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The Great Controversy (The Last Call); Book Review
Topic Started: May 1 2009, 10:41 AM (145 Views)
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'The claim so often put forth that Christ changed the Sabbath is disproved by His own words. In His Sermon on the Mount He said: "Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, the law, or the prophets: I am not come tod destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.' - Matthew 5:17-19" (An exerpt from 'The Great Controversy'


Ellen G. White had a distinctive writing style and her outlook and faith gave us perhaps one of the most under-rated religious writers of the 19th Century. In this book, White takes the reader on a historical tour of the men who dared to challenge the Roman Catholic Church and even martyr themselves in their desperate attempts to reveal the truth.

Mrs. White was and still is, completely misunderstood - and the fact that many Seventh Day Adventists call her a prophet doesn't help her reputation. She in fact, never claimed she was a prophet and in my opinion, this shines through in the way she has written the book. What she had was a God-given gift to write richly detailed works that urge the reader ever forward towards the end of her book.

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'The law of love being the foundation of the the government of God, the happiness of all created beings depended upon their perfect accord with its great principles of righteousness. God desires from all His creatures the service of love -- homage that springs fron an intelligent appreciation of His character. He takes no pleasure in a forced allegiance, and to all He grants freedom of will, that they may render Him voluntary service.'


The first 2/3 rds of the book deal with history, and the final third looks at where we are going. (to be continued... please no comments until this draft is finalised.)
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