Was schreibt Ellen White über...
Adventistische Schriften über: "Bitte kommentiere diesen Free-Grace-Beitrag aus Sicht von Ellen Whites Schriften: Glaube allein, Umkehr als bloßer Sinneswandel, keine Lebensveränderung als Voraussetzung, ewige Heilssicherheit, Werke als Frucht und Abgrenzung von Rechtfertigung und Heiligung."
Antwort
Ellen White lehnt die Free-Grace-Theologie entschieden ab und betont, dass Glaube ohne Werke tot ist, wahre Bekehrung eine radikale Lebensveränderung erfordert und Heiligung ein kontinuierlicher Prozess ist, der durch Obedienz und Fruchtbarkeit gekennzeichnet ist. Sie unterscheidet klar zwischen Rechtfertigung als unverdientem Geschenk durch Christus und Heiligung als Werk des Heiligen Geistes, das den Charakter verwandelt und zu guten Werken führt, während eine bloße Annahme des Glaubens ohne Lebenswandel als Täuschung abgelehnt wird.
Glaube allein ist nicht ausreichend – Werke sind die notwendige Frucht
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„While good works will not save even one soul, yet it is impossible for even one soul to be saved without good works. ... You state this matter too strongly. There are conditions to our receiving justification and sanctification, and the righteousness of Christ. ... You look in reality upon these subjects as I do, yet you make these subjects, through your expressions, confusing to minds."“«
Wahrer Glaube wirkt durch Liebe und reinigt die Seele – nicht bloßes Glaubensbekenntnis
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„Pure, living religion is found in obedience to every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. ... We must have that faith that works by love and purifies the soul. Many seek to substitute a superficial faith for uprightness of life and think through this to obtain salvation. The Lord requires at this time just what He required of Adam in Eden—perfect obedience to the law of God. We must have righteousness without a flaw, without a blemish.“«
Bekehrung als Herzenswandel mit Lebensveränderung – keine bloße Sinnesempfindung
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„When Jesus speaks of the new heart, He means the mind, the life, the whole being. To have a change of heart is to withdraw the affections from the world, and fasten them upon Christ. ... What is the sign of a new heart?—A changed life. There is a daily, hourly dying to selfishness and pride. ... Satan leads people to think that because they have felt a rapture of feeling, they are converted. But their experience does not change. Their actions are the same as before. Their lives show no good fruit. They pray often and long, and are constantly referring to the feelings they had at such and such a time. But they do not live the new life. They are deceived. Their experience goes no deeper than feeling.“«
Rechtfertigung durch Glaube, aber Heiligung durch Obedienz – keine ewige Heilssicherheit ohne Werke
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„As the sinner looks to the law, his guilt is made plain to him and pressed home to his conscience, and he is condemned. His only comfort and hope is found in looking to the cross of Calvary. ... His faith lays hold on Christ, and he is justified before God. But while God can be just, and yet justify the sinner through the merits of Christ, no man can cover his soul with the garments of Christ's righteousness while practicing known sins or neglecting known duties. God requires the entire surrender of the heart, before justification can take place; and in order for man to retain justification, there must be continual obedience, through active, living faith that works by love and purifies the soul. ... In order for man to be justified by faith, faith must reach a point where it will control the affections and impulses of the heart; and it is by obedience that faith itself is made perfect.“«
Heiligung als kontinuierliche Verwandlung – nicht als bloße Zuschreibung
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„We must daily be transformed by the influence of the Holy Spirit; for it is the work of the Holy Spirit to elevate the taste, to sanctify the heart, to ennoble the whole man, by presenting to the soul the matchless charms of Jesus. We are to behold Christ, and by beholding to become changed. ... Faith works by love and purifies the soul. Through faith the Holy Spirit finds access to the heart, and creates holiness therein. Man cannot become an agent to work the works of Christ unless he is in communion with God through the Holy Spirit. We can be fitted for heaven only through a transformation of character; we must have Christ's righteousness as our credentials, if we would find access to the Father.“«
Werke als Frucht der Erlösung – keine Belohnung für Heil, aber für treue Obedienz
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„Salvation is God's free gift to the believer, given to him for Christ's sake alone. ... But are good works of no real value? ... The Scripture answers, 'We are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.' In His divine arrangement, through His unmerited favor, the Lord has ordained that good works shall be rewarded. We are accepted through Christ's merit alone; and the acts of mercy, the deeds of charity, which we perform, are the fruits of faith; and they become a blessing to us; for men are to be rewarded according to their works.“«
Originalquellen (Englisch)
Stephan Krol
Gruender von EGW Vision
Warum ich EGW Vision gebaut habe
Hallo, ich bin Stephan Krol. Ich habe diese Ellen-White-Seite ins Leben gerufen, um Menschen einen einfachen und wirkungsvollen Zugang zu den Schriften von Ellen G. White und den adventistischen Pionieren zu ermoeglichen.
EGW Vision hilft dir dabei, Themen, Aussagen und Zitate schneller zu finden, auch dann, wenn viele Quellen in deiner Sprache noch nicht vollstaendig verfuegbar sind. Die Suche arbeitet semantisch, ordnet Inhalte thematisch ein und zeigt passende Treffer moeglichst direkt in deiner Sprache an.
Mein Wunsch ist, dass dieses Werkzeug dem persoenlichen Bibelstudium dient, das Vertrauen in die Originalquellen staerkt und mehr Menschen die Botschaft dieser Schriften klar, verstaendlich und mit Freude entdecken laesst.
