritual impurity. The Holy Spirit, the Comforter, can act upon the heart, influence and guide it, so that it finds delight in spiritual things.«
The Spirit of Christ as the Communication of His Life
»The communication of the Spirit is the communication of Christ's life. Only those who are taught by God in this way, only those who possess the inner work of the Spirit and in whose lives the Christ‑life is revealed, can stand as true representatives of the Savior. ... When one is completely emptied of oneself, when every false god has been cast out of the soul, the vacuum is filled by the inflow of the Spirit of Christ.«
Turning Away from Temporal Things Toward the Spirit
»It is the Spirit who ... works to transform character by drawing people's affection away from things that are temporal and fleeting, and directing it toward the eternal inheritance. ... When one is completely emptied of oneself, when every false god has been cast out of the soul, the vacuum is filled by the inflow of the Spirit of Christ. Such a person has faith that cleanses the soul of impurity.«
Priorities of the Heart and Spiritual Growth
»All our external forms—prayers, fasting, and almsgiving—cannot take the place of the inner work of God's Spirit in the human heart. ... When one is completely emptied of oneself, when every false god has been cast out of the soul, the vacuum is filled by the inflow of the Spirit of Christ. Such a person has faith that cleanses the soul of impurity.«
Original Sources (English)
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