Patriarchs and Prophets: Or the Great Conflict Between Good and Evil, As; Illustrated in the Lives of Holy Men of Old. E-book. Formato PDF Ellen Gould White   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

The publishers send out this work from a conviction that it throws light upon a subject of paramount importance and universal interest, and one on which light is to be greatly desired; that it presents truths too little known, or too widely ignored. The great controversy between truth and error, between light and darkness, between the power of God and the attempted usurpations of the enemy of all righteousness, is the one great spectacle which it is reasonable to suppose must engage the attention of all worlds. That such a controversy exists as the result of sin, that it is to pass through various stages of progress, and end at last in a manner to redound to the glory of God. and the higher exaltation of his loyal servants, is as certain as that the Bible is a revelation from God to men. That word reveals the great features of this controversy, a conflict which embraces the redemption of a world; and there are special epochs when these questions assume unwonted interest, and it becomes a matter of the first importance to understand our relation thereto.Such a time is the present; for all things indicate that we may now confidently cherish the hope that this long controversy is drawing near its close. Yet many now seem disposed to relegate to the realm of fable that portion of the record opening to our view the steps by which our world became involved in this great issue; and others, though avoiding this extreme view, seem nevertheless inclined to regard it as obsolete and unimportant, and are thus led to treat it with neglect.But who would not wish to look into the secret causes of so strange a defection; to discern its spirit, to mark its consequences, and to learn how to avoid its results? With such themes this volume deals. It tends to foster a living interest in those portions of God's word most often neglected.

The Desire of Ages: The Conflict of the Ages Illustrated in the Life of Christ. E-book. Formato PDF Ellen Gould White   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

In the hearts of all mankind, of whatever race or station in life, there are inexpressible longings for something they do not now possess. This longing is implanted in the very constitution Of man by a merci ful God, that man may not be satisfied with his pres ent conditions or attainments, whether bad, or good, or better. God desires that the human shall seek the best, and find it to the eternal blessing of his soul. Satan, by Wily scheme and craft, has perverted these longings Of the human heart. He makes men be lieve that this desire may be satisfied by pleasure, by wealth, by ease, by fame, by power; but those who have been thus deceived by him (and they number myriads) find all these things pall upon the sense, leaving the soul as barren and unsatisfied as before. It is God's design that this longing of the human heart should lead to the One who alone is able to satisfy it. The desire is of Him, that it may lead to Him, the fulness and fulfilment of that desire. That fulness is found in jesus the Christ, the Son Of the Eternal God. For it was the good pleasure of the Father that in Him should all the fulness dwe11; for in Him dwelleth all the fulness of the Godhead bod ily. And it is also true that in Him ye are made full with respect to every desire divinely implanted and normally followed.

The Spirit of Prophecy: The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan; Life, Teachings and Miracles of Our Lord Jesus Christ. E-book. Formato PDF Ellen Gould White   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Want the Publishers issued the first volume of this work, they felt that it supplied a want long realized by the Christian world, in illuminating a subject which is of great interest to the Christian mind, the relation of the Son of God to the Father, and his position in Heaven, together with the fall of man and the Mediator ship of Christ between him and his Creator. In this second volume the author continues with te newed interest the subject of the mission of Christ, as manifested by his Miracles and Teachings. The reader will find that this book furnishes invaluable aid in study ing the lessons of Christ set forth in the Gospels. The author, as a religious writer and speaker, has la bored for the public during more than twenty years. Being aided in the study of the Scriptures, and in her work as a religious teacher, by the special enlightenment of the Spirit of God, she is peculiarly qualified to pre sent the facts of the Life and Ministry of Christ, in connection with the divine plan of human redemption, and to practically apply the lessons of Jesus to the sim ple duties of life.