What does Ellen White write about...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Where does Ellen G. White write that God sometimes empties us first?"
Answer
Ellen G. White cites this thought in the book Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists referring to the Puritan preacher John Flavel. There she emphasizes that Christ helps those who recognize their own neediness, and that God makes a soul empty and poor first, before He can fill and exalt it.
God empties the soul first, to fill it
»Christ is ready to help all who feel their neediness; but if anyone is satisfied with himself, the Savior passes by him. Flavel said, “When the Lord intends to fill a soul, He first empties it; when He intends to make a soul rich, He first makes it poor; when He intends to exalt a soul, He first lets it recognize its own inherent wretchedness, its lack, and its worthlessness.”«
Original Sources (English)
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